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Draymond Green has noticed the league is out for revenge, looking to avenge years of losing to the juggernaut that were his Golden State Warriors. The Dubs are short-handed, playing without their stars in Klay Thompson (torn ACL) and Stephen Curry (broken left hand) and a slew of other injuries that plague their roster.
Green notes that teams are well aware they don't have the personnel to win games, but don't play them carelessly — choosing instead to ensure a win against the team that won three of the last five NBA titles.
“It's different,” Green told Logan Murdock of NBC Sports Bay Area. “Because it's like people don't expect us to win, but teams don't play us like they don't expect us to win. Everybody still wants to beat our ass.”
That attitude was personified by the NBA's biggest irritant, Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, who made sure to taunt the fans during the season opener at Chase Center.
“Y’all a little different without KD, I see,” said Beverley from the bench. “Uh-huh, y’all cheated long enough. It’s OK. Y’all had a good run. Back to reality.”
Green is amused by this attitude, much as his teammate Curry was a few weeks ago:
“We put them down, so they're trying to kick us while we're down too because we've put them down for years,” said Green. “But we didn't have to take shots while they were down. We just put them down, so it's a difference.”
The league altogether has been waiting for the day the Warriors would come down from the peak of the mountain, and that day has come — now having a full season's worth of opportunities to exact revenge for the past five seasons of their reign of terror.
