Regardless of how much success he had with the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant's legacy with the Dubs will always be scarred by his infamous on-court bust-up against ex-teammate Draymond Green. It was a huge controversy at that time, and to this very day, the narrative remains truly fascinating.

Green himself recently made a shocking revelation about the fallout of that infamous incident. Speaking on Carmelo Anthony's What's In Your Glass? podcast, Green admitted that Durant actually blocked his number in the immediate aftermath of their fight:

“I think there was a time period of where he wasn’t trying to say nothin’ to me. I think there was a time period where my number might have been blocked from his phone. I think there was a time period where I could only talk to him through Instagram DM,” Green revealed, via Dan Feldman of NBC Sports. “But I ain’t never hit him on no like, “D***, you got a new number?” or “Yo, did you block me?” If I can only talk to you on Instagram DM, then that’s where I’m going to talk to you at. Because ultimately, it’s your decision on whatever terms we’re going to be on.”

Green took a high-road approach here and decided to give Kevin Durant the space he needed. Saving their relationship was the most important thing for Dray, and he did what he had to to make sure that this was going to happen:

“The terms I wanna be on is that you my brother, I love you, I got nothin’ but love for you, and we can continue to build our relationship,” Green added. “But if that’s not where you’re at, I had to respect that.”

It took some time, but these two eventually hashed it out. In his mind, Green believes that his actions paid off in the end:

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“Once that moment was over, I’m past the moment,” said Green. “Now, but in that situation, it’s not up to me to be past the moment, which is why ultimately, everything that happens from that situation is ultimately up to him. And I think one of the reasons we could reconcile our relationship and get back close and have a relationship again, is because I did approach it that way.”

Draymond Green and Kevin Durant may no longer be teammates, but it is clear that they remain good friends to this very day. As a matter of fact, one could say that this incident actually made them closer.