Ahead of a revenge game against the Boston Celtics on Saturday, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green didn't seem shocked at first once it became known Kyrie Irving had requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“No, I wasn't surprised at all actually,” Green told Vincent Goodwill of Bleacher Report. “Just because I know the type of person he is. He wants more.”
Green and Curry had been part of three straight NBA Finals going up against the savvy scorer. The two had time to also bond with the New Jersey native during their time with Team USA, as they took a gold medal back to the United States after going an undefeated 8-0 in Rio De Janeiro.
“That was my brother anyways,” Green said. “Basketball is basketball; it is what it is. You have relationships that are bigger than basketball, and that relationship is bigger than basketball.”
Despite their teams' intense rivalry, the three of them shared a bond over the game of basketball, but Curry recognized things always change when he gets on a basketball court.
“It's a common bond through that stuff; you can hold onto it,” Curry said. “At the end of the day, it doesn't mean when I step on the floor that I don't wanna kill him. That's where you gotta turn the switch on.”
Yet the Golden State Warriors floor general recognized why Irving took the decision to branch out and do his own thing, even if most faulted him for it.
“At the end of the day, it's nobody's responsibility to understand it but Kyrie's, and that's what I respect the most,” Curry said. “Everybody's fans [of them both] and can hype up the history of him and LeBron and Cleveland. At the end of the day, grown men make grown-men decisions and do what they feel like is right for their life.
“Drop the mic on that one.”
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