CLEVELAND — Of course, Draymond Green believes, truly believes, that his team would've won Game 5 and the NBA championship if he'd been there.
Green is an overachiever as a result of his utter certainty that he matters.
Of all the ways Kobe Bryant must be remembered, that's the one we can and should all try to adopt: Be the hero of your own story.
Green has the same mindset with a different style of game, which is why Bryant developed a respect for Green so quickly, even reaching out via text in the Western Conference Finals. The newly retired Bryant sensed from afar Green's moment of crisis, which Green described as "the first time in my life I didn't respond to critics." Green's Golden State Warriors had fallen into a 3-1 series hole even after Green avoided suspension for his kick to Steven Adams' groin.
Now Green is trying to bounce back Thursday after he didn't avoid suspension for his shot to LeBron James' groin, which gave him one too many flagrant fouls in the playoffs and forced him to miss Golden State's Game 5 NBA Finals loss.
Green apologized to his teammates and told the ...
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