OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James made a point before the NBA Finals of explaining what an underdog in life he was "growing up in the inner city, having a single-parent household."
There's no question what an underdog Stephen Curry was in basketball, a skinny kid hardly recruited and happy to get a mid-major ride to nearby Davidson.
Draymond Green has it going on both counts.
Green is an underdog in life and in basketball, and he has emerged from it with an edge that James and Curry can't even understand—much less duplicate.
Now that Golden State has romped to a 2-0 series lead, it's undeniable how important it is to have this true rabble-rouser by one's side in the NBA Finals.
It would also be so very Draymond to ascend to Finals MVP mere days after he let up and let down his Golden State Warriors team in the middle of the Western Conference Finals, which he bluntly and proudly described as "the first time in my life I didn't respond to critics."
Since Green said those words, the Warriors haven't lost.
It happened after Golden State's Game 4 loss to the Oklahom ...
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Brash Almost to a Fault, Draymond Green Providing Edge Cavs Just Don’t Have
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