The Golden State Warriors' recruiting efforts landed them Kevin Durant this offseason, but Dubs All-Star forward Draymond Green admitted on Conan that he may have taken his efforts a bit too far.
As seen in the following clip, Green discussed the lengths he went to in order to help Golden State pry Durant away from the Oklahoma City Thunder:
Dan Feldman of Pro Basketball Talk provided a partial transcript:
I recruited KD really, really hard. And it was like the equivalent of a college coach trying to get a top-five recruit—although I would've broke every NCAA rule there was, because I called him a million times. I text him a million and one times. And I tried to show up wherever he was every chance I got.
When I found out he was coming, I came back to my senses, and I said, "I wonder if he respects me as a man now, the way I just blew his phone up." He had to have a girlfriend who got on his nerves worse than that before. So, I questioned myself.
Green's questions may have been answered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as he and Durant formed a winning combination as part of ...
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