This NBA season has not gone according to plan for Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors. After raising the Larry O’Brien trophy in July, the Dubs came into this campaign as the favorites to win it all (again).
But instead of dominating the West as we all expected, the Warriors came out flat from the jump and have yet to turn it around.
Still, despite the struggles and the overwhelming challenges ahead, Draymond Green hasn’t lost any faith or confidence that his team can defend their title and bring home another Championship.
“Very confident. We’re very confident because ultimately we know what it takes,” Green told Stephen A. Smith on Know Mercy. “All those teams that you just mentioned —Memphis, Dallas, New Orleans, Denver, Sacramento — they’re having incredible seasons. You gotta tip your hat to those guys. Joker’s playing at the MVP level we’ve come accustomed to, Ja as you say is ‘box office,’ Luka the same thing. Zion, CJ and those guys. You gotta pay attention to those guys and understand what they’ve got goin, but I think for us personally, we know that it’s more about us than it is about them.”
To Dray, while their season hasn’t been the cleanest, there are still reasons to be hopeful that the best is yet to come.
“We’re 21-21. We’re having probably the worst season that anyone would’ve imagined us having up until this point,” he said. We’re eight games out of first place, we’re in sixth place, and all has gone wrong. All has gone wrong. We’ve lost Steph, we’ve lost Wiggins, we’ve lost JaMychal. We’ve lost Wiseman, Kuminga, you name it, guys have been in and out of the lineup. And we’re 21-21 and sitting in sixth place. Get everything together that we know that we need to get together—our offense, our defense, myself as a leader, and making sure our team is tight as it need to be — and we control our own destiny. And when I say we control our own destiny, I mean that from the standpoint of if we play great, we win,” Green continued. “If we get to the level that we know we need to be at in order to compete for a championship, I don’t think anyone is beating us. And with those teams that you mentioned, the one thing we have on them is we’ve been there, we know what it takes.”
Can The Warriors Turn Their Season Around?
The past few months have been difficult for Golden State fans, and many around the league find themselves questioning if this Warriors team is going to be able to snap back into shape when the playoffs roll around.
From a distance, it certainly looks bad. But if you’ve watched this team before, you’ll already know that it’s never wise to count them out. Very few players in the league are as proven as Steph, Klay, and Draymond, and it seems they always find a way to win when they’re together on the floor.
We will see if this season is the exception or the latest example of Golden State’s incredible resistance.
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