Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors suggested that his role may have been limited during his prime years, pointing to coaching decisions by Steve Kerr and questioning why he wasn’t featured more offensively during the time Kevin Durant was with the team.
“As much as he’s done for me in basketball, a part of me think he’s hindered me in my career and what I could have become.
“But what he’s also helped me become. Like you got to take the good with the bad, man.
“You know, when I think of who I was offensively as a player and who I became, I think a part of that is due to him. I don’t hold that against him.
“I’m forever grateful that he still put me in a position to be successful and that I could become Draymond Green despite my offensive role on our team.
“I don’t sit and be like, ‘Oh man, like I f–king hate Steve because of that.’ No, it’s one of my gripes.
“But if you’re going to take one gripe and not be able to move past it for all the other things, then you’re shallow as a person.
“You know, when [Kevin Durant] came from 2016 on, I have not had a play in our playbook. Not a single play that we run for me in our playbook since 2016.
“You think that would hinder someone as an offensive player? Of course. So at times, I go home and I think about my career and I’m happy as hell of what I’ve been able to build.
“But at times, sometimes I sit there and think, ‘What could I really have been if I stayed true to my game and what I really was?’”
Draymond Green believes Steve Kerr hindered his career and wonders why Kerr didn’t run any offensive plays for him during the Kevin Durant era 😳
“As much as he’s done for me in basketball, a part of me think he’s hindered me in my career and what I could have become. But what… pic.twitter.com/s3nxtyBCkU
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 30, 2026
