Kevin Durant admits Draymond Green incident influenced Warriors exit

Kevin Durant has reportedly admitted that his heated exchange with Draymond Green was a contributing factor in his decision to leave Golden State Warriors. player left Warriors in free ncy this offseason. His altercation with Green took place in vember 2018. Durant is w a part of Brooklyn Nets after signing a reported four-year $164 million deal in free ncy with team. 

When Durant was asked about incident, he said that decision was a 'little bit' influenced by incident. He explained himself furr and said that one will think about it for some time if a teammate speaks in a way that Green did. He added that y did talk about it, and he has intention to lie about it. 

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Kevin Durant and Draymond Green's sideline interaction (vember 12, 2018)

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After around 14 games into NBA 2018-19 regular season, Green and Durant were spotted exchange words on sidelines. ir match against Los Angeles Clippers had gone overtime. Green had reportedly questioned Durant's commitment to team and brought up latter's imminent free ncy. According to some reports, Green had also used abusive langu. Green was suspended for one game, and also apologized to Durant later.  After a rough start to season, Warriors made it to ir fifth consecutive NBA Finals. A few days ago, in a podcast, Green admitted that he apologized to Durant after realising how hurt his former teammate was. 

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