OAKLAND – For perhaps the first time in his NBA career, Draymond Green does not feel snubbed over something that implies he has not played his best basketball.
Green will not compete in the NBA All-Star game next Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. It marks the end of a three-year run for the Warriors’ intense defender and versatile playmaker being part of the league’s event reserved for its most elite players. Unlike his reaction to being left off the NBA’s All-Defensive team last season, Green considers the All-Star exclusion as offering “zero” source of motivation.
“I had already planned my vacation anyway.