TORONTO — Draymond Green once told me that he has never been on a losing team.
Not in college at Michigan State, not in high school, not in middle school, AAU, or at the YMCA either. And obviously, he has not been on a losing team at the NBA level.
It’s not a totally flabbergasting statement — after all, the middle-school team with the future NBA player should always be favored – but throughout this turbulent and resplendent Warriors postseason, I’ve thought back to it quite often.
Because time and time again on the Warriors’ run to a modern-day record fifth straight NBA Finals appliance, we’ve seen Green take over games where he is not the tallest, or the fastest, or the most athletic, or skilled, or perhaps even the smartest player on the court.