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Months later, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith says Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry nixed Draymond Green-Ben Simmons trade

Draymond Green for Ben Simmons? Not if Steph Curry has anything to say about it.

Speaking on "First Take" on Monday, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith dropped a peculiar note: that a Draymond Green-for-Ben Simmons trade was broached once upon a time, and it was wholeheartedly rejected by Curry.

The proposed trade would have been an unmitigated disaster for the Golden State Warriors for a number of reasons.

For one, Draymond has been as invaluable as ever for Warriors during their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets - he's providing his signature trash-talking swagger to go along with suffocating defense.