OAKLAND – Kobe Bryant has not appeared in a playoff game since 2012. Before he tore his Achilles, before Dwight Howard, before Mike D’Antoni, before The Tour.
But four years later, he might still be making an impact on the postseason.
On Wednesday, Draymond Green told Uninterrupted.com that he received a text from Bryant after the Warriors’ Game 4 loss in Oklahoma City that said, “If making history was easy, why bother?” After the Warriors bounced back with a victory in Game 5, Green revealed that the two also spoke on the phone this week, and the conversation might have helped motivate Green.