“Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving can fill it up with the best of them”: Draymond Green wary of the Brooklyn Nets’ title challenge for LeBron James and co this year

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green reveals his conflicted thoughts on the Brooklyn Nets’ title charge this season.

The Brooklyn Nets have undoubtedly put together one of the most talented rosters in the history of the NBA. Putting Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden on the same team is undoubtedly enviable. However, it comes with a fair bit of expectation as well.

The franchise has had to face a fair bit of turbulence. Each of their big0three has had to go through injuries or simply was absent at different points in the season. Ultimately, this has resulted in the trio playing less than 10 games together.

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Questions have been raised about the franchise’s chances of winning it all this season due to a perceived lack of chemistry. And in a recent interview with the Athletic, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green chose to share his two cents on the matter.

Draymond Green explains that he is a bit worried about the issues within the Brooklyn Nets 

Perhaps not as notable as the Brooklyn Nets, but Draymond Green himself has had a notable season. Many feared that last season, the player showed signs of steep decline, and would no longer be a championship-caliber player. However, the 3-time NBA champion has bounced back this season, letting his impact on both ends embarrass those who ever doubted him.

As a player who has won it all at the highest level, Dray knows a little something about what it takes to do it. So, during an interview with him, the Athletic’s, Sam Amick thought it would be fitting to ask him about the Nets. Thinking hard about the question, this was the 31-year-old’s response.

Setting the tone night in & night out.#NBABreakdown looks at the lockdown defense of @Money23Green 💪 pic.twitter.com/5n7rm8vK71

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 8, 2021

“Well, I think it’s hard to say the Brooklyn Nets aren’t a favorite with the firepower that they have. In saying that, those three guys have played what, six games together, seven games together?”

Green continued

“But I think if there’s any team that can fucking (do it), if there’s anybody that can beat the system… For lack of a better term… They’ve got three guys that can fucking fill it up with the best of them. And that’s tough to stop.”

Despite the Nets’ big three’s sometimes lackluster showings, it is difficult to disagree with the Warriors star.

However, as we said earlier, all that talent came at the cost of expectation. And if the team can’t even make the finals, the backlash they face is almost guaranteed to be far worse than what was faced by the LA Clippers last season.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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