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Warriors’ Draymond Green rails on Paul Pierce, others

San Francisco Chronicle
Published October 13, 2016 at 6:45 PM
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Oftentimes, the Warriors' forward rails on topics to purposely give opponents bulletin-board material. Sitting on a table after practice at the Pepsi Center, Green's eyes narrowed and brows furrowed when asked about the backlash Kevin Durant has endured for leaving Oklahoma City. Golden State's emotional leader took particular issue with Clippers forward Paul Pierce, who criticized "a new generation" of players during a radio interview Thursday for not being "as hungry or competitive as my generation." The 39-year-old, referencing Durant's decision to sign with the Warriors, said that "you don't go join the team that just pushed you out" of the playoffs. Pierce either missed the playoffs or lost in the first round in eight of his 15 seasons with the Celtics. [...] if not for the arrivals of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in 2007, he probably wouldn't have won his lone NBA title. Green compared the NBA with the tech companies of Silicon Valley. [...] him going to play basketball for a different team, the CEO decided to leave where he was at and go somewhere else.

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