Warriors’ Green slowly putting his emotional outbursts behind him

Dec. 22 in New York, Draymond Green received a call that his longtime girlfriend's water had broken. In a matter of minutes, he repacked his luggage, texted Warriors head coach Steve Kerr that he would miss that night's game against the Nets and caught a ride to John F. Kennedy International Airport. [...] events didn't stop; while waiting for his plane to take off for the Bay Area, Green watched the birth of his son, Draymond Jr., on a video call. After a year of tumultuous events surrounding the Warriors' power forward on and off the court, those closest to Green are more interested in how he has responded to his much-publicized misdeeds. "He's obviously very aware of his actions on the court: what he says, how he conducts himself," teammate Stephen Curry said. In 2014-15, after two seasons as a role player off the bench, he blossomed into a reliable starter for a championship team. In addition to finishing second to San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard in Defensive Player of the Year voting for the second straight season, Green was an All-NBA second-team selection. The player who often was stuffed into trash cans as a kid at his Saginaw, Mich., rec center suddenly boasted an extensive...