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Feb 10, 2019; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) smiles with forward

Warriors Champion Reveals Drama Between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green

Draymond Green and Kevin Durant should have been handled better.

No matter how many years go by, NBA fans will always "what-if" Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors. As the years go by, more and more details get revealed about the hostile breakup, with the most recent details being told by former Warriors Quinn Cook.

During the newest episode of the Captain Jack Podcast, Quinn Cook revealed how the Kevin Durant and Draymond Green drama affected the Warriors. One of the most shocking things he revealed was that the team never addressed the situation, and that's how it blew up to what it became.

"It didn't affect our game, I just think guys were tired of it," Cook said. "That 2019 year [Kerr] said he's never seen a team so closely scrutinized. Every single day it was something. I know when KD and Draymond got into it on the bench, that kinda like put some stuff on our team. I'm gonna say it, Golden State didn't handle it right. It was never addressed to us, because we're the ones that's dealing with it every single day. We tried to have team meetings, koombayas, but that sh*t ain't work. We went through all that, and we still was a game away. I think for me, we're men, let's just figure it out. Let's put it all on the table, if we gotta fight, let's fight, let's get it out of the way. If we gotta talk, let's talk, let's get it out of the way. If we don't address the situation, it's never going to get handled. We just never handled the situation, never, and that hurt us."

If Keivn Durant doesn't leave the Golden State Warriors, the franchise likely wins multiple more championships. Ultimately, Steph Curry still won another championship without Durant in 2022, but that window would have been much larger if he stayed.

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