Draymond Green offered a simple truth as he addressed the media in Denver last month.
“Everybody not made for the playoffs,” Green said after the Warriors took a 3–0 series lead following a 118-113 victory against the Nuggets. “You look around and some guys who you think are guys are not guys in the playoffs.
“That's just what it is.”
Green’s comment wasn’t a jab at soon-to-be two-time MVP Nikola Jokiu0107—who Green lauded after a 37-point, 18-rebound performance—nor any Nuggets player in particular. Instead, perhaps, Green’s words were a bit of self-affirmation. And rightfully so.