There is a feud brewing among former NBA teammates. Former Golden State Warriors teammates Kevin Durant and Draymond Green are once again at odds over who deserves credit for the team’s run of titles. In an interview for Netflix’s “Starting 5” series, Durant argued that offense, not defense, wins championships in the NBA. He even said playing defense was “easy” by comparison. Naturally, those comments did not sit well with Green, who has long been the Warriors’ defensive anchor. Green said anyone who makes the claim Durant did simply doesn’t win, and their opinion means zero. When it was pointed out that Durant won in Golden State, Green countered by pointing out how good the Warriors defense was. Durant reposted those comments, which he felt proved his point. “And the offense was????” Durant wrote. Durant’s point is that the Warriors did have the elite offense he was talking about. Green is not wrong that the team was also great defensively, so both can back up their arguments. Green and Durant did not alw
