Draymond Green played an instrumental role in getting Kevin Durant to join the Warriors after the 2015-16 NBA season, and apparently that still doesn't sit well with former Golden State teammate Harrison Barnes.
On the latest episode of Green's podcast "The Draymond Green Show," the Warriors forward said he believes Barnes still holds a grudge against him for bringing Durant to the Bay. In order for the Warriors to add Durant, Golden State had to trade Barnes to the Dallas Mavericks.
"Harrison Barnes, I think to this day don’t like me for KD coming here," Green said. "And the reality is, I didn’t tell [Warriors GM Bob Myers] to trade you to bring KD in. ... He took it very personally because of that story that came out that I cried to KD in the car. He took it very personally at me. This dude invites Steph, Klay, everybody to his wedding except me.
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Barnes was an important part of the Warriors team that went 73-9 and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. Barnes shot just 35 percent during that NBA Finals loss in which the Warriors blew a three-games-to-one lead over LeBron James and the Cavs.
The North Carolina product's struggles were magnified during the final three games of the 2016 NBA Finals. In Games 5, 6 and 7, Barnes shot 5-for-32 from the field (15.6 percent) and 3-for-15 from 3-point range. During the Warriors' Game 6 loss, he went 0-for-8 from the field and didn't score a point.
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Regardless of how Barnes played in that series, if you have a chance to get a player of Durant's stature, you do it 10 times out of 10.
It's understandable why Barnes would feel like he was scapegoated for the Warriors' collapse. But, in the end, it was a no-brainer decision for Myers and the Warriors to add Durant and create arguably the most unstoppable team in NBA history.
