Warriors forward Draymond Green is a winner in every sense of the word.
The three-time NBA champion won two high school state championships, and helped lead Michigan State to the Final Four twice during his time in East Lansing (and the Spartans were a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament his senior year but got upset in the Sweet 16).
Needless to say -- the 2019-20 season was not fun for the two-time All-NBA selection, with the Warriors boasting the worst record in the league at 15-50.
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Additionally, Draymond picked up 14 technical fouls despite playing in just 43 games.
"I've been on the best team in the world for the last five years," the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year said on Showtime's "All the Smoke" with former Golden State forwards Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. "You grow accustomed to that. And I remember sorry-a-- teams always saying to us, 'Ya'll get calls (from the referees).' And I'm like, 'Yo, we really don't get no calls.'
"But now being on a sorry-a-- team this year, I saw exactly what they were talking about (laughter). It was almost at times like referees were kind of like ... their opportunity to get back (at me). And then they'll start talking to you like you're a little-a-- boy.
"So a lot of those techs I got were just like, 'Yo, I'm still Draymond Green, f--k outta here. I'm still a champion. You ain't gonna treat me like I'm some young (player) out here.'
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"That was where a lot of those techs came from. I felt like it was a lot of blatant disrespect."
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Even when the Warriors advanced to five straight NBA Finals, Draymond had a pretty tumultuous relationship with the officials.
In early January 2018 -- after a loss to the LA Clippers -- he told Anthony Slater of The Athletic:
“A lot of it is personal. When you give someone so much authority and they make it me against you, you can't overcome that. They can get a new crop (of referees), a whole new crop.
"Too many personal things going on. Too much me against you. It just don't work that way.”
In April 2019, Draymond was fined $35,000 "for making statements on social media which impugned the integrity of NBA officiating."
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But things did seem even worse this season, and the frustration of not winning very often boiled over.
"For me, it definitely was tough losing," Draymond explained. "I'm going into it with the mindset of, 'I'm gonna help these young guys.' But I'm a competitor. I hate losing. F--k winning. I just hate losing. There were times where the mindset of, 'I'm cool, I'm just gonna develop these young guys,' as a competitor you forget that.
"I've grown accustomed to a style of play and excellence at all levels. It was tough at times for me where I would just get frustrated or pissed off."