Danny Green Recalls Klay’s 2019 Finals Injury, Warriors Villain Tag originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
It’s been about five years since Klay Thompson tore his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, and Danny Green still thinks about the pain he caused him, the Warriors and their fan base. .
Green, of course, accidentally caused a torn ACL when he fouled the Golden State guard on a thrilling night in which the Raptors left Oracle Arena as NBA champions for the first time.
When speaking with Draymond Green in “The Draymond Green show” On Friday, Danny recalled the game and the aftermath that has since clouded his NBA career.
“I appreciate you, man,” Danny told Draymond. “I appreciate you having me. I’m glad there’s some kind of love on that side of the coast, well, I guess in the Bay Area. I was asked earlier today – I was doing a radio hit – ‘Is there an organization that hates you?’ I couldn’t think of any until [it] it was tweeted that I was on your show. And I say, ‘Damn.’ There’s only one organization where the fans are like, ‘Nah.’ They’re not kidding about this.
“But I get it. I get it. Five years ago, I expected some of them to forget or let it slide. I’m not a dirty player.”
The former Raptors guard knows how Dub Nation welcomes him. He is registered to wishing the play never happenedalso.
Fortunately, Thompson was able to return to the NBA — even after suffering a season-ending Achilles tear in 2020 — and help the Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals. It took some of the pressure off the three-time NBA champion. , knowing that Thompson’s career was not yet over and was instead thriving at the time.
Danny hopes Warriors fans can now see him in a better light as the dust has settled a bit. Golden State players who competed in the 2019 Finals, such as Draymond and Andre Iguodala I never looked at Danny from the sidetoo, for what it’s worth.
Regardless, Danny has made it clear that he has nothing but love for Dub Nation, and he admires Draymond for lasting real negativity from essentially every NBA fan every night.
“I couldn’t imagine what it’s like to be the bad guy every night in every arena,” Danny told Draymond. “So lots of flowers, lots of congratulations to you, brother. The only [fan base] That doesn’t like me at all is Golden State fans, but still, lots of love to fans everywhere. No love lost.”
The Greens agree that there are no hard feelings about what happened in the 2019 NBA Finals.
Hopefully Dub Nation collectively can join in peace and harmony.
