The Warriors had a rough Sunday night at home, as they lost a stunner to the Phoenix Suns, 115-111 in Oracle Arena.
To go along with the loss, Kevin Durant suffered a right ankle contusion that forced him to leave in the fourth quarter and not return, creating a bit of concern for the Warriors going forward, although it doesn’t seem too serious. It was one of the lower points of the season for Golden State, in a year in which they’ve had more rough patches than they have in the past few years combined.
Part of what makes the Warriors great is their familiarity with each other, but that can also lead to frustrations and arguments. We saw that play out in public earlier in the year when Kevin Durant and Draymond Green had their spat on the bench that led to Green being suspended and Durant’s impending free agency to become an even bigger story.
Late in the loss to the Suns, it was Steve Kerr that appeared frustrated with something Green does. As the broadcast cut to commercial, the camera lingered on Kerr who seemed to vent to Mike Brown about, “I so f*cking tired of Draymond…”
"I'm so f***ing tired of Draymond" is what that looks like, @Mikeweisberg, but we don't know if anything came after that as they cut to commercial pic.twitter.com/Y7I7snkrXj
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) March 11, 2019
That’s when the feed went to commercial, so we have no idea what Kerr is so tired of, although it seems most likely he was mentioning something specific Green does and the coach wasn’t just saying he’s tired of him in general. The clip caused quite the stir on social media, but is simply a coach venting during a game that’s not going well. It probably happens regularly, across the league, but we don’t happen to have a camera pointed directly at them while they voice frustrations.
If anything, it’s another example of how this season is wearing on the Warriors and creating more apparent tension internally than in years past — not to say it hasn’t existed before.
