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Draymond Green: 'Crazy' talk coming from Warriors’ doubters

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Forward Draymond Green, who recently agreed to a $100 million contract extension to stay with the Golden State Warriors, took exception Wednesday to anyone who thinks the former world champions will struggle to compete in 2019-20.&quot;I&#x27;ve heard people say we&#x27;re not gonna make the playoffs. That&#x27;s crazy to me,&quot; Green told ESPN&#x27;s Rachel Nichols on The Jump. &quot;I mean, that&#x27;s just, like, that&#x27;s total disrespect, but no different than the disrespect we&#x27;ve all been getting for years.&quot;Vegas odds for the Warriors to make the playoffs aren&#x27;t as good as they were when Golden State won NBA titles in 2015, 2017 and 2018, but Green is thinking positive even when fans don&#x27;t consider them favorites heading into the season.&quot;I like it,&quot; said Green, who has been with the Warriors for those past three titles. &quot;You know, being the underdog. It&#x27;s been a while since we been the underdog. But it brings that underdog chip back, and I miss that chip. I&#x27;m pretty sure Steph missed that chip, and some of the stuff Klay been texting me this summer, I&#x27;m positive he misses the chip.&quot;... So to the oddsmakers, thanks. You got me where I am today. I look forward to where they take me again.&quot;Green&#x27;s deal, which begins after next season, is worth $100 million, according to agent Rich Paul. He&#x27;ll receive $22.2 million in the first year of the deal, with increases each season and will take him up to $27.6 million in the final season.The deal ensures he&#x27;ll be paired with stars Curry and Thompson for the next several years, though they&#x27;ll be missing Kevin Durant, who went to the Brooklyn Nets via free agency.He also believes the contract backs up his play while proving doubters wrong since he became a second-round pick in 2012, and has spent his entire seven-year career with the Warriors during their run to five straight NBA Finals.&quot;It just tells you that there was a method to that madness,&quot; Green told Nichols. &quot;And while so many people tried to write it differently, as I said before, they were wrong. There&#x27;s proof in the pudding now that you were wrong. And I enjoy that just a tad.&quot;For his career, Green has averaged 9.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game with 22 triple-doubles. He was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2016-17 and has been on the All-Defensive first or second team in each of the last five seasons.--Field Level Media<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</div>

Forward Draymond Green, who recently agreed to a $100 million contract extension to stay with the Golden State Warriors, took exception Wednesday to anyone who thinks the former world champions will struggle to compete in 2019-20.

Forward Draymond Green, who recently agreed to a $100 million contract extension to stay with the Golden State Warriors, took exception Wednesday to anyone who thinks the former world champions will struggle to compete in 2019-20.