Draymond Green defended his comments about Steve Kerr on the latest episode of The Draymond Green Show, saying players almost always have something to grumble about their coach. He pointed to Steph Curry as someone who has never spoken negatively about Kerr in public, but said that in private, “every basketball player in the world” is likely to have some gripe.
Green, 36, said that is simply part of the sport and was surprised that his own remarks drew so much attention. “That is basketball,” he said, arguing that even Kerr, if asked about playing for Phil Jackson, would have complaints of his own.
The latest comments came after Green’s earlier appearance on the show, when he said a part of him thinks Kerr has hindered him in his career and in what he could have become. He also said he believes some of his offensive development came because of Kerr, and that he is forever grateful the coach kept him in a position to be successful.
Green has spent his entire prime under Kerr and helped the Warriors win four NBA championships, with the coach on the bench for one Defensive Player of the Year award, four All-Star selections, two All-NBA teams and nine All-Defensive Team nods. Even with that résumé, Green has never averaged more than 14.0 points per game and has not finished a season averaging double digits since 2018, which is why his criticism landed as more than just a passing gripe.
That is the friction inside Green’s comments: he is arguing both that Kerr helped shape him and that Kerr may have capped part of his ceiling. For a player whose legacy was built alongside one of the most successful coaching runs in league history, that remains the unanswered question at the center of the conversation.