Draymond Green: Doesn't feel like Warriors committed to winning - ESPN

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the aftermath of a sixth consecutive road loss for the struggling Golden State Warriors, their outspoken power forward, Draymond Green, was asked about the biggest difference between how they played last season following the Jimmy Butler trade and what is happening now.

«I think everybody was committed to winning (back then) and doing that any way possible,» Green said. «Right now, it doesn't feel that way.»

After trading for Butler in February, the Warriors went 23-8 to finish the regular season. This season, they opened with a road win over the Lakers in Los Angeles and sprinted to a 5-1 start.

But a condensed, road-heavy portion of the schedule has fatigued the veterans and exposed flaws, most recently in a 25-point blowout loss to the Nuggets in Denver and Tuesday night's 126-102 blowout loss at Oklahoma City, leading to Green's coded comments.

«I think everyone has a personal agenda in this league,» Green said. «But you have to make those personal agendas work within the team confines. If it doesn't work, you kinda got to get rid of your agenda or eventually the agenda is the cause of someone getting rid of you.»

When ESPN approached Green after his news conference for more clarity, he said «everyone» has to shoulder a share of accountability for the recent slump.

«That's what this road trip is for,» Butler said. «Everybody has to be honest with themselves. Everybody has to be honest with everyone else.»

When the term «agenda» enters the mix, the subliminal spotlight tends to shift toward two of the Warriors' youngest core members who have been outspoken about their desire for more — third-year guard Brandin Podziemski and fifth-year forward Jonathan Kuminga.

Podziemski had a number of comments in