Warriors' Draymond Green takes jab at Knicks, suggests team's playoff run is 'a fluke'

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The Golden State Warriors won four NBA championships in the span of eight seasons at the height of the franchise's dynasty. But the team was on the outside looking in when this season's playoffs tipped off.

The often outspoken Draymond Green played a key role in each of the Warriors NBA titles."The Draymond Green Show" host might not be participating in this year's NBA playoffs, but he does appear to be watching the games. 

New York Knicks fans are hoping the franchise's 50-year NBA championship drought will finally come to an end this season. The team won the first two games of their Eastern Conference semifinals game against the Indiana Pacers. However, New York's playoff run has also faced criticism, with Green being the latest person to voice concerns about what's on the horizon for the Knicks.

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Draymond Green, #23 of the Golden State Warriors, looks on during the game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on March 20, 2023, in Houston, Texas. (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)

Green argued that the Knicks' playoffs success is at least partially due to the mediocre competition the team has faced this year.

"In the Eastern Conference, you can get to the conference finals, a la the Atlanta Hawks, by playing like very ‘mid’ teams, so that’s what you all are doing right now," he said on a recent episode of "The Draymond Green Show."

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The four-time NBA All-Star added that Knicks fans are being set up for disappointment.

"And I think what this is setting y’all up for is what