Kobe Bryant sees a lot of himself in Draymond Green and they formed a bond. Bryant said Green was a “rare breed in this day and age” and was the only one who could create tension within the Warriors that they needed to win another championship. Following Golden State’s Game 4 loss, Bryant reached out to Green over text message and gave him some motivation to make history, according to Green’s Uninterrupted video series.
?TROPHIESˢᴹ? | @Money23Green gets a text from @kobebryant after the @warriors fall behind 3-1 to the Thunder.https://t.co/DIsnNbcrdD
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) May 25, 2016
“I got a text from Kobe and he said, ‘If making history was easy, why bother?’ It’s 100 percent right. It ain’t easy. It’s a struggle. I gotta make sure it builds character, and we gotta make sure it builds character. And so, I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’ve never backed down from a challenge, and this team has never backed down from a challenge. We won’t start now.”
Of the 232 teams that have trailed 3-1, only 9 teams have won the series (3.8%).
