Draymond Green is an emotional guy. It's been that way since he was at Michigan State.
But the All-Star power forward lost his temper Saturday against the Thunder when he went on an epic halftime tirade in the locker room. After a couple of days to think about his actions, Green realised he shouldn't have taken it so far.
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"You know I made a mistake, I admitted my mistakes to my teammates, my coaching staff," Green said Monday, via ESPN. "I apologise to my teammates, my coaching staff, this organisation. That wasn't the right way to handle what needed to be handled.
"As a leader of this team, I can't do that because it sets a bad precedent for how everything is ran around here, for how everything should be ran, for how everything has been ran, and how everything will be ran going forward. It won't happen again."
Green admitted his emotions got the best of him but was adamant he would never stop trying.
"I will never quit on my coaching staff, I will never quit on this organisation," Green said. "This organisation has given me everything that I can ask for. So I support and represent this organisation to the best of my ability. That's not who I am. That's not who I've been and not who I will become. "
Steph Curry, who ultimately hit an incredible game-winner in overtime against the Thunder, reiterated that he knows Green would never quit.
"He's invested in what we're doing," he said. "Obviously he's an emotional guy, a fiery guy, that's what we love about him, what he brings to the court. It spilled over to the locker room," Curry said. "You think that's the first time somebody's raised their voice? Or a player to player, or sometimes unfortunately player to coach, it doesn't matter. That's happened before and just the circumstances where it was heard (brought attention)."
Green finished that game with just two points on 0-for-8 shooting, but did record a double-double with 14 rebounds and 14 assists.
The Warriors next take the court Tuesday against the Hawks.