Kobe Bryant may be out of basketball, but he’s still plugged into the game.
The recently retired former Lakers star texted Warriors forward Draymond Green following his team's Game 4 loss to the Thunder in an attempt to challenge him.
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“If making history was easy, why bother?” Green said Bryant texted him after Game 4.
Bryant’s text, of course, alludes to the fact the Warriors are one loss from being eliminated from the Western Conference finals.
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Green can probably use all the encouragement he could get. He scored just 12 points in the Warriors’ back-to-back losses — their first consecutive losses of the season. His team was blown out in both games, and he has been a lightning rod for his on-court antics and flagrant fouls this series.
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Green acknowledged Wednesday he hasn't been the same player the past two games.
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“You can’t win without a high level of energy, and that’s what I bring to this team, and I haven’t been that,” Green said, via The Washington Post. “I have to be better as a leader of this team, and I’ve got to be a leader. … I was f—ing awful.”