The idea to snag Durant struck Green following the Warriors unlikely loss to the Cavs in last year’s NBA Finals. After going up 3-1, Golden State lost three games in a row to mark a disappointing end to a record-breaking season. While that final Game 7 loss — which came at home — stung, said Green, it inspired him to make what ended up being two very important phone calls before he even left the parking lot of Oracle Arena that night.
The first, he told Lowe, was to Warriors General Manager Bob Myers.
“It’s on you,” Green said he told Myers, urging him to make Durant a Warrior.
And speaking of Durant, “That was my very next call,” Green said.
Green didn’t elaborate on the pitch he gave Durant in that call, but it obviously played well with Durant, who signed a two-year, $54 million deal with the team the following month.