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Green, Butler send message to teammates after blowout loss
Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III with forward Draymond Green. David Gonzales-Imagn Images

Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler send message to teammates after blowout loss

The Golden State Warriors left Oklahoma City with an ugly 126-102 loss. 

They trailed by as many as 36 points, and they've fallen to 6-6 for the season after dropping six of their last 10 games. Granted, Stephen Curry missed three games with an illness before returning, but it wasn't a lack of offense that hurt the Warriors.

Following the loss, Draymond Green seemed to take a big shot at some of his teammates for their lack of commitment.

Did Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler throw shade at Jonathan Kuminga?

"I think everybody was committed to winning and doing that any way possible. Right now, it doesn't feel that way," Green said, per Anthony Slater.  

While he didn't address any teammate by name, his later comments made the fans speculate that he was taking a jab at Jonathan Kuminga.

"I think everyone has a personal agenda in this league. But you have to make the personal agenda work in the team confines. If it doesn't work, you kinda got to get rid of your agenda. Or, eventually the agenda is the cause of someone getting moved," he continued. 

Notably, Jimmy Butler echoed a similar sentiment when he addressed the media.

“Everybody has to be honest with themselves,” Butler said. “Players need to sacrifice for the greater good of the team, and show more fight.”

Kuminga's feud with the Warriors was well-documented. He openly wanted to be traded, but due to the lack of offers, he ultimately had to sign a two-year, $48.6 million deal to return to the Bay Area.

He's been vocal about his discontent with his role in the offense, and his effort on the defensive end hasn't always been there this season. 

The Warriors can't trade him until January 15, and it's still way too early in the year to sound the alarms. But given his history with the organization and Green and Butler's characters, this might get ugly pretty soon.

Ernesto Cova

Ernesto is a bilingual (English-Spanish) sports writer with over eight years of experience covering major leagues such as the NBA, NFL, and MLB. Ernesto’s work focuses on providing insightful, up-to-date coverage of sports, blending his expertise in sports psychology with a passion for analyzing player performance, team dynamics, and trade developments across various sports leagues

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