Kevon Looney felt disrespected by Warriors

Kevon Looney has been one of the Golden State Warriors’ stalwarts over the last decade, but the team appears to have alienated him with how they handled him during the playoffs.

Looney said he essentially made the decision to leave the Warriors in free agency when they did not trust him enough to match him up against Houston Rockets center Steven Adams during the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Warriors coach Steve Kerr turned to rookie Quinten Post ahead of Looney, and Looney took that as a signal that he had lost the trust of the coaching staff.

“Quint is my guy, but it was anybody but me, it seemed like,” Looney said on the “Warriors Plus Minus” podcast. “It was not one moment. Even this year, probably the playoffs. We’re going against Steven Adams. This is what I do. They’re not giving me the chance to really let me do what I do. It’s like, alright, y’all don’t trust me.

“I thought y’all would trust me. They put me in at the end of Game 7, while we were all the way to that point. That’s when I kind of go, alright. Y’all really don’t think I’m not good no more? What’s the problem?”