And then the four-time champion with the Golden State Warriors was asked a simple question: Does he think the NBA game is boring?
"Absolutely," he said.
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But the NBA keeps hearing the question about the on-court product. And Green is among those that think issues exist. He cited an interview he recently saw where the late Kobe Bryant, who died in 2020, called the game "accidental basketball."
"It's all penetrate and pitch," Bryant said in that interview. "You may make the shot, you may not."
Said Green: "He couldn't have been more right."
Green talked about a recent Golden State game against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, and how it was "refreshing" to go against a thinker like James -- who is notorious for finding weaknesses and exploiting them.
"Every possession is some type of chess move," Green said. "You don't get that today in the NBA, often. ... You don't just get that on a regular basis. It's just who can run faster, who can hit more 3s, it's no substance. I think it's very boring."