Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green Reacts to Steve Kerr’s New Yorker Interview: "You Gotta Take the Good with the Bad"

29 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green reflects on his 14‑year relationship with head coach Steve Kerr, blending gratitude with lingering grievances. Green acknowledges Kerr’s profound impact on his development as a winner, crediting lessons that surpass even his college experience under Tom Izzo. He revisits a tense December confrontation, describing an emotional exchange where both parties expressed mutual dislike. Green also critiques Kerr’s handling of the team after Kevin Durant’s 2016 arrival, noting that no plays from Green’s playbook have been used since, which he views as a personal slight. Ultimately, Green emphasizes the need to accept both the positive and negative aspects of their partnership, concluding with a resolute “you gotta take the good with the bad.”

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He's such a unique person. There's things he's done that I can never forgive him for, and yet I will do anything for him. When you spend 14 years with someone, when you've had the runs that we've had, playing the role that I've had to play and being who I've had to be, some things like that are gonna happen. Everything hasn't just been one way. You know, it hasn't just been like, "Oh man, Draymond did this, Steve's mad." I don't take that any way at all. You know, speaking of this December thing, you know, I spoke to him after that and it was like, "I don't think you like me. I don't think you've ever liked me, if I'm honest." Like, he cried. Like, Really? However, what he's meant to me in my life, what he's taught me in my life, I was just telling him in our ex-interview, the things that he's taught me about being a winner, I'm not sure where else I could have got that. I played for Tom Izzo, and Steve just took that to a completely different level, and especially showing me things about this level and winning. Like, I could never repay him for that. It's so important to who I've become. As much as he's done for me in basketball, a part of me think he's hindered me in my career and what I could have become. You know, when KD came from 2016 on, I have not had a player play in our playbook. Not a single play that we run from me in our playbook. This is 2016. But if you're gonna take one gripe and not be able to move past it for all the other things, then you're shallow as a person. That says more about you as a person than it does about Steve or whoever else in that instant. You gotta take the good with the bad, man. Woo!