Draymond Green admits he speaks his mind too quickly, even when it backfires, like with Kevin Durant. Chris Paul agrees: both feel compelled to confront issues directly with people and teams, even if the timing is wrong, because staying silent makes them feel worse.
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One thing that I dislike about myself is I have to say something. And that's something that I'm actually working on. But like, I gotta say it. Like, I need to get it out. At times I struggle where I'd hold things in because I need to say it so bad and I just hold it in and bite my tongue. And then it come out the absolute wrong way. Like KD situation, for instance. I had actually been trying to work through that thing with people, like trying to work through it. And you bite your tongue, you bite your tongue, and then it's just like, "Bah!" And it come out. I'm like, "Fuck." Like, that wasn't supposed to come out that way. Right. I don't love that about myself. What is something about you that you don't love about you?
Same thing you just said. You know what I mean? I'm gonna say it now. I'm probably not gonna say it like, "Ah," like right then and there. But I'm, you know, like if it's some type of issue or anything like that with a person or with a team or whatnot, I'm gonna have the conversation. It's not always the best thing, but it's what I have to do to feel better.