Luguentz Dort claps back at Draymond Green's “alarming” Thunder comments

Last week, Draymond Green made some shocking comments about this OKC Thunder team, particularly when it came to their postgame antics in interviews.

On a Dec. 31 episode of his podcast “The Draymond Green Show,” the Golden State Warriors star had a few poignant words about Oklahoma City's overarching character during on-court media sessions after winning games this year, saying that This is “a bit disturbing” “Seeing all these Thunder players swarming over each other, because in his eyes “the bromance” doesn’t add to their intimidation factor.

Although Green is an established winner in the association, having participated in four different NBA championship runs and played in a total of six NBA Finals, these comments were viewed by the franchise's loyal followers as more of a reach from a rival player. Frankly, it seems to him more than anything negative to say about the undefeated Thunder

On Monday, during a post-practice media session, some of OKC's own talent spoke out publicly and echoed that kind of sentiment, particularly popular 3-and-D winger Luguentz Dort, who clapped back at the four-time All-Star's statements saying proudly and prominently : “We won’t change for anyone.”

“I'm focused on what we're doing here. I don't really pay attention to things like that… It's a commentary like any other commentary on television. “We’ll just keep working on what we’re doing.” That’s how we are,” There said.

Green seemed to put a lot of emphasis on the idea that he believes the Thunder's actions after the game could negatively impact their “fear” status across the league, which for the forward is something “you can tell teams in.” “Must bring order.” to win.”

However, Dort would suggest that the biggest influence on their intimidation factor as a collective is what they do during a competition, not what happens afterward.

“I don't think it has anything to do with how we behave after the game. At the end of the day we're going to play the way we play and whether a team is afraid of us or not, we're going to keep going.” “We do what we do and do everything we can to get wins. However we do it, we will focus on how we want to win games.” There said.

So far, it seems pretty clear that the Thunder presentation hasn't had a negative impact on their successes on the hardwood beyond the great joy. After two weeks of action, Oklahoma City is one of only two teams that still has an undefeated record (6-0), ranks first in defensive rating (95.1), second in net rating (17.4) and second place in plus-minus rating (17.7). ) as a team.

While it's worth noting that the season is still so young and that the playoffs are clearly a different beast both mentally and physically, they should maintain that high-end level of two-way play while also keeping some of their core players in the Picking up the rotation As they currently haven't had a single minute of play to recover from their injuries, it's hard to see many flaws in this title contender's game.

If their on-field interview shenanigans are the most “alarming” thing about this Thunder team, they are in a great position heading into the 2024-25 season.