Dream Chasing Green says Kevin Durant is the toughest player he has ever defended

According to US sports media F/W reporter Chaitanya Dardwal, Green recently appeared on Kay Senate's Twitch live, where he talked about various things in the league. These include his former Warriors teammate Durant. Senate asked Green who was the hardest player he had ever defended in his career. Green has played against great players such as Kobe and James. In addition, he faced his golden brother Curry for several years in training. However, none of them are the hardest players he has to defend against; it is Durant.

"The hardest player of my career to defend is KD. KD in Oklahoma City...Yes, after that, I figured out him. Just like Slim can't score against me anymore. No, he'll score on everyone. But I got better and got more of his game, but the Thunder and just got into the league and figured out...oh my god. No chance. And now, you know I've given most of these assholes hell."

The Thunder's Durant is almost out of defense. It was his experience with their team that qualifies Durant as one of the greatest scorers in NBA history. He needs a super team to win the championship, but personally, his best performance is just with the Thunder. Durant averaged 27.4 points, 7 rebounds and 3.7 assists during his time, and won the scoring title and regular season MVP award.

Green then continued to express his affirmation to Jokic, as he is currently the toughest showdown in the league. "The hardest thing now is Jokic. I play with Curry, so I don't have to, I don't have that kind of headache... Doncic will always be one of the hardest covers to deal with. OK. But that's not my showdown. In my showdown, the hardest thing to defend now is Jokic. Believe it or not, people won't... I won't even say this because I won't give him this advantage. Just like I always endure being there, but there's one really hard. I'm not saying I don't want to give him that advantage... because he probably doesn't believe he has that advantage. So, I can't give him an advantage." He admits that there is another big man in the Western Conference who is Green's tough cover. But he refused to reveal his name to avoid bringing him a boost of confidence at this time. Among the promising big men in the Western Conference, Vinban Yama, Homgren, Sabonis or Shinkin would be my best initial guess about who Draymond Green is talking about here. Earlier, Green defended his stomp on Sabonis's chest and claimed that the Kings' big guy was playing dirty at the time. So Green doesn’t want to exaggerate his pride by calling him a tough showdown now.

His recent quarrel with Shin Kyung and his "declaration of war" with the Rockets also proves why Green doesn't want to send flowers to Shin Kyung. Vinban Yama may think he has an edge over Green in having a higher cap, as he is one of the most hyped rookies in the league since James. In addition, Chet has been under scrutiny for not really contributing to the Thunder’s “Big Three”.

So my best guess about this is Shinkyung or Sabonis. What do you think?