Warriors guard Klay Thompson was a bit grumpy Friday morning. He blew his tire on the way to the practice facility. "Get ready for some short answers," he said before sitting down for an interview with reporters.
But then Thompson was asked about ESPN's recent story on Draymond Green, which detailed the fiery forward's exploits both on and off the court and, while still a bit grumpy, Thompson wasn't short.
Included in the piece, ESPN quoted a "team official" saying "The guys might be frustrated by (Green's) antics, but they had an opportunity to prove themselves without him in Game 5 (of the Finals) and they played like a bunch of (cowards)."
Thompson, although mistaking a Warrior "team official" for a team executive from elsewhere in the league, was ticked off about the use of coward attached to an anonymous source.
"The article pissed me off for this reason," Thompson said. "If you call someone a coward, how are you not going to put your name on that quote? It's easy to point at someone and call them a coward behind like a shade or a shield. But why don't you put your name to it and then you can call us cowards? That's fine. Tell us that. But to say we played we played like cowards and you're not going to quote the guy who said it, that's weak to me, man. How you gonna quote Mo (Speights) and not anyone else? That actually got under my skin. You're gonna call us cowards and not put your name on the quote? You know what I mean? You're not gonna quote who said it? Get out of here. That made me mad. We played our hearts out that whole playoffs and you're gonna call us cowards and not put your name on it. Get out of here."
