2013-08-05

Draymond Green says the Rockets are Golden State's biggest rival... To be honest I think it was my favorite match up last year, I loved beating Mark Jackson and those guys... It'll be all the more sweet this year.

http://www.freep.com/article/2013080...ouston-rockets

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One year in NBA career, Michigan State great Draymond Green already 'dislikes' Houston Rockets

LANSING — A year into what looks like a potentially long NBA career, Draymond Green already has given and taken away some strong impressions.

Biggest trash talker? He gives the nod to Pistons free-agent pickup Josh Smith.

Rival? Houston, after Green was tossed from a February game with the Rockets. He put a hard foul on Patrick Beverley to prevent Houston from setting a single-game three-pointer record, and jawing and the ejection ensued.

“It is what it is now,” Green, a Saginaw native and former Michigan State All-America forward who is entering his second season with the Golden State Warriors, said Saturday after some pickup basketball at Lansing Everett High. “They hate me. I dislike them.”

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