Luka Doncic on Draymond Green: 'He's the key to the Warriors, I have so much respect for him' / News - Basketnews.com

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Luka Doncic led the Dallas Mavericks to the Western Conference finals where they'll face the Golden State Warriors. The matchup against Steph Curry and Klay Thompson is definitely an interesting topic but the Slovenian start believes that the real key to the Warriors is another player: Draymond Green.

Luka Doncic

Team:Dallas MavericksPosition:SGAge:23Height:201 cmWeight:99 kgBirth place:Ljubljana, SloveniaProfileNewsStatistics

"I have so much respect for Draymond as a guy, you know", Doncic said to the reporters before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. "Obviously, Steph and Klay are two incredible offensive players but I think that the key to the Warriors' team is Draymond".

"He's just unbelievable, man, I mean everything he does on the court, I really respect him", Doncic added. "He's not the best offensive player but he impacts the game in every other category, so I really have a lot of respect for him".

Doncic also explained that he enjoys trash-talking with Green.

"Obviously, we're gonna have some words", Doncic said. "But I love that part of the game, you know, it's the fun part".

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