Danny Green: Tim Duncan and LeBron James ‘right there’ as best teammates

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Danny Green said something that could be construed as a shot at his former teammate Kawhi Leonard.

All signs are pointing to the NBA not only making a return but finishing a 70-game regular season before going into the playoffs. And we’ve already tried to visualize what the final regular-season games for the Lakers may look like. With the return of games on the horizon, we also get the return of a little bit of good ol’ sports drama. And today, that comes to us in the form of Los Angeles Lakers Danny Green, who said something that could be seen as a slight to his former Spurs/Raptors teammate and current rival, Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.

During an interview with ESPN’s Ros Gold-Onwude, Green said that LeBron James is ‘right there’ with Tim Duncan as his ‘best teammate,’ without even a mention of Leonard, the 2019 and 2014 Finals MVP.

Green has been teammates with LeBron at two very different points of LeBron’s career, back during his first run with the Cavaliers and now with the Lakers. Tim Duncan is widely seen as the driving force behind the Spurs dynasty, but it is interesting that after seeing Leonard dominate the last playoffs, he didn’t even get consideration. But while Leonard is one of the arguably the best player in the league right now, he doesn’t have the resume of either Duncan or LeBron.

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