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Green breaks silence on KD spat: 'We're moving forward'

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Draymond Green has finally weighed in on the tension surrounding the Golden State Warriors in the wake of his heated argument with Kevin Durant during Monday's overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

"With what happened a few nights ago, Kevin and I spoke; we're moving forward," Green told reporters at Thursday's shootaround, The Athletic's Anthony Slater reports. "I think there's no secret that I am an emotional player. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I play with that same emotion. Sometimes it gets the best of me and it doesn't work to my favor. I will live with that because it works in my favor to the good - as my resume speaks and this team's resume speaks - more so than it doesn't. So I'm never going to change who I am. I'm going to approach the game the same way as I always do."

Durant appeared visibly upset after Green ignored him on the final play of regulation - with Green ultimately losing control of the ball and failing to get a shot off. The Warriors lost 121-116 in overtime.

As the conversation continued into the locker room, Green reportedly responded by bringing up Durant's impending free agency.

"Like I said, we're going to continue to move forward," Green added. "I've read a lot about how 'is this the end of the run?' or 'is it over?' or 'did I ruin it?' or 'did I force Kevin to leave?' At the end of the day, as I've said before, whatever Kevin decides to do, whatever (impending free agent) Klay (Thompson) decides to do, whatever (whoever) decides to do, we had great years together, and I support everybody wholeheartedly, 100 percent. As a man, as a human being, you've got the right to do what you want to do with your life, and so I'll never question that."

Green added the Warriors' dynasty won't be ended by internal division; it's on the rest of the league to knock the two-time reigning champs off their throne.

"What you once must know is nobody in this organization, from a player - not myself, not Kevin, not anybody else - is going to beat us," he said. "If you're one of those other 29 teams in this league, you've got to beat us. We're not going to beat us. We're going to continue to do what we do. I'm sorry if that ruins everybody's stories, I know everybody's got a job to do. I apologize for ruining your stories if it did, but if this only makes Kevin, myself and the rest of my teammates stronger, that's what it's going to do.

"If you think you saw something before, good luck with us now. We're not going to crumble off of an argument, we're going to move forward. That's all I've got to say."

The Warriors face the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.

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