While Draymond Green led the Golden State Warriors' recruiting efforts for Kevin Durant, they had to reach out to Stephen Curry about getting involved. Curry flew from his basketball camp in Hawaii to join the Warriors in the Hamptons.
"I think Steph catered to the whole theme of pleasing," said assistant coach Bruce Fraser in a lengthy profile piece by Ethan Sherwood Strauss in ESPN The Magazine. "He wanted to please. He catered to the whole, took less for himself. The irony in this season so far is that we had to learn how to play with KD, had to learn how to play without him. And both of those were challenges."
Curry deferred to Durant on the floor and perhaps played his best basketball when Durant was injured.
Curry also skipped the Warriors' groundbreaking for the Chase Center with Durant taking his place.
"We had a day off, and KD stepped up and took my place," said Curry later about his absence.
Joe Lacob identifies more with Green than Curry with his outspoken nature.
"Draymond Green started off hard sell, and he was great," said Lacob of Green's recruiting efforts in a talk at his old venture capital firm. "He gave the heavy pitch, which no one else there would have done, except for me, because I'm basically the Draymond Green of the business side."
Lacob rarely praises Curry publicly and Strauss describes their relationship as cold.
Curry will be a free agent this offseason for the first time in his career.
