Draymond Green's Stubbornness Results in No-Look, No-Hands Inbounds Pass
At any given moment, chances are good that Draymond Green is shouting or pouring figurative sugar in someone's gas tank.
This is his character, his chi. He was born, set to "combative tunnel vision" and released upon an unsuspecting world.
Whether you like Green or enjoy his particular brand of wickedness is a matter of personal taste. But I think we can all agree that, in the case of Monday night's game against the Detroit Pistons, Green's personality somehow split the atom of basketball innovation.
Deadspin's Kevin Draper spotted footage of the (non-)play in question.
In the middle of the third quarter, the Golden State Warriors forward found himself forcibly removed from a play under his own basket by Detroit's bigs. The play ended in a score, and more importantly, Green arguing with an official behind the inbounds line.
Then magic happened.
Curry flipped the ball to his teammate, and such was Dray's Drayness in this moment that he didn't blink as it smacked off his torso and popped back into play.
And that was it: a no-look, no-hands inbounds pass. Curry picked up the ball, looked at the official as if to ask, "Is this street legal?" and just kept playing when nothing was called.
The Warriors went on to win 109-95, with Green notching 10 boards, nine (!) assists and four steals. He also invented a basketball thing through sheer dint of stubbornness.
I guess that's one way to innovate.
Dan is on Twitter. Dray's gonna Dray.
