Durant–Green 'Chips' Conversation: Assigning Blame to Management

On August 18, 2021 Kevin Durant was a guest on Draymond Green's Bleacher Report series 'Chips' and the two discussed the Nov. 12, 2018 confrontation and its fallout. Both players stated that the pivotal issue was not only the argument itself but how the Warriors' leadership—coaching and front office—responded in its aftermath. Durant said, 'It wasn't the argument, it was the way that everybody — Steve Kerr — acted like it didn't happen. Bob Myers tried to just discipline you [Green] and think that would put the mask over everything,' while Green added blunt criticism about organizational handling, quoted in coverage as saying 'In my opinion, they [Warriors management] f***ed it up' and that management had not properly addressed underlying issues [5]. The conversation was notable because it represented a public joint reflection from both participants who had been on opposite sides of the original dispute, and because both assigned a portion of the responsibility to the team's decision-makers rather than focusing solely on player culpability [5][3].

The 2021 'Chips' conversation reframed public understanding of the dispute by introducing player-led criticism of organizational crisis management; rather than maintaining a narrative of ongoing personal animosity, Durant and Green together suggested that front-office and coaching choices amplified the rupture. That joint assessment altered media and fan interpretations of causality between the November 2018 incident and Durant's 2019 departure [5][3].

After the Aug. 18, 2021 conversation, coverage emphasized that the personal relationship between Durant and Green had been repaired to a degree—both players publicly critiqued management but did not sustain private attacks against each other—and the discussion underscored that organizational handling was part of the broader narrative about the Warriors' roster changes and Durant's exit [5][3].