“That to a certain degree is very true”: Draymond Green responds to LeBron James about reason behind Golden State Warriors title win in 2021-22 season

The Golden State Warriors veteran forward Draymond Green has responded to the comments made by the Los Angeles Lakers legendary forward LeBron James about the team’s title-winning campaign in the 2021-22 season.

James, in a recent podcast, commented that the Warriors title win in the 2022 season over the Boston Celtics was more down to the players' basketball IQ level on the court.

“There are moments in the game that a coach cannot prepare you for,” said the 39-year-old. “Film can’t prepare you for, the history of the game can’t prepare you for, where you have to have a basketball IQ to make adjustments right away, if you don't have that level of mind frame or capacity.

“I believe that when Golden State beat Boston, it came down to IQ in the Finals. Because Boston, to me, had the better talent. Boston had the better talent. But it came down to IQ. People say experience - IQ."

Green, in his YouTube podcast “The Draymond Green Show,” responded to those comments and agreed with James but stated that the win was also down to the coaching staff’s preparedness as well.

“That to a certain degree is very true,” said Green. “I think we definitely had a higher IQ at the time. But I think we also had more than just higher IQ though, it’s also [that we had] higher IQ in the moment.

“You get in these playoffs sometimes and this is the NBA Finals we’re talking about, sometimes those lights can get a little bit brighter than you expect. So, I think our basketball IQ was higher, but also at that time our coaching staff’s basketball IQ was higher, the adjustments that we made throughout that series, it made all the difference.”