On January 30, Beijing time, according to US media reports, Golden State Warriors player Drummond Green in the show, Green talked about not signing a larger contract in order to get Kevin Durant.
Green said: "On the night of the 2016 Finals loss, I went home and called Miles and I asked him what we needed to do to get Durant. Because the amount of the contract I signed before was not large, when I signed my first $82 million contract, I actually took very little money, which was to be able to give Durant a maximum salary."
"Because the biggest contract I was able to get at the time was $85 million, when my agent asked me how much money I could get and I was satisfied, I wrote down the number 82 on paper."
"Then my agent asked me to circle this number, because if I circled it, this number is the contract value that I can get, so I circled, and my agent walked out of my room with the paper."
In addition, Green also revealed how the Warriors recruited Durant on the show: "We had a chance to sign him, he was really good, but he was unhappy with the Thunder. He was thinking, 'I'm going to play good games with good players,' and that's what Kevin cares about the most."
"Because we've been playing great basketball games, I feel like we have a chance to take him down. Because I'm wondering why a talented player like him just wants to play a good game and not win a championship? In addition, Green also clarified that the team did not call Durant after losing the 2016 championship: "We were just talking about the loss, not about recruitment."
In the summer of 2016, Durant came to the Warriors, and over the next 3 years, Durant helped the team win the championship twice.