The Driven Green NBA makes a clear statement on the Thunder Player during the NBA finals that originally appeared on Ethalon Sports.
Golden State Warriors were soon abolished from the NBA playoffs, hoping that they had fallen 4–1 from Minnesota Timberwells. While he took the first game of the series, when Stephen Curry was forced to leave the game with a hamstring injury.
It was optimism that Curry could have returned if the Warriors were able to extend the series to game 6, but Timberwells took the remaining four games, making the fans of Warriors thinking, "what if?"
Golden State Warriors Forward Drummond Green © Carrie Edmondson-Imgon Images
Driven Green makes a clear statement on the Thunder Player during the NBA final
After the series, Warriors could only see from home as Timberwells fell 4–1 in the final of the Western Conference at Oklahoma City Thunder, receiving a berth in the NBA final.
While Warriors will be ready for another run in the next season, whatever Drummond Green has seen from the Thunder is especially influenced by their importance for Alex Caruso and another otherwise the young Thunder team.
"When I look at this OKC team, I really feel that the third most important player is Alex Caruso …. I think Caruso is so important what they do and I think you never plan for him," Green said. "So, because you don’t plan a game for him, he comes in these finals and he goes mad. But the reality is that, he is a champion, so he really knows what is expected."
Drummond Green says Alex is the third most important player of Caruso Thunder
"When I look at this OKC team, I really feel that the third most important player is Alex Caruso …. I think Caruso is so important what they do and I think you never plan for him. so… pic.twitter.com/fs16axjax2
– nbacentral (@shedunkcentral) June 10, 2025
Thunder took a big decision to trade Josh Giddi for Caruso in Offsen. While Giddi is a solid player, his style of style was not fit that the thunder needed him.
While Thunder looked away from scaring the bright light of the NBA final, caruso brings experience of NBA final after being an important part of running Los Angeles with Los Angeles in 2020.
The story was originally reported by Ethalon Sports on June 10, 2025, where it first appeared.