Sarcastic Curry apologizes for accolades, Warriors being healthy

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Last week, Draymond Green brushed off Doc Rivers' "lucky" comments regarding the Warriors.

On Tuesday, however, he couldn't bite his tongue. That's not really a surprise.

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But it was noteworthy when Stephen Curry joined in.

“I want to just say I apologize for us being healthy,” Curry sarcastically said. “I apologize for us playing who was in front of us. I apologize for all the accolades we received as a team and individually."

Since the Warriors knocked off the Cavs in the NBA Finals, Charles Barkley and Kyrie Irving declared that Cleveland would have beat Golden State if fully healthy.

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The aforementioned Rivers said the Warriors were lucky they didn't have to face the Clippers or Spurs in the playoffs.

J.J. Redick said, "Golden State was the best team in the league, but they also had everything go right for them. They didn’t have one bad break."

James Harden declared (again) that he should have been the MVP.

Rockets point guard Ty Lawson claimed that Curry "was just chillin' on defense" against the Rockets and Cavs.

People around the NBA have noted that Golden State didn't suffer any significant injuries during its historic 67-win regular season.

Others have highlighted that the teams the Warriors beat in the playoffs were banged up:

- Jrue Holiday, Pelicans -- missed Game 2
- Tyreke Evans, Pelicans -- injured knee in Game 1 (played Games 2-4)
- Mike Conley, Grizzlies -- missed Game 1
- Tony Allen, Grizzlies -- missed Game 5 
- Dwight Howard, Rockets -- injured knee in Game 1 (played Games 2-5) 
- Patrick Beverley/Donatas Motiejunas, Rockets -- missed whole series

Regardless of everything, the Warriors won the NBA title and Curry was the league MVP.

"I’m very truly sorry," Curry said again. "And I hope we’ll rectify that situation this year.”

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