“Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships,” legendary football coach Bear Bryant famously said.

Enter Kevin Durant.

Durant, on Netflix’s “Starting 5” series, argued offense wins championships.

“You have to score baskets if you want to win a championship,” Durant said. “Playing defense, we can get any one of y’all in here to bend your legs, not touch the basketball, slide left and right, and contest the shot. That’s easy. But when we’re talking about winning at a high level against the best of the best, you cannot just do that and win a basketball game.”

Enter Draymond Green.

In an interview with The Athletic’s Sam Amick , Green was asked about Durant’s view on defense.

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