The Warriors, in their current form, are undoubtedly one of the best teams in league history.

Their four headed monster of All Stars, combined with a forward thinking coach in Steve Kerr, have perfectly morphed to create a bonafide juggernaut. 

But, what if the 'death lineup' as we know it was never allowed to exist? 

Aside from the obvious scenario whereby Kevin Durant stays in Oklahoma City, there was another very real course of events that very nearly destroyed any possibility of this nigh-on unstoppable 'super team' from forming. 

And, the very roots of that once-conceivable situation began on live television back in February 2016. 

Maybe unsurprisingly, the member of the All Star quartet that put this reality in jeopardy was Draymond Green. 

The reigning NBA defensive player of the year's somewhat strained relationship with coach Kerr came to blows in a halftime tirade in a game in Oklahoma City. There was profanity, rage, and a sense that something drastic had to happen to either repair or immediately sever ties between the two. 

ESPN's Lisa Salters was in hearing distance of the vivacious back and forth between the pair, and relayed what Green had said. 

"I am not a robot! I know I can play! You have me messed up right now! If you don't want me to shoot, I won't shoot the rest of the game!" Salters said per Bleacher Report.

"At one point, people were trying to get him to sit down, from what I could hear," Salters reported that night. "And he was daring people, threatening people: 'Come sit me down!'"

The fracas caused friction in the locker room, with their leader taking aim at the head coach, and Green was convinced he was out of there when he left the Chesapeake Arena in OKC that day. 

He knew that if the front office had to choose between himself and the head coach, it wouldn't be a long discussion. 

"One hundred percent" Green told Bleacher Report when asked if he thought he would be traded. "Especially with the success that he was having as a coach. Like, you just don't get rid of that."

Warriors fans will be mightily glad that the pair had a sit down and worked things out just a few days later. Without Green, undoubtedly the heartbeat of the Warriors as we know them today, it's doubtful whether they'd have won any championships, or been able to recruit Kevin Durant later that summer. 

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