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The last laugh goes to Danny Green.
Green took a jab at his critics as the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the Miami Heat in 6 games in the NBA Finals to capture a record-tying 17th league championship.
The 33-year-old had been scorned by fans throughout the title series owing to his woeful shooting, but he got the final say with the Lakers reaching the NBA summit for the first time in a decade.
“What [are] they [going] to say now?” Green posted as caption to a video of him smoking a championship cigar.
Green, the Lakers’ third-highest paid player next to LeBron James and Anthony Davis, struggled with his touch in the first 5 games of the NBA Finals as he averaged a poor 24.7% in 31 three-point attempts.
His abysmal shooting earned the ire of fans, who mocked Green online.
Even rapper Snoop Dogg did not mince words about Green, telling the Lakers guard to get back in the gym and practice his shot after missing the potential title-clinching three-pointer in Game 5.
The criticisms, though, took an ugly turn as Green and his fiancé Blair Bashen received death threats from enraged fans.
Still, Green remain unfazed, blocking out the social media noise.
“Only people in that locker room and on this roster are the opinions that are relevant and that matter to me,” he said.
The 11-year veteran delivered in the Lakers’ closeout 106-93 win with 11 points and 5 rebounds as he clinched his second straight NBA championship and third overall.
Green, a champion with the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors, joined teammate LeBron James, Robert Horry, and John Salley as the only players in NBA history to win titles with 3 different teams. – Rappler.com
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