Draymond Green is scoring less this season with the addition of Kevin Durant but he still leads the Golden State Warriors in rebounds (10.1), assists (7.1), steals (2.3) and blocks (1.6).

"I do turn down some shots, but I think that's just basketball knowledge," Green said to ESPN. "If I'm open and KD's open, if you're smart, you throw the ball to KD and let him shoot it. If I'm open and Steph’s open, if you have any type of sense, you throw the ball to him and let him shoot it. If I'm open and Klay is open, if you have any brainpower, you'll throw the ball to him and let him shoot it. So that's just the way I play the game of basketball."

Green doesn't see deferring to others as a scorer is a sign he is no longer an All-Star talent.

"I think I'm one of the best players in the NBA," Green said. "Am I going to go out and score 30 every night? Absolutely not. But I didn't say I was one of the best scorers. I think I'm one of the best players, and I think anybody should believe that. I think if you don't believe that, you're failing yourself, and you're not allowing yourself to be that ... But I don't say that in a sense of, 'Oh, I'm one of the best. I'm better than Steph, I'm better than KD.' Like, that isn't me. When I just look at the game, that's how I feel.

"But the things that I do are more self-gratifying than anything. I don't do something to say, 'Man, I wonder if they saw that screen I just set. I wonder if they saw what I just did to help him get that bucket.' I don't do that, but I'll run down the court feeling amazing about it. That's just kind of how I am."

Green would likely have to be voted into the All-Star Game by the coaches.

"I've never thought about that. I don't really think about being an All-Star. I just like to play the game, and all that stuff takes care of itself," Green said to ESPN. "And it usually comes with winning. You win, and those things happen. So I don't really get off into, 'Will we be punished for KD coming over, and if so, will I be that guy?' I couldn't really care less. At the end of the day, being an All-Star is cool and all. That stuff is all fine and dandy, but I'm into the business of winning.

"I'll remember championship rings way more than I'll remember what city I was in for an All-Star game. That's something where I've done it, and it's cool, but that experience and the feeling I got from that and the feeling I got from winning a championship -- it's not even half as close to as good as [winning a ring]."