This happened in the middle of the Warriors’ epic 2015-16 regular season, when I was reporting out a story about the powerful and propelling bond between their two most important players — Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, obviously.



Of course, I spent a lot of time talking to both Curry and Green about their yin-yang relationship and they were both thoughtful and colorful describing how it developed and what it meant to them. I asked other people about them, too.



I didn’t actually end up quoting the person who told me the perfect detail that opened up the whole story for me, mostly because his observation allowed me to get the best, most unique reactions from Curry and Green and that’s what I used. But the insight was pivotal. It was about 10 seconds of conversation and it told me just about everything this story needed.



And the person who gave me this insight was Shaun Livingston, no surprise, because it was not the first or the last...