OAKLAND — The concept endlessly amuses Warriors forward Draymond Green. In his mind, the Warriors have the most talent and the most confidence to win an NBA championship in what would mark their third in the past four years. That expectation has only prompted several of the other 29 NBA teams to stockpile their roster in hopes to prove them wrong.

The Houston Rockets hope to be one of those teams. When the Golden State Warriors have their ring ceremony before Tuesday’s season opener at the Oracle, the Rockets hope to state their case that they have what it takes to expose a Warriors weakness that has otherwise become hard to find. The Rockets acquired All-Star point guard Chris Paul to pair with James Harden, while sending the Clippers seven players and a 2018 first-round pick.

“I guess he took some risks,” Green said about Rockets general manager Daryl Morey after practice on Monday. “He got Chris Paul. He’s a man of his word. He took some risks.”

With those risks yielding a high return, Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni told ESPN about the Warriors. “You’re not gonna stop them. It’s just not gonna happen. They’re not gonna stop us, either.”

The dismissive tone in Green’s voice grew louder after a reporter relayed D’Antoni’s quote.

“I don’t know how serious they take defense with that comment,” Green said, shaking his head. “But they added some good defensive players.”

Green listed the defensive credentials of Paul, Luc Mbah a Moute and P.J. Tucker, while admitting the potential loss in parting ways with Beverly. Then again, plenty of focus centers on how Harden and Paul will co-exist and D’Antoni’s fast-paced system that puts a heavy emphasis on 3-point shooting. How does that matchup with the Warriors’ top-ranked offense in Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and Green?

“They want it to be a shoot out, which is fine,” Green said. “But we’re going to play some defense. We scored pretty well. But we’re a damn good defensive team too. So we’re going to play some defense.”

The Warriors have been a top-five team in defensive efficiency in the past four years. Last season, the Warriors led the NBA in defensive field-goal percentage (43.5 percent), steals (9.57 per game) and blocks (6.77). That is vastly superior to the Rockets, which fared 26th in points allowed (109.6) and 23rd in defensive field-goal percentage (46.3%). Still, the Rockets were dangerous offensively before landing Paul. They trailed only the Warriors in total offense (115.3 points per game), while Harden ranked second in the NBA in scoring (29.1), ranked first in assists (11.2) and first in free-throw attempts (10.9).

“Our whole identity is to be really good on both sides. We’ve been blessed with a good roster the last two years with two-way players,” Kerr said. “Top five in offense and defense. We always think we can make an impact defensively. They’re going to be really hard to guard. But we’ve got to do a good job and be able to defend their strengths and we’re confident we can do a good job.”

So even if Kerr initially joked he just went to dinner upon hearing the offseason trade, the Warriors coach sounded aware of the implications after the Rockets lost in the second round of the NBA playoffs to Oklahoma City.

“They’re going to be awesome. They’re going to be really hard to guard,” Kerr said. “It gives James a chance to get off the ball and maybe take off some of the workload. I think it was easy to see he was tired in the playoffs last year. He had to do so much for that team. Chris is going to come in and really help balance the workload and they’re going to be tough.”

And because of that tough task, the Warriors appeared affected by the offseason move. Yes, the Warriors still remain confident about their own title fortunes. But Warriors guard Shaun Livingston called the move “a shock to the system” that will force them not to fall into complacency.

“It’s fuel to the fire,” Livingston said. “In an 82 game season, I don’t care who is out there. It’s tough to get up for every single season. Nobody enjoys going to work 365 days a year. There’ going to be days where you don’t got it. That’ll be fuel to the fire on those days.”

As if the Warriors needed any more fuel to open the 2017-18 season.

Before tipoff, the Warriors will receive their 2017 NBA championship rings. During the game, the Warriors pledge to center on a few things.

After making at least 22 3-pointers in each of their first three exhibitions, the Warriors will camp out on the 3-point line.

In coach’s meetings, Kerr also has talked about the need for his players not to get their hands caught “in the cookie jar.” So he has stressed to his players about not falling for Harden’s pump fakes and to avoid reaching. As Livingston admitted, “If it was easy, everybody would do it.”

Still, the Warriors managed just fine against Houston last year in three out of four matchups. Still the Rockets averaged 111 points in those contests. They also did not have Paul.

So while it seems expected both teams will score lots and lots of points through endless highlight reels at the rim and from the perimeter, the Warriors sound determined on preventing the Rockets from making those plays against them.

“They’re still probably going to score a ton of points. But we’ve got to make things as tough as possible. That’s what we’ve done the last few years. That’s why we’ve played well against them. But I think they’re going to be better this year.”