OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant proudly represented Team USA this offseason. Before departing for Rio, they played various exhibitions in the States. They were in Los Angeles on July 25, just 21 days after Durant shocked the country with his departure for the Warriors.

All three were announced pregame. All were booed by the Staples Center crowd — Green and Durant loudly.

“It’s like Jesus Christ,” Green shook his head on Wednesday. “I just don’t understand some people. Even if I hate you and whatever team you play for, if you’re gonna wear a Team USA jersey and represent my country, for one day I can give it up and say, ‘OK, I’m with you for this day.’ They booed us still…More power to those people. They’re angry about something in life. I’m not sure what.”

Starting Saturday — though in Vancouver, Canada, not the U.S. — this Durant-included team will be wearing Warrior jerseys together for the first time. There’s a ton of intrigue and angles surrounding them. That includes the reaction they’ll get in various cities. “I can only imagine,” Green said.

Many have pinned them up as the NBA’s new villains. For the past few years, as they rose from fun to historically dominant, Golden State became the league’s most popular team. That attention was primarily positive. But extended success usually turns some people off. They begin to root for the underdog. Green’s postseason antics only jacked up that growing angst. Then Durant’s signing topped it off — angering many as a rich getting richer type scenario.

In nearly every opposing arena, people are predicting jeers for the Warriors. But Green doesn’t sound too worried.

“Who cares what someone tries to make us out to be?” Green said. “We’re trying to win basketball games. If they want to make us the villain, that’s fine. They’re gonna boo us anyway everywhere we go, so that’s fine. The most fun I have in this game is going on another team’s floor and quieting their crowd anyway. So boo. Then eventually you’ll shut up. And I’ll laugh. We’ll laugh. And we’ll keep it moving.”

Green went as far as to say “that works for us and not against us.” The Warriors have become a dominant home team, but also thrive on the road. The past two regular seasons, Golden State went 62-20 away from Oracle. The NBA schedule can often drag, but the charged up road atmospheres that consistently await this Warriors team may provide some needed midseason juice.

If the Warriors win big and do it with an appealing style, will that eventually change? Will they win fans over with dominance? At least immediately, Green doesn’t think so.

“I don’t think it’ll happen this year,” he said. “No. 1, people in this world hate change. So the first time you change something, they’re gonna hate it for awhile. Then they kinda get with the wave, jump on the bandwagon or whatever. But that’s not what we do this for anyway. We do this to try to win championships. That’s our No. 1 goal, to win a championship. So to say, ‘Oh, we don’t want people to hate us. Come on, love us.’ That’s what we’re doing? No. It’s not. Who cares? Our No. 1 goal is going to be our goal throughout. That’s just what it’ll be. Whoever don’t like that, I really can’t help you.”

Here are a few video clips of Green on the subject:

Draymond Green on the Warriors villain role: "Boo. Then eventually you'll shut up. And I'll laugh." pic.twitter.com/iTh8wGM74j — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) September 28, 2016