While the Golden State Warriors have been focused on their offseason, bringing back Steve Kerr as head coach and earning the 11th pick in the draft lottery, the NBA playoffs have been raging on.

The first round was filled with exciting series and two blown 3-1 series leads, while the second round, thus far, has shown extremely high-level basketball in half of the series. However, the other half haven't been close at all.

In the Eastern Conference, the Knicks made quick work of the 76ers, taking advantage of their fatigue from the first round and sweeping them to make the conference finals.

However, much of the attention has been on the team in the Western Conference that has also already reached the conference finals: the Oklahoma City Thunder. With their sweep over the Lakers, the Thunder have started the playoffs 8-0, becoming just the 11th team to ever begin a playoff this hot.

Coupled with their championship run last season, the Thunder are clearly the most dominant team standing. Alas, it's with a play style that many fans are beginning to be up in arms against, creating strife on the Internet on how well this team should be embraced by the public.

The Warriors are no strangers to criticism for the top team in the NBA. During the height of their dynasty, especially when Kevin Durant entered the fray, there was major discourse about their own play style.

Many fans discounted their success due to their largely never-before-seen play style, integrating the three-point shot, as well as the perceived moving screens that unlocked their offense. That's not to mention how much hate they got when Durant teamed up with them for a few years as a perennial All-NBA player.

Thus, Steve Kerr and Draymond Green knew just how the Thunder might be feeling when seeing all of the discourse surrounding the newest potential dynasty, especially when it pertained to the complaints directed at their foul-baiting and apparent positive relationship with the referees.

Kerr told ESPN, "As a sports fan, if the same team dominates too much, you want to see an upset. And it happens pretty quickly. We were the darling in '15 and '16, but by the time the Finals came around, I think the average observer was pulling for LeBron to pull off the comeback. I never took it personally. I've done the same thing. If a team in another sport starts to dominate, I root for the upset."

Kerr even talked specifically about the illegal screen discussions, saying, "That became a constant topic of conversation. It did frustrate us. Especially if teams countered that by flopping. You run into a slightly moving screen and act like you've just been hit by a truck. (Andrew) Bogut in particular, when he'd set an off ball screen, guys would go flying. But all's fair in love and war."

Green went a step further, saying the foul debates are just sour grapes and lazy discourse.

"'They've got to be doing something.' Nah, they just figured it out. So now it's everybody else job to figure them out. (The rhetoric) is lazy. I don't respect that at all. Yes, they do foul. Yes, Shai does sell fouls. Yes, Lu Dort does some bulls---. All of that is true. Oh well. If you can't beat 'em, shut up. One thing is for certain — a team that only plays to bait fouls, and a player that only plays to bait fouls, it catches up with them in the playoffs. They lose. (The Thunder) won a championship."

It's a major pushback from these two legends of the game. They understand where the fans may be coming from, but in essence, it seems they're more aligned with the camp that says to deal with it and enjoy greatness, no matter what form it's taking.