April 19, 2024 • 33 mins
Draymond Green reacts to the Golden State Warriors' tough loss in the NBA Play-in Tournament to the Sacramento Kings, how the defense was able to hold Steph Curry to a modest game, and Klay Thompson's tough shooting night. Then, Dray discusses the future of the Dubs, including Klay's contract situation heading into free agency and what the team needs to return to the NBA Finals. Dray also discusses the rest of the play-in games, including the Kings vs. the New Orleans Pelicans without Zion Williamson, the Philadelphia 76ers beating the Miami Heat behind Joel Embiid's performance, Jimmy Butler's injury, and why Dray thinks the Sixers can beat Jalen Brunson's New York Knicks in the postseason.
0:00 Start
5:00 Kings loss
10:00 Future of Warriors
25:00 Play-in games
Produced by: Jackson Safon
#Volume #Herd
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume. All right.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The NBA season is in full swing, coming down the stretch.
Then we move right into the playoffs in April, May
and June. I can't wait. Spice things up with Draftking
sports Book and official sports betting partner the NBA. Right now,
all you have to do is put down five bucks
and get one hundred and fifty dollars instantly in bonus bets.
(00:26):
Pretty good trade off. I pay five, I get one
hundred and fifty dollars. North Carolina listeners, do not forget.
Welcome to the party. Draft King Sportsbook now live in
your state, North Carolina. Download the Draftking sports Book app
takes ninety seconds. The code is Colin col N Again
ninety seconds. Download Draft King sports Book app.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Put in Colin.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
New customers bet five, get one hundred and fifty back
in bonus bets instantly. That is the trade all right.
The code is always Colin.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
The crown is.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Yours gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler or in
West Virginia, visit one eight hundred gambler dot net. In
New York call eight seven seven eight open wired text
hope and y four six seven three six nine in
Connecticut help is available. For problem gambling call eight eight
eight seven eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit
CCPG dot org. Please play responsibly on behalf of Boothill
(01:19):
Casino when resorting Kansas twenty one and over age varies
by jurisdiction, Voyd and Ontario. Bonus bets expire one hundred
and sixty eight hours after issuance. See DKNNG dot co
slash bball for eligibility and deposit restrictions, terms and responsible
gaming resources.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. Uh,
this is a kind of shitty podcast to do. As
our season came to an end a couple of days ago.
I know there's a bunch of questions about the future
of the Warriors, and that is Steph Clay and myself
(02:02):
and twelve years we've been together and if that was
the last time we've seen that.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
All of those questions.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There's also some other stuff around the play in that's
going on that we're going to get into that I
think is interesting. But also, you know, as these series
are starting to shake out, we'll also talk a couple
of these series that we now know are happening. And
also for those of y'all out there, make sure you
go vote for the Webby Award. Today is the last day,
(02:36):
so go check that out on the Twitter on our page, Twitter,
the Volumes, Twitter, Webby Website. Vote for the show. We
need that. Appreciate you. But let's get into the game.
We got popped by the Kings one eighteen to ninety
four on Tuesday, which is our season.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I told you all, I hate that playing.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
They were way more physical than us, They shocked the
ball way better than us.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
They dominated the game, but like it comes.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Down to one game NCAA tournament style and that's just it,
Like you don't get it back, like you don't get
another chance, and so I hate the play in Still,
it's still absolutely incredible. It's great. It's like the worst
great thing of all times. But it's been exciting, and
(03:26):
you know, it didn't go well for us. My thoughts
on the game before we move forward, Steph twenty two
eight for sixteen shooting. What that says to me is
like their defense was really good, Like they defended us
really well because Steph twenty two eight for sixteen shooting,
I mean we just didn't find him enough shot opportunities
(03:49):
at two points. That's a very light knight of Steph,
but a very that's an efficient night, you know. And
I think he was maybe three for seven from three
or something like that. And so got to get their
defensive credit.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Mike Brown. We know it's a defensive genius.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You know, Mike got all my respect, especially when it
comes to that side of the ball. And he had
them guys ready to go. Their defensive game plan was great. Uh,
you know, they did a good job on everybody. Uh,
Clay was oh for ten from the field, oh for
six from three. By the way, some shots that we
(04:27):
know Clay is more than capable of making it normally
does make, just couldn't get one to go uh that night.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And again it's one of those nice right, Like.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
I think Clay only didn't score a bucket in his
NBA career one other time that he played in the game,
and that was because he got ejected two three minutes
into the game. And and and I also got ejected
that game. But that you know, that's uh, that's the
(05:01):
only other time Clay didn't score in the game.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
So in saying.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
That, that's the Ncason Tournament, right, Like, you end up
in that situation and one night and then the shots
just don't fall and it's over.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
You know. But like I said, their defensive game plan
was great.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Wiggs four to four, eleven from the field, JK six
for fifteen from the field, and they were eighteen.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
For thirty nine from the three.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
You know, like we had a rough shooting night, and
like I said, you got to get them some credit.
They were flying around. I remember one play that stood
out to me in particular. I caught the ball kind
of at the elbow and Trace was diving and I
kind of tried to lead him a bit to the lib,
and the Bonus had just trapped the ball screen up
(05:51):
top with Steph and sprinted all the way back to
the real.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
And broke up the lib. You know.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
And like they were flying around all night. Uh, and
you know, they just got the better of us that night.
So that's what you have, you know, when you're in
this playing situation. Our season overall as a whole, ironically
forty six and thirty six, two more wins than we
had last year when we were the sixth seed, end
up tense different West. And you know, like I said
(06:23):
that before, we blew some games that we should have
easily won. I can count maybe six seven games on
my hand, my two hands, right off the top of
my head.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That like, we gave away.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
We gave two okayc games away filing at the end
of the game on threes.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Both of them.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Gave them away or we gave up the three to
check and then I filed on the three. That's two
games we absolutely gave away. We gave away game to
the Clippers, gave away a game of Chicago. Like the
list goes on on Joker hits an almost Corse shot
(07:03):
against Differ in the game we were up seventeen.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
That's five.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
I can continue on the point is when you have
those games, you have to close those games. The great
teams close those games, and that's what separate good and
great teams.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
And so.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
When you look at those things, you ultimately get what
you're deserving in you know, through everything that went on
this season, when you look at those things, it's.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Unfortunate, but that's where we have to tighten up.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
When we know what it takes to win a championship,
we know what the things that go into it.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
It's a process.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
It's an eight month process, it's not a two month process.
And you have to be in that process the entire time.
You skip steps in that process, you don't win. And
we didn't do a great job of that this year.
So that's now back to back seasons getting eliminated and tough,
(08:18):
tough close out games, but far earlier than we expect,
especially this one not being in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
This sucks, but got to go back to the drawing board.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Retool had great exit interviews yesterday, Steve Mike. You know,
looking forward to talking about what the future of this
team looks like. You can't you're not allowed to make
the playoffs and then think like, oh, everything's just going
to stay the same, like's that's not a realistic thing,
especially for an organization that has experienced the success that
(08:55):
we've now brought to this organization. You can't just think like, oh,
it's gonna stay the same and they're gonna just looked
at it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I don't expect that.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
When you're in a situation like this, all things are
on the table, Like you'd be crazy to go into
it thinking like, oh it's not or I'm good or
like naha, you're not like until you are. So I
am looking forward to having these conversations seeing what's next,
(09:28):
what the thoughts are kind of had few thoughts yesterday,
but you're kind of just on this tight twenty minute
schedule where everybody's kind of getting through their exit interview.
So looking forward to having those conversations. What does that
mean for the Big Three, the Trio, all the names
I've seen.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I wish I had.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
An answer for you, But what I do know is
there's not one person in this organization that does not
want Klay Thompson back here. Because I don't think there's
one person around here that don't think we can't win again.
Now again, do you have to retool, do you have
to figure some things out? Do you need young guys
to take steps? Yes, all of these things has to
happen in organizations for them to continue to be successful.
(10:16):
So yes, there are some tweaks that need to be made.
Me personally, I don't think there's an overhaul that need
to be made. I think there are tweaks that needs
to be made. And if you know, if we can
successfully make those tweaks tweaks, I think we put ourselves
right back in the conversation. Clay will ultimately have to
(10:39):
make a decision and he'll go into free agency. He'll see,
I'm sure I know how this business goes. He'll see
what's out there. He'll continue to talk to the warriors.
There will be negotiations that needs to be had. One
thing I will say that I learned last year, and
I had never been throwing my career. Free agency is
(11:01):
not a fun place. Free agency kind of sucks. There
are a couple of people every now and then where
free agency could be fun. But like the reality is
is free agency is like uncertainty. Like and if there's
anything all of us hated life is uncertainty. You're always
(11:23):
looking for certainty and whatever it is that you do,
free agency is like an uncertain place. You think your
market is this, you think your market is that. That
person over there thinks your market is this. Ultimately, it
boils down to what is someone willing to offer you.
I can think my market is whatever I wanted to
(11:44):
think it is, but until I get to the free
agency table and the offer star role, and you don't
know what your market is. So I myself absolutely hated
free agency. It sucks because you you sit there and
you go on about your life not knowing really what's next.
(12:06):
And that's no fun place to be, and you're at
the mercy of someone else seeing a value of something
and putting a dollar amount on it, and then you're
figuring out what you think that dollar amount is and
trying to somehow make it work, and in the process,
feelings get hurt, relationships are broken. It's just the nature
(12:32):
of it. It's really the shitty part of the business.
So Clay will go in the free agency and he
will look around the market, I'm sure, because that's how
you do these things, and any negotiation that is with
negotiating for toilet paper, and that's when negotiating for food,
(12:53):
whatever it is. That's just how you go about it.
So he'll do that, and I ultimately hope that he's
back here that we all can close this thing out
together the way we've done it, continue to chase after
(13:14):
the things that we know are out there for us,
which is winning championships, continuing to bring more success to
a franchise than anyone could ever imagine besides Joe. Joe
definitely imagine, but nobody else imagine.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
That is the goal. You don't have the.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Opportunity to finish with the guys you started with often
and we have that opportunity. But like I said, ultimately,
I know, like when we started this journey, Clay was
twenty one, Clay is thirty four. Life looks totally different
at thirty four than it did at twenty one, and
(13:54):
so I ultimately know he has to make decisions for
himself for his life. And if there's one thing I
hate is when guys like decide the free agency they're
going to go somewhere else, and then guys be mad
like they left them, like like, oh you left me,
I'm upset at you, Like we're beefing now for the media,
(14:16):
Like I ain't never gonna be that because I don't
understand that, like someone make a personal decision for themselves,
for their family, for their career, and then people get
mad and be like, oh I'm mad.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
At like f him and like that's whack to me.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
And so I personally want Clay to come back.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
We all do.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
But if Clay ultimately decides that he wants something else
for himself for his life, got my utmost love and
support because what we've done together can never be taken away.
The brotherhood that we've built will not change at all.
But we do want to finish. But I don't understand
(15:02):
that corny stuff when gods like oh man, I'm like
ah in media beefing and stuff. We don't do that
over here. Travis told me after we lost. He said, Yo,
you're going to go through like some crazy emotions, like
you're going to go through like high low, Like I'm done,
(15:22):
I get to spend time with my family, Like wait,
I'm supposed to be playing basketball at this time, like.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
You're going to experience ALLI.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
And when he said it, it was right after the game,
and I was just like no, Like I didn't say
it back to him, but I was just thinking to myself,
like you're talking about all right, And like the emotional
roller coaster I've been on the last two days, it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Like I'm here, I'm there. I'm like, I'm.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Playing this thing. I get to go to this thing.
I shouldn't be going to that thing like what I've
been all over the place. So how I feel about Like,
I don't know how I feel about being done this early,
never been done this early.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
It's crazy, like I can't.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
I don't know, man, It's it's the range of emotions
right now is crazy, and I am not enjoying this
at all. Playoff basketball is the most fun time of year,
is what I look forward to the most, and to
not have that experience already has me thinking personally for
myself next year. Like you coming in way better as
(16:36):
a player, You're coming in the best shape of your life.
You're doing Like it's crazy. I don't know what to feel,
how to feel about this, Like when you win and
you experience those pinnacles to then try to come back
from that, Like I mean, you like end up doing
(16:56):
this after knowing those feelings and what that feel like
and how that competition goes. And like, man, it's the playoffs,
that's when everybody watching it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Thing crazy. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
I can't figure the emotions of it out. Man, the
things that we accomplished together for NBA titles, I could
never imagine winning the NBA title coming into the NBA.
It's a crazy story. And man, love this dude to death,
brother of mine. But it's a moment, Like you have
(17:32):
moments in your life that you'll never forget, and this
was a moment in my life that I'll never forget.
I've never been a loser in my life. I've won
at every level of basketball. So to think that that
I'm coming to an organization that like lose, lose loses.
Like to me, I'm like, oh, no, we're gonna win.
(17:54):
Like I was that dumb to believe, Like, no, we're
gonna I'm gonna come in, We're gonna win like one
twenty three games a year before, but we're gonna win,
Like I was that naive, like I had never lost
in my life. I got drafted to the Golden State Warriors.
And Lamar Woodley, who is one of my OG's big
(18:21):
brother mine from Saginaw, Michigan, Pittsburgh, still a legend super
Bowl champion. He always had a camp every year back
in Saginaw in the summer, and Marshawn Lynch always came
to the camp. Marshawn loved Saganaw. I'm sure it reminds
him of Oakland, but like I got nothing beloved for Marshawn,
(18:43):
big brother of man. But I'll never forget this moment.
And Lamar was like we were standing in the parking
lot to start US lanes in Saginaw.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Lamar was like, yo, he got he just got drafted
to the Warriors.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
He gonna be an Oakland and Marshawan was like, ha
ha ha, y'all suck, like the Warriors don't never win,
Like y'all suck. And I was like, yeah, that's gonna
change like that, like we sucked, like me sucking, Like nah,
that's changing, Like I don't ever suck. That's gonna change.
And to like, like I'll never forget that and that
(19:22):
that story is less about Marshawan but just more about
what the Warriors were. And so to come out of
college and like get drafted to that organization and to
think twelve years later, won four titles with the same guys,
six finals appearances with the same guys, won seventy three
games with the same guys, hardly ever lost. We lost
(19:48):
three playoff series fully healthy in eleven years.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's crazy, like.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
To accomplished that, Like the common thought of this organization
was what Marshawn said, the lifing stock of the NBA
for sure, for Shore life in stock of the NBA.
And to think that we've done all of this together,
(20:22):
changed the way basketball is played together, changed the way
championships are viewed these days. You got guys, you got
guys in the NBA talking about getting winning championships like
that was never the thing. Like I've seen guys like
have career nights, and like after the career night, like, yeah,
(20:43):
but we need to win a championship, Like, Bro, that's
a career night in the regular season, Like that was
never the conversation. But because of what we've accomplished and
made it look like it's supposed to be done that
way and made it look so easy, everybody think like, oh,
now you're just gonna win the championship. And then players
get like devalue because they don't win a championship because
(21:06):
that's the standard.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
But the reality is like.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
We did it on the level as good as anybody
that's ever done it. And by the way, to STEP's point,
which I love these moments because they never seem to
not come true. Right after the game in the King's
locker room, I said, I love you, Bro, it's gotta
love you two ween done.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You're right? Got it? Know that cool? We ain't. You're right.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
So to think that like we've done these things, I
love it, and we're not done.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
So that's that. That's the end of the dumb season.
That's a rap.
Speaker 4 (21:47):
I am extremely grateful to finish your twelve of my career.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
You're twelve healthy. I got so much gratitude.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Like I told you, the emotions are all over the place,
but I can look at that and be like man
second round pick from Saginaw, Michigan, Michigan State University getting
drives to the Golden State Warriors and being labeled a tweeter,
which was a death sentence when I was coming out
in the draft, second round pick. Although I was National
Player of the Year, I just finished year twelve in
(22:18):
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I got gray hairs now I was just looking in
the mirror.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
I got more gray hairs coming in up top, about
to be full of salt and pepper. But I'm still
in the NBA and I just finished your twelve. So
I got such gratitude for that.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So that's that. Let's talk about these playing games.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Man.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
We know the Kings now got the Pelicans.
Speaker 4 (22:37):
Without a Zion Williamson who had forty and eleven when
he got hurt first the Lakers having one of the
best games of his young career and in the game
that mattered. And I know everybody remember the chatter around
him when they played in the play in you had
he's too fat, out of shape, waste the talent, Like
(23:04):
you know, he got destroyed in that play in versus
the Lakers, like embarrassed.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
And since then, there's been a different Ion.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
And he showed that that night, and he had his
team right there in it uh one or two possession
game and he had to lead the game. And it's unfortunate.
And because he's you can see the growth. And now
you got the Kings that go take on the New
Orleans Pelicans when out Zion, I think the Key Kings
(23:36):
should win that pretty easily. No game at that magnitude
is ever easy. Like the Kings beat us pretty easily.
I'm sure they didn't feel like it was that easy,
Like it's max efforts. So take what I said with
a grain of salt. But I think the Kings go in.
They have the experience. You know, they came on the
roll here last year during the playoffs and won a game.
(23:59):
Like they have the experience. I think they go and
win that game. Their defense is flying around the way
they were flying around against US.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
No Zion.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
That's that's Zion's twenty four points or whatever average on
the floor, but that's like fifty to fifty five points
with his impact and people shrinking and them getting threes
and pressure he puts on the rim and the defense collapse.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
You get a swing swing night.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
That's a huge loss, huge loss, and they're not gonna
be able to overcome that, in my opinion. So that's
what we're looking forward to in the West playing and
on the other side in the play. And we know
the Sixers beat the Heat last night. We do know
Jimmy Butler ended up hurt at the game. I think
he hurt his knee earlier in the game, kind of
played through it and then couldn't go anymore. We now
(24:47):
know that Jimmy Butler has an MCL sprain and will
be out several weeks, marking it probably the end of
the Miami Heat season. Now, I say that not saying
that they can't necessarily win their next playing game, but
more so, even if they do, they face the Boston Celtics,
and we'll get into that because I got something to
(25:11):
say about that that y'all probably gonna get mad at.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
So let's say that for a little bit.
Speaker 4 (25:15):
But Joe L ANDB last night made every play down
the stretch defensively and offensively, offensive, rebound, put back, and
one dropped the Kelly oubre and one two big threes
down the stretch, walking into him taking the league.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Joelle, who had not had.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
A great game, actually have had a pretty tough game,
so much so that on the broadcast they kept just
talking about how hurt he was. Like number one, let's
stop doing that. He's out there, he's playing like we
get it. Coming back from injury, it is definitely tough.
You need that ramp up.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
But like Joel is great, and he showed that down
the stretch.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Regardless of how I may feel, regardless of what the
circumstances are, I'm gonna make every play down the stretch
that my team need. Because, as Paul Reed said, we
ain't dunck at nobody, but we wanted the New York Knicks.
We think that's the easier We think that that's an
easier team to beat. Paul Reid said that I ain't said,
(26:24):
but the reality is, we know the reality. The New
York Knicks are way easier to beat than the Boston Celtics.
In fact, I got the Philadelphia seventy six ers beating
the New York Knicks because who's gonna stop Joel? And
like Joel took over every play down the stretch versus
the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat in which we know
(26:49):
probably would beat the Knicks too, but that's neither here
nor there. Philadelphia seventy six ers and the will now
take on the New York Knicks, and I got Philly
for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Nobody's stopping Joe l.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Maxi and Jalen Brownson gonna cancel each other out like
they're both gonna have great seasons, I mean, great series,
but they're gonna cancel each other out.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
And New York is not.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
Not only do they not have Joe l Embi, but
they're also missing Julius Randall. And you know you can
win regular season games missing Julian Julius Randall.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
That's all find and dandy when you plan every other night.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
Scouting reports aren't that great, guys getting off getting to
they strong hands because scotting reports ain't that great, and
you're kind of just going game the game. This is
a playoff series now, and you are missing an all star,
and that will now show because guys that may have
been getting off, it's gonna be a lot harder for
them to get off when the scouting report is I'm
(27:55):
playing you for seven games and we taking these things away.
And so for me personally, that's why I got the
Philadelphia seventy six ers winning easily.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
I mean not easily.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
But I thought it was very interesting that Paul Reed
came out and say that, because it's exactly what everybody thought.
They did not want to see Boston in the first round.
They don't want to see Boston in the second round.
They want to meet with Boston in the conference finals
and then swing for the fences if that's possible.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
So they avoided that.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
And now you got the Bulls and you got the
Miami Heat without Jimmy Butler. If there's any team that
can go beat somebody without their star player, it is
the Miami Heat, that is for sure. They always got
guys that's just gonna get off, play hard, well coached,
scolet and report, gonna be great and do all of
those things. So the Miami Heat can't compete. You know,
(28:53):
we know they sometimes take this for motivation. So I'm
gonna say it here and say it here. First, I
got to Chicago Bulls because Damar DeRozan is going to
make every play that he needs to make to win
the game. Damar will walk the ball up the court
and get every shot they want, every shot that he
wants them to get in this game. Remember it's one game,
(29:14):
it's not a series. He gonna walk the ball up,
get every shot. Kobe White, Man, Kobe White was incredible
last night. Forty two points, six seven assists, something like that,
five six rebounds. Kobe White was incredible. I don't see
that changing. Yes, the defense will be tougher. I do
(29:35):
think that the defense will definitely be tougher Rusus the
Miami He for Kobe White than it was, and the
rim protection will be much different than it was for
Kobe White yesterday. The rim protection, like Bam out of Bayu,
is elite rim protection. So I don't see Kobe getting
to the cup like he did last night as often
(29:58):
as frequently. But Kobe also didn't shoot the three well
last night, and we know he's capable of doing that,
so that could be activated as well.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
But I got the I got the bulls taking this.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
You need your stars, you need your top dogs to
play well in these moments.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
And I think it's gonna be tough without Jimmy.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
They really need Jimmy out there.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Uh. The X factor. Watch out for ham Hotkass. Every
time Jimmy Butler did not play. This year, ho May
went off, so watch out for him. It's a different
stage right now, win or go home. He's used to
that NCAA tournament field though. That's my X factor for
the game. If i May can get off, he can
get him a chance. But I got the Bulls and
(30:41):
then I'll holler out my dog Tomrio come on over
here with me in about a week.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Uh when when? When?
Speaker 4 (30:48):
When he gets a hold of them Celtics. But what
I was gonna say that, I know nobody wants to
hear the Celtics just dodge a bullet with Jimmy getting hurt.
Because if Jimmy don't get hurt, they beat the Chicago
Bulls no problem. And the Boston Celtics. The Miami heat
has been a problem for the Boston Celtics. So Jackson
(31:11):
got this huge smile on his face right now because
he know, yeah, the Celtics are good. Yeah, they got
a really good team and arguably the best team, best
chance to win the championship. I agree with all of that,
But all I'm saying is with the with Jimmy Butler,
the Celtics has had a tough time, and no one
(31:33):
wants to see anybody get hurt. That's never.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I mean, I don't know about Boston fans. They different.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
But you can shake your head, Jackson, but you ain't
grow up in Boston, Massachusetts. Them Boston fans in Boston,
they are different, and I don't know what they think.
I'm not just gonna throw something out there on them.
Maybe I will, because who cares. But Jimmy Butler getting hurt.
(32:04):
That was sent from heaven. Y'all make sure y'all take
that received the blessing, because that was a guy saying
for the Boston Celtics. The last thing in Boston wanted
to do was win sixty plus games and meet Jimmy
Butler in the Miami Heat in the first round of
the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
Number one, the.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Heart attack they would have had just by that happening,
Like that'll tiss you up a little bit like.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
That, ah, like we got them again.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
That's too much like right, So Boston, y'all take that
gift that was sent from heaven to ba y'all make
sure y'all take advantage of that, because man, I would
have loved to see that series. It's unfortunate, But however,
I am wishing Jimmy well. You know, MCLs could be tough. Hope,
(32:58):
it's just that he can get back sooner rather than later.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Regardless of this season. You live that every day.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
So wishing Jimmy well, that's a rap from this episode
of The Draymond Green Show. We got some playoff stuff
coming all way. I got nothing else to do, so
why not break these games down for y'all. Let y'all help,
help y'all gain a better understanding of what to wash for,
what adjustments could possibly be made should be made?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
This that another from a champ yours truly until next time.
That's a rap. Peace,
The volume. All right.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The NBA season is in full swing, coming down the stretch.
Then we move right into the playoffs in April, May
and June. I can't wait. Spice things up with Draftking
sports Book and official sports betting partner the NBA. Right now,
all you have to do is put down five bucks
and get one hundred and fifty dollars instantly in bonus bets.
(00:26):
Pretty good trade off. I pay five, I get one
hundred and fifty dollars. North Carolina listeners, do not forget.
Welcome to the party. Draft King Sportsbook now live in
your state, North Carolina. Download the Draftking sports Book app
takes ninety seconds. The code is Colin col N Again
ninety seconds. Download Draft King sports Book app.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Put in Colin.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
New customers bet five, get one hundred and fifty back
in bonus bets instantly. That is the trade all right.
The code is always Colin.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
The crown is.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Yours gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler or in
West Virginia, visit one eight hundred gambler dot net. In
New York call eight seven seven eight open wired text
hope and y four six seven three six nine in
Connecticut help is available. For problem gambling call eight eight
eight seven eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit
CCPG dot org. Please play responsibly on behalf of Boothill
(01:19):
Casino when resorting Kansas twenty one and over age varies
by jurisdiction, Voyd and Ontario. Bonus bets expire one hundred
and sixty eight hours after issuance. See DKNNG dot co
slash bball for eligibility and deposit restrictions, terms and responsible
gaming resources.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. Uh,
this is a kind of shitty podcast to do. As
our season came to an end a couple of days ago.
I know there's a bunch of questions about the future
of the Warriors, and that is Steph Clay and myself
(02:02):
and twelve years we've been together and if that was
the last time we've seen that.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
All of those questions.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There's also some other stuff around the play in that's
going on that we're going to get into that I
think is interesting. But also, you know, as these series
are starting to shake out, we'll also talk a couple
of these series that we now know are happening. And
also for those of y'all out there, make sure you
go vote for the Webby Award. Today is the last day,
(02:36):
so go check that out on the Twitter on our page, Twitter,
the Volumes, Twitter, Webby Website. Vote for the show. We
need that. Appreciate you. But let's get into the game.
We got popped by the Kings one eighteen to ninety
four on Tuesday, which is our season.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I told you all, I hate that playing.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
They were way more physical than us, They shocked the
ball way better than us.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
They dominated the game, but like it comes.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Down to one game NCAA tournament style and that's just it,
Like you don't get it back, like you don't get
another chance, and so I hate the play in Still,
it's still absolutely incredible. It's great. It's like the worst
great thing of all times. But it's been exciting, and
(03:26):
you know, it didn't go well for us. My thoughts
on the game before we move forward, Steph twenty two
eight for sixteen shooting. What that says to me is
like their defense was really good, Like they defended us
really well because Steph twenty two eight for sixteen shooting,
I mean we just didn't find him enough shot opportunities
(03:49):
at two points. That's a very light knight of Steph,
but a very that's an efficient night, you know. And
I think he was maybe three for seven from three
or something like that. And so got to get their
defensive credit.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Mike Brown. We know it's a defensive genius.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You know, Mike got all my respect, especially when it
comes to that side of the ball. And he had
them guys ready to go. Their defensive game plan was great. Uh,
you know, they did a good job on everybody. Uh,
Clay was oh for ten from the field, oh for
six from three. By the way, some shots that we
(04:27):
know Clay is more than capable of making it normally
does make, just couldn't get one to go uh that night.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And again it's one of those nice right, Like.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
I think Clay only didn't score a bucket in his
NBA career one other time that he played in the game,
and that was because he got ejected two three minutes
into the game. And and and I also got ejected
that game. But that you know, that's uh, that's the
(05:01):
only other time Clay didn't score in the game.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
So in saying.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
That, that's the Ncason Tournament, right, Like, you end up
in that situation and one night and then the shots
just don't fall and it's over.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
You know. But like I said, their defensive game plan
was great.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Wiggs four to four, eleven from the field, JK six
for fifteen from the field, and they were eighteen.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
For thirty nine from the three.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
You know, like we had a rough shooting night, and
like I said, you got to get them some credit.
They were flying around. I remember one play that stood
out to me in particular. I caught the ball kind
of at the elbow and Trace was diving and I
kind of tried to lead him a bit to the lib,
and the Bonus had just trapped the ball screen up
(05:51):
top with Steph and sprinted all the way back to
the real.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
And broke up the lib. You know.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
And like they were flying around all night. Uh, and
you know, they just got the better of us that night.
So that's what you have, you know, when you're in
this playing situation. Our season overall as a whole, ironically
forty six and thirty six, two more wins than we
had last year when we were the sixth seed, end
up tense different West. And you know, like I said
(06:23):
that before, we blew some games that we should have
easily won. I can count maybe six seven games on
my hand, my two hands, right off the top of
my head.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That like, we gave away.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
We gave two okayc games away filing at the end
of the game on threes.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Both of them.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Gave them away or we gave up the three to
check and then I filed on the three. That's two
games we absolutely gave away. We gave away game to
the Clippers, gave away a game of Chicago. Like the
list goes on on Joker hits an almost Corse shot
(07:03):
against Differ in the game we were up seventeen.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
That's five.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
I can continue on the point is when you have
those games, you have to close those games. The great
teams close those games, and that's what separate good and
great teams.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
And so.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
When you look at those things, you ultimately get what
you're deserving in you know, through everything that went on
this season, when you look at those things, it's.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Unfortunate, but that's where we have to tighten up.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
When we know what it takes to win a championship,
we know what the things that go into it.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
It's a process.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
It's an eight month process, it's not a two month process.
And you have to be in that process the entire time.
You skip steps in that process, you don't win. And
we didn't do a great job of that this year.
So that's now back to back seasons getting eliminated and tough,
(08:18):
tough close out games, but far earlier than we expect,
especially this one not being in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
This sucks, but got to go back to the drawing board.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Retool had great exit interviews yesterday, Steve Mike. You know,
looking forward to talking about what the future of this
team looks like. You can't you're not allowed to make
the playoffs and then think like, oh, everything's just going
to stay the same, like's that's not a realistic thing,
especially for an organization that has experienced the success that
(08:55):
we've now brought to this organization. You can't just think like, oh,
it's gonna stay the same and they're gonna just looked
at it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I don't expect that.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
When you're in a situation like this, all things are
on the table, Like you'd be crazy to go into
it thinking like, oh it's not or I'm good or
like naha, you're not like until you are. So I
am looking forward to having these conversations seeing what's next,
(09:28):
what the thoughts are kind of had few thoughts yesterday,
but you're kind of just on this tight twenty minute
schedule where everybody's kind of getting through their exit interview.
So looking forward to having those conversations. What does that
mean for the Big Three, the Trio, all the names
I've seen.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I wish I had.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
An answer for you, But what I do know is
there's not one person in this organization that does not
want Klay Thompson back here. Because I don't think there's
one person around here that don't think we can't win again.
Now again, do you have to retool, do you have
to figure some things out? Do you need young guys
to take steps? Yes, all of these things has to
happen in organizations for them to continue to be successful.
(10:16):
So yes, there are some tweaks that need to be made.
Me personally, I don't think there's an overhaul that need
to be made. I think there are tweaks that needs
to be made. And if you know, if we can
successfully make those tweaks tweaks, I think we put ourselves
right back in the conversation. Clay will ultimately have to
(10:39):
make a decision and he'll go into free agency. He'll see,
I'm sure I know how this business goes. He'll see
what's out there. He'll continue to talk to the warriors.
There will be negotiations that needs to be had. One
thing I will say that I learned last year, and
I had never been throwing my career. Free agency is
(11:01):
not a fun place. Free agency kind of sucks. There
are a couple of people every now and then where
free agency could be fun. But like the reality is
is free agency is like uncertainty. Like and if there's
anything all of us hated life is uncertainty. You're always
(11:23):
looking for certainty and whatever it is that you do,
free agency is like an uncertain place. You think your
market is this, you think your market is that. That
person over there thinks your market is this. Ultimately, it
boils down to what is someone willing to offer you.
I can think my market is whatever I wanted to
(11:44):
think it is, but until I get to the free
agency table and the offer star role, and you don't
know what your market is. So I myself absolutely hated
free agency. It sucks because you you sit there and
you go on about your life not knowing really what's next.
(12:06):
And that's no fun place to be, and you're at
the mercy of someone else seeing a value of something
and putting a dollar amount on it, and then you're
figuring out what you think that dollar amount is and
trying to somehow make it work, and in the process,
feelings get hurt, relationships are broken. It's just the nature
(12:32):
of it. It's really the shitty part of the business.
So Clay will go in the free agency and he
will look around the market, I'm sure, because that's how
you do these things, and any negotiation that is with
negotiating for toilet paper, and that's when negotiating for food,
(12:53):
whatever it is. That's just how you go about it.
So he'll do that, and I ultimately hope that he's
back here that we all can close this thing out
together the way we've done it, continue to chase after
(13:14):
the things that we know are out there for us,
which is winning championships, continuing to bring more success to
a franchise than anyone could ever imagine besides Joe. Joe
definitely imagine, but nobody else imagine.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
That is the goal. You don't have the.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Opportunity to finish with the guys you started with often
and we have that opportunity. But like I said, ultimately,
I know, like when we started this journey, Clay was
twenty one, Clay is thirty four. Life looks totally different
at thirty four than it did at twenty one, and
(13:54):
so I ultimately know he has to make decisions for
himself for his life. And if there's one thing I
hate is when guys like decide the free agency they're
going to go somewhere else, and then guys be mad
like they left them, like like, oh you left me,
I'm upset at you, Like we're beefing now for the media,
(14:16):
Like I ain't never gonna be that because I don't
understand that, like someone make a personal decision for themselves,
for their family, for their career, and then people get
mad and be like, oh I'm mad.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
At like f him and like that's whack to me.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
And so I personally want Clay to come back.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
We all do.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
But if Clay ultimately decides that he wants something else
for himself for his life, got my utmost love and
support because what we've done together can never be taken away.
The brotherhood that we've built will not change at all.
But we do want to finish. But I don't understand
(15:02):
that corny stuff when gods like oh man, I'm like
ah in media beefing and stuff. We don't do that
over here. Travis told me after we lost. He said, Yo,
you're going to go through like some crazy emotions, like
you're going to go through like high low, Like I'm done,
(15:22):
I get to spend time with my family, Like wait,
I'm supposed to be playing basketball at this time, like.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
You're going to experience ALLI.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
And when he said it, it was right after the game,
and I was just like no, Like I didn't say
it back to him, but I was just thinking to myself,
like you're talking about all right, And like the emotional
roller coaster I've been on the last two days, it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Like I'm here, I'm there. I'm like, I'm.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Playing this thing. I get to go to this thing.
I shouldn't be going to that thing like what I've
been all over the place. So how I feel about Like,
I don't know how I feel about being done this early,
never been done this early.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
It's crazy, like I can't.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
I don't know, man, It's it's the range of emotions
right now is crazy, and I am not enjoying this
at all. Playoff basketball is the most fun time of year,
is what I look forward to the most, and to
not have that experience already has me thinking personally for
myself next year. Like you coming in way better as
(16:36):
a player, You're coming in the best shape of your life.
You're doing Like it's crazy. I don't know what to feel,
how to feel about this, Like when you win and
you experience those pinnacles to then try to come back
from that, Like I mean, you like end up doing
(16:56):
this after knowing those feelings and what that feel like
and how that competition goes. And like, man, it's the playoffs,
that's when everybody watching it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Thing crazy. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
I can't figure the emotions of it out. Man, the
things that we accomplished together for NBA titles, I could
never imagine winning the NBA title coming into the NBA.
It's a crazy story. And man, love this dude to death,
brother of mine. But it's a moment, Like you have
(17:32):
moments in your life that you'll never forget, and this
was a moment in my life that I'll never forget.
I've never been a loser in my life. I've won
at every level of basketball. So to think that that
I'm coming to an organization that like lose, lose loses.
Like to me, I'm like, oh, no, we're gonna win.
(17:54):
Like I was that dumb to believe, Like, no, we're
gonna I'm gonna come in, We're gonna win like one
twenty three games a year before, but we're gonna win,
Like I was that naive, like I had never lost
in my life. I got drafted to the Golden State Warriors.
And Lamar Woodley, who is one of my OG's big
(18:21):
brother mine from Saginaw, Michigan, Pittsburgh, still a legend super
Bowl champion. He always had a camp every year back
in Saginaw in the summer, and Marshawn Lynch always came
to the camp. Marshawn loved Saganaw. I'm sure it reminds
him of Oakland, but like I got nothing beloved for Marshawn,
(18:43):
big brother of man. But I'll never forget this moment.
And Lamar was like we were standing in the parking
lot to start US lanes in Saginaw.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Lamar was like, yo, he got he just got drafted
to the Warriors.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
He gonna be an Oakland and Marshawan was like, ha
ha ha, y'all suck, like the Warriors don't never win,
Like y'all suck. And I was like, yeah, that's gonna
change like that, like we sucked, like me sucking, Like nah,
that's changing, Like I don't ever suck. That's gonna change.
And to like, like I'll never forget that and that
(19:22):
that story is less about Marshawan but just more about
what the Warriors were. And so to come out of
college and like get drafted to that organization and to
think twelve years later, won four titles with the same guys,
six finals appearances with the same guys, won seventy three
games with the same guys, hardly ever lost. We lost
(19:48):
three playoff series fully healthy in eleven years.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's crazy, like.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
To accomplished that, Like the common thought of this organization
was what Marshawn said, the lifing stock of the NBA
for sure, for Shore life in stock of the NBA.
And to think that we've done all of this together,
(20:22):
changed the way basketball is played together, changed the way
championships are viewed these days. You got guys, you got
guys in the NBA talking about getting winning championships like
that was never the thing. Like I've seen guys like
have career nights, and like after the career night, like, yeah,
(20:43):
but we need to win a championship, Like, Bro, that's
a career night in the regular season, Like that was
never the conversation. But because of what we've accomplished and
made it look like it's supposed to be done that
way and made it look so easy, everybody think like, oh,
now you're just gonna win the championship. And then players
get like devalue because they don't win a championship because
(21:06):
that's the standard.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
But the reality is like.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
We did it on the level as good as anybody
that's ever done it. And by the way, to STEP's point,
which I love these moments because they never seem to
not come true. Right after the game in the King's
locker room, I said, I love you, Bro, it's gotta
love you two ween done.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You're right? Got it? Know that cool? We ain't. You're right.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
So to think that like we've done these things, I
love it, and we're not done.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
So that's that. That's the end of the dumb season.
That's a rap.
Speaker 4 (21:47):
I am extremely grateful to finish your twelve of my career.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
You're twelve healthy. I got so much gratitude.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Like I told you, the emotions are all over the place,
but I can look at that and be like man
second round pick from Saginaw, Michigan, Michigan State University getting
drives to the Golden State Warriors and being labeled a tweeter,
which was a death sentence when I was coming out
in the draft, second round pick. Although I was National
Player of the Year, I just finished year twelve in
(22:18):
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I got gray hairs now I was just looking in
the mirror.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
I got more gray hairs coming in up top, about
to be full of salt and pepper. But I'm still
in the NBA and I just finished your twelve. So
I got such gratitude for that.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So that's that. Let's talk about these playing games.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Man.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
We know the Kings now got the Pelicans.
Speaker 4 (22:37):
Without a Zion Williamson who had forty and eleven when
he got hurt first the Lakers having one of the
best games of his young career and in the game
that mattered. And I know everybody remember the chatter around
him when they played in the play in you had
he's too fat, out of shape, waste the talent, Like
(23:04):
you know, he got destroyed in that play in versus
the Lakers, like embarrassed.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
And since then, there's been a different Ion.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
And he showed that that night, and he had his
team right there in it uh one or two possession
game and he had to lead the game. And it's unfortunate.
And because he's you can see the growth. And now
you got the Kings that go take on the New
Orleans Pelicans when out Zion, I think the Key Kings
(23:36):
should win that pretty easily. No game at that magnitude
is ever easy. Like the Kings beat us pretty easily.
I'm sure they didn't feel like it was that easy,
Like it's max efforts. So take what I said with
a grain of salt. But I think the Kings go in.
They have the experience. You know, they came on the
roll here last year during the playoffs and won a game.
(23:59):
Like they have the experience. I think they go and
win that game. Their defense is flying around the way
they were flying around against US.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
No Zion.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
That's that's Zion's twenty four points or whatever average on
the floor, but that's like fifty to fifty five points
with his impact and people shrinking and them getting threes
and pressure he puts on the rim and the defense collapse.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
You get a swing swing night.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
That's a huge loss, huge loss, and they're not gonna
be able to overcome that, in my opinion. So that's
what we're looking forward to in the West playing and
on the other side in the play. And we know
the Sixers beat the Heat last night. We do know
Jimmy Butler ended up hurt at the game. I think
he hurt his knee earlier in the game, kind of
played through it and then couldn't go anymore. We now
(24:47):
know that Jimmy Butler has an MCL sprain and will
be out several weeks, marking it probably the end of
the Miami Heat season. Now, I say that not saying
that they can't necessarily win their next playing game, but
more so, even if they do, they face the Boston Celtics,
and we'll get into that because I got something to
(25:11):
say about that that y'all probably gonna get mad at.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
So let's say that for a little bit.
Speaker 4 (25:15):
But Joe L ANDB last night made every play down
the stretch defensively and offensively, offensive, rebound, put back, and
one dropped the Kelly oubre and one two big threes
down the stretch, walking into him taking the league.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Joelle, who had not had.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
A great game, actually have had a pretty tough game,
so much so that on the broadcast they kept just
talking about how hurt he was. Like number one, let's
stop doing that. He's out there, he's playing like we
get it. Coming back from injury, it is definitely tough.
You need that ramp up.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
But like Joel is great, and he showed that down
the stretch.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Regardless of how I may feel, regardless of what the
circumstances are, I'm gonna make every play down the stretch
that my team need. Because, as Paul Reed said, we
ain't dunck at nobody, but we wanted the New York Knicks.
We think that's the easier We think that that's an
easier team to beat. Paul Reid said that I ain't said,
(26:24):
but the reality is, we know the reality. The New
York Knicks are way easier to beat than the Boston Celtics.
In fact, I got the Philadelphia seventy six ers beating
the New York Knicks because who's gonna stop Joel? And
like Joel took over every play down the stretch versus
the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat in which we know
(26:49):
probably would beat the Knicks too, but that's neither here
nor there. Philadelphia seventy six ers and the will now
take on the New York Knicks, and I got Philly
for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Nobody's stopping Joe l.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Maxi and Jalen Brownson gonna cancel each other out like
they're both gonna have great seasons, I mean, great series,
but they're gonna cancel each other out.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
And New York is not.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
Not only do they not have Joe l Embi, but
they're also missing Julius Randall. And you know you can
win regular season games missing Julian Julius Randall.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
That's all find and dandy when you plan every other night.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
Scouting reports aren't that great, guys getting off getting to
they strong hands because scotting reports ain't that great, and
you're kind of just going game the game. This is
a playoff series now, and you are missing an all star,
and that will now show because guys that may have
been getting off, it's gonna be a lot harder for
them to get off when the scouting report is I'm
(27:55):
playing you for seven games and we taking these things away.
And so for me personally, that's why I got the
Philadelphia seventy six ers winning easily.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
I mean not easily.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
But I thought it was very interesting that Paul Reed
came out and say that, because it's exactly what everybody thought.
They did not want to see Boston in the first round.
They don't want to see Boston in the second round.
They want to meet with Boston in the conference finals
and then swing for the fences if that's possible.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
So they avoided that.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
And now you got the Bulls and you got the
Miami Heat without Jimmy Butler. If there's any team that
can go beat somebody without their star player, it is
the Miami Heat, that is for sure. They always got
guys that's just gonna get off, play hard, well coached,
scolet and report, gonna be great and do all of
those things. So the Miami Heat can't compete. You know,
(28:53):
we know they sometimes take this for motivation. So I'm
gonna say it here and say it here. First, I
got to Chicago Bulls because Damar DeRozan is going to
make every play that he needs to make to win
the game. Damar will walk the ball up the court
and get every shot they want, every shot that he
wants them to get in this game. Remember it's one game,
(29:14):
it's not a series. He gonna walk the ball up,
get every shot. Kobe White, Man, Kobe White was incredible
last night. Forty two points, six seven assists, something like that,
five six rebounds. Kobe White was incredible. I don't see
that changing. Yes, the defense will be tougher. I do
(29:35):
think that the defense will definitely be tougher Rusus the
Miami He for Kobe White than it was, and the
rim protection will be much different than it was for
Kobe White yesterday. The rim protection, like Bam out of Bayu,
is elite rim protection. So I don't see Kobe getting
to the cup like he did last night as often
(29:58):
as frequently. But Kobe also didn't shoot the three well
last night, and we know he's capable of doing that,
so that could be activated as well.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
But I got the I got the bulls taking this.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
You need your stars, you need your top dogs to
play well in these moments.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
And I think it's gonna be tough without Jimmy.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
They really need Jimmy out there.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Uh. The X factor. Watch out for ham Hotkass. Every
time Jimmy Butler did not play. This year, ho May
went off, so watch out for him. It's a different
stage right now, win or go home. He's used to
that NCAA tournament field though. That's my X factor for
the game. If i May can get off, he can
get him a chance. But I got the Bulls and
(30:41):
then I'll holler out my dog Tomrio come on over
here with me in about a week.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Uh when when? When?
Speaker 4 (30:48):
When he gets a hold of them Celtics. But what
I was gonna say that, I know nobody wants to
hear the Celtics just dodge a bullet with Jimmy getting hurt.
Because if Jimmy don't get hurt, they beat the Chicago
Bulls no problem. And the Boston Celtics. The Miami heat
has been a problem for the Boston Celtics. So Jackson
(31:11):
got this huge smile on his face right now because
he know, yeah, the Celtics are good. Yeah, they got
a really good team and arguably the best team, best
chance to win the championship. I agree with all of that,
But all I'm saying is with the with Jimmy Butler,
the Celtics has had a tough time, and no one
(31:33):
wants to see anybody get hurt. That's never.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I mean, I don't know about Boston fans. They different.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
But you can shake your head, Jackson, but you ain't
grow up in Boston, Massachusetts. Them Boston fans in Boston,
they are different, and I don't know what they think.
I'm not just gonna throw something out there on them.
Maybe I will, because who cares. But Jimmy Butler getting hurt.
(32:04):
That was sent from heaven. Y'all make sure y'all take
that received the blessing, because that was a guy saying
for the Boston Celtics. The last thing in Boston wanted
to do was win sixty plus games and meet Jimmy
Butler in the Miami Heat in the first round of
the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
Number one, the.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Heart attack they would have had just by that happening,
Like that'll tiss you up a little bit like.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
That, ah, like we got them again.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
That's too much like right, So Boston, y'all take that
gift that was sent from heaven to ba y'all make
sure y'all take advantage of that, because man, I would
have loved to see that series. It's unfortunate, But however,
I am wishing Jimmy well. You know, MCLs could be tough. Hope,
(32:58):
it's just that he can get back sooner rather than later.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Regardless of this season. You live that every day.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
So wishing Jimmy well, that's a rap from this episode
of The Draymond Green Show. We got some playoff stuff
coming all way. I got nothing else to do, so
why not break these games down for y'all. Let y'all help,
help y'all gain a better understanding of what to wash for,
what adjustments could possibly be made should be made?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
This that another from a champ yours truly until next time.
That's a rap. Peace,
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Nikki Glaser Podcast
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.