The Draymond Green Show

Draymond expands on how he views a Jordan Poole return to the Warriors "That's no problem for me...I go back to the moment, received a call from Mike Dunleavy about Chris Paul and I said 'Listen, me and Chris Paul do not see eye to eye, can't say I'm very fond of him at all, what I can tell you is that it will not be an issue, we will figure it out how adults figure it out'... I know how to move forward and I always move forward... so that's a non-issue for me, I move forward."

Draymond on what Georges Niang has brought to the Warriors "I compare it to Otto Porter and Nemanja Bjelica, we had a meeting and Steve Kerr gave us a homework assignment and he was like 'tomorrow, you will define what your role is on this team' and one of the things Georges said which I thought was incredible is he said 'Keep the vibes high and the laughs flowing', I don't think people understand how much that matters throughout the course of an 82-game season." 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Draymond on Russell Westbrook's Thunder Number Retirement "This is incredible, Russ is one of the greatest competitors I've ever played against, every night you played against him you knew you had to bring it because you knew he was, he already move fast and powerful as it is, if you didn't bring your A-game you were gonna look super out of place and you were gonna get embarrassed... Congratulations to Russ on getting his jersey retirement."

Draymond on Anthony Edwards missing out on supermax deal due to injury "I'll tell you who this sucks for more than anyone, this puts the Minnesota Timberwolves in a vulnerable position... they have less leverage to make him stay because he don't qualify for the supermax... I can offer you higher raises, I can offer you a supermax, ultimately offer you more money than the next team if you left, you now lose that due to injury, it affects the small market team in a negative way, unintended consequence."

Draymond responds to Stephen A Smith And Kendrick Perkins comments "The media will build up on you so they could tear you down... I'm gonna tell you Stephen A, so the next time you want to go speak on it, I'm going to get into something on the basketball court again at some point throughout the season, that is not an admission of 'oh, the therapy didn't work' it's always ongoing work... but don't intertwine the two... the difference between myself and big dummies like you (Kendrick Perkins) is I can think... my body don't move the same that it used to move but I got a brain and so it just look a little different Kendrick."

Draymond on his ejection against the Suns "You must stand on that type of time as a big man, if you don't, your paint get ran through, no rim protection cause there's no respect after that, that's gotta happen... so the next time you gonna try something you gotta think about it... where the plot twist is like Dillon Brooks running up, spewing the things out that he was spewing out, Miles Bridges was trying to de-escalate... you were trying to be the villain and that type of energy will not ever be respected."

Draymond on growing up with the Pistons especially Chauncey Billups & Rasheed Wallace "Rasheed Wallace is top 3 most skilled basketball players to ever play in the NBA, irregardless of position, but Sheed also get in Sheed head sometimes, Sheed may walk in and be like 'f**k it, I don't wanna play tonight' and having a guy like Chauncey (Billups) in the locker room was somebody that could help push him."

Draymond Green on why the Warriors make sure to start every game with a play for him to pass the ball "I get my rhythm in a game by making a pass, Steve Kerr learned this about me and for a large part of my career, we would always start the game with me making a pass on the play because once I get on the court, every game I go into, I'm nervous as hell still to this day... Every game I go to, I'm having a lightweight heart attack... But once I make a pass, I'm good, I'm straight."

Draymond and Jesser on how the league has changed from his rookie year (2012) to now “When I came to the league, guys were playing 2 real big men like Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum and so the game naturally was slower... when I came into the league, you talking teams getting 75 to 80 possessions a game, now both teams getting 100 possessions in the game, that's crazy!"

Draymond and Jesser on the gap between a really good basketball player and an NBA player "I feel like I'm always off balance like they're always like either like pushing me slightly, I feel like I never have control of where I'm going, just the way (NBA players) are able to have their body balanced is absurd." 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Draymond on the Thunder's title chances following Jalen Williams & Cason Wallace injuries "I think we saw the answer to that last year... they're not competing for a championship with their second best player down and with their best perimeter defender out, there's not a team in the NBA that's gonna lose their second best player and compete for a championship, I just don't think that's a real thing."

Draymond on the Dream/Valkyries playing WNBA Finals Game 6 at 12:30 due to Hawks scheduling conflict "That is ridiculous, however, what you all should know is the Hawks Arena is owned by the Atlanta Hawks owners, the Hawks owners do not own the Atlanta Dream, when you look at this from a business standpoint, if you're the Atlanta Hawks, are you using this to say 'hey, sell us this team, we should have this team'... if the Atlanta Hawks owners owned the Dream, I'm sure they'd make the Hawks play at 12:30 and have the Dream play later."

Draymond reacts to Ernie Johnson's retirement "Having an opportunity to work with Ernie on the set with those guys and I say this with all due respect, (Ernie) is the best point guard I've ever played with and that's no disrespect to the great Steph Curry... Ernie Johnson on a set is as incredible as they come... this guy is amazing and so I tip my cap to him heading into his last year."

Draymond on the Miami Heat's lack of depth and slow start "I don't know what people surprised about, that's gonna be the case when you trade for a superstar like Giannis... which is why usually when you see big trades like a Giannis Antetokounmpo, it's usually the next year that the team then kinda catches up to like 'oh they got that star there' because it takes a summer."

Draymond was impressed by Cameron Boozer "I had no clue he could move the way he move, shoot the way he shoot, like I thought he'd be a 20/10 guy anyway, I didn't think it'd be like this though... where it's 3's, it's off the bounce, it's off the post, offensive boards, to go up against him for the first time, very strong, doesn't back down from a challenge, he talks out there on the floor, I didn't know it'd be all that."

Draymond weighs in on the latest development in the Jaylen Brown/Jayson Tatum beef "When I saw that I said 'Wow! that's interesting' because what does 'stay ready at all times' mean?... To me what this feels like is winning cures all, it can cure the nastiest of diseases and conversations probably needed to be had back then but probably wasn't never had, it's now festering... when they play, JT gonna be trying to destroy Jaylen Brown and vice versa, get the popcorn popping when that matchup come around" 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Draymond on Ty Jerome getting MIP buzz already "Ty is more than capable, good good good a** NBA basketball player, but MIP? Last year, Ty sat a lot of games because he was playing too well, if the team isn't doing great, does that ultimately affect them playing him some games and not? And ultimately do he play 65 game?"

Draymond discusses LaMelo Ball's viral travel "I saw the referee page tweeted that this is a travel but by their rule, I'm looking at it and once he bring the second hand, he 1, 2 and he's up! Seth Curry was saying like 'yo, by rule this ain't a travel' and I must say, I agree with Seth Curry, he never brings the second hand and when he does, he starts to rise up and shoot... in any basketball world outside the NBA, it is a travel, except the NBA don't have the same rules as those leagues" 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Draymond weighs in on Yaxel Lendeborg/Luka Doncic on-court jawing "For Yaxel to get a tech for saying something on one play that Luka doesn't say something, I thought was the weakest s**t ever... I respect the hell out of Yaxel for willing to stand toe to toe, if you can't rock with a guy like that, who compete like that, you're probably a loser... that's like this old adage of like 'oh you're a rookie, you don't talk', F**k that!... if you want respect from me, earn it from me, you don't earn respect from me because of what you did to someone else because what if I don't even respect that guy?" 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available

Draymond and Taylor Rooks on Wemby not wanting to talk about Finals loss "I don't think you can hide from the conversation, I think it should burn you and you need to feel that, you lost... it's New York who need to move on, you shouldn't move on actually, why you moving on? Where you moving to? You should sit in that stench for a year and the only way you can really truly change that is to go fix it... I'm just saying, keep that same energy because if not, it becomes a little front runner-ish and that don't work." 📺 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Listen everywhere podcasts are available