The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Draymond Green Show w/Baron Davis: Reaction to LeBron vs. Stephen A. Smith, Steph Curry's 4k & Warriors hot streak

Episode Date: March 15, 2025

Draymond Green and Baron Davis react to Steph Curry hitting his 4,000th three-pointer in the Golden State Warriors win over the Sacramento Kings, Dray becoming second all-time in assists in Dubs franchise history, Steve Kerr becoming the Warriors’ all-time winningest coach, Jonathan Kuminga’s impact returning to the lineup for the first time since Jimmy Butler joined the team, as well as the highly-publicized confrontation between LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Stephen A. Smith. They go on to preview the Warriors’ upcoming matchups with Karl Anthony-Towns’ New York Knicks, Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets, and Giannis Antetokoumpo’s Milwaukee Bucks, share stories about their rookie year initiation pranks, debate the NBA MVP race between Jokic and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and pay their respects to legendary businessman and former NBA player Junior Bridgeman. "Calipari: Razor's Edge" finale airs on Monday, March 17th at 10 PM ET, and "Pitino: Red Storm Rising" airs Tuesdays at 10 PM ET — only on VICE TV. Find your channel here: https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/channel-... Timeline 3:30 - Start 4:00 - Warriors win vs. Kings 7:00 - Draymond now 2nd all-time in Dubs assists 9:30 - Steph’s birthday & 4,000th three-pointer 15:00- Jonathan Kuminga’s impact 27:15 - Steve Kerr’s Warriors wins record 32:15 - Upcoming games vs. Knicks, Nuggets, Bucks 40:15 - LeBron vs. Stephen A. Smith5 5:00 - Rookie initiation stories 1:01:30 - Jokic vs. SGA for NBA MVP 1:07:45 - Daryl Morey using wrong AI for 76ers 1:11:15 - RIP Junior Bridgeman (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #Volume #Herd Follow The Draymond Green Show on social media:  https://www.instagram.com/draymondshow https://x.com/DraymondShow https://www.facebook.com/people/Draym... https://www.tiktok.com/@draymondgreen...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What's up, Jay? I see you been bawling. Hey, no, for real, bro, you've been really bawling. I see you hit the quarter three and just run down the court. No gestures. You feel what I'm saying? Like, okay, okay, we're going light on the shenanigans. Yeah, we're going to light on the, yeah, you lock, man.

And shit, 23 points, four from seven from deep. Was this a game you just felt the flow, right? and, you know, it's just looking at the way y'all plan and looking the way you plan right now, right? It's just that the flow and the confidence is on an all-time high right now. 100% definitely more confident. The ball's moving, and you got several playmakers on the floor.

So whereas, you know, you may not be ready to shoot. Like, I'm ready to shoot because I know the ball's probably getting swung my way. And last night, when I hit that first corner three, you know, when you see that first one go in, you just feel better. And, A, they have Valentuna's on me,

which I knew I could have. I told tomorrow, I said, y'all got him on me. Very early in the game, I told him, y'all got him on me, I'm going to have a field day. Because he can't move well enough. I'm in pretty good shape right now. He can't move well enough to keep up

or guard a screen and roll or helping the paint because they're top-locking stuff, right? So they top-locking step. everywhere he go on the floor. They got the guy sitting on top side. So if y'all are top locking stuff, he clearly going to be in the paint.

Let me just go find his corner and knock that first one down and see it go through. Feeling real good about yourself. But also I know that he don't have a chance of once the ball swing to me, he don't have a chance of closing out. He don't want to rush it. You know what I'm saying?

I don't have to rush it. I can just sit here and lock it in. And, you know, to see the first few go in, I found that rhythm. and then from that point I just felt like I was really aggressive but I also felt like I had to be aggressive because they were completely

just selling out on stuff so y'all allowing us to play four on three the whole game I thought I had to be aggressive and then also you know I've been realizing like with Jimmy I'm getting more shots which is a weird thing right like you think Jimmy comes that's going to take more shots away but with Jimmy I'm actually getting more shots

yeah you open again absolutely and so just finding that rhythm, you know what I'm saying, getting accustomed to shooting that much again. But yeah, I felt good last night. And, you know, it's crazy, BD, I ain't going to lie to you. That's the first game I felt good since, like, New York Knicks. Yeah. Coming off that New York trip.

Man. It was good to get back home, bro, lock in, sleeping your own bed, start eating your own food again, you know, chef cooking. Like, just body needed to feel better, bro. So I felt great last night, and it was a good job for. us. Man, it was a great dub. Four for seven from D.

The Warriors are seven and one. When you hit three or more threes this season. And then I also want to say congratulations on becoming the second all-time assist leader and Dub Nation Warriors history, bro. You deserve that. Man, that's just a hell of an honor, a hell of a, a hell of an accomplishment coming from a power forward and in your position redefining what a point forward is. right, what a playmaker is, what a facilitator is,

what the brains of the operations of the offense and the defense is. So, you know, you definitely deserve your flowers, bro. Second all-time leader and assists. Who is number one? Is it really? Yeah, stuff number one by a long time. He got me by like 16 hundred assists or something like that. I'm like, which is the whole.

So check this now, B. B, see this. Beattie, check this out. So there's this notion that I don't do anything but pass the ball, which I take great pride in my passing. I pass the shit out the ball. So thank you. I take great pride in that. But Steph Curry has 1,600 more assist in me.

Right. 1,600, right? And then you have people saying like, oh, he ain't no point guard. You know what I'm saying? Like, how y'all are going to put him in a conversation with magic? He ain't no point guard, right? The logic of the things that these people be saying just don't make sense. But yeah, it's Steph and who I passed for number two is Guy Rogers.

Oh, okay. Guy Rogers. But, man, it's such an honor, bro. To be like second all the time, number two is number one for me. It's Steph Curry. I'm like, Jay. Move him out of the way. I'm number one.

Steph gone, man. Get out of here, bro. You already know. That man on another player, to get him out of the way, man. Start a record for him. put his assist over there. I'm number one. I'll take that.

That part. You know what I'm saying? But it's an honor, bro, to be second all the time. Like, I didn't know if I'd have an NBA career. To be second and all the time assist leader in an organization. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy.

That's crazy. That's incredible. Man, it's such an honor. But I've had great teammates, bro. Like playing with Steph, playing with Clay, KD. Brandon Rush shot at the lights out of the ball. I first got here, throwing lives to Andre and Boget and

some lives to kids. Like, man, I've had great teammates. This organization has done a great job of surrounding us with the talent to fit around us to make our games rise to an even higher level. So I'm lucky, man. I don't take it for granted at all, bro.

Like, to be second all the time and something in the history of an NBA organization, sometimes I just, I want to cry to pat myself on the back, man. You got to. I have to. I ain't set out for that. You know what I'm saying? Like, BD, I ain't coming here.

Like, yo, I'm trying to chase this is. I came in like, yo, I'm trying to get a spot. Like, yeah. I'm a second round pick. I just want to, I just want to like make my case to be on the team. Right. And for that to happen, bro, I'm excited. That was a dope one.

That's the gang giving back. you know, that's all we can do, is pour into the game and, you know, you've been pouring into the game, your heart, your passion, and all that is paying off. I appreciate it, bro. Before we keep going, remember to subscribe to the Draymond Green Show

with Baron Davis, so you don't miss any episodes. And don't forget to follow us on all social media at the Draymond Green Show. So, Dub Nation, let's get this cracking. What's up? The energy in the building. Steph Curry reached 4,000 three-pointers. Come on, dude.

4,000? What did y'all do as a team to celebrate after the game? And then, you know, I don't really know how Sham be getting this info. But word on the streets. Steph had a birthday party last week until 3 a.m. The last three people to leave, Steph, Draymond, and Jimmy. Now that he hit 4,000. How far do you think that he'll go before he's done?

Like, what is that record? You know, I don't know. I saw this earlier. I saw Shams talking. I think he was on Pat McAfee's show, which is one of the best shows in sports, by the way. I'm like, yo, how do this dude get this information, man? Like, he was at stuff house.

Like, he had this party at his house. Where does he get this information from? It's unbelievable, Shams. But yeah, you know why we all stayed? Because Steph opened some incredible wine. And us three love wine the most on that team. And we enjoyed all of it. And he got ordered some bottles.

And I got a picture of the bottles. Excuse me, he opened. Jimmy brought a big six gallon of Chateau-Margo. Come on, dude. I don't even know what that is. Man, like we had a time. Michael Meno. Michael Mena on the 102's slash the food.

That's killer. That's killer Now that's my boy The food from Michael Mina I mean What's there to lead We play some poker It's a great time

So I don't know how shams Get these reports Me neither But of course we was the last three there I drink wine So much wine We all did It was a great time

Shout out to Steph Curry Aisha They were generous hosts To have us over at the house Yeah Man, that brother went deep in the cellar. In that part. So, of course, me and Jimmy.

He went into the bag, you know. He had to go into the filing cabinet, oh, yo. He went deep into the cellar. And by the way, told us, yo, y'all, come on. Like, let's go to the cellar and pick out what we were drinking. Oh, man, what? Yeah, we had a field day. Invite your boy over, too.

I like wine. I don't even drink that much. So you ain't got to. We opened some bottles. But, bro, that 4,000 three-pointer, man, it's crazy. Yeah, that's crazy, right? I told him, like, bro, 4,000 three-pointers, that's nuts. You scored 12,000 points in threes.

I don't have 12,000 points in my career. This man has scored 12,000 points in threes, almost half of his points. Almost half of his points in his career are threes. That's crazy. That is insane, man. But to see him do that, to see him do it at Chase Center, he opened up the 3,000 club, he opened up the 4,000 club.

If he want to, he can get the 5,000. It's just a matter of if he wants to or not. Like if he wants to put that type of energy and effort, if he wants to, he'll get the 5,000 before anyone else get to 4,000. Oh, that's a fact. And so. That's a fact.

You know, like if he wants to, though, he can open the lead up that much more where he could get to 5,000 before anyone else get to 4,000. I agree, man. Especially the way y'all working, man. You know, getting JK back. You know, Steph talked about, you know,

how he's focused on winning that fifth ring. And this team has what it takes. I mean, we talk about levels, right? Y'all been bowling ever since the Jimmy trade, like, what's another level you got to get to or what does that level look like for the Warriors to go take? that fifth ring.

You know, for the most part, we've been doing a good job and not turning the ball over since Jimmy been here, which has been the real key to us winning because we're able to set our defense, which is great. Last few games, we fell off the Richter scale. I mean, went way off the Richter scale when it comes to turnovers. Then last night, we had the first 19, 20 minutes of the game,

we had two turnovers. The last four minutes of the first half, we had six. And in large part, I threw one pass down. was so bold because we was just trying to get stuff to record at that point like you're up

23 right yeah you're like yeah let's get this record right and I think

we all were thinking the same thing man I threw one pass it was like a minute and 25 left on clock in the second

court right through one pass I saw a little gap on the floor there was no gap in the air it was just a little gap on the floor

I'm like if I could bounce it right there on that spot it's going to get through the gap and lead him to a wide open corner three. It was so stupid to throw the past.

I think we all was just seeking the same thing. You let's get him this record. Like you feel the tension building, like people wanted to see this record. And I've been through a few of these with him where he's breaking the record and, you know, that tension's building up. But it gets hectic.

Yeah, it gets hectic trying to get to it. But we have to continue to not turn the ball over. Continue playing great defense. I think we have to, JK was great last night. we have to continue to work him in. He played 19 minutes. I had great energy getting downhill.

I think if he can carbon copy what he did last night and ultimately knowing that every night ain't going to be the same, but carbon copy what he did last night. Get downhill when your opportunities are there. I still think he passed up a few shots at the rim that he could have finished. But who's complaining about him making the next pass?

But I think getting downhill when you're running in transition, getting buckets, finding the cuts, when the cuts are there to get them lives and drop off passes for them dunks. I think if JK can play that way, which I know he's more than capable of and will, it's going to be so great for this team

because with him playing that way, I don't think we ran a set for him last night. So him playing that way getting 18 points off, and it won't go that way every night, right? Like sometimes the ball finds you when you're playing a row like that, sometimes it don't. The games that it's not going that way, obviously we have sets that we can run for him.

Right, like you have sets that can get him downhill. You have sets that can get him post touches. So then you're calling the plays. But when he's just getting it out the mud like that and you don't need to call a set, that's when he's at his best. Exactly. Anytime you can get guys scoring

and you don't need to call a set from him, man, that opens because now a team can't game plan for that. You know what I'm saying? You can't game plan for a guy getting 18 points with not a set call for him. And so if he can do that, And as he gets in better shape, Steve will call more sets for him. Man, that takes this team to a whole other level.

So I just think we got to keep doing that, man, turnovers, stay locked in on the defensive side of the ball. I think everybody trying to be a star in the rows, which is important. And the chemistry is great. You know what I'm saying? Everybody wants to win. So we just got to keep building on that. He's a player that you don't need to rent sense for.

And I wanted to reference back when I was at the game when you didn't play during the Christmas holidays against the Clippers, right? That game, I watched him be aggressive. There was no one else. There was no stuff. There was no Dre. So it was his show to run.

Yeah. And I saw a lot of that last night, right? So when you're at JK, and now you're the additional piece, they're not thinking about you, right? You're also, if he focused on rebounded, being that compliment, help defender shot blocker that you and Jimmy need, right? Then y'all scrappiness take over and then he winds up with a mismatch. So him going to the basket, right, creating those problems, getting in the lane, he can jump over people.

He don't need sex. He just needs to be aggressive when he get the ball because he's another person in addition to Jimmy. now that's getting to the line, getting fouled. And I think that's where I see him going forward, really helping on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, if he can adopt that, hey, I can go play Kamikaze defense and fly around and get steals and get blocks and get deflections and, you know, almost make himself that guy, right, based on the two anchors that he has, he's going to take you out to a whole other level. because that's the missing, that's the missing ingredient. You know, watching the game is rebounded, right, the turnovers, but also the ability for y'all to get out in transition,

which now creates all kind of mismatch problems and easy buckets for everybody, right? So that's why I think JK going forward that he can really help, you know, turn it up a level, right, as you guys go for that quest, because I think you have the tools and the talent and the talent and the talent in the team to do it. Mm-hmm. I agree 100% bro. I think, you know, for JK. And then also like for him to understand like, A, you've missed 31 straight games.

Right. So build back to where you were and still keep your idea in your mind of like, yo, I want to be a star in this league. Like you don't lose that. You know what I'm saying? Like, and I want people to be sure that like that, like, no one's asking him to lose that. Like still keep that belief. But understand where you are, understand where the team is, understand what's at stake,

and be the best you can be to get to that thing. Because if you be the best you can be to get to that thing, everything else would take care of itself. You're going to get all the hype. You're going to get all the love. People love somebody who play hard, who dug, who obese, you know, who can go and get it out the month. And young. So you got the next 18 years to go write it out. Exactly.

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I think just his demeanor, man. Steve always know the right thing to say he always know the right adjustment to make, especially in a playoff series. I don't think there's anybody in the world that can make adjustments like this dude in a playoff series. It's unbelievable, man. Like, the only time I've ever seen him not know the adjustment to make,

ever in a playoff series was against the Lakers a few years ago. The only reason he didn't know what the adjustment would make was that we just didn't have the size to compete with them. Like we just didn't have the lanes.

We didn't have... They just outmatched, yeah. They were just outmatched. Yeah, for sure. This man always knows the adjustment to make. Yeah, I can go on a tangent about all these other things, but to be in the playoffs and always know the adjustment

and never rattled. Like, I don't know how much more. I see coaches in, the NBA get rattled every day. This man has never rattled. You know what I'm saying? Like, people don't understand how big that is when you're in a playoff series. We beat teams because I just watched their coach crumble.

You know what I'm saying? And Steve has never rattled, which is always locked in, man. I think those moments right there is what exemplifies him, his coaching. And the bigger the moment, the better he is. That's for sure. And there's not many people that you can say that about. The bigger the moment get, the more dialed in he is, the bigger the moment get, the more confident he is.

It's like he come alive when the moments gets big. Man, there's just not many people that can do that. You see a lot of coaches around this league have great regular seasons and they can never close the deal. The bigger the moment for Steve, the better he is. Shout out to Steve Kerr, man. Yeah, and I think my relationship with him, my relationship with him today is better than it's ever been.

And I think in large part, we both mature. Like, he matured it as a coach. I matured as a player. I had to mature way more than he needed to mature, obviously. But Steve was the first time coach when he first became my coach. So you also go through those roads of growth as well. You know, our relationship now, A, I know when to shut the hell up earlier in my career.

I can't say I knew when to shut the hell up now. But he did everything he needed to do to gain my trust as a coach. I'm not one of those people who do. just believe, oh, they gave you the title coach. You know what you're doing. Yeah, for sure. Like, that's not real. And we all been through that.

Yeah. Like, he did everything plus more that he needed to do. Tom is always my coach, bro. Like, he did everything plus more that he needed to do to show me that he was a great coaching that I should believe all the things that he says. And now I don't, I don't have really a question about anything. If I do, I tell him, hey, coach, I think this. But I'm definitely going to try it your way.

But if I struggle with that or if we struggle with that, maybe we can make this adjustment. Where as opposed to when I'm younger, I'd be like, no, man, I don't think we should do that. We should do it like this. And it's like, no, those are two different statements, you know what I'm saying? And so I've learned a lot. But, man, my relationship with him, I just have such a huge appreciation for him. Because he's just taught me so much about winning, man, so much about being a winner in this league. So much about winning at the highest level.

that, you know, my appreciation for Steve at this point in my career is through the roof. And I think, I think his is probably the same for me. We've done it all together. You know, every win he's got, like you said, all of his wins I've been here for. And it's a beautiful thing to watch him dominate as a coach in this league and be one of the all-time greats because that he is. Shout out to Steve Kerr. Most wins are warrior history. You know, Steve Curry did play with a dude named Dennis Bray. Rodman, right?

And Draymond Green, you are nothing like Dennis Rodman, sir. You feel what I'm saying? So I feel like for Steve Kerr, having someone like you is, you know, advantageous to him and just reminds him when he was playing how locked in Robman was. But, you know, having Dreyman versus like, you know, Draymond going to show up, Draymond is going to do all the right things outside of tackling people and, you know, punching. A bunch of people, but he ain't no robin.

You know, what to expect? You know, he's a good young man. You know, he comes from a great, he comes from a great family. And he exudes that in this off-the-court behavior. You know what I mean? I was raised right. I was raised right now. I was raised right.

Raised really well. Shout out to Steve Kerr, man. you're all 13 and 1 with Jimmy and the lineup. You got a one six in a row. The next three games, four days. You got the Knicks, Nuggets, and Bucks, all tough games. Three different styles of play. As one of the best defenders in the league,

can you give us an inside look on basically how you prepare for, you know, three games and four nights, and you're talking about the Knicks, the Nuggets, and then the Bucks? I think the Nicks, you know, with Jailen Brunson, they're doing that more by committee, you know, so the ball's moving around a lot more. They're using each other a lot more because you still need to create those shots, but you don't necessarily have Jaylen Brunson at the point to break the defense down and get that first domino to fall.

So I think they're doing that with a lot more ball movement, player movement. Tough team to guard, especially with Kat, shooting the ball the way he shoots the ball. I think he's shooting like 57% on catching shoot threes. That's crazy. That's insane, right? I watched the Portland game. he was burning him up.

Yeah, no, he's shooting 57% on catching shoot three. Like, that's unheard of. I don't know if there's many guards in this league shoot 57%. Right, right. If any, on catch and shoot threes, you almost have to approach him like you used to approach Clay Thompson. Like, it's hard to take your body off of him because he gets an ounce. And his triggers quick.

He catches the ball here. It's up. It's up fast, yeah. And so he gets the ball with space, and he's seven feet. it's tough you know what I'm saying so and then they're playing great defense they've been a lot better defensively since J. Lambrunson been out which

makes sense you add in you know a better defender and then also but not only adding a better Mitchell Robinson but not only adding a better defender because Jail and Brunson is not a bad defender but as a team you know we have to defend better because we don't

got that guy to cover slack for us if we're not defending well you know and so I think it's even more so that than necessarily Jalen Brunson being a bad defender because I don't think Jailen Brunson is a bad defender. But that's a tough game. You know, they're playing good basketball. I think if we go out and play our game,

take care of the ball, play the way we've been playing. I like our chances in that. And you got Denver coming in. Denver's always a tough team to beat with the Joker at the helm, running everything. Russis. I know people are shocked about this. I'm not russie.

He's playing phenomenal. He's playing phenomenal, but he's shooting. the lights out the ball. Yeah. And that changes things for this team. You know, at the beginning of the season, they were struggling a little bit. Everybody was talking about their benching,

and they were talking about their three-point shooting. Well, that's changed. And that team is playing really well. Jamar Murray seems to have found himself again. Oh, yeah. After being in a slump, Michael Poet Jr., is playing well. So that team is playing really well. You know, so that's a tough game.

Joker is one of the best scores in this league. I was one of the best passes, one of the best rebongers, one of the best players in this league. in this league. You know, he always ain't a lot of problems. Absolutely, absolutely.

You know, you can make that argument any day. I don't think you can get somebody to argue with you, but you can't get nobody to tell you, crazy. Right. And so, you know, that's always a tough matchup ending. Bucks, everything starts and stops with Janice and dang. They go as those two guys go.

And, you know, they both playing really good basketball at a high level. I think Yonis is averaging something close to 30, 12, and six or something to that nature. Yeah, he's on right now. They're playing really good basketball. And their role players have stepped up. Tori and Plinster's playing well.

Gary Trent's playing well. Cool's coming there. You know, Cool's coming there. It's helped that team out a lot. So, you know, that team's playing really well. They do miss Bobby Portis. So I know they're looking forward to getting him back for the playoffs. But they're playing really good basketball.

And, you know, we've got to be locked in. And then it's a back-to-back also. So that makes the game even tougher. but nonetheless, three tough games. Usually in a situation like that, you're saying if we can get two of them, you're happy about it, we hope to get all three of them.

And that's our plan, and that's what we're going for. I've been watching the Knicks and Nuggets a lot. And, you know, it's rebound and big man play, right? The Nicks, they're looking to push the ball more with Jalen Brunson out so they can get easy buckets. But the Nuggets, like you said, everybody is shooting the ball well,

shooting the ball with confidence. So I'm excited to see that game, especially, you know, from a matchup standpoint. And, you know, I have to give a shout out to the Bucks because they turned it around from when I was getting on them, when I was getting on them early in the season. Right. And my reason for that was let Janice and Dane plug in and let everybody else, you know, plug into their sockets. Right.

And you're starting to see that the two most important and most potent players on their team is really leading a charge. So three games. four nights, you know, all tough games, six in a row. And I think for you guys,

it's just a one game out of time approach and each game is kind of like, you know, every team is bawling right now. Talk about a little bit about that because you ain't about to be watching no bad basketball

because everybody fighting for something. And so talk about that mentality too as you get down the stretch of the last bit of season, how all these games just matter. and how you can't put one game before the other. No, you got to be locked in because, like you said,

everybody's playing for something. If someone isn't playing for something, then it's still dangerous. But they're dangerous too because of the young dudes. Exactly. You get young guys coming out like, yo, this is my chance to prove something. And so those games are even dangerous.

But I think for us, you know, we've known that, like, this is playoff time for us since coming out of this all start breaking. We need to win all the games we can. to give ourselves the best possible seating. You want to not be in the play-in so you can get that week of rest. You know, we're a little older so that week of rest can go a long ways instead of fighting in their playing, playing having been nice to us. So I think with all, I think with all those things.

It's too much. It's way too much. Way too much. And then you got to get right into the mix with, you know, the hungry wolves way to play you. Absolutely. So, you know, for us it's been about winning every game and down the stretch. You know, that's our focus, but then also building the right habits, you know what I'm saying? And I think for us as a team, we know that if we build the right habits, we have the pieces.

And so that's kind of how we've been approaching every game, man. We don't have any room for error. You got two teams, the clippers, they're right there, you know what I'm saying? Right there. Minnesota's right there. We've been on the wind street, but so have they. You know, so we got to stay locked in. And I, you know, I have no doubt in my mind that we will, but we definitely.

Definitely got to stay locked in. Around the league. LeBron confronting Stephen A. Smith. Bringing your name into it. I don't know why he brought Jemar green name up. Recently, he says LeBron James confronting him at the Laker game was bullshit and it was weak. Talk that shit now. So hold on.

Let me get behind the hummies and let me go get over here. Let me talk my shit now. Listen, I think a lot of problems that guys have with media is to cause something that that man did bullshit and weak. Like, those are words like, where we grew up. Yeah. Like, you get hands put on you. Where we grew up in those types of words. So I think the problem that people have with media is you go on there and you like, oh, that's weak.

Like, weak? Like, calling another man weak? Like, that's just. just that's not basketball, which is actually what Brown was saying in the first place. Like, let's keep it basketball because calling the man weak, that's not basketball. And you're paid to talk about basketball. You call Brian weak for stepping to you, but you're taking shots at him as a father on TV behind a camera. Most would say that's weak.

and I know he'll say I'm paid to do that. No, you're paid to analyze. You're paid to debate on the show. You really pay to say whatever you want to say as far as this game, whether you like it or not. But as a person, you should be lifting him up. Absolutely.

You know what I mean? Because LeBron is a good dude. He do good shit. He a good dad. His kid made it. They're doing some shit. That's historic. You feel of them?

and so you should be lifting them up and talking about the fact that this dude ain't got into no trouble. Absolutely. Right. Ain't got it to no bullshit. But like you bring in, like I would say, the WWE into basketball, I mean you cross that line and talk about somebody kids. Because if it's my kids, bro, if it's my kids, I'm going to catch you too. As soon as I said it, I didn't, I hadn't. talk to Brian at all about this.

As soon as I saw him say it, excuse me. Bob was up here that day. And Bob was like, oh, yeah, I work with Stephen A tomorrow. I'm in all got y'all again tonight. I'm in a studio tomorrow. I'm Stephen A. and I think Malika. And I was like, oh, you make sure you tell Stephen A that I have zero respect for what

he said yesterday. You go on TV, national TV, calling out this African-American, this black father who's raised another successful black young man. And you go on on TV calling him out as a father because his son play in the NBA? That's ass backwards. You are on national TV condemning a black man as a father because his son is playing in the NBA. Like how does that even make sense? And I told Bob that I said, you should tell him. Like, tell him. Like, tell him. Like, I can't respect that. Like, if you want to talk about him as a basketball player,

talk about him as a basketball player. If you want to talk about Bronny as a basketball player. Go ahead. He an NBA player. Talk about them all you want. Although I think it's pretty whack that y'all find time to talk about the 55th draft pick. The only picks I can name right off the top of my mind that was 55th pick or lower was Manu Janobli and Isaiah Thomas. You can't even name a 55th draft.

fit. But they didn't get no steam until they start killing. To see him just going at this man as a father, this man said, LeBron, you need to stop. As a father, you need to stop. What? Huh? And then you throw out the excuse like, well, he didn't want said that his, Bronny is better than NBA players.

You name me what parent don't think their kid is better than everybody. Like, that is a common thing for parents that's in sports. We all think our kid is better than what they are. That is the nature of the beast. My mama thought I was better than what I was. That is the nature of a parent in sports. But to go on TV and say, you need to stop it as a father,

then go and he stepped to you about that and then say it's weak on TV. Because the demeanor in person was like, that was demeanor in person. But then on TV, you go, oh, that was bullshit. It's like weak. Like, come on, man.

So that's why he said, He's going to straighten his collar up. He was going to fix his suit. Yeah. That's why he said Draymond ain't talking to me. And it's not that, you know, I don't have much to say to that. Like, also reach out to that man and talk to him after somebody say something to you because you know you wrong. So reach out to that man and talk to you, but he didn't.

You didn't reach out to talk to him. That's weak. That's what we call weak. Where I'm from, the guys that I was raised by, the men that had an impact on my life, that's what we call weak. here's my issue with the brownie situation there are 54 picks before him and then they're like however many picks behind we need to be talking about some of these young rookie dudes who need the light shepherding in the new wave like i like i like the brine brony storyline i like to see when brony getting a game i'm rude for him too i want to see him score too it's a

storyline and it's a storyline of a lot of people want to see him make it, right? And him, you know, just like you said at the beginning of the show, it's like, man, I was just trying to make the team as a second round pick, right? This kid just trying to make the team. You know, no matter who his daddy is, right? He got his own basketball dreams, right? And it's his dream, not LeBron's dream. It's his own dream.

So he's trying to make the team and just so happened that that's his father. That's a great storyline, but there's so many dope young rookies that we should be talking about rookie at a year debate, right? And talk about which one of these rookies. So now the young kids, you know, can be up on who Stephen Castle is, right? They need to be up on things like that because now it's like, let's start talking about the guys who are going to start to come into the shadows of the staffs and then Kevin Durrance, right? And a lot of this WWE, or I would say like kind of housewives,

you know, celebrity fuckery, excuse my language, right, is really kind of like where people get not the hand. And then when you say them in real life, they shock because they used to being behind a camera or behind a screen. You ain't got no real human interaction.

And we know, you know, Stephen A to be one of the best voices, you know, and we all got... Absolutely. We all got relationships with Stephen A. And Stephen A is one of the biggest voices in the media. So you can be checked too, right? And it's okay that if you check to man up and say, you know what?

I was wrong. I was checked and not go and keep stirring a pot because, you know, this man can't really do nothing because you're in the meeting. I agree. Come talk about my kids. See, I'm just straightening a jacket, Jermann. You feel what I'm saying?

I'm going to get your suit right. I had to yanked on me some, hey, man, you know, you got something on your collar, oh me, you feel me? I ended up taking your jacket. Hey, bro, they took everything with me not to button his jacket up.

You know what I'm saying? So, shout out to LeBron for just being a little. Ron and, you know, for somebody like that, to even take the time during the day, you know, during the game, you know it's been on his mind, it's been on his heart, and this dude has been above everything, right? I've been everything. You don't see moments like that with you.

You don't see that, bro. And so for that man to go do that in the game, it's like, man, that man was hurt. You hurt that dude, right? You're supposed to be whatever it is, homie, when I see you. But when you do. But when you do that, man, that's hurt. That dude is like, hold on, bro. You are attacking me.

You did something to hurt me. I got to let you know that we ain't, it ain't cool. This shit's stop now, right? Before you start thinking that you can keep doing that. And so, I mean, the shit should just be squashed. And Stephen A should really just accept that, that, you know, we as players. right as fathers

like we got to come home to certain shit I remember when Russ was going through it with the media and he was like man I got to come on to my kids and they think I'm a bad person because of what y'all saying and the media because it's some basketball shit so we got to learn

how to separate that because y'all are heroes right you're great people y'all do good in the community you fund companies you you buy food for homeless. It's nothing that won't motivate and move your heart.

So we got to treat you like heroes and not treat you know, basketball wives or desperate housewives or some shit like that. Couldn't have said it better, man. So hopefully these guys start to grow because I think the way our game is covered has a lot to do with the way the game is viewed.

these days. So everybody talk about their bigger problems in the game and ratings and all of that the way the game is covered. The days of Amar Rashah

inside stuff are missed. Personality pieces. They're missed. So hopefully they can learn from this too. Hey, Anthony Mason

kicked me off the guy. He took the whole team to dinner and kicked me out the dinner because I wouldn't dream.

Hey, bro. Hey, Jay, you know, you'd be like, all right, bro, well, I ain't paying for your ass to eat. You can get up off the table, right? Yeah. So I get up off the table. We have the shark bar. I old school shark bar in Atlanta.

So I get it off the tail. I'm like, man, I ain't tripping on this thing of the food. I can I go to the bar, right? I think you go. No, no, no, no. Nigger, you got to go. He put you out the rest of it.

like the whole thing like he was sweating me and I was like, bro, you ain't going to sweat me like this. Like, I'm cool not drinking and he got up. He was like, man, I was like, bro, I'm cool. He was like, you can just leave. Man, I was like, all right, cool, bro. I'm going to go at the bar and let him cool off. I'm thinking like, because you know how you think like, man,

is he playing? Like, no, he was dead ass. Like, you're going to have a drink. You're going to get your ass up. I said, bro, I'm cool, my nigga. Like, you sweat me like this. Like, nah, I'm going to go to the bar, bro. So everybody was like, come on, Biddy.

You just have a drink. You know all that. No, I'm cool, dog. I'm hot at this moment. I'm hot because he doesn't tell me to get up off the table. We ain't paying for me. I pay for my own shit. I go to the bar.

Drey, I go sit down at the bar. Man, they're over there drinking, taking shots. Celebrating. He's sitting me. He said, no, no. He said, no. No, no. You got to go.

You got to go. Hey, bro. I walk back to the hotel. Oh, you're on both the mess with me. Hey, I walk back to the hotel, bro. And for the rest of that summer league, right? All I can say is, man, I can't wait to get back home, bro. I can't wait to move to Sharnet.

And he called me when he got to L.A. He was like, where you at? I was like, man, I'm over here with the home. He was like, I'm in L.A. I'm at the club. I said, say no more. I'll be right there. Hey, I pulled up on him,

and I had been telling the homies the whole time. Like, man, I can't believe it. Because, you know, you can't, you know, he ain't in contact after that. I was like, man, I can't believe this. Like, he got me fucked up. Man, we ran up on base, him and his homies. And he was like, what's up, fool?

What's so much more little dog he was telling his homies. And, dog, he was like, man, what's up with your dudes? I was like, oh, man, they thought that, you know, like, we cool. I was like, bro, you can't, you know, I ain't one of the ones like that. I'm kind of like a funny, cool dude, but I ain't, you know, like, we can get out. We're trying to get out. He was like, no, bro, like, you're my little bro. Like, what you're talking about?

I was like, all right, dude. I guess that's how it works. Shit. Wow. So that is your rookie Hayson story. Yeah. Shout out, rest in peace. Anthony Mason

the big bully you know what I mean but I call him the big teddy bear because he was always like he always let me kick it with him go to comedy stewards but he bro if you did not

if you did not partake in the team endeavors he was on your ass that's crazy I think my rookie initiation was as rookies me Harrison Festus and Kent

Bazesmore we were in Denver and we had a team dinner and they were ordering everything man Richard Jefferson ordered this big 108-pound Porter Hall of State that was to serve six people for himself

they were ordered a shot something just looking around like dang these dudes are and everything that's dope they brought us to dinner that's dope now mind you I'm a second round pick so I ain't had no money beginning of the season it ain't November 15th I ain't started getting paid yet

I ain't got no dough and they like yeah so I think end of it. They're like, yeah, so this has been a great dinner. Excited about the opportunity that this team have. We can get to the playoffs. At that time, we just about getting the playoffs. We think we got a chance

to get to the playoffs. Young fellas really appreciate y'all, man. Happy to have y'all here. Y'all going to bring some winning ways. Also appreciate y'all taking care of this dinner and all of them walked up. We get the bill. That's $18,000. Kent Bayesmore undrafted.

I ain't got no Second round. Fess and Fessus and Harrison got some dough. They both keep the hell, so they didn't want to pay. He ain't got no money like that on your card, though. Shout out to Eric Housen, man. Eric Housen left the team credit card on file for us. And took care of it before.

I ain't had no dough. I was screwed. Oh, man. I'd have been crying. I had no chance that paid me. I've been crying. $4,500? Hey, bro.

I didn't have no dough. And crying, they did it's like that. Man, I was hot. Like $4,500. I don't know what they expect me to do with this, but I'm a second round. Pick, I ain't got no bread. I got my advance on my salary,

my advance on my first year's salary a month and a half ago. $60,000 advance. I cried. I got $27,000 back out to taxes, didn't know what was going on. I got to get a car, which I was renting a car because I couldn't afford to buy.

a car. So I was renting the car just because they was doing it on credit. I end up oh and them nine grand. I could have just put a down payment down on a car. I had to get some furniture for my apartment. But I ain't had no dough like that. And they put that bill on us. So shout out to the young

fellas Jaylen getting this car Stefan Castle, getting this car put on bricks. Kent Baysmore got his car popcorn and Fesson Zeeley got his car put on bricks. They ain't touched my car. And for good reason, because I told them straight up, listen, I understand y'all the vets.

If y'all do something to my car, I'm the type of guy. I'm going to keep doing the more y'all do. I'm going to catch out. So you put popcorn in my car. I'm going to put rats in your car. Like, and I go too far, and I don't know when to stop. I wish Jay Rich was your bet. I wish Jay Rich was your bet.

Hey, Jay Rich used to get him, bro. Hey, Jay Rich used to get him with the popcorn. he used to take the wheels off and put them on different levels of the park construction so you have to walk around and buy your tires same thing to happen same thing to have to listen

and I told them straight up listen man they like no but you ain't got no money we can keep playing games I said listen I go too far so I'm just telling y'all don't do nothing like I ain't gonna Kent has said something wild to Jack Festus has said something wild to Dee Lee

I'm not going to say anything wild to y'all. I'm just letting y'all know. But don't do that to me because I go way too far. And they ain't do that to me. So, you know, shout out. Shout out to the bets. Shout out to the best.

Joker just made a statement after the first game. He said, man, I think I'm playing the best basketball in my career. He said, but if I don't get it, good for him. He's amazing. That's the first time I've ever heard Joker, like, kind of lobby for himself, an MVP, which I was a little shocked by he usually don't give a damn about anything.

You got to get him a damn when he chase an Instagram. Let's say the years before he was like, okay, if I get it, I get it. It's other dope dudes and so's a great amazing dudes. But this is my best year. Yes. Not only is this my best year.

This is my best statistical year. Yep. By far than any of these MVP seasons that I had, right? So I got to put that out there that, hey, I'm about to break. I'm about to do some shit that ain't nobody ever did

in the league history. Yep. And so you got to put your bid out there. What Shay is doing, right, you know, is having a phenomenal season, MVP caliber season, leading the number one team in the league, right? And the way he get down is just,

you know, kids love his game. He's a fan favorite. You know, he got the personality, right? The team got the personality. And so, you know, all light is going to shine that way based on the work that he put in, the way that they need them, the way he's elevated himself, you know, even more so from last year. But when you look at Joker and what Joker is doing and how he's doing it and being the focus, being the everything for that team, the engine that make that team go, top five in points, top five assists, top five in rebounds, top five and steals. I think he's top three are all of them. Yeah, top three, my bad.

Top three. Top three. Come on, man. Come on. You got to, I got to say something. I got to say something. Just to let you all know,

like, I know what I'm doing out here. And I'm feeling it too. So I think that's why he put that out there like that, just to let people know, like, yeah, I do know I'm killing this year. So take note of that.

I respect it. I'm happy. You know, I love when guys talk to shit. So I'm happy he says something. I think the only thing I would say is, as deserving as he is with that stat line,

what he's up against is people become accustomed to greatness. And in turn, like LeBron, for instance, right? Like, Braun probably should have like six MVP, six or seven,

but people get kind of accustomed and bore with greatness. And so that's one of the things he's up against. If Joker was having this year, statistically and all of that, if he was having this year

and had never won MVP, he undoubtedly be MVP. But because people have grown accustomed to him averaging those types of numbers, you kind of get a bump down from that. Now, and saying that, when you look at who's won MVP over the years, I think it's also very hard to deny Shea. And that's where I think the voting system becomes a problem, because the reality is

it's so opinionated. There's no criteria. There's none of these things. The reality is, if you had a small committee, they'd probably make them co-NVPs. You know what I'm saying? I mean, I would say that.

You make them co-NvPs. I would say that. Both guys are deserving. And like I said, now, here's the problem that Shay's up against though. Ten years from now, five years from now,

Joker don't win MVP, and you put those stats, next to shade stats, everybody going to be like, yo, what the hell? Right. There's no chance this guy didn't win MVP. Right. Right.

And so, but we're not computer. Especially after winning three more. Absolutely. I already having three. For sure. But we're not computers. And we watch the games and we know the records. And we know, right?

As human beings, you take into, you know, these guys take into account that they get tired of seeing the same greatness and they try to do other things and try to do other things and try to be crafty with the votes. And so you got all of that going. I usually like to take a hard stance, but I'll say on this one, man, I wish the committee. I wish there was a committee and the voting was different

because these guys would be co-NvPs because it's hard to say one of them deserve it over the other one. Both great players, both doing some incredible Shee leading this young team defensively and offensively. Yeah, for sure. He stepped it up.

And they're number one in the league by what? I don't. know if they're not, they're number one in the West by 10 games. In the league, they're right there with the cows. I think the calves may be leading, but it's, uh, it's 61 10 right there. Yeah, it's tough, man.

These guys are tough guys playing great. They're very deserving. I mean, they're both very deserving of it. And I like to see a co- MVP. Like, you can't say one had a better year than the other one. Because they both had incredible years and one shouldn't

overshadow what the other one accomplished this year because they were head and shoulders above everybody else as far as MVP pedigree. In recent weeks, in the podcast community, we've lost Philadelphia 76ers winged Paul George.

But that is not the biggest news that come out of Philadelphia in the last couple weeks. Daryl Morey says yesterday, or today, yesterday, that he uses AI to make decisions based, you know, around the team. What are your thoughts on that?

Not Alan Iverson, correct? All right. So AI is artificial intelligence, right? Yes, it is. And so, hear me out. It should be Alan Iverson, by the way, but it's not. Right, it should be the real AI. But you mean to tell me, you're going to use artificial intelligence to judge real human interaction, right?

And so when you do use artificial intelligence, you have to prop the artificial intelligence to tell it, to help it, to tell the artificial intelligence so it can help you make a decision. And it's not making this decision. It's just giving you data and information and a suggestion. Right. So I say this. The Philadelphia 76ers are screwed. right? Because you can't blame AI

because it still takes the human being to write the prompts. So what the hell, what kind of prompts are you putting in to help you make these decisions, right? Because half the team hurt, right? Half the team don't want to play. I don't know, man.

Free all my homies over there in Philadelphia. yeah. Shit. My son used AI to make decisions too. It's called a video game, right? But you don't play with people's lives like that, bro. Yeah. You know, I can see AI telling you like, oh, cat shot shoots 57 on catch and releases.

But come on, you know. But not, man. That should be a star to center. Man, you need to be consulting with AI for real, the real AI, bro. Oh, my gosh. Listen, here's what I'll say on that before we get out of here. Daryl Morey, you see analytics being a huge part of the NBA, and I think people went too far left with the analytics,

and they've started to pull it back and understand that. Human intelligence. The analytics is going to say, and they've learned how to use the analytics. Daryl Morey was at the forefront of that analytics pushing the NBA. And I think in large part due to Dary he never played basketball. No. So you use analytics to help you process

and validate your opinions on basketball. And talent. Yes. In turn, that created a path for guys like Daryl Morey in the NBA that ain't never really played basketball but knows numbers. Yeah. Can apply those numbers to real,

basketball. It's no surprise that he's at the forefront of using AI. What I will caution you of, he never won. So there's that. And that's my thoughts on Daryl Moore using AI. Hi, Alan, Ivers, the real AI. Before we get out of here, man, I just want to speak on Junior Bridgman, one of our NBA-O-Gs brothers that we lost this week, suddenly, unexpectedly That's 71 years old. What he meant to us as basketball players goes far beyond the game of basketball. Because what he did after basketball is what we all look at and aspire to be, a guy to go and build a successful businesses as he's done to become one of the best

African-American businessman. Forget African-American businessman. One of the best businessman in America. But when I say African-American businessman, I say that because it means. so much to us because we don't have a million examples to look to, you know, to lose him suddenly at 71. I'll say, I've never gotten an opportunity to meet him. And I was one person I always wanted to meet, but you always feel like you got time.

Like I always feel like, no, I'll get to meet him. Like, I've heard so much about him. Obviously, I've studied him. I can probably list off all of the things he's done in business as good as anyone. but you just don't always have time. And that was one I can honestly say. Like, I've always wanted to meet him. But I've always just been like, I'm going to.

I'm going to. And here we are out of time. You know, and so I just want to send my love and well-wishers to his family. Chauncey Billups, who I know is extremely tight with him. Super tight. You know, everybody who's been impacted by his life and just say thank you for what He's meant to us as NBA players and wanting to branch out and do other things and focus on other businesses. He's a giant, man.

And so rest in peace, Junior Bridgman. I definitely want to share. Thank you for everything you's done for us as players, for us to be viewed the way we're viewed in business and the capabilities that we have in business. Shout out to Jr. Bridgman, man. I wish I had the opportunity, but I will say to y'all, do not think you have time because you don't. Yeah, shout out to me. And I just want to have my two same. I had the opportunity of me with him a couple of times having them at the crib,

talking business. I think when they were talking about Ebony. And, you know, for me, I'm a basketball fan first. And so just talking basketball, talking about his legacy, talking about his era, hearing how he talked about the different players in his era, to have the opportunity to sit down, pick his brain on the business side, his humbleness, his diligence, his, you know, I would say he made you feel like you are a part of his family, right? He made you feel like he was the big brother, right? And so in our business

of sports, you know, we are, we are a brotherhood, we are family, we say that a lot, but rarely do you find people, you know, like junior bridgman that open up, you know, his mind, his heart and the opportunities that he had. And so I just want to give a big shout out to his family and also to the fans, right, for posting. Make sure you keep posting them in his jersey. We know that, you know, off the court, he was a pioneer. He was a pillar, an example of what it means to transfer from, you know,

on the court to off the court in a successful way. But keep posting them highlights, keep posting them, pictures of him, you know, as a Hooper because, you know, we also, you know, as a younger generation and that next generation, got to do a better job of telling our, you know, our OG stories as a collective. And then also our OGs, you know, talking about the young people and bringing them up, you know, so we all kind of stay together, right? We all, all our stories can be manifested and we can be honored and given the right

roses so it's not too late. And I just appreciate, you know, Junior Bridgman, I appreciate all the OGs that come before us. And, you know, even the ones that are older now, I think it's important for us to embrace them now, embrace their stories, you know, embrace their point of view, because they are the legacy.

And we need to be able to, you know, continue to translate those stories, you know, because they all tie together, generation after generation. 1,000% Rest in peace to a giant That's your peace Like I said definitely

A giant shout out to junior Bridgman Shout out to you BD Appreciate you man Come on the show You created this thing with me We've started to take this thing To a new love one

Like I told you bro I was just in a space of Needing something Someone To help drive the show And what you've done brother I can't thank you enough. Appreciate you, bro.

Rate every week. My dog. Let's keep this thing rolling with these dubs. That's going to be a wrap. From this episode of the Draymond Green Show with my dog V-D. Let's get these wins, baby. Let's get these wins, Dre. Three and all this week.

Let's go. Yes, sir. That's a wrap from this episode. Until next time. Peace. Peace. The volume.