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Earlier this week, Nick Young made the decision to sign a one-year, $5.2 million contract with the Golden State Warriors in free agency. It was a decision-making process for Young that had plenty of influence from several Warriors players such as Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Stephen Curry. However, it was Green who made the most […]

Despite his reputation as a malady in the league, Nick Young finally agreed to join the Golden State Warriors — but that didn’t come without some recruiting effort from the team’s best players. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green all were part of his recruiting process, ensuring the free agent that he was wanted […]

Draymond Green‘s social media antics might just have teased a potential new member of the Golden State Warriors. He took a picture for his Snapchat story captioned “Warriors?” posing alongside free agent guard Nick Young late Sunday evening. There had been reports that Young could be the perfect candidate to take the Warriors’ $5.2 million […]

The Houston Rockets made a major splash last week with the acquisition of point guard Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers, pairing him alongside fellow All-Star guard James Harden. Since then, there has been plenty of reaction around the league concerning the move. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was recently asked for his […]

A lot of basketball fans have now regarded the Golden State Warriors as the so-called villains of the NBA. From Draymond Green‘s apparent low blow to LeBron James in Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals to Zaza Pachulia‘s “inadvertent” takedown of Kawhi Leonard‘s ankle in Game 1 of the 2017 Western Conference Finals and everything […]

Draymond Green finally earned his first Defensive Player of the Year award after finishing runner up in the prior two years to San Antonio Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard — but he didn’t get there just through perseverance but also through a long time of being a study at the defensive side of the ball. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have made questionable signings throughout the past few years, so much so that they’ve actually spent just as much in three of their bench players as the Golden State Warriors have spent in their original “Big Three” of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green for the 2016-17 season. As pointed […]

The fans have spoken and chosen their favorite players from a shortlist of candidates in a group categories during tonight’s NBA Awards Show. Golden State Warriors teammates Draymond Green and Stephen Curry took home the award for Assist of the Year, after a full-court heave by Green, igniting a blazing fast break, with Curry catching the ball […]

The NBA stars have arrived for the first annual NBA Awards Show with the likes of Draymond Green, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook, amongst others, arriving in style ahead of the offseason festivities. Green and Harden opted for the emerald green look — the latter from top-to-bottom and the former honoring his surname with a […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been named the Defensive Player of the Year for the 2016-17 season, edging out the defending two-time award-winner Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs and Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz.  Green was able to overcome Leonard for the first time in three years, after finishing runner-up for the […]

The NBA on Monday morning announced the selections for both All-Defensive teams for the 2016-17 season. This list includes many familiar faces earning the nomination to be considered among the top defensive players in the league with players from nine different teams selected as the San Antonio Spurs were the only organization to have multiple representatives, according […]

Five long years have passed since the Golden State Warriors selected a chubby, unrefined, do-it-all forward hailing from Michigan State, using the third of their four picks in the 2012 NBA Draft to snatch him off the board with the 35th overall selection. Now a proven All-Star and in the conversation for his first potential Defensive […]

Minutes after a Golden State Warriors‘ $3.5 million sum bought the Chicago Bulls‘ rights to the No. 38 pick Jordan Bell, the Oregon Ducks forward soon knew what he was in for coming into the organization. Forward Draymond Green, curious about the new addition to the team, demanded to get Bell’s cell phone number from […]

The All-Star trio of Draymond Green, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant couldn’t help but cringe at the latter’s awful couple of nicknames given by Golden State Warriors announcer Bob Fitzgerald during their championship parade on Thursday. Getting down to the last two players on the roster, Durant’s turn was up and so was Fitzgerald’s time […]

Upon a triumphant return to the streets of Oakland for the second championship parade in three years, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green took the stage and asked the fans and media to give team president and general manager Bob Myers the credit he deserved. Dropping an F-bomb on live TV got the point across just […]

Despite his now seven NBA titles, Steve Kerr can’t seem to shake out of his humble persona, though during Thursday’s championship parade, he admitted he wishes he was more like one of his Golden State Warriors players. “Sometimes I get tired of doing the humble thing, I wanna be more like Draymond (Green),” said Kerr […]

Fresh off of winning an NBA Championship, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was invited to guest appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show Wednesday night. Green, who is known to be very outspoken, was sure to give some pretty interesting takes, and Kimmel tried to ask as many questions as possible about what the after […]

Celebrity comedian and entertainer Jamie Foxx is an avid basketball fan. Living in the City of Angels and in Hollywood, you’ll spot him at plenty of Los Angeles Lakers games or even games around the country. If you ask him about his favorite team, however, he’ll point you towards the Dallas Mavericks, who are close to his hometown […]

Draymond Green‘s barrage of trash talk wasn’t over for the day, taking his last chance to speak in front of Oakland faithful in the Golden State Warriors championship parade and take one parting shot at his friendly rival, Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James. Green alluded to James’ post-Game-5 press conference, in which he said […]

Following the Golden State Warriors‘ first NBA title in 2015, Draymond Green caught much attention for his interview at the championship parade taking shots at the Cleveland Cavaliers. During an interview on the Jimmy Kimmel Show earlier this week, Green reminisced over the song that became wildly popular over social media. Green: “Parades are fun […]

LeBron James might have fired back at Draymond Green for his “Quickie” shirt, which he and some others wore to the championship parade, but the king of trash talk won’t cease until he gets the last word. Green trolled James for his workout video earlier today, in which he sported a really close buzz haircut […]

Draymond Green candidly shared an anecdote from last year’s Game 7 NBA Finals loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he reached out to Kevin Durant following the game in order to reload for next season. Durant has vehemently denied it, saying it’s “100 percent false” — a response which has kept his teammate scratching his head […]

Draymond Green admitted to waiting to get back at LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for their trolling antics after winning an NBA title last year, making the most of it by sporting a custom-made “Quickie” shirt that has the “Q” from the logo of Quicken Loans Arena. The shirts were actually made in Cleveland, […]

Draymond Green made the most of his reported rush order of “Quickie” shirts by wearing it to the championship parade in Oakland today — shirt which used the “Q” from the Quicken Loans Arena logo, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Source: Draymond Green had rush order of shirts printed today that say "Quickie" using the […]

Draymond Green‘s last summer was supposed to be a turn of the page, a new experience after getting suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals — to many, the reason his Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead against their rival Cleveland Cavaliers in the biggest of spotlights after a record-breaking 73-9 regular season. […]

A day after winning in the NBA Finals, many fans expected the players of the Golden State Warriors to be at home and waking up late, especially after partying through the night. However, it was a different case for Draymond Green. Instead of savoring his second championship and spending time with his family, the 26-year-old […]

The Golden State Warriors‘ legendary “death lineup” finished with the highest net rating of any lineup in NBA Finals history with more than 10 minutes of floor time, according to the team’s Fast Break blog on Twitter. A revamped lineup comprised of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green from one-through-five […]

With the Golden State Warriors topping the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the NBA title, the new champions have finally let their guard down providing an honest assessment of this past season. In light of that, Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green opined that he believes his teammate Stephen Curry took a […]

Draymond Green wanted to vindicate himself after the 3-1 blown 2016 NBA Finals lead debacle, but admitted that despite his desire to “destroy” the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, he was ultimately thankful for the loss, which helped the team look into ways to reload and fire back even stronger in 2016-17. “If Kevin Durant was the […]

In the Golden State Warriors‘ humbling 137-116 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, things got really chippy at an alarming rate, as a total of seven technical fouls — along with a flagrant for good measure — was called during the contest. To nobody’s surprise, one of those technicals was charged to the fiery Draymond […]

What could have been a scary moment for Klay Thompson after attempting to block Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson from behind was prevented by his teammate Draymond Green, who kept him from a scary fall and caught him in a scorpion-like position to save him from a rough end. See the clip below: find someone who […]

Draymond Green was once again at the center of a lot of talk following the strong comments he made against the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ fans recently. It can be recalled that the Golden State Warriors All-Star forward took a shot at their intelligence for how they treated him in Game 4 on Friday night. When asked recently if […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals turned out to be a forgettable one for the Golden State Warriors as they saw their 15-game postseason winning streak halted and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided getting swept. The home team had a game for the ages as they led from start to finish and even set a number […]

Since their epic collapse in last year’s Finals, the Golden State Warriors have been the subject of a lot of trolling and ridicule on social media. Now leading 3-1 in the series once again, fans can’t help but remind them of what happened a year ago. Draymond Green even spoke recently, via Marc J. Spears of […]

After Draymond Green decided to run his mouth a few days ago about Kevin Durant‘s big move to the Golden State Warriors, the media simply could not let the hot story not resurface once again. Green claimed he played an integral part in recruiting Durant to the Warriors by calling him almost immediately after the […]

Draymond Green has been showered with boos and chants in every road arena in the NBA this season, but none is more intently passionate than Quicken Loans Arena, which will not hesitate to let the Golden State Warriors forward hear it every chance it’s given. But to Green it isn’t a reason of doubt or […]

There was no shortage of physicality in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. To no one’s surprise, one of the players at the center of it all was Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green, who got involved in a couple of intense moments that all […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals wasn’t short of drama despite the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 137-116 blowout win over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. Draymond Green earned his second technical of the series and his fourth of the postseason after arguing with an official in the third quarter; but in a high-stakes game of this […]

The Golden State Warriors ran into a myriad of problem in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, facing a Cleveland Cavaliers team that had the resolve to defend their home court and put up a historic shooting performance to do so in a 137-116 win. But if there is something Warriors forward Draymond Green is […]