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A much-awaited revamped Golden State Warriors team took the court on October 25 to start the season. After a 6-1 preseason record, they started the regular season the same way they ended the former — with a loss. But it wasn’t so much the loss, but the magnitude of it that made headlines and was the […]

Draymond Green‘s Game 5 suspension during the 2016 NBA Finals was the monumental moment that sparked the turn of the tide from a favorable 3-1 lead for the Golden State Warriors, to the Cleveland Cavaliers surging with three straight wins to crown themselves NBA champions. While basketball is a team sport, Green was largely blamed […]

Draymond Green is one of the best defensive players in the league today and has been part of the All-Defensive First Team the past two seasons. However, even after receiving the honor, Green still feels that he deserves more and nothing short of being awarded the Defensive Player of the Year plum this time is acceptable […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green didn’t have the summer athletes dream of, to say the least. After catapulting his team to a historic run during the regular season, his suspension during Game 5 of the NBA Finals was perhaps the biggest storyline and the catalyst to the team’s failure to stomp on a Cleveland […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is known to be one of the more vocal players in the league today. He is not afraid to speak his mind out and tell the media his opinion on certain matters. Such was the case after their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. The match was very competitive […]

Say what you want about Draymond Green, but he just put Giannis Antetokounmpo on a poster during the first quarter of the Warriors’ game vs. the Bucks Saturday night. That’s right. The hammer in Milwaukee from @Money23Green pic.twitter.com/01aGZHNnx2 — Laurence Scott (@LaurenceScott) November 20, 2016 You know Giannis is going to go after the dunk […]

The Golden State Warriors took on the Boston Celtics Friday night in Beantown which did not end so well for the home team. The Warriors had control of the game from beginning to end and finished it off with a 104-88 win. Fans at TD Garden booed Kevin Durant because he chose to be a […]

Even though Draymond Green does not always score the most points, he does many of the gritty things that help his team win basketball games. Even with the addition of Kevin Durant, Green finds ways to get it done, leading the Golden State Warriors in rebounds (10.1), assists (7.1), steals (2.3) and blocks (1.6). He is certainly one of […]

Life isn’t always fair. And it wasn’t fair to Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook after receiving a technical foul for accidentally kicking Detroit Pistons shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the groin area while attempting to draw a foul in mid-shooting motion. https://vine.co/v/5I36gpXvgZX The tech stems from the “Draymond Green Rule” instituted this season after […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors are starting to take issue with the number of technical fouls called on him. Green feels he’s being punished too easily by officials. This season he was called for two techs in the first five games of the season. According to CSN Bay Area, the Warriors decided directly […]

Before being named the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton served as the Golden State Warriors assistant and helped the team to a record 73-9 last season and win the championship in 2015. During his stint in Oakland, he had good relationships with almost all the players and gained their respect. Last […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is tired of getting technical fouls called on him. He received one for screaming during Thursday night’s marquee matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, when teammate Kevin Durant had a chase-back block on former teammate Russell Westbrook. The other happened in the season-opener against the San Antonio Spurs, as […]

Draymond Green doesn’t need the last word, he just enjoys having someone to go out there and prove wrong, game after game. This time it’s Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, who made the observation that the Golden State Warriors defense isn’t the same and that they badly miss Andrew Bogut‘s rim defense and […]

The Golden State Warriors once again escaped with an unimpressive 106-100 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon. After the game, Draymond Green was quick to notice a trend during the three-game regular season stretch thus far. Defenses are getting more and more physical and daring the referees to make consistent calls at the offensive and defensive […]

The Golden State Warriors picked up a rather unimpressive 106-100 win against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon. The Warriors were at a perilous line in the the latter stage of the fourth quarter, where the Suns threatened to tie the game, coming within two points of the Western Conference champions. New acquisition Kevin Durant made […]

The Wall Street Journal recently released their “Scary Sports Costumes” for the 2016 Halloween and they took some shots at current NBA players. It appears that WSJ is full of Thunder fans – or at least know what non-Warriors NBA fans will think to be funny – with what they said about two of the […]

The second game of ESPN’s Friday night doubleheader was full of exciting superstars as Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans took on Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and the Golden State Warriors. Early in the first quarter, Durant dished the ball off to a wide-open Draymond Green at the top of the key and began […]

Joining just about everyone else in overreaction night was Draymond Green‘s mom, or shall we say DrayMom? Mary Babers-Green took to Twitter after the Golden State Warriors‘ 129-100 loss to the San Antonio Spurs to express her displeasure with the usage rate of her son. https://twitter.com/BabersGreen/status/791144764255109120 So let’s dissect this tweet word by word. “Taking Dray […]

In undeniably the most controversial move of free agency, former MVP and top-five talent Kevin Durant took his talents to Golden State. The very team, who only a few weeks prior to his decision, had eliminated him and his former Thunder group in the Western Conference Finals. A decision met with outrage, disgust, excitement, and absolute shock from whatever end […]

In a Golden State Warriors locker room filled of lead-by-example guys, Draymond Green plays a very important role within the organization. Green is the voice to speak out when the team is down double digits, the one to point out defensive mishaps after a possession. He is the lighter in a room full of gasoline, […]

As soon as Kevin Durant announced his decision to join the Golden State Warriors last July, the team had a quick turnaround from being one of the most-loved teams to villains of the league. But for their power forward, Draymond Green, Warriors label doesn’t matter as much. Green knows it’s something they can adjust to […]

The Golden State Warriors are primed for another exciting season for the ages. They are leading in all of the oddsmakers projections, and are slated to win the championship if healthy. There has been many distractions that have come their way in the form of controversy long before the season tips off. ESPN’s Ethan Strauss wrote a […]

Draymond Green and Kevin Durant have become friends, even through plenty of on-court trash talk over the years. Although Green can’t recall exactly when the two clicked, he has become very fond of his new Warrior teammate in Durant. Green spoke with  Bleacher Report’s Chris Palmer about their relationship. I can’t tell you exactly when we became friends, but […]

The season hasn’t started yet and Warriors forward Draymond Green is already under scrutiny for another kicking incident. The Portland Trail Blazers‘ social media team decided to point out Green’s lack of restraint on Twitter. They didn’t hold back either, as they pointed out a separate incident from his teammate Zaza Pachulia to let everyone know […]

Last postseason, the spotlight was all over Golden State Warriors‘ forward Draymond Green. Green was seen, on multiple occasions throughout the playoffs, flailing his body parts, specifically his legs, and often times connecting with opponents below the belt. Eventually, that caught up to him as the NBA suspended him for a groin hit on LeBron […]

One of the biggest games the Golden State Warriors played during the 2015-16 regular season was on February 27 when they visited the Oklahoma City Thunder. Aside from a winning result and endless clips of Stephen Curry‘s 37-foot three-pointer that left Oklahoma City fans stunned with 0.6 seconds to go on the clock, was the locker room […]

The story just came out today, but now it takes another turn as former Golden State Warriors forward Marreese Speights speaks out. Earlier today, ESPN’s Ethan Strauss reported on Golden State’s Draymond Green problem, which talks about all the on-court and off-court issues Green has had with the Warriors. At one point, Strauss uses a […]

While a lot of theories have been brought to the front of why the Golden State Warriors came of short of a season for the ages last year, one thing is for certain, Draymond Green‘s antics had something to do with it. From the amount of technical fouls piling up during the playoffs, to the […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle has a fan in Draymond Green. The Golden State Warriors All-Star forward has developed a respect for Randle’s game and his approach to basketball. “From the first time I saw him play, I just loved the intensity that he played with, the fire, the dog, the passion and fire […]

After their impressive preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, Golden State Warriors forwards Kevin Durant and Draymond Green took time to meet one of their team’s fans. Waiting outside their locker room was 11-year-old Gavin, who made the trip to Las Vegas from L.A. despite battling leukemia, just to see his favorite […]

The rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and the L.A. Clippers just keeps getting more fierce by the minute. A few more sticks were thrown into the fire after Paul Pierce criticized Kevin Durant‘s signing with the runners-up in an interview with Sirius XM radio. All-Star forward Draymond Green was quick to respond to Pierce’s comments with […]

The Golden State Warriors‘ Draymond Green is considered one of the best passing forwards in the league today. During last season’s campaign, he averaged six assists per game – an even higher mark than some point guards. But during Monday night’s NLDS game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs, the Michigan State […]

It’s the first day of preseason and the Golden State Warriors lost their first game 97-93 on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was also the first chance for fans to see a revamped lineup with some familiar faces and new ones that hope to become part of the […]

Recently, the NBA and the officials have decided to take a stand on “unnatural acts,” and when they mean unnatural acts, they pertain to seemingly intentional hits to the groin. The “Draymond Green Rule” has brought to mind some other acts or items outlawed by the NBA rulebook, and they are as follows: The earbud ban: […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has become one of the most polarizing players in the NBA. After a year of questionable situations he went from liked to one of the most detested players. He is one of the guys you’ll love if they are on your team, and hate if they aren’t. Anticipating more angst […]

The Golden State Warriors will be chasing history this season. Just not all of it. Draymond Green says he doesn’t want the Warriors to go out and try to win 74 or 75 games to break their own regular-season win record set last season. His reason? “To be quite frank with you, I don’t even […]

The Golden State Warriors front office and its basketball operations staff makes annual visits to prisons, and have been doing so for the last five years. The staff usually plays pickup games against the inmates on the basketball court as a part of their visit. This year Kevin Durant and Draymond Green both decided to ride […]

Looking at you, Draymond Green. The NBA sent out a press release yesterday saying that it will begin cracking down harder on blows below the belt, clearly in response to some of the recurring incidents between Green and Steven Adams during the playoffs last season. Via ESPN.com: The hits to the groin — termed “unnatural […]

A night after Drake brought new Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant on stage, he followed by treating the crowd to Stephen Curry and Draymond Green in his second Oracle Arena concert in Oakland, Calif. Drake’s Summer Sixteen Tour has been a complete home run, receiving raving reviews across every city, and it’s no surprise that […]