Draymond Green Articles - Page 17

After a performance like the one we saw from Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic on Tuesday night, a game in which the three-time league MVP scored 40 points, pulled down 7 rebounds, and dished out 13 assists — all while shooting 68 percent from the field, committing no turnovers, and being defended primarily by four-time […]

During Game 5 as the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers, 121-91, there was a funny interaction on the TNT broadcast where Chris Haynes talked to legendary comedian Tracy Morgan about the game. The actor who is known to be a Knicks fan would use his time to address Golden State Warriors star Draymond […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are supposed to have the best anti-Nikola Jokic weapon in the form of Rudy Gobert, who is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year — an award he has actually won a total of four times. But against Jokic in the second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, Gobert has seemingly been […]

Draymond Green is not the type of guy who lets bygones be bygones. When he’s beefing with someone, he makes sure that he’ll be taking that animosity with him no matter what. On Monday night, during a guest appearance on TNT’s Inside the NBA, Green rekindled his rivalry with Phoenix Suns big man Jusuf Nurkic. […]

Draymond Green has been known to be an antagonist of sorts throughout his NBA career, but one of the newer rivalries for the Golden State Warriors veteran is with Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic. While both players’ teams aren’t playing anymore at this point in the season, Green used his platform on TNT’s “Inside the […]

The Boston Celtics have been the most dominant team in the NBA this season, but there is one issue they just can’t seem to shake as far as the playoffs are concerned: winning at home. Not winning on the road; winning at home. The Celtics are just 15-15 at TD Garden over their last 30 […]

When it comes to point guards, Jalen Brunson is currently the talk of the town. It’s not surprising, looking at Brunson’s recent string of postseason games. In fact, some fans are going as far as including him in the “best point guard” discussion. That didn’t sit well with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green though. […]

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson is quickly ascending the ranks in team history due to his brilliant stretch of playoff performances this spring. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has taken notice. On Wednesday night, Brunson suffered a foot injury in the first half of New York’s Game 2 second-round series against the Indiana […]

Almost as impressive as Victor Wembanyama’s Rookie of the Year campaign was all the praise the San Antonio Spurs superstar received from the NBA’s biggest stars. In covering Spurs games throughout the season, ClutchPoints received reaction from the game’s elite as they’d go against the top pick in last summer’s draft. “He’s going to change […]

The NBA playoffs are into the second round now and there have been a lot of good series so far. One that is getting underway on Tuesday night is Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks vs. the top seed in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder cruised past the New Orleans Pelicans in […]

The Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green hasn’t shied away from speaking his mind during his time in the NBA, and now Nuggets star Jamal Murray has caught his attention. Murray incurred the wrath of fans after ‘dangerously’ tossing a heat pack onto the court following the Nuggets’ Game Two loss. Green had a harsh take […]

Rudy Gobert missed Game 2 of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ second-round series against the Denver Nuggets as he flew from Denver to Minneapolis for the birth of his son. While many lauded Gobert for being present for a special moment in his and his family’s lives, others did not agree with it, including Gobert’s longtime rival, […]

The Golden State Warriors may not have reached the playoffs this season, but they still have a great core headed by Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. Lakers legend LeBron James, with JJ Redick on the latest edition of Mind the Game, broke down what Green’s biggest asset for the Warriors is: “Draymond Green’s biggest asset, […]

The New York Knicks played in one of the best series in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The two seeded Knicks came into their series with the seven seeded Philadelphia 76ers as the underdog. Every game was close and the 76ers were close to forcing a game seven on Thursday night, but the […]

The NBA is often seen as a place where extracurricular activities on the court don’t happen nearly as often as they did in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors and Patrick Beverly of the Milwaukee Bucks stand as contrarians in that particular case, judging by their antagonistic on-court […]

The first thing most of the Los Angeles Lakers faithful did after their squad got bounced in the NBA Playoffs yet again was hurl vitriol toward someone. Who was at the receiving end of comments that insisted that they get fired? Well, it was Darvin Ham. From comments about being lost delivered by Anthony Davis […]

The Golden State Warriors’ season is over after their loss in the NBA Play-In Tournament, but that does not mean that Draymond Green is not still opining on what is taking place in the NBA Playoffs. And he got real on why he believes the Denver Nuggets might be in trouble in the upcoming second-round […]

The situation that the Los Angeles Lakers are in is very tricky. They have the choice to run it back with nearly the same core as they did a year ago and hope for the best next season. Or, a decision could be made to shake up the core such that they get new guys […]

Stephen Curry holds the NBA all-time 3-point record. However, there is one specific 3-point record that Curry is still trailing in. Despite having made the most long-range shots ever, it is Curry’s Golden State Warriors teammate Klay Thompson who holds the record for most 3-pointers in a single game. In 2018, Thompson made 14 three-point […]

More often than not, Draymond Green is going to get the last word in. So, when the Phoenix Suns were officially eliminated from the NBA Playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night, everyone should have expected him to have a fiery retort for his adversary, Jusuf Nurkic. After Green and the Golden State Warriors […]

Rudy Gobert is a good basketball player who has received criticism throughout his career nonetheless. He recently received a back-handed compliment from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. However, the compliment part of Green’s comments were directed more toward Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards. “What Anthony Edwards has taken those guys and done is absolutely […]

Draymond Green and Los Angeles Lakers fans agree on one of the major culprits of LA’s lack of success against the Denver Nuggets. D’Angelo Russell has struggled immensely in two of the first three games of the series, but in Game 3, he was a net negative. He didn’t score any points in only 24 […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are now staring directly at the prospect of a second straight sweep at the hands of the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets after falling behind 0-3 in their first round series on Thursday evening in Los Angeles. A season ago, it was in the conference finals when the […]

The Golden State Warriors were knocked out of the Play-In Tournament by the Sacramento Kings in a loss that millions of NBA fans saw coming from a mile away. The Warriors’ roster had become depleted over the past few years with veteran players like Draymond Green and Klay Thompson unable to pick up the slack. […]

Rudy Gobert has found himself in some peculiar situations during his NBA career. In addition to most notably being the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19 back in March 2020, the Minnesota Timberwolves big man has since drawn the ire of numerous fellow players and fans, an issue that was highlighted again recently […]

The Phoenix Suns swept the Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves back in the regular season. But their dominance of the T’wolves ended in Game 1 of their first-round series last Saturday, as Kevin Durant and company absorbed a brutal 120-95 loss in the Twin Cities.  Durant played well in that game, as he got […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Denver Nuggets 114-103 in Game 1 of the two team’s NBA Playoffs first-round matchup on Saturday. Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell had a rough shooting night against the Nuggets, and Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is pinning a lot of the blame for the loss on him, per […]

Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson will be an unrestricted free agent where it is not currently a lock if he returns for his 12th season with the team that drafted him back in 2011 with the 11th overall pick. However, his teammate in Warriors star Draymond Green warns Thompson about free agency and how […]

So much for the Golden State Warriors’ underdog run through the play-in tournament and deep into the playoffs. As the Dubs turn the page toward what could be a truly transformational summer, let’s look back at everything that went wrong in the Bay during a tumultuous 2023-24 season. Draymond Green’s multiple suspensions Mike Dunleavy Jr. […]

The Golden State Warriors have some major decisions to make in an offseason that has started prematurely for what they are used to. After losing to the Sacramento Kings in the 9-seed vs. 10-seed play-in game, the noise surrounding the downfall of this organization has grown louder. More specifically, the futures of Klay Thompson and […]

The Golden State Warriors never truly looked like a team capable of making a championship run this season, and their struggle-filled season was put to an end by the Sacramento Kings in the Play-In Tournament on Tuesday night. Now they head into an offseason where there are tons of questions that need to be answered, […]

The Golden State Warriors season came to a close on Tuesday night in the NBA play-in tournament. The Warriors were the 10 seed in the West and they had to hit the road to take on the Sacramento Kings. The Kings got the win easily, 118-94, and the Warriors are now done. The Golden State […]

The Golden State Warriors’ tumultuous season has come to an end with a 118-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In tournament on Tuesday. And while Klay Thompson’s abysmal night shooting may be a large talking point, NBA reporter Tim Bontemps places the blame solely at Draymond Green’s feet. Green recorded 12 points, […]

The Golden State Warriors lost to the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday by a final score of 118-94. Could Tuesday’s contest be the final game for Klay Thompson in a Warriors uniform? Warriors head coach Steve Kerr wants the veteran guard to return to Golden State. “We need Klay back,” Kerr […]

The Golden State Warriors got the stop they so desperately needed in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, daring Davion Mitchell to take a wide-open pull-up three as De’Aaron Fox waited to sub in at the scorer’s table. Mitchell’s miss bounced hard off the back of the rim, landing just a couple feet inside the left […]

The Golden State Warriors dynasty has fully crumbled. Coach Steve Kerr and the Stephen Curry-led team could not get past the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament. The worst part was that they got blown out by 24 points as they ended their season. This also meant that Draymond Green was forced to go […]

On Sunday afternoon, Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns had their playoff positioning officially locked up with a road win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, meaning that they would be the sixth seed in the vaunted Western Conference landscape and, ironically enough, travel back to Minnesota once again this weekend to get ready for a best […]

There is nothing quite like a sporting rivalry based off of proximity. Rivalries in sports are always great, but the intensity is turned up a notch when teams are located close to each other, as the action feels more at home. One of the best examples of this is the rivalry between the Golden State […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is the latest prominent NBA voice to dish out his opinion on the league’s Play-In Tournament. Surprisingly, Green openly disagreed with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James regarding the tournament, as he is usually someone who he usually sees eye-to-eye with. Green admitted that he thinks the Play-In Tournament […]