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Draymond Green is a three-time champion, three-time All-Star and one-time Defensive Player of the Year because of hard work and dedication. However, the Michigan native has been blessed with Hall of Fame teammates during his time with the Golden State Warriors. Even Green would tell you his NBA career wouldn’t be as successful as it […]

During an interview with ESPN’s Doris Burke for the Jr. NBA Leadership Conference, Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry discussed how power forward Draymond Green’s leadership approach differs from his. While Curry is the best player on the Warriors, a case can be made that Green is the most important piece on the […]

Shaquille O’Neal has no problem with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. He just does not believe Green would stand any chance of guarding him, especially in his era. Dray previously said during an appearance on Showtime’s “All The Smoke” podcast that he and Warriors point guard Stephen Curry would have caused Shaq tons of […]

Draymond Green entered the NBA back in 2012 as the 35th overall pick of the draft. Since then, he’s won three titles and made $84,640,743 through his NBA contracts, per Spotrac. The Golden State Warriors signed Green to a three-year, $2.64 million rookie contract. The Michigan native made $850,000 during his rookie season while averaging […]

Last April, Draymond Green spoke out on the situation of how Kevin Durant handled his final season with the Golden State Warriors. Green was upset with Durant about not committing to either staying or leaving the Dubs and referred to the situation as the “elephant in the room.” Now, in a recent interview with The […]

Shawn Marion has an NBA championship, four All-Star games and two All-NBA selections on his resume, but he believes his defensive impact went unjustly unrecognized. “Think about it, though. I never made an all-defensive team. I never was defensive player of the year, which I should have been, couple years, honestly,” Marion told Michael Lee […]

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has made a bold claim about the three-time NBA champs Golden State Warriors. According to the Hall of Famer, he firmly believes that the Dubs would not have been a factor had they played during his prime. O’Neal made the statement on a recent episode of his own podcast, “The Big […]

Kevin Durant is one of the best talents of his generation. He has pretty much done it all in his career: Rookie of the Year, All-Star, scoring champion, All-NBA squad, MVP, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, and NBA champion. There is also no denying, however, that throughout his decorated career, the 6-foot-10 forward has gotten a […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is one that you could say has a strong personality. That being the case, he is not exactly the easiest person to deal with. Even Dubs head coach Steve Kerr has had his fair share of difficult moments with the former Defensive Player of the Year winner. As a […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry spoke about Draymond Green’s quirks, including his need to pick fights with others to unleash the real competitive monster within. The Warriors’ two-time MVP noted how Green goes about finding a reason to get himself pumped up before a game. Via Drew Shiller of NBC Sports Bay Area: […]

In a story posted by Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher, league officials shared takes on what moves the Golden State Warriors could consider heading into next season. However, as Bucher notes, “there has been no indication…that the Warriors are exploring ways to improve by tinkering with their current core” of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green […]

Though he hasn’t said so definitively, Golden State Warriors president Bob Myers does not seem to be interested in trading any members of the team’s core. Via Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report: Warriors GM Bob Myers declined to talk about the team’s future plans before this season is officially over, but there has been no […]

For NBA legend Charles Barkley, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is “the worst member of the boy band.” Earlier, Green claimed that Barkley is just jealous of him and his achievements which includes three title rings. In an appearance on Coffee With Cal, Barkley retaliated, comparing Green to the ‘worst member’ of a boy […]

It appears the Golden State Warriors have already made up their mind with regards to the NBA’s recent announcement of allowing certain teams to re-open their practice facilities starting May 1. Logan Murdock of NBC Sports reports that with social distancing measures still being strictly implemented in the city of San Francisco, the Warriors will […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors were going to host the Brooklyn Nets at Chase Center for a fan-less game due to COVID-19, but the 2019-20 season was suspended a day before the contest after Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus. That game between the Warriors and Nets would […]

Draymond Green has shed some further light on Kevin Durant’s time with the Golden State Warriors. Speaking recently on the All the Smoke podcast of Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Green revealed how Durant was unhappy with all the praise LeBron James was getting. “You turn on the TV the next day, and the f–king headline is […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green saw his role change significantly in the 2019-20 NBA regular season. With fellow All-Stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson out to injuries, the 6-foot-6 slotman had to become an elder statesman to the team’s current crop of young and unproven talent. The three-time NBA champ recently opened up accepting […]

The Golden State Warriors are easily one of the most-loved teams of this generation. Stephen Curry, the face of the franchise, has all the makings of a captivating superstar, and he has been winning all sorts of fans over ever since he came to relevance in the early-/mid-2010’s. Nonetheless, the Dubs have had their fair […]

Draymond Green didn’t leave any stone unturned when talking at length about his relationship with Kevin Durant, full-knowing that the latter didn’t choose to leave the Golden State Warriors because of him. In a candid conversation with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson as part of the All The Smoke podcast, Green noted all Durant would […]

Draymond Green opened up in full about his infamous locker room tiff with Kevin Durant in 2018 during their time together as members of the Golden State Warriors. Green appeared as a guest in the All The Smoke podcast, confiding in hosts Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson about the turmoil that took place after the […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green had plenty of thorns to get off his spine during a quite frank conversation with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson as a guest of All The Smoke. Among them was the unraveling of his infamous locker-room spat with Kevin Durant after an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers […]

Draymond Green may not be the best player on the Golden State Warriors, but one thing he absolutely excels in is his second-to-none level of confidence. Recently, the three-time All-Star went on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s All the Smoke podcast and made a very bold claim about his unmatched ability to set screens for his […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green recently guested on the All the Smoke Podcast with Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, and the Dubs forward had a pretty interesting statement about how he and the rest of the Warriors have impacted the game of basketball thus far. According to Green, the trio of himself, Stephen Curry and Klay […]

Despite missing out on the entirety of the 2019-20 season (thus far), it is clear that Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson has not lost one bit of his supreme confidence. Dubs teammate Draymond Green recently went on the All The Smoke podcast with former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, and one of the […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has had numerous run-ins with head coach Steve Kerr over the years. Their complicated relationship reached a boiling point back on February 27, 2016,  when the pair nearly got into a physical altercation at halftime versus the Oklahoma City Thunder. Green recently opened up about receiving a four-page letter […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star power forward Draymond Green, a frequent foe of Hall of Fame power forward Charles Barkley, is answering back in a big way at his incessant detractor. “I got a lot of respect for Charles Barkley the basketball player, as a fan of basketball growing up Charles Barkley was a great basketball […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is never afraid to speak his mind. He is one of the most forthright and confident players in the NBA. So Green’s appearance on the All The Smoke podcast was going to be a tell-all in which he left nothing to the imagination. Green also had the opportunity to […]

Kevin Durant has been on record saying that the incident between him and Draymond Green at Staples Center last season was one of the reasons he decided to leave the Golden State Warriors in free agency. The prevailing thought around the league is that Durant didn’t want to play with Green anymore since the former […]

Draymond Green has a few choice words for those clowning on the league-worst Golden State Warriors after snowballing from grace. The three-time champion addressed the haters during a quarantine version of the All The Smoke podcast. Via Drew Shiller of NBC Sports Bay Area: “To everybody out there who want to talk sh*t about this […]

Draymond Green did not mince words explaining the turning point when Kevin Durant went from a joyful new member of the Golden State Warriors to a malcontent superstar vying for his recognition. During a chat with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson as a guest of the All The Smoke podcast, the Warriors big man explained […]

Draymond Green was one of many who watched The Last Dance that had an opinion on how the Chicago Bulls treated Scottie Pippen. The Golden State Warriors forward did not hold back from criticizing Michael Jordan, who had been critical of Pippen for delaying his back surgery, which caused him to miss part of the 1997-98 […]

ESPN analyst Jay Williams had a hard time defending his friend Kevin Durant during Tuesday’s edition of “First Take.” Williams, who takes part in “The Boardroom,” an ESPN+ show directed by Durant, has long been the star’s public defender on the ESPN platform — though he failed epically when addressing Draymond Green’s comments on how […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was also one of the millions of basketball fans who tuned in to watch “The Last Dance” on April 19. For his part, the three-time NBA champ has come out with a typically controversial Draymond statement. According to Green, he sees some parallelisms between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls of […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is not letting bygones be bygones in terms of his beef with former teammate and now Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant. The three-time All-Star put KD on notice on Monday in an interview with UNINTERRUPTED. Dray let out a NSFW tirade regarding Durant’s final season with the Dubs in […]

The Athletic’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss recently published a book titled, “The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty.” His book offers a unique look at the fast-moving, deal-making, often brutal world that built the Golden State Warriors basketball powerhouse. In this work of reportage, Strauss investigates the Warriors’ culture, their financial ambitions […]

Steve Kerr has been part of two of the greatest teams in the NBA — the 72-win Chicago Bulls and the 73-win Golden State Warriors. As such, he has been around the most competitive people on the planet. And from his observation, there’s a lot of similarities between Draymond Green and Michael Jordan’s fire. Speaking […]

Golden State Warriors All-Stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green have Peloton bikes at their homes and have been participating in morning virtual group rides, per Ben Cohen of the Wall Street Journal. Warriors players can’t go to the Chase Center to work on their games and bodies while the NBA season is indefinitely suspended due […]

Not even the coronavirus pandemic is preventing the Golden State Warriors from working out as a team. With strict social distancing measures in place, though, the Dubs have gotten creative with their work outs, and have resorted to the use of technology in what they’re labeling as “virtual workouts.” Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Draymond […]

The Golden State Warriors going small and playing Draymond Green at center was always an ace in the hole in recent years. Green’s ability to effectively play the 5 was a pillar of the Death Lineup, but Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hesitated to go to that formation unless he really needed to do it. […]