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The lack of triple-doubles used to be the knock on the Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green just a couple of games into their series against the Houston Rockets to which head coach Steve Kerr dismissed as a “bunch of crap.” Green responded with two straight double-doubles (snaring a grand total of 30 boards) and just […]

Draymond Green had no problem making guarantees after committing a costly turnover that turned into a Game 5 loss on the road to the Houston Rockets, putting the Golden State Warriors at the brink of elimination, down in the series 3-2. The mercurial engine forward was assertive and unequivocal for a Game 6 win at […]

Draymond Green didn’t sugarcoat his costly turnover during the winding seconds of Game 5 against the Houston Rockets, quickly taking the blame for a lost possession that cost the Golden State Warriors the game. “We were supposed to score and I lost the ball, there’s kind of not much more to it than that,” said […]

Despite a second-straight loss to the Houston Rockets, the Golden State Warriors don’t seem to have lost their confidence, still hoping to make a bounce back and come out of the series. Forward Draymond Green cited the team’s experience and playoff pedigree will come into play when taking on them once again on Saturday at Oracle […]

The ring hasn’t been friendly with Draymond Green in the postseason. Whenever he gets a chance to posterize a foe, it’s the Golden State Warriors forward who ends up being posterized via a block. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Green has been blocked on four dunk attempts in the playoffs. Clint Capela's block on […]

The Golden State Warriors are trying to win their third NBA Title in four years, but there was a point that Draymond Green thought he wouldn’t even make it through any of it after the 2016 season. Green and Steve Kerr weren’t the biggest fans of each other, and it all came to a head […]

It wasn’t long ago that the relationship between Draymond Green and his head coach Steve Kerr was a rollercoaster ride in the midst of glory and chaos. Kerr promoted Green to the starting lineup and soon enough brought the first championship in 40 years to the Bay Area. Next season, Green found himself at odds […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green only mustered Second Team All-Defensive honors despite only being a year removed from winning the Defensive Player of the Year award after a three-year chase. While he is still a constant believer in his abilities as a defender, so are his coach and teammates. “If you asked every coach […]

Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals should’ve belonged to the Golden State Warriors. Yet, in an unfortunate turn of events, the Houston Rockets stole the win in the final quarter. Draymond Green says that the Warriors are pissed for letting that critical win get away from them. As reported by Tim Bontemps of The […]

The Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors have tipped off Game 4 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals, and there’s a lot on the line in this game. The Rockets can tie the series up at 2-2 and reclaim home-court advantage with a win tonight, while the Warriors can take a commanding 3-1 lead heading […]

The Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors have tipped off Game 4 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals, and needless to say, there’s a lot on the line in this game. Houston can tie the series up and reclaim home-court advantage with a win while Golden State can take a commanding 3-1 lead heading back […]

Everything the Golden State Warriors do begins with Stephen Curry. Most of it ends with shot making from Curry, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. The intermediate role, though, largely falls on Draymond Green’s shoulders. In the regular season, Green’s play tapered off from the previous three years. Dating back to the 2014-15 campaign, Green amassed […]

The Golden State Warriors had a great Sunday, as they bludgeoned the Houston Rockets in a 126-85 win in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. As what the score suggests, the Warriors were in total control of the game which had Golden State doing Golden State things, including a Draymond Green technical foul. Green […]

After the Game 2 beatdown the Houston Rockets delivered the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green said it best. “We allow one of those a series. Now it’s time to lock in.” Stephen Curry’s third quarter explosion may have gotten all the attention after Game 3, but it was the defense that got the Warriors rolling. […]

The Golden State Warriors played a near perfect game on Sunday night, but there was one slight slip up that might cost them later in the playoffs. Draymond Green and Trevor Ariza got into a scuffle during the 4th quarter and each player was assessed a technical foul. The Houston Rockets were down big at […]

Inside The NBA analyst Charles Barkley couldn’t help but make things uncomfortable, bringing up Draymond Green during a post-game conversation with Kevin Durant after the Golden State Warriors’ 41-point beatdown of the Houston Rockets. The loud-mouthed TNT personality casually asked Durant about his frontcourt teammate, only to get eviscerated in response. KD really went there […]

Stephen Curry’s 3-point shooting ability has revolutionized the game so much that Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green compared Curry’s threes to that of others’ dunks. After the game, Green commented on Curry’s performance as well as their home crowd’s support: “His three is like someone else’s dunk,” Draymond Green said. “I don’t mean to […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green has always been one of the more emotional players in the NBA. That extends to his relationship with teammates and even his head coach, Steve Kerr. In discussing Green’s relationship with Kerr, Green opened up about a time when he almost decided to cuss out Kerr. Via The […]

The Houston Rockets shocked a lot of people coming out in Game 2 with a statement win over the Golden State Warriors. Part of the surprise was the defending champs, after a decisive Game 1 win, did not look like defending champs. The Rockets made it really tough for them on offense and then shot […]

The Golden State Warriors may be too dominant of an example to channel the idiom “Like a wounded rat,” but the defending champions are using that mindset to fuel their Game 3 performance against the Houston Rockets on Sunday. Several Warriors players told ESPN’s Chris Haynes that the team is most dangerous when they are […]

Stephen Curry is missing and Draymond Green is talking. The latter is normal, but the former is an anomaly. In two games against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, the Golden State Warriors’ back-to-back MVP is only averaging a measly, by his standards, stat-line of 17.0 points per game on 44 percent field goal […]

The Western Conference Finals is shaping up to be the kind of back-and-forth affair many have been expecting from the top two teams in the NBA. Game 1 resulted in a 119-106 victory for the Golden State Warriors and Game 2 ended with the Houston Rockets on top 127-105. In both games, there was only […]

Draymond Green’s mom had made some poignant comments on Twitter during Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Houston Rockets, signaling Kevin Durant’s isolation as a reason for the team’s stagnant offense. But she warned there aren’t any hard feelings between her and Durant, as a rather self-professed fan of the 2014 MVP. […]

Arguably the most versatile player in the NBA with his legitimate ability to play all five positions and do so exceptionally well on both ends, it’s no secret that Draymond Green is a walking triple-double. Not only are the Golden State Warriors an astonishing 22-0 whenever the Michigan State product stuffs the stat sheet, he […]

Like his All-Star son, Draymond Green, Mary Babers has a never-back-down personality, and she showed that side of her when she fired back at Stephen A. Smith on Twitter as a response to a comment made by the ESPN personality on-air that she did not like. Back in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals […]

The Hampton 5 started out as a tag for the Golden State Warriors’ most deadly lineup. The unit consists of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant. However, it turns out that the name ‘Hampton 5’ is about to be trademarked. As reported by TMZ, Green applied for the ‘Hampton 5’ […]

After their Game 2 loss to the Houston Rockets, Draymond Green was quick to acknowledge their mistakes. According to him, the Golden State Warriors lacked the “game plan discipline,” and it proved to be the difference maker. As posted by NBA TV, Green said in part: “Our game plan discipline just wasn’t there. I think […]

The Golden State Warriors seemed to be en route to a decline after failing to snatch the top overall seed for the fourth straight season. Yet while not being first for the first time in four years was somewhat worrisome, it presented the opportunity to break out of the monotony. The defending champions entered the […]

If NBA fans were already hyped for this star-studded matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, they got plenty of excitement in just the first few minutes of the Dubs’ 119-106 victory over the Rockets in Game 1 on Monday. Warriors star forward Draymond Green got into it […]

The Western Conference finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets kicked off Monday, and it was as entertaining and explosive most people thought it would be. Warriors forward Draymond Green set the game’s tone early and offered a bit of a preview of how intense Game 1 was going to be played […]

In the Game 1 win against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, Draymond Green finished with five points, nine rebounds, and nine assists. Though subpar numbers, the Golden State Warriors star had a plus/minus rating of +19 — the highest among all players. For his performance, head coach Steve Kerr was all praises, tagging […]

Utah Jazz scoring machine Donovan Mitchell continues to entertain folks even with his team out of title contention. With plenty of time to burn after getting taken out by the Houston Rockets in the second round, Mitchell appears to be watching as many NBA games as possible while coming up with hilarious quips and GIFs […]

The Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors tipped off Game 1 of their Western Conference Finals series, and things got heated, well, fast. Guard James Harden scored five quick points for the Rockets on a three-pointer followed by a layup over a defending Kevin Durant. After landing from the made layup, Harden turned and happened […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green won’t buy into the concept of zoning into the Houston Rockets’ ‘Big Three’ of James Harden, Chris Paul, and Clint Capela, but rather look to defend every piece of their offensive puzzle coming into tonight’s series. The Warriors’ defensive engine was asked about his scouting of the Big Three, […]

LeBron James’ moment of the day didn’t come on the court on Sunday, but rather off it, reciting a play-by-play of what went wrong throughout a 25-point Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Coming into the eve of Game 1 at the opposite coast, Golden State Warriors head coach […]

By and large, the Golden State Warriors are coasting in these playoffs. They have only lost two games so far in the postseason and remain as the top favorite to win in the NBA Finals this June. In 2015, however, the Warriors found their backs against the wall as early as the second round when […]

As it seems, there is some substance to Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris’ bold statement. When Morris said just before the Eastern Conference finals that he is the best player not named Kawhi Leonard when it comes to guarding Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, not a few people laughed it off as just another careless […]

A man from New York was recently arrested by police after being charged with aggravated harassment for allegedly sending a death threat to NBA President Adam Silver in July of 2017, as per Ben Feurherd of the New York Post. David Pyant, a 27-year-old originating from South America, allegedly sent an email to Silver threatening […]

The Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors kick off the Western Conference Finals on Monday night at the Toyota Center, and given the fact that these two teams are not known for liking each other, chances are high this series will get chippy. Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the chippiness that this […]