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Draymond Green
I mean, this is game seven of the NBA Finals. Everybody got pressure. Everybody want to win, but all the pressure of this game is on okc you at home, You've had the best record all year, and it all comes down to one game. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. We got BD Back in the building. What's up, my dog?
Ryan Seacrest
What's happening? What's up, my guy? What's going on, man?
Draymond Green
Excuse me. I got ahead of myself. Welcome back to the Draymond Green show with Baron Davis. I got excited. We got BD Back in the building.
Ryan Seacrest
Now, my dog.
Draymond Green
Back in the building.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah. All around the world. What's happening? What's happening, man?
Draymond Green
Chilling, bro. Just chilling. You know, the best two words in sports. But we'll get into that, man. We will definitely get into that. Before we get into that, what was the coldest moment from game six for you?
Ryan Seacrest
The dunk. The Pascal dunk. That was sick. Halliburton with the. No, look, Pascal, I don't know who he dunked on. Jalen Williams. Yikes. He dunked on him so cold, he.
Draymond Green
Almost broke his butt.
Ryan Seacrest
Hey, he almost broke him down. That was. That was. That was it. That was a backbreaker.
Draymond Green
I don't know if J.J. d. Can bounce back from that in Game 7. God, man, you can't.
Ryan Seacrest
He can't keep falling like that. That's the second time he done failed like that.
Draymond Green
I love that he tried to go to the rim and get it, but.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, no, you got to respect it.
Draymond Green
His footwork.
Ryan Seacrest
Listen, Championship.
Draymond Green
His footwork was incredible, too. You know what the play reminded me of? He just wasn't able to get the block. But the play actually reminded me of when I ran out to Dame and he threw it to Norah Vonle, and I took that same angle back to the rim, and I pinned Noah Von Lee. You know, that was huge play in that series, but it reminded me of that play. It looked like the same thing. He took the exact route. The ending of it just was a little bit.
Ryan Seacrest
Just got punched on. That's what happened. I mean, that was a. That was just a great play. Indiana was rocking, rolling Pacers force a game seven incredible fashion. What do each team have to take away for they chance to win? Like, what is. What are the Pacers feeling now that they blew them out? What is OKC Feeling like now that they got blown out? And it looked like, oh, the Pacers may have figured them out.
Draymond Green
You know, I think the Pacers. You going in Confident like, yo, we know what we got. I think if you're okc, you may be shook, especially again. They've never been here is one thing if you've been there before. But if you okc, you going to you a little shaken by it. And if I'm the Pacers, I'm coming out like, yo, I know they're a little shaken by what just happened. We got to come out fire. We got to come out. We need one of Those Pascal Siakam 14 point first quarters. Like, we, we need Halle to come out firing. Like, we gotta come out and pounce if you. The pace is now insane. All of that, as much as that could be the case, Game seven, all that other stuff go out the window. And right, it goes out the window from a standpoint of like, they beat us here, we beat them there. Y' all both tied at three. Three, the record go out the window. This is a one game series. What you could face though, is game seven, guys get a little tight. I've seen it. You know what I'm saying? I played Houston. They saw them miss 27 threes in a row. They didn't miss 27 threes in a row. Like, our defense was great and our game plan was working. Some of them threes was open, but they had tightened up, you know what I'm saying? And we knew they was going to tighten up. And we, you know, we planned on them tighten up. We couldn't foresee them missing 27 threes in a row, but we knew that they was going to tighten up. And so going into this game, I think all the pressure, I mean, this is game seven of the NBA Finals. Everybody got pressure, everybody want to win, but all the pressure of this game is on okc, you at home, you've had the best record all year. And it all comes down to one game. And what can you do to win this one game? But y' all supposed to win the game. You see what I'm saying? Like Indiana not supposed to win.
Ryan Seacrest
Have to win that game.
Draymond Green
Game seven on the road against the team that won 68 games was the number one team. They not supposed to win. But the problem with going to game seven is the Cleveland Cavaliers was down three one and not supposed to win. Facing a team that won 60, 73 games and it's a coin flip. All it takes is one Kyrie Irving shot to flip the game. One LeBron James chase down block would still hunt me to this to change.
Ryan Seacrest
The whole shit, to change the whole game.
Draymond Green
And so that's what OKC is up against is like, all it take is a couple plays to change this whole thing. But they are supposed to win, so pressure is all on them. And okc, I mean, Indiana coming out with a free swing and they coming out playing loose like, we ain't got nothing to lose. We were never supposed to be here in the first place. We ain't got nothing to lose this game seven, let's go out swinging. And so I think this, like, I want to see what OKC going to do, because I'll tell you this, bd if OKC don't win this championship Sunday, they may never win the championship.
Ryan Seacrest
All right, so look, I was having a conversation, and I won't say his name, but a good buddy, team exec, he was like, if OKC don't win this, they'll get one over the next three years. Do you believe that? At the rate the league is going, like, it's a new champion. It's going to be a new champion every year for the last, what, five, seven years?
Draymond Green
I don't think so. And here's why. I think they get in a tough position if they don't win a championship. And because when you get the opportunity to win a championship, if you win it, you get yourself the opportunity to win more. But if you lose it now, you start tweaking stuff to like, ah, we need to do this, we need to do that. And those tweaks could put you further away from where you were. And now let's talk the money. The money. Shay about to sign for 80 a year. J Dub about to get paid. He ain't gonna be on no rookie contract no more. Chat about to get paid, he ain't gonna be on no rookie contract no more. So the way the CBA works, just offshore numbers, you lose the likes of the Lou Dorts, you lose the likes of the Alice Carusos, you lose the likes of the Isaiah Hardenstein's. Because right now you can have those guys making the money they make. Because you got two guys on rookie contracts. That's two of your top three players. It's the same thing that happened with us in Golden State. Steph signed for 11 million a year because he's coming off the ankle. Injuries allows us to pay Andre Guadala and Bogut and D. Lee. Meanwhile, me and Clay on rookie deals. Clay making $3 million. I'm making 800,000, you know what I'm saying? So it's fine.
Ryan Seacrest
That's how you feel your team.
Draymond Green
And guess what?
Ryan Seacrest
That's how you feel your team, we.
Draymond Green
Won in that window, which then extended it because we won in that window. And so I think this is their chance.
Ryan Seacrest
And the tweaks were not major, they were minor. To upgrade and sustain the run. I got it. Okc. I say the same thing. You have so much talent over there and you're gonna run out of money, right? Because you have to pay your top three dogs. How do you like. And if they. Obviously Shay is dominant, we see what J Dub is doing, you know, the other one was, okay, how dominant is Chet? And how much of a unicorn is Chet gonna be to be that third person taking up the third lion's share of that capital to make it hard to fill out the pieces that you need that are ultimate complimentary stars, I would say. I caught all these young dudes, stars that round out your 10, right? So how do you. How do you. If you don't win, how do you move forward?
Draymond Green
You start looking at.
Ryan Seacrest
Without tweaking, you start looking at those.
Draymond Green
Pieces like, ah, wasn't quite good enough. Tax bills start to creep up. Oh, man, we and went in, we got a tax bill. You know what I'm saying? And then you also. Here's another part of it, though. Bd you also then get the likes of the media questioning, can y' all three do it together? You get the likes of the media saying, shay need to get a ball to J Dub more. You get the likes of the media, like, Mark Dydino was the coach that can get them there, but he ain't the coach to get them over the hunt. Now you fighting all of that stuff, you know what I'm saying?
Ryan Seacrest
You gotta fight narratives.
Draymond Green
Absolutely.
Ryan Seacrest
You gotta fight those narratives. And they've been a great team, right? I know we talked about them earlier in the year about, man, we ain't never seen nothing like that. It's kind of didn't feel right. But that's how they operate, right? They still doing the interviews together, they still doing the post game. They are a unified team. So when you start tweaking that camaraderie and you start tweaking them pieces, some of those are emotional pieces, right? Some of those are needs. Superstars need certain people, and they look at certain people on the bench, right? Like there's connective tissue that maybe a GM may not see that thinks that a better player is an upgrade from someone that's probably equally as talented but is willing to sit right? So that's a fact. It's do or die for what you're Saying is, it's do or die for okc.
Draymond Green
Their best chances right now think about bar Boston, bd. Boston had a chance to win a championship. It didn't work out. They got rid of Marcus Smart.
Ryan Seacrest
Yep.
Draymond Green
Right. They kind of had to wave the white flag like, it ain't working. We gotta keep our two guys, but we ain't about to win a championship. And then what happens? Milwaukee trades for Dame Lillard, send Drew Holiday to Portland. If you remember Boston, they have a point guard going into the season. I mean, going, you know, in that off season. And. But they trade Drew Holiday to a place that he don't want to be that's just trying to get picks, and boom, they fall into jrue Holiday and they rejuvenated them. They retweet and. And it. And then they get fingers and they work out, right? And so. But they had kind of. They. They knew, like, oh, we ain't do it. That's it. And then they kind of lucked up into this situation. It's like, oh, now we can. You know what I'm saying? So that's. That's where OKC at. Like, they gotta win it right now.
Ryan Seacrest
If not, they gotta win it right now.
Draymond Green
Way tougher to win next year.
Ryan Seacrest
Way tougher.
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Degree's whole thing is it turns up the sweat and odor protection when you turn up the effort. And good thing it does because Cool Rush fans really turned up the effort to bring back the original formula. One guy even started an online petition and Degree listened.
Draymond Green
They admitted they effed up and are bringing the original Cool Rush scent back. And it's exactly how you remember it. Cool, crisp and fresh. It's back in Walmart, Target and other stores now for under $4.
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Draymond Green
Let's take it a step further, bro. Check this. They won 68 games this year. Right. They were the unbeatable team in the league. Right. Team's gonna start building the beach all next year. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So even if they don't win it, team's gonna be building to beat them because they were so dominant during the regular season.
Ryan Seacrest
Now what are you, yeah, so what are you chasing now? Because you can't go into the regular season. I used to say that about Milwaukee, man. People. When Milwaukee was always in first place, beating the shit out of people, I was like, man, Milwaukee is not going to win the title because they are never in any close games. I said in order for Milwaukee to win a championship, they got to be in fourth, fifth place. So they struggle. They need to know what struggle look like. And then lo and behold, what are they, the four, fifth seed? They win the NBA Finals, it's going to be hard for OKC because now what are you, what you ain't. What are you chasing a record? Are you now you fighting and fighting for first place? Because you know, I need home court advantage. I need home court advantage. So the whole season is going to be different than it was this year.
Draymond Green
Yep.
Ryan Seacrest
Because every team is going to get better. Every team is going to get better for you. And other people want that number one spot. The warriors want it. Memphis think they deserve it. Denver want it back. Now you got people like, they know the value of home court advantage. Houston, they gonna be back, everybody gunning. Everybody is gunning for home. The Lakers, you know, maybe Clippers. People know that this playoffs has proven that home court advantage is key and clutch. And in order to be a championship team, which both of the teams are, you gotta be able to win on the road. But you gotta be that home gotta be, hey, we not losing at home.
Draymond Green
I agree, I agree.
Ryan Seacrest
And it's gonna be hard for them. 1000% Indiana on the other end. What do you think about them?
Draymond Green
I think they, I think they free rolling like they playing with they playing with house money. They was never supposed to be here. Like, and they out, right? And if I'm Indiana, I'm coming out. I'm playing so loose. And I'mma tell you this, if I'm Indiana, I'm coming out. I'm doing all I can to take J Dub out the game. Because J Dub, I think if they can take him out the game, he the key to that team. Shay gonna do what he do and you take the second option away. That's what you have to do in order to win a championship.
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Draymond Green
Hey, so we all make mistakes, but owning up is the right thing to do, you know? Degree Cool Rush deodorant well, last year they changed the formula and it did not go well with their fans.
Ryan Seacrest
Degree's whole thing is it turns up the sweat and odor protection when you turn up the effort. And good thing it does because Cool Rush fans really turned up the effort to bring back the original formula. One guy even started an online petition.
Draymond Green
And degree listen, they admitted they effed up and are bringing the original Cool Rush scent back. And it's exactly how you remember it. Cool, crisp and fresh. It's back in Walmart, Target and other stores now for under $4.
Ryan Seacrest
There's a reason why it's been the number one men's antiperspirant for the last decade. It's the same reason why people were not happy when it changed. So if you never tried it, it might be a good time to see what the fuss is about.
Draymond Green
Head to your local Walmart or Target to try the OG Degree Cool Rush for yourself. Did you see Scotty's quote or Scotty when he was talking about J Dub in the comparison? No. So Scotty made a comparison. Scotty said he is pretty special. I'm enjoying watching him. I see a lot of me in him for sure. I see a guy rising to be one of the top players in this league. He's a player capable of leading that franchise to multiple championships. Him and Shay, of course, does Jay and so my question is, you know, does J Dub remind you Of Scotty. And, you know, Scotty got his thing against Mike. So did Scotty put J Dub name before Shay and slide Shay in? Is that still Scotty sliding. Sliding Mike a little bit.
Ryan Seacrest
I mean, damn. You know.
Draymond Green
Oh, and of course, Shay.
Ryan Seacrest
You know what? I feel like it is like Scottie Pippen want people to talk about Scottie Pippen. Like, people talk about Mike. You know what I mean? So, like, and we need to talk about Scottie Pippen more about Scottie Pippen. How cold Scottie Pippen is without Mike, right? We know he had Mike. That's cool. But Scottie Pippen cold for sure, right? Of course. One of the coldest.
Draymond Green
Absolutely.
Ryan Seacrest
Top 50. Top 25, when you start thinking about it, game, a whole new Scottie Pippen is the mo, right? He is the mole. He is the mold that you can see in developing a youth player. 6, 8, 6, 9, 6, 10. Versatility. J Dub, I think, is a Scottie Pippen, I think he's of that mold, right? And he's every, you know, every generation, you get to redefine or evolve, right? Somebody who was like a mold of you, right? A1of1. But it's like, man, that was kind of like my sense. Like, that was my sensei. That dude got a black belt fighting like this. My style. My black belt style is like this. That's kind of like Jay. J Dub was Scottie Pippen, right? Little Scottie Pippen. More Scottie Pippen than anybody else. Not a grand heel, you know, not in that mode. It's like when you look at the mode of what Scotty do, what J Dub do on the defensive end, how hard he play, right? What he can do offensively, where you may get him fucked up and think he can't score or can't make plays. Like he is the one. Like you just said it, he is the one. And it's up to him to be able to, like, be. Be his own Scottie Pippen, right? Scottie Pippen was Scottie Pippen coming to the game, right? On the board, you playing against the Bulls, you know, on the little chart. And on the board, the coach write Michael Jordan, whatever he write, and Scottie Pippen, we gonna spend 20 on Jordan, we gonna spend 20 on Pippen, right? Cause Pippen gonna disrupt. He gonna disrupt everything you got going. And so that's. I think. I think J Dub needs to be his man. You need to go and be. You need to go build the name like Scottie Pippen built the name. Rocking with Jordan, right? And then you gotta be your own, mold your own, one on one. Cause I mean, Scottie Pippen, one of the coldest to ever do it, bro. Let's call a fact a fact. And J Dub, to your point, he is the one that's going to be the linchpin, right? And the glue and the person to get them over the hump. When you watch the Bulls and when they beat the Lakers, right? Scottie Pippen on Magic Johnson. I watched that game. That disrupted the whole game, right. When you watch the Bulls, when they play, played against Utah, right? Scottie Pippen making big shots, right. Doing the same thing. You may only see the Jordan highlights, but don't forget there's somebody in that game disrupting the entire flow of the game. And you have to pay attention to mascoti. Pippa.
Draymond Green
No, I agree. I think obviously Scotty's greatness is not to be debated.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, but he is kind of like throwing, you know, the mic thing today.
Draymond Green
He doing that for sure. He doing that. I think doing that. He dumbs down how great he is, though, because it almost makes you get compared to Mike, which like, come on, we can't. Like, we can't really.
Ryan Seacrest
Sometimes our ego don't let us articulate and. And we got to articulate how, how unmatchable that. That, that that dynamic was. But I think also, it's.
Draymond Green
I think also bd. I think Scotty's tailspin has really been. Since the documentary, you know, his tailspin has really been like that documentary came out and he kind of been tail spinning since. So I try to. I try to, you know, always have some compassion. And when I take a step back and I look at it, I may feel away too after the documentary if it was like that. And I know I had the impact I had, you know, it was sucked if, you know, if Steph sat down and I feel like I didn't get the credit that I deserve, you know what I'm saying? Now on the flip side, in the documentary, Mike talk about Scotty and how, you know, great Scotty was.
Ryan Seacrest
Mike always how great Scotty. He don't never say nothing without Scotty. Me and Scotty for sure. Me and Scott.
Draymond Green
But the, but the documentary was MJ heavy. But it's MJ like a warrior documentary. As much impact as I had, Clay had a Warriors documentary going to be heavy. Steph Curry, like, that's just what it is. So I don't know, man. I still be wishing well for Scotty, man.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah. Let's say this. Michael Jordan is the Son, you know what I'm saying? We wake up as a Hooper. You waking up to Michael Jordan.
Draymond Green
You know what I mean? For sure.
Ryan Seacrest
Like, and that's it, right? So, Scotty, you just like, you a moon. You a son, too. Like, with Michael Jordan, you waking up in basketball. So the documentary gonna be about the most charismatic.
Draymond Green
Mike's larger than court back, you know?
Ryan Seacrest
And, like, yeah, they following Mike. They following Mike, man. Just don't let the celebrity. Don't let the celebrity, like, tell your side of the story, homie. That's it.
Draymond Green
Facts.
Ryan Seacrest
Because your shit is just compelling. And it may be even better because we get a broader perspective, we get more people involved, but that's just power. Media, media, media. And that's what you were saying about okc. Like, the media can. Can separate Shay and J Dub, right?
Draymond Green
Yes, they can.
Ryan Seacrest
But it's up to Shayda and J Dub to do what Mike and Scottie did. You got to go win. You got to do what Steph and Clay and. And. And Andre did. You gotta go do what Kobe. Like, Kobe and Shaq had the most. Most drama. All the drama all the time.
Draymond Green
Yes, they did. But they won.
Ryan Seacrest
But they won. But they won. They figured it out. And they say, yo, I know I got Shaq, and Shaq got 20 minutes. They gonna go over review of every which way to guard Shaq. Ain't gonna go over 20 minutes every which way to guard me. Everybody else gonna get two minutes.
Draymond Green
Yep, that's a fact. If that. Yeah.
Ryan Seacrest
If you could get five, six minutes in somebody scouting report you a. You. You a cold piece of work.
Draymond Green
Absolutely. We always on national TV because we're a great team and we've had the success. But by no mistake, make no mistake about it, we're always on national TV because Steph Curry's on our team. And so people be like, yo, y' all schedule is crazy. Like, y' all travel crazy. And what I try to tell people is, well, the NBA schedule is built off the national TV game. Every year, we have the most national TV games. And so our schedule is crazy. You know what I say to people? You know, Buddy Hill and those guys, right? Like, they come in, they ain't never really been on no team that played national TV games like that. And Buddy's like, man, y' all schedule crazy. And at the same, buddy, it's the Steph Curry effect, brother. You gonna be on national TV all the time. Which in turn makes that schedule a little crazy. That is the luck pleasure of playing with Steph Curry and so to your point, the camera gonna follow Mike. Get in where you fit in. Use it to your benefit, where you can use it to your benefit ultimately. Knowing. Of course. And that's just that.
Ryan Seacrest
Of course. Come on.
Draymond Green
That's just that.
Ryan Seacrest
All right, you played in the game seven at home. What are your thoughts to. If you're okc, like, what is your mindset going into a Game seven? And then what was your experience before game seven against the Cavs? Like, what were you going, like, what was the. What was your energy coming out of game six going into game seven? And then, you know, what is that? What is being at home on a Game 7 feel like?
Draymond Green
I think the only Game 7 of my career I played at home was 2016 NBA Finals, Game 7. And what I'll tell you is the home court don't mean anything because if you can get the crowd involved, great. But you know how loud Oracle was when Kyrie Irving hit that shot.
Ryan Seacrest
It was super loud.
Draymond Green
Like, you know how quiet it was.
Ryan Seacrest
After he hit that shot.
Draymond Green
The whole court don't mean anything because again, this is a one game series. So one guy, this March Madness, this is single elimination. One guy can get hot and go berserk. And that's just that, you know what I'm saying? Like, so I don't think game seven mean anything. So to that point, if I'm okc, I'm coming into this game and I'm like, yo, fellas, if they hit first, like, we gotta come out. We gotta come out swinging, but we may get punched first. We just gotta stay the course, play our game, don't panic, stay the course. No matter who hit first, we have to stay the course, because if not, it can get the better of them. And again, the emotions is just different. They supposed to win. So that's. That's what I'm. That's what I'm saying. For me, going into game seven against the Clip, against the Cavs at home, I'm like, yo, I've been all suspended for game five. We really had no chance at winning game six. Game seven, I gotta come out. I gotta go crazy because we gotta win. Like. And so that was my mindset. That's why I came out firing the way I did. Then you see a couple go through you like, oh, man. Like, let's. Let's go. And so I felt like I needed to play great.
Ryan Seacrest
It's that desperation.
Draymond Green
Absolutely.
Ryan Seacrest
It's that desperation being at home. It's like you have a little bit of more of a desperation to be up when the clock run out 1000. And then being on the road, you're more like the hunter. So you're just trying to get kills and moments where, all right, they have six, let's get it to two. You know, they're up eight, let's get it to four. Like you looking at smaller kills, whereas the home team is like, man, we gotta grind it. Like, think about all the great game game sevens, even the Lakers, Celtics, when Rod was talking about hitting that shot like that, that game was like, man, whoever hit the next bucket is probably gonna win, right?
Draymond Green
We didn't shot that four minutes. BD no team score four minutes.
Ryan Seacrest
No, it gets. It get tight and it gets tight. Not because you can't score, because your level. It looks like the level of desperation goes into this superpower of like, dude, whatever energy I got left from the whole season, I'm about to give it all in this last six minutes. And everybody is so. Everybody is really focused on getting a stop. You've never seen something so beautiful in basketball than a game 7. When both teams going back and forth and can't score, it's like, that's the drama, right? That's the drama. Because the next bucket could be the bucket. Like, like a three pointer could break your back, right? Free throws could break your back.
Draymond Green
Yes, it can.
Ryan Seacrest
So it's.
Draymond Green
Listen, I'm glad you was able to change. And one bucket contains everything. If Andre make that layup changes everything, you know, so my mind, that was my mindset. That's how I'm rolling, you know, So I want to see the Pacers come out. I think Rick Carlisle has not showed everything. And I think the Pacers win this game by Rick Carlisle coming out, out coaching Mark Dagno. This is my. This is the biggest game in March. Dagno is coaching career. This is his first time playing in a game of this magnitude. Rich Carlisle coached the team to a championship. And I think if I'm Rick Carlisle, Rick Carlisle game plan need to be so crazy in order for the Pacers team to come out and win. And I think that's their upper hand. Has Rick been there? And I think Rick got something in his back pocket. And if I'm Rick, here's my game plan. OKC at times struggle to score. I think we all can agree on that. Every time J Dub come off a pick and roll, I'm all out blitzing him. You're not getting downhill. You're not finishing at the rim. You're not getting comfortable. I'm an all out blitz. On him every time he come off a pick and roll. He also not accustomed to getting blitzed. So you can throw something at him for game seven that they don't really have much time to adjust to. You can throw something at him that ain't seen, and he got to try to adjust to that in the biggest game of his life. With all of all the money on the line. I'm guarding Shea one on one with Andrew Nemhardt, and I'm telling them hard, don't play in front of him. Play on the side of him. If you play on the side of him, he can't get the step back like that to create all the separation. If you sit in front of him, he gonna drive you down. He gonna step back and he gonna create this much space, and he's shooting the wide open. So we not helping. We not in the gaps on Shay either. You are just guarding him one on one. If he give you 50. If he give you 40 and you guarding him one on one. Fine. Reason being I'm saying homo Ludor. No Assistant at home, Isaiah Joe. I'm staying home on Alex Caruso because I think these guys, if they start hitting threes and they at home so they could get feeling good. Jake shay getting this 35 anyway, and if you got J Dub getting off and you got it's too much. So I'm staying at home on all of those guys. Shay, go for 50, beat us with your 50, we not letting these guys get nothing. Because If Caruso gets 16, Lou Dort get 12 to 14, Wiggins get 12 to 14, they stand no chance at winning. So my game plan is we're not overreacting. To stay driving them hard, you're going to force them to drive. And at the rim, the big need to rotate over late and just get a contest at the rim. Oftentimes when that big come over and shake it to the all the way to the rim, he fall down. And now I'm Indiana. I want my advanced pass. If I'm Rick Carlisle, I'm telling Halliburton, which he does, but I'm telling him, make it a point. Advance the ball to Pascal, out ahead every time Pascal can then get to the paint. He penetrates the defense and get to the paint. He's the only player on their team that can draw a double team. And he even do it in transition, where he gets to the paint, he get to the middle of the rim, get to the middle of the lane, front of the rim, and everybody come down. That's what I think they have to do and let Pascal create that double team and then kick it out and they offense flow from there, you know what I'm saying? But you also, when they don't come down to double team, that's how Pascal get the 14 to 16 points in the first quarters, you know what I'm saying? And so that's my game plan in a nutshell. If I'm Indiana, that's what I'm doing. That's how I'm coming in and getting this win. That's what need to be the focus in my opinion.
Ryan Seacrest
That's great coaching.
Draymond Green
So we'll see.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, it's, it's. And then if, you know, if you okc, then it's pack the paint, make them get three point happy. Don't let Indiana get points in the paint because that's kind of how they've been beating you. That's how they've been staying in games. That's how they've been getting back in games. Make them three point happy, make them jump shooters. Don't let TJ McConnell probe. Right? No more probing, no more probing. I'm staying in the lane, I'm making them kick out. And then as soon as I close out, if they don't shoot the three and I close out, I'm in mad because you see they get paralyzed if their offense is not in flow. And they ought to play one on one basketball. So you start making every player a one on one player. But not a play, not a, not an offensive playmaker because they want to draw and kick. Gets an elbow kick out, I don't have nothing kick out and they move well. So just stay tight, give them the three contest and then if they don't, if they don't shoot the three one on one because Miles Turner just sitting at the three point line and I gotta live with that today. Yeah, hey, I'm gonna have to live with that on game seven on the road, right? Like you saying, it's tight, man. Go, go, go get, go get 40 hitting seven threes.
Draymond Green
T. Lou did it to me. We was at home, we still lost. Yeah, so.
Ryan Seacrest
Because after a while, like, you know, it's a volume thing at that point for sure. Yeah, but that was a great take, man. Come on. Rick Carlisle, the Yoda, The Yoda, the Mr. Miyagi. Right. Versus Daniel son. This is the oldest NBA coach. Right. Versus one of the youngest NBA coaches. And it's going to be a battle of the mind. So that's great analysis, my bro.
Draymond Green
Appreciate it. Great Analysis made the best man win.
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Hey, so we all make mistakes, but owning up is the right thing to do. You know A degree Cool Rush deodorant? Well, last year they changed the formula and it did not go well with their fans.
Ryan Seacrest
Degree's whole thing is it turns up the sweat and odor protection when you turn up the effort. And good thing it does because Cool Rush fans really turned up the effort to bring back the original formula. One guy even started an online petition.
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Ryan Seacrest
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Ryan Seacrest
All right, this is what I'm saying. If Indiana is anywhere down six with six minutes to go, I'm taking Indiana. I just think the basketball gods may favor history. Indiana has been at it longer. The story, you know, the underdog. This reminds me of the year Golden State won the championship. There's always Seattle. There's always those underdog teams that the warriors first title right. There was these underdog type of storylines that happened in the league. So yep.
Draymond Green
I mean some of the shots they hit this playoffs does seem like they have destiny on their side. So man.
Ryan Seacrest
Man, like the Angels in.
Draymond Green
The outfield, it does feel like they have destiny on their side. So we shall see. Move around this league a little bit. We gotta start one of the biggest stories of the week. Bron recently said ring culture has hurt the game. It's basically that judging greatness only about championships disrespect legends like Irison and Barkley. Do you agree with that?
Ryan Seacrest
I definitely agree with Him. You know, I think that, you know, our narrative as. And our stories have been in the hands of, you know, media or reporters, and it's like their opinion, right? And not to disrespect, you know, them in the game because they play a big part of the game, but the stories should be. Should be told from the players themselves, right? The perspective of who they are and. And what we mean. And so when you think about ring culture, it's, you know, it's becoming, you know, something that's kind of like corporatizing or stelling the conversation about really what this game is about. It's, you know, you as a kid play basketball to fit in on a team, right, and develop a game and a style that ultimately evolves into, you know, Draymond Green hall of Fame, right? So your accolades is one thing, but it's more so like your story, your journey, right? What you did, how you get there, how you overcame, right? And so as overachievers, right, people who don't necessarily understand that can paint whatever picture that they want to paint for you in your time in the league. So, you know, for me, I think when you just talk about dudes who get rings, or you just say, like, oh, these dudes who. These dudes who got rings are the only ones capable of running teams and things like that, then you really mess up the culture because, as you know, not everybody on the team is qualified and capable. And if they weren't, Were not some of them, if they were not on that team, right? They are replaceable and. And then it limits the capacity for new rings and new people, right? We have so many great basketball players, great basketball mods in this game that they get underserved, right? Underappreciated. Their stories are undertow. Their highlights are, you know, under. Subscribe to. Right? So, like, that ring culture is. It's kind of like a disease because depending on who you are, you can just jump out there and use your. Your decorations and your merit, you know, as something for media or fans to be like, oh, this dude is, you know, what? You know, not saying you're not an expert, because we all experts, but, like, you can paint whatever narrative you want, and that's what I don't like.
Draymond Green
I think wing culture took a big turn and came into play in large part due to the success of the Golden State Warriors.
Ryan Seacrest
I agree.
Draymond Green
What I would say about what Brian said is this. I think ultimately what Brian was saying is what I took away from it is you get guys like Stephen A. Here's what I took away from it verbatim. To me, it felt like Stephen A. Is someone who talks a lot about rings, and you don't know what it takes to win a ring because you've never won a ring and you've never gone through it. And you don't understand because you've never gone through it, that sometimes when you get an opportunity to win and you don't kick that door down, it can change everything. And because you don't know how hard it is, because you've never gone through it, then you start using it to lessen the greatness of some of the greats. And is having a ring important? Of course. Does it add to legacy? Does it stamp legacies? Does it. Absolutely. Not Going to sit here and act like having rings or a ring don't matter. It does matter, but it doesn't make Barkley less great as he was. It doesn't make Allen Iverson less great than what they were. And I think when people use it, they use it to kind of dim the greatness, dim the light on guys. And that's what I felt like Brown was getting at, like, verbatim. I think, you know, Stephen A. And him been having their thing. And to me, as soon as I heard it, I watched it, I was like, that's what I came away with. It felt like he's talking directly to Stephen A. And those type of guys. And if you've never done it, you don't know how hard it is. So in turn, you don't even know.
Ryan Seacrest
How hard it is to try and get there. Man, there are more great players than great players that won rings.
Draymond Green
Yes, 1,000%, right?
Ryan Seacrest
So there are more great players who haven't won rings and the great players that have won rings. And like, that's the way we got to look at it is like, that's what. Like, I was looking at Magic, right? You know, I was on a little history of the game site, and I was going through Magic, and I was like, man, Magic had five. That means in an entire decade, right? There were only five other winners, but Bird had, what, three? So that leaves two for damn near your career, right? You got a shot at being a champion in two of the 10 years that every 10 years you play.
Draymond Green
That's a fact, though. That's a fact. Like CP And JS Harden, if they don't run into us, they probably do.
Ryan Seacrest
Win a championship or at least have.
Draymond Green
A chance, you know, and so when. No, sometimes that's just how the cookie crumbles. But that don't mean them guys aren't great. And that don't mean Chris Paul not a winner. Chris Paul is a winner. He just couldn't quite. It's so many things that have to go right for you to win a champ. It's not just like, oh, I played good. And we. It's not, like, objective. Like, it's not an objective. It's very subjective. There's so many things that have to fall into place for it to happen. And so to just lessen someone's greatness because of it, I think that's wrong. I'm not saying again that having the rings don't matter. It fucking matter. When I walk in a room, I feel great about that. It's a different energy. Of course, it's a difference.
Ryan Seacrest
It's a difference.
Draymond Green
But that does not lessen someone else's greatness, because all of those things didn't fall in place for them to get the ring. And that's what I took away from it. That's what I felt like Bron was saying.
Ryan Seacrest
I hate when they talk about dudes as they get older, right? And as you get older, I didn't get that chance to experience that, but I think as I got older in my career, I would have want to play for championship teams, right? But I think also, like, a big thing about the media is that we need to be celebrating these dudes on their way out, talking about who they were, and they peaked, showing the storyline. Because obviously, you know, Chris Paul today is definitely not the Chris Paul that I played against, right? And that was like, golly, you know what I mean? Like, yo, you want to watch? You know, you tapping all the way in.
Draymond Green
Absolutely.
Ryan Seacrest
We got to understand, like. And I would say this happened in the past. We got to appreciate the evolution. And it's like a fine wine, you know, it's like. It's like classic hip hop, right? Like, these dudes came into the game as. As renegade painters painted they style, and then on they exit, you know, they became more of a. You know, more. More of like, capsulizing their masterpiece in different forms. That's a fact, right? And more so, like, what they leaving to the game. So I just don't like that because that should be pissing me off. Because you can talk about, oh, you can. Like, you know, even Oscar Robinson said Draymond Green just passed the ball to Steph Curry. Like, what pissed me off about that is, like, bro, you gotta watch the body at work, homie. You have to watch the body at work. Right?
Draymond Green
Yep.
Ryan Seacrest
Or shut the fuck up. Right. Or. And. And you don't just look at towards the end of somebody career and say, oh, that is like the way we seen them. No, we got to paint the picture of like, this is what they evolved into. This is the artist they involved into. This is the, the statue. This is why d Wade get a statue. Right? Like, we gotta like start speaking more and you know, in people's like in present day and not just making like bold and wild ass statements without doing no research. Because then, you know, I feel your sentiment now. Right? I feel your sentiment now because we gotta start highlighting the greatness. That's all. Because the media gonna talk, say, what the fuck they gonna want to say about Draymond. Or Draymond is this. Or Chris Paul is that. Or LeBron is this. Or like, we gotta do a. Katie is this. We gotta do a. But like speaking on their greatness.
Draymond Green
That's a fact. Well, one thing's for certain. Just because you were a great basketball player don't make you smart and it don't make, you know, basketball. So, you know, those two things can be mutually exclusive. And I think in that case it was very mutually exclusive. So that's my little single shot. That's my little single shot for the day. Just because you were a great basketball player. I see this all the time. I. I see people say stuff and I'll be like, somebody going to listen to that because they like, oh, that person was a great basketball player. They know, listen, a lot of them be dumb too. And that was just a dumb statement in the show colors. And I'll leave that at. I'll leave that at that, you know, so.
Ryan Seacrest
And then to bring it full circle, people with rings are the same in the same category. So you gotta just respect great basketball mods and big news Desmond Bay. Tell me.
Draymond Green
I want to move on to that too, but I got something for you. I want to go to her real quick with that. All right, so to your point, on, as you age in this, and it's like this in sports, but I'm gonna tell you where else is prevalent like this. People don't allow athletes to age and appreciate, to your point, appreciate what they've done. They try to make where they are, then all of what they've done, you know, where else that happened at. And I hate it. And I think it actually ruins the industry in a major way because you're not allowed the injury. The industry essentially ends up always starting over because you don't allow the greats to age and like appreciate just the age and process of it. You want to always take it back to where it was.
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Draymond Green
You know, the other industry that's like that music. Bingo, rap, bingo, rap, bingo all day. There's no, there's no, there's no OG game in the rap game because we kick all the OGs out. And it's the same thing that's happened in basketball. As media has grown more prevalent in basketball and has gotten bigger and bigger. It's the same exact thing that happens in basketball and in sports in general, but really in basketball. And it's sad.
Ryan Seacrest
It's like, do you want an influencer taking pictures at a basketball game courtside, talking about they got floor seats and you got a fucking legend sitting at home that you can tell the story around. But I mean, and rap is the same way. Like people, you know, rap is now down to like 30 seconds. If you can have a 30 second hit, you know, you can make a lot of money as a rapper and that can be it so one hit wonders, eight seconds of fame. Social media at the like, who gives a fuck?
Draymond Green
I agree, I agree. 100.
Ryan Seacrest
Social media people are sinning. And not all of them. Some of them are a lot of lot are very cool and entertaining and have talent and personalities. But I want to see legends. That's another problem with the All Star Game. Put all the legends, man. Fill up the first three rows with any legend who want to come to the All Star Game. And watch the energy be crazy in the building. Watch your favorite star who comes in every All Star weekend, sits on the floor. Watch how that person turns into a kid.
Draymond Green
Yeah, that's when the All Star Game was great.
Ryan Seacrest
That's when it was great. When it was a family reunion. It's too corporate now, right when it felt like a family reunion. And to your point, the same thing in rap. But I think for, you know, rap, rap has its ebbs and flows and rap is coming back. But there is not a great appreciation for OGs. It's just. I don't know what it is. It's a cultural thing but. Or it's a corporate thing. But the stories are getting lost and so talent is getting underdeveloped, right? And so when you do actually have someone that's talent, they're getting overexposed. And by the time they get there it's like, damn, they corny as shit. Or like they still right. And so we just kind of like creating more Carmen copies to like what our essence is. That's a big part of our album, you know. Bart Oatmeal alive from the swap meet coming.
Draymond Green
So let's get it Bar Oatmeal back in the booth.
Ryan Seacrest
I got the album. It's all about that. That's good. I'm gonna send it to you. All right. Big shout out. Desmond Bang gets traded to the Orlando Magic for kcp. Cole Anthony, four unprotected first round picks and a pick swap. What do you think about the Magic move and how does Bane fit with the current Magic team? Okay, potential lineup. Suggs Bane, Apollo, Franz Wagner and Carter Jr. Basket. Did somebody get fleeced?
Draymond Green
Four unprotected first round picks in a pick swap. That's a lot.
Ryan Seacrest
That's wild. That's wild.
Draymond Green
So when I saw the trade, I was like, man, no, that's a lot. And I like bang. Yeah, that's a lot. And then I saw what Orlando's general manager said. I saw a quote he's made and it made complete sense to me why they would make that deal. Yeah, he Said something along the lines of, if you went into a lab and created a basketball player, you go into the lab and create Desmond Bay. And I said, oh, okay. That's why he gave up so much. All right, cool. Well, the reality is I think Desmond Baines done great. I think he's a very good player. But if I go in the lab and create a basketball player, I'm going to create Kevin Durant or LeBron James or like a 6, 6 dude with Steph Curry's jump shot. Desmond Bain is 6, 5 with a 6, 4 wingspan or 6, 2 wingspan or something of that nature. I'm not going in the lab and creating Desmond Bain. No dis. With all due respect to Desmond Bain, I'm not going to create a basketball player with short arms. So when he said that, those are the things that went in my mind. Like, wait, he got short arms? You're going to go create a basketball player with short arms? I don't quite understand that. And so I was a bit surprised by the statement, but I understood what he was trying to get at. Like, Bane played both sides of the ball. But like, you got to find a better way to articulate that. You can't like, be like, you go on the laugh when you go create a player on. You go create a player on 2K. You ain't creating size. You created like 6, 9, 6, 10 where I handle and shoot. You're not creating Desmond Bain. But it made complete sense to me on why they made that move. And I'll take it a step further. I don't know this to be factual. This is just my guess. My guess is they've been looking for a point guard. My guess is they called on JA and Memphis, somehow formed it and curved the ball back around and there was Desmond Bain in the trade. Four first round picks and a unprotected pick. Swap is insane. So it's obviously a move that says they believe in Paulo, they believe in Franz Wagner, and we're going to put someone around him, some shooting that can add, you know what I'm saying? That can take some pressure off of them.
Ryan Seacrest
Ban is nice though.
Draymond Green
He plays and he more than just a shooter. Like, he can get to a bucket, you know, and so yeah, he a bucket. What the move signals to me is that they believe in those guys and they want to try to go for it with those guys. And also what that move says to me is, which I agree with, they think the league is wide open and right now it's to take your shot. I just don't know if that's the shot I would have taken. With four first round picks unprotected and a pick swap, I'm not sure that's the shot I would have taken. Just it seems like a lot. But I do understand where they at. I understand what they're doing, what they're thinking is, and I respect anybody who's willing to go for it.
Ryan Seacrest
All right, where does the Bane trade leave the Memphis Grizzlies?
Draymond Green
I think it leaves Memphis sort of in the same position that they were in. Not that Desmond Bane is just easily replaceable, but they still got Jaren. They still, they still got Jaren, they still got Ja. They got a young Zach Edie. They got a young Jalen Wells. They got a young G.G. jackson. They got a young Scottie Pippen. So I think it leaves them like again, I always say this. I don't think. And I try to tell people this. All organizations ain't trying to win championships. Here they are. That's essentially a shred salary cap move for Memphis. Take all the picks back, shred some salary cap, see what we can do with these young guys. But if we can't really, and it don't matter, we got, we got all these picks to for the future. Right? That's a salary cap move. So where does it leave them? I think it should be clear as day to Ja. You got to understand how this business works. Clear as day is that is that organization really trying to win a championship? When I see the move, I say, no, you're worried about other things and you're pulling away, but y' all just pulling back the taxes. Y' all pulling back. Y' all don't want to get the tax. So you, you let you know. But this has been a thing with them. This has been a thing with Memphis. They've been doing over and over again. They had a team where it seemed like they had a chance. They let the Anthony Melton. They send the Anthony Melton away to Philly. They let Kyle Anderson walk right now you fast forward, it's Bane. So this is a thing for them. I think they're a team that don't want to get to the tax and they make moves based on that. That's why I think this leads to middle class.
Ryan Seacrest
All right. You know, there's been also, I would say a lot of sayings or a lot of chatter about Memphis players being reluctant to play in Memphis because it's a dangerous place to live. Do you think that also adds to it? I think Memphis is a great place. I think that we should be one trying to uplift and highlight all the positive things. And so when you hear statements like that from people, like, they don't necessarily be tapped in, right? And I don't like statements like that because it undermines, you know, the goodness, the positivity, the true essence of, you know, a city that needs to be uplifted. You watching First 48 and shit like that, and then you making assessments off that. That's. That's television. That's entertainment, right? We talking about people who, blood, sweat and tears, you know, come and support, you know, the Grizzlies, right? Talking about people who, you know, support kids and Memphis basketball on all levels. The work, you know, Penny doing. So you can't. You can't. It's just. It's just buster comments to me, you know, I got a lot of love.
Draymond Green
For the city of Memphis. I got people from Memphis, too. People from Memphis has always shown me love. Even they staff when we in they building, they show love. Everybody in Memphis has always shown love. So. And I was about to go to Memphis two years ago, so I wholeheartedly disagree, because the last thing that was on my mind was, this is a dangerous place to live. I can't go. Every city in the world has a dangerous park. Every city in the world has a dangerous part to it. So, yeah, I'm not going to sit here and single out that city and be like, yo, a player can't go to that city because it's too dangerous. Come on, man.
Ryan Seacrest
That's a wild.
Draymond Green
There's a dangerous part of Los Angeles. There's a dangerous part of Detroit. There's a dangerous part of Miami.
Ryan Seacrest
There's a Miami.
Draymond Green
There's a dangerous part of Dallas. There's a dangerous part of Houston. There's a dangerous part of Indianapolis. There's a dangerous part of Charlotte, Philly, you name it. There's a dangerous part of everything. So to single off that city, that franchise, and try to make it like nobody want to go there, because that place is dangerous. Don't do that to that city. I disagree with that wholeheartedly. Like I said, I was about to go there two years ago, and the last thing that was on my mind was, I'm not gonna go play with that team because that's dangerous.
Ryan Seacrest
This is who. This is who.
Draymond Green
We're here to play basketball, raise our family. Come on, man.
Ryan Seacrest
And be great. Grave pillars in the. Absolutely, man.
Draymond Green
How can I help that? Stop it, man. That's.
Ryan Seacrest
We should have. We should have caught that one. Buzz off or something like that. All right, so the Lakers just sold for 10 billion. That's not a basketball team, bro. That's like apple stock. Damn. 10. Billy, shout out to the Lakers. You know, la tame. Damn, I need a job. Lakers, he just saw the. Bring your boy in.
Draymond Green
You better. You better chill out before Steve Ballmer don't give you no tickets next year.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, man, you know I ride with the Clippers. I ride with the Clippers. You know, Lakers is. People got tattoos of Lakers out here.
Draymond Green
It's a Laker.
Ryan Seacrest
Lakers is my childhood, bro. You ain't going to take my childhood.
Draymond Green
No, the Lakers don't always.
Ryan Seacrest
Just because I played.
Draymond Green
Yeah, LA gonna always be a Laker town. That's a fact. It'd always be a Laker town.
Ryan Seacrest
But nah, but the Clippers. The Clippers got space. Don't get that twisted. The Clippers got, you know, the new energy. They got new legacy. And so, yeah, they got, they got.
Draymond Green
They got Clippers, they got new energy.
Ryan Seacrest
They all got legacy.
Draymond Green
Ain't no legacy there. Chat. They trying. They trying to build it, but ain't no legacy there.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, you gotta start somewhere, Draymond Green.
Draymond Green
But you said they got legacy.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, you gotta build something up.
Draymond Green
All right, so then they're building it, but they don't have pedigree.
Ryan Seacrest
They got pet. They got pedigree. They got something. They got pedigree. Like they're building a pedigree. They're building the essence. They're. They're building a chance to get, to break down the wall, to get to the championship.
Draymond Green
Yeah, but they ain't got legacy.
Ryan Seacrest
You are an entitled. You're speaking from entitlement. And in a position of privilege.
Draymond Green
What's the. What's, what's.
Ryan Seacrest
What's the only. That is your only.
Draymond Green
What is the entitlement and where's the privilege?
Ryan Seacrest
Because.
Draymond Green
Yeah, because if it comes because I'm a champion, I earned that. So it can't be an entitlement and it definitely can't be a privilege because I wouldn't took that.
Ryan Seacrest
No, you earned.
Draymond Green
Privilege is like, yo, somebody gave me. I took the ability to be able to say that.
Ryan Seacrest
Okay, you did. Yes, but.
Draymond Green
And they ain't got no legacy. From the perspective this all staples looked when, when the Clippers was playing and when the Lakers was playing bd, they put, they put, they put posters over the, over the banners. They ain't hiding. Come on.
Ryan Seacrest
Okay, but what I'm saying, you trying to build pedigree. You trying to build the players over the battlers.
Draymond Green
Bd posters of players mean you going to tell me they got.
Ryan Seacrest
You have to. They're building. I said, they're building a legacy.
Draymond Green
Okay, I'm sorry, right?
Ryan Seacrest
They have some legacy players, like players that people identify with in LA that have been like, yo, I grew up watching Blake Griffin. I grew up watching Chris Paul. I grew up watching Jamal Crawford. So, like, those dudes, like. So what I'm saying is the imprint on the city, they got an opportunity. Not saying that they got a legacy of winning championships, but until you win a championship, you gotta have the vision, the momentum, and somebody that's saying, like, hey, I'm in this shit to win a championship. Like, if you didn't have the Lake Ems as owners and you had our same owners, you would not win a championship, bro.
Draymond Green
I can agree with that.
Ryan Seacrest
Yes. So it has to be okay. When they got there, they're like, yo, we're going to start building legacy. We're going to start. Or building a pedigree or a system for sure. But that's all I'm saying.
Draymond Green
For sure.
Ryan Seacrest
Shout out to the Clippers All Star Weekend into it, though.
Draymond Green
Hey, but I'll tell you this, though, bd. And speaking of that, in ownership, right? And the Lake of like, I. I never had the previous regime, so I can't speak to them, but I do know the impact that our ownership group has had on our organization. I can't argue that. And speaking of ownership, when you talk about team selling for $10 billion and the hands that it went into, and Mark Walter.
Ryan Seacrest
Come on, man.
Draymond Green
I think.
Ryan Seacrest
Come on.
Draymond Green
When I look at this, When I look at this move and the lakers selling for 10 billion to mark Walter, you know what I say? I say, oh, man, that makes the Lakers dangerous. Because Pat, Agree, here's why it makes them dangerous. The only thing ever, ever stopping the Lakers was that, take this with a grain of salt, because they got way more than most, way more than me, and they're just a lot of people. But by terms of NBA ownership standards, Jeannie Buss and the Buss family were one of the least wealthiest families as far as money goes. They had the. The big asset in which they just sold, but that was. That's kind of the source of their income. And so, yeah, big. And so when that is the source of your income, it's a. It's a. You're gonna run it a little differently. You're gonna be more mindful. What this does is the Lakers in 2020. Not many only a couple teams made money that year, if you remember Covid, all this stuff only a couple teams made. The Lakers made a bunch of money. And due to the Lakers, regional TV deal is insane. They get so much money from their regional TV deal, meaning their spectrum deal, and so that puts them in a position to still profit even when people couldn't get in the stands. It was either 2020 or 2021. I could be confused in the years where nobody make no money, but the Lakers did, and in large part due to their regional TV deal. So now you got an owner with the deep pockets. He gonna say, well, no, I don't need that money. Take all of that money and put it back into the team and go, give me this guy. And go, give me that guy. Let's, let's. Let's do whatever we want to do with this roster. We'll pay the tax, we'll do this. And so I think with getting this new ownership group, it makes the Lakers so dangerous, because now not only are they the. Are they one of the most recognizable franchises in, in the history of sports, but now they got the pockets to match and act like that.
Ryan Seacrest
They got the what?
Draymond Green
That is dangerous.
Ryan Seacrest
Well, it's. It. I think it's. I think it's another thing. I think it's another thing. Okay, look at the greatest baseball team right now, the Dodgers. Right? The Dodgers, who own that team, man, thank you. Thank you. Same person. And then watch out. So for the Dodgers, right? Legacy pedigree culture, man, that's baked in the DNA. When them players run out, man, they running out for legacy pedigree culture. When the fans show up. Legacy pedigree culture. Old school dudes come back, old school players come back. It is really like they run it like a family organization with deep roots in the culture, in the legacy, in the former players. And then on top of that, man, they going, they. They not playing around, they trying to win. And so looking at the Lakers, it's like, man, you gonna see Robert Horace, you gonna see, you know, the Byron Scotts, the James Worthy's around, like even more, right? Because they know how to capture la. And to your point, like the Lakers, I would say, you know, has been falling off. You know, the Lakers gonna always be the Lakers, but, you know, just like the essence has been falling off. You got a bubble title over the last, what, 10 years?
Draymond Green
15, because Kobe's last one was 2010.
Ryan Seacrest
So all you got is a bubble title, right? You got a title in the bubble, and ever since then you just been you ain't figured it out yet. So now you got some stability. You gonna have some more incredible. Like, it's just gonna upgrade the basketball culture and, like, the winning culture and the winning pedigree and the care about winning. Like, it ain't gonna be a bunch of shenanigans. There's gonna be some people getting up out of there, right? And they gonna figure out, okay, this is how we gonna. This is how we gonna start, and this is how we gonna get to where we need to get to. And money ain't gonna be a problem. I mean, you see what the Dodgers is doing. Otani bets. Freeman, Smith, man, we load it.
Draymond Green
Yeah. The picture who just came over, I'm drawing a blank on his name. Japanese picture. The other Japanese picture that just came over last year, who is that?
Ryan Seacrest
Kim.
Draymond Green
Nope. His name is. I'm drawing a blank on his name right now. As you know, I am a Yankee fan. Oh, the new dude, his name is.
Ryan Seacrest
Are you a Yankee fan, dog?
Draymond Green
You better know it. Let me see.
Ryan Seacrest
I'm gonna tell you. Give me.
Draymond Green
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yamamoto.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yosh. Yoshi Yamamoto.
Draymond Green
Right? So you got. You got. They doing it. And. And you can't defer contracts like that in the NBA, so they can't necessarily take that approach. But they telling you we got the.
Ryan Seacrest
You never know. You never know.
Draymond Green
We got the pop.
Ryan Seacrest
Never know. Yeah, they got. Man, they got the sophistication and the pipes. You never know. And. And they gonna put that. The thing is, they gonna. They gonna. The Lakers miss Jerry west so much, bro. I think a lot of teams do. You miss. You need basketball legacy or basketball intelligence and old. Like, you need that old school vibe, right? Cause it's. At the end of the day, basketball is an old school sport.
Draymond Green
Fact, man.
Ryan Seacrest
Damn. 10 bill, though, that's crazy, man. Come on, man. We need an investment. And the Draymond Green with Baron Davis show, if they handing out that, they gonna shit. We can cover the games, man.
Draymond Green
That part.
Ryan Seacrest
Listen, we can cover the games right here.
Draymond Green
$10 billion.
Ryan Seacrest
That'S wild. Which, I mean, I mean, the warriors in a good position. The warriors in a great position. I mean, the New York Knicks in a great position. It's a great position for the league, man. I'm just excited, man. I'm excited for this game seven. You got Indiana.
Draymond Green
I'm rolling with Indiana.
Ryan Seacrest
Me too.
Draymond Green
We shall see if we write or if they write. But until next time, that's a wrap from this episode of the Draymond Green show with Baron Davis, it's great to have you back. My brother.
Ryan Seacrest
Always appreciate you bro.
Draymond Green
Great to chop it up, banter a little bit, get your perspective, which is always a unique one. And listen, my dog, congratulations to Mark Walter. That's incredible. And also congratulations to Mark Lohr and Alex Rodriguez. I think they are finally at that point where they're like it's stepped where it's actually Minnesota is all there. So congratulations to those guys. Incredible to see what they've done a rod as a former athlete. Excuse me, as an athlete. Once you're an athlete, always an athlete.
Ryan Seacrest
Always.
Draymond Green
But to do that, amazing. So congrats to those guys. Job well done. Until next time we talk to y' all. There will be a champion crown in the NBA. There will be a new champion. A bunch of new champions crowned in the NBA. We shall see who it is till next time. Peace.
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Summary of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" Episode: Draymond Green w/ Baron Davis - REACT to Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals, Game 7 Predictions, Lakers $10B Sale!
Release Date: June 20, 2025
Host: Draymond Green
Guest: Baron Davis
Platform: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
In this episode of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," former NBA player Draymond Green hosts former NBA star Baron Davis to dissect the intense NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) and the Indiana Pacers. The discussion delves into Game 7 predictions, strategic analyses, and the surprising $10 billion sale of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Draymond Green opens the conversation by reflecting on the pivotal moments of Game 6.
[03:40] Draymond Green: "What was the coldest moment from game six for you?"
[03:54] Baron Davis: "The Pascal dunk. He dunked on Jalen Williams so cold."
[04:07] Draymond Green: "Almost broke his butt."
The duo highlights the intensity of Pascal Siakam's performance, emphasizing the physicality and high stakes of the game.
As the discussion shifts to Game 7, Green expresses his confidence in the Indiana Pacers' ability to seize the moment.
[07:20] Draymond Green: "Game seven on the road against the team that won 68 games was the number one team. They not supposed to win."
[07:51] Draymond Green: "OKC is up against a team where all it takes is a couple plays to change the whole thing."
Baron Davis concurs, noting the unpredictable nature of a one-game series and the immense pressure resting on the OKC Thunder.
[08:36] Ryan Seacrest: "Have to win that game."
Green provides an in-depth analysis of both teams' strategies heading into Game 7.
OKC Thunder:
[10:48] Ryan Seacrest: "And then if you OKC, then it's pack the paint, make them get three-point happy."
Green advises OKC to focus on defensive solidity, especially guarding key players like Jalen Williams ("J Dub").
[12:28] Ryan Seacrest: "You gotta fight those narratives."
Indiana Pacers:
[14:43] Baron Davis: "With Rick Carlisle coaching, they have an upper hand with game plans that can throw OKC off their rhythm."
Green emphasizes Carlisle’s experience and strategic prowess as a significant advantage for the Pacers.
[21:52] Zoe Saldana: [Ad Break]
[22:18] Ryan Seacrest: "Rick Carlisle game plan needs to be so crazy in order for the Pacers team to come out and win."
A surprising development in the NBA landscape is the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers for a staggering $10 billion. Green and Davis discuss the implications of this sale on the team's future and the broader NBA economy.
[79:55] Ryan Seacrest: "Big shout out to the Clippers All Star Weekend into it, though."
[80:26] Draymond Green: "When I look at this move and the Lakers selling for $10 billion to Mark Walter, that makes the Lakers dangerous."
They draw parallels to other major sports franchises, noting how such a significant financial influx can alter team dynamics and competitive balance.
The conversation shifts to recent trades, particularly the trade of Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic.
[71:15] Draymond Green: "Four unprotected first-round picks in a pick swap. That's a lot."
[75:11] Ryan Seacrest: "What do you think about the Magic move and how does Bane fit with the current Magic team?"
Green critiques the trade as a high-risk, high-reward maneuver, questioning the Magic's long-term strategy.
[74:26] Draymond Green: "He plays more than just a shooter. He can get to a bucket."
Despite recognizing Bane's versatility, Green remains skeptical about Orlando's ability to build a championship contender through such significant asset exchanges.
A profound segment of the episode delves into the ongoing debate about "ring culture" in the NBA, spurred by comments from LeBron James criticizing the focus on championships over individual greatness.
[52:03] Draymond Green: "Scottie Pippen's greatness is not to be debated."
[55:21] Ryan Seacrest: "Ring culture is becoming a disease because depending on who you are, you can just jump out there and use your decorations and your merit."
Green and Davis argue that while championships enhance a player's legacy, they shouldn't negate the contributions of those who haven't secured rings.
[59:42] Ryan Seacrest: "I hate when they talk about dudes as they get older, right?"
They advocate for a more nuanced appreciation of players' journeys and individual achievements beyond just championships.
Draymond Green and Baron Davis wrap up the episode by reiterating their predictions for Game 7 and reflecting on the evolving landscape of the NBA. They emphasize the importance of team cohesion, strategic adaptability, and the broader economic factors influencing team success.
[91:04] Draymond Green: "There will be a new champion crowned in the NBA. We shall see who it is."
The duo encourages listeners to stay engaged as the finals reach their climax, promising more insightful discussions in future episodes.
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This episode offers listeners a comprehensive analysis of the NBA Finals' crucial Game 7, the strategic maneuvers of key teams, and a thought-provoking discussion on the value of championships in evaluating player legacies. Draymond Green and Baron Davis provide expert insights, making it a must-listen for NBA enthusiasts seeking depth and perspective.