Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

A HILARIOUS Moe Harkless story #shorts #nba #draymondgreen

21 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Warriors forward Draymond Green recounts a humorous anecdote about former teammate Mark (Moe) Harkless and a late‑season contract clause that awarded a sizable bonus if Harkless maintained a 3‑point shooting percentage of at least 35% while playing a required number of games. Harkless met the games requirement and was just above the shooting threshold (≈35.3%). To protect the bonus, he stopped attempting three‑pointers in the final games of the regular season, a decision Draymond acknowledges hurt the team. Knowing this, Draymond used the information as a psychological ploy in the playoffs, confronting Harkless about his reluctance to shoot and implying the bonus was still on his mind, ultimately suggesting Harkless “tanked” the series. The clip blends a factual explanation of contract incentives with Draymond’s characteristic trash‑talk and mind‑game tactics, delivering a comedic yet insightful look at how financial clauses can influence player behavior and competitive dynamics.

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It's the end of the season and Mark Harkless had a bonus in his contract that if he shot a certain 3-point percentage and played a certain amount of games, which he had already played the amount of games and a 3-point percentage that he would get like a million dollar bonus. And I don't know the exact number, but call it 35%. And if he had to shoot 35%, he was at like 35.3. And for the last 4 or 5 games of the year, he didn't attempt a 3. I wouldn't have either. Which I get it. Like— Yeah, you hurt your team, but like— You killing them. However, for me to know that you're doing that, I gotta now use that to my advantage. So we meet up with them in the playoffs and I say to him right away, "You gonna shoot tonight 'cause you got your bonus now or you still scared to shoot? He's scared to shoot, fellas. He don't wanna shoot tonight. He's still worried about his bonus." That's a fact. He tanked the rest of the series. He tanked. Oh man. Oh, you can't do that. For me as someone who like to play mind games. Yeah, you gave him a layup.