In this YouTube interview, Draymond Green launches a new segment called “What’s That Tweet?” by asking Baron Davis about a viral tweet showing Jay‑Z wearing Davis’s UCLA jersey during the Hard Knock Life tour. Davis recounts the 2000‑era college days at UCLA, how a young hip‑hop A&R named Hip Hop Ivory arranged for Jay‑Z to wear a black UCLA jersey backstage, and the excitement of being among artists like Ja Rule, DMX, and Dame Dash. The conversation then shifts to current NBA analysis: they discuss Oklahoma City’s recent performance, debate whether the Thunder could be the league’s best team, and Draymond asserts the Boston Celtics remain the benchmark. They spotlight Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander as an MVP candidate, praise Shaquille O’Neal’s ability to create space rather than rely on speed or shooting, and then Davis lists his top‑5 MVP‑level players (SGA, Nikola Jokic, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden) with brief justifications. The dialogue moves to Kawhi Leonard’s return to the Los Angeles Clippers, evaluating his defensive and offensive impact alongside the Beard, Norman Powell, and Zubac. Throughout, the hosts intersperse humor about NIL deals, “illegal bread,” and casual banter, maintaining a conversational, enthusiastic tone while delivering opinions, rankings, and cultural anecdotes that blend hip‑hop history with basketball analysis.
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We got a new segment on the show called What's That Tweet? It'll be explaining the reasoning behind certain tweets. To kick things off, let's look at a repost from BD. I was surprised to see Jay-Z performing by wearing a Baron Davis jersey. When did that take place? Also, was like, when was the first time you ever met Hov?
That was in, we was in college at UCLA. Shout out to the homie Hip Hop, the homie Ivory, they came by. You know, Hip Hop a big basketball fan and he was like one of the youngest A&Rs at Rockefeller. So he was like, "Yo, you wanna meet Jay? Like Jay wanna rock your jersey for the Hard Knock Life. You've been coming out in different people jersey." I was like, "What?" Bro, we hopped in the whip, hit down Sunset. Cafe Manz, it was Jay, Dame Dash was there. He wasn't that nice to us, you know what I mean? But Jay was hella cool, you know what I mean? He was young, he was like in, you know, it was a Hard Knock Life tour, but he was like, yo, I was like, yo, I got a jersey for you. I gave him the white one, I gave him the black UCLA jersey. 'Cause me and Earl Watson, for the first time we designed, we told the coach like, yo, we should make black jerseys. So they, We had a UCLA black jersey. I gave 'em the UCLA black jersey. They invited us to the concert, man. We was backstage, like, that's college kids. You know what I mean? You got Redman.
Draymond Green.
You know, you backstage with, you know, a young Ja Rule, DMX, Hov. And it was, I was like, man, I thought he was gonna bring me on stage and shit. He didn't do that. You feel me? I was backstage. I was just waiting for my moment.
"Hey bro, you know what I mean?
I'm big out here too, dog. Bring me out on the stage." But when he showed up with the jersey, that was just, everybody went nuts.
That's it.
And so one of the moments that he kind of won the crowd over 'cause he knew which jersey to wear, you feel me?
You saved whole that night, huh?
Yeah, come on, bro. Come on, I took the whole team too. We had a, We had a nice little time, man. We had no NIL bread, but imagine, I couldn't imagine if we did.
Yeah, y'all had that illegal bread. That's cool.
You know, stocks and bonds.
Oh man.
Oh man. On New Year's Eve, you talk about OKC saying, "Shout out," and shaking hoop really well. What game were you watching? "and do you believe they are the best team in the NBA?
Also, what do you think about SGA for MVP?" What I was talking about was when I just said, I said, "Shake and really who?" Yeah. And then I said, "Chet out." The reason what I was thinking when I said, "Chet out," because I was watching that game and I was just like, "Man, this team is good as hell." Yeah, and Chet out. And Chet out, like, I'm just sitting there like, huh? Like, shut up. And they this good.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
Yeah.
And so that's what I was saying. And then Shaq can hoot really well. It was just like, you know, you watch Shaq, he ain't really doing nothing that's blowing you away except he may make a move here and there. You know what I'm saying? But like, it ain't like it's the most speed or the highest jumper. You know what I'm saying? Or like the most flawless jump shots you ever seen. It ain't none of that. Except he gonna create all the space he want.
Oh my gosh.
He gonna get wherever he want. He gonna get whatever shot he wants at whatever pace he wants to do it at. Yes.
You cannot speed him up.
Like, it's crazy. And I was just watching, I'm like, yo, this dude, like, just simply put, he hoop really well. Like, I'm not about to sit here and try to break this down. I'm not about to go, Shaq can hoop.
Yeah.
And that's just what I was watching them play against the Timberwolves actually against Ant-Man. And the way they came back in that game and was just like so poised and like just watching Shay do what he do. I'm like, wow, this is crazy.
He a bucket, bro.
I can't say they're the best team in the NBA. That's Boston. Until someone proves otherwise, the best team in the NBA is the Boston Celtics. I think, I think, OKC is real.
Yeah.
But until further notice, the best team in the NBA is the Boston Celtics. Until you can beat them and dethrone them, that's the best team.
Believe that.
And they got the same team from last year. So it ain't like they won a championship and lost big pieces. Until you can beat them, that's the best team in the NBA.
Period. That's how it always work.
Period. Oh man, before we get outta here, I got 5 on it. Next up, I got 5 on it where BD discuss his 5 players that he's high on on to start the new year. Who are your top 5 players in the league right now?
Okay, we just talked about SGA, man, 'cause he's just on a tear. You know, this in no particular order, I got—
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Is this order?
It's a particular order.
Oh wow, this, okay, this is my particular, okay, this is how I know SGA did.
This is top 5 MVP, like this is it.
Number 1.
What do you mean ain't no particular order? SGA.
Front-runner candidate. Number 2, Joker, just because. And shit.
What else can you say? You know what I mean?
Number 3, Tatum, which is kind of like a 2 because Joker done won so many. Tatum have an MVP year, Boston, you know, just kind of like making that run, but the way he closing out games is like really on some like superstar MVP level type shit. Giannis.
Become the big dog type stuff.
Yeah, Giannis with just like, it was because of he decided that he's going to turn the Minnesota, Milwaukee Bucks around, right? And like Giannis is back to Giannisin, you know what I mean?
Yep.
And doing what he do. And then number 5 for me, Is, I would say, a sleeper in this whole thing is James Harden. Look at what the Clippers have done up until this point in the season. You know what I mean? The Beard is back and I would say back better than ever. Taking that 2 years in Philadelphia as a playmaker with Embiid and allowed him to like now figure out, okay, now I know how to redefine, he redefined his system. And now it's working for the Clippers and you know, he's just still one of the toughest dudes to guard, you know, in that pick and roll. All right, so.
Let's go around the league a little bit. A few things happened since we were last here, starting with Kawhi Leonard's return. How do you feel about his return and how can he help this Clippers team?
Uh-oh, it's going down. It's going down once Kawhi come back. Uh-oh, you got the Beard, you got Norman Powell playing at an All-Star level. As far as like shooting guards are concerned in this Western Conference, like he probably one of the, outside of Anthony Edwards, maybe Booker. He putting up consistent numbers. Man, you talking about 53, 45, 90, you know what I mean? And one-on-one, ain't nobody stopping him getting his shot off. Defensively, another added piece to now, you know, they defense—
They got a great defense already.
With Van Gundy. And so now I think, you know, really from a Kawhi perspective, he gets to kind of be almost like the Kawhi that was made for Toronto and the Kawhi that was made for San Antonio, right? Because it's like, oh shit, here go a solid-ass team that's great defensively. They already got an offensive weapon. They know how to play and win with James and Norman Powell leading the charge, right? And that Zubac combination. Now Kawhi is like, oh shit, Kawhi on the floor. Oh shit, Kawhi is killing. You know what I mean? And like—
Yep.
Ain't nothing you can do but double team Kawhi. Or he gonna tear you up. You know what I mean? And so now it just creates a whole nother dynamic for the Clippers to where Kawhi is really that X factor that they needed. But during this season, if he didn't come back, they were a solid team that was gonna be there in the end challenging.
