Battling with Victor "Wemby" Wembanyama, Being Called Angel Reese By A Fan, & Willie Green FIRED

The NBA on Prime is back this Friday with another Emirates NBA Cup doubleheader. It's the Pacers and Cavs followed by the Nuggets and Rockets. Not a Prime member? Sign up for a 30-day free trial. Coverage starts Friday at 6:30 PM Eastern, only on Prime. Restrictions apply. See amazon.com/amazonprime for details. What's up everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. For my ever-evolving set, I am here in New Orleans today after a, good win versus the Pelicans, versus the not so good Pelicans. We'll get into that on today's show. I'll also address my interaction with the courtside Pelicans fan. Talk a little bit more about playing Wimby, which was fucking fun, man. Wow. I'll also highlight some amazing rookies before also sharing my thoughts On the new All-Star Game format that nobody cares about. Or, you know, maybe we can get into that. I will talk Pels first, as that is kind of the most recent thing. I think first and foremost about the Pelicans, most importantly about the Pelicans, is the firing of Willie Green. And, you know, Willie's my guy. Obviously we share the same last name, but, you know, Willie's also obviously a Michigan native, Detroit native in particular. Won an NBA championship with Willie. He was on our staff. And, you know, watched him continue to grow, work his way up the ranks. I also played against Willie. Oh, really? But also watched him continue to work his way up the ranks and becoming a head coach. And it's unfortunate because I think the promise that Willie came to New Orleans with as a head coach never truly got to see the light of day. Mm-hmm. Throughout Throughout the course of his tenure, a lot of guys were hurt pretty much every year. You know, he had so much promise with a young Zion, and Zion's been hurt quite a bit. You know, Herb Jones, who I think is an incredible, incredible defender, he's had his time hurt as well. Trey Murphy, who I think is an incredible player, he's had his time as well. Dejounte Murray, who was traded here to kind of stabilize the ship, obviously has his injury as well. And the list goes on and on and on. And so, you know, it's one of those things of— 2 minutes. You have to take a deep dive, like a deep look at the training staff because this city, I mean, excuse, or you have to take a look at the city. I know a lot of people say, "Oh man, it's voodoo." Now quite frankly, if I'm honest, I absolutely love the city of New Orleans, so I don't buy that. But these guys have been hurt. Pretty much most of Willie's tenure. And to be fired and you never got a chance to really see it through has to suck. It's kind of along the same lines, a little bit different obviously, but it's along those same lines of what I was saying about Nico Harrison. Like you kind of have this idea of what you're coming in with and how you're gonna move the pieces around and how you're gonna make different things work. And then you never truly get to see that through. It's crazy because, you know, obviously I said, "Willie's my guy." And my wife asked me, she said, you know, so as soon as she heard Willie was fired, she said, "So what happens now? Like, what happens to him now?" I was like, "Oh." She's like, "Like?" I was like, "Well, he get paid the rest of his money." And she was like, "Yeah, but didn't he go find another job?" I was like, "Yeah, maybe." an assistant job because he never truly got to show his promise of what he can be as a head coach. And so you just don't, I don't know that he gets another opportunity and he never got to show really who he was due to kind of the roster always being up and down and all the injuries and things. And so you get a new general manager coming in and Joe Dumars taking over at the general manager spot. You're not his guy. You know, like, Joe Dumas, when I say you're not his guy, Joe Dumas didn't hire you. You know, usually when you get new general managers coming in, they usually wanna bring their own coaching that they believe in, that they feel like fits their philosophy more. And so it needed to be great to start this year for Willie. And obviously that just hasn't happened. You know, you had Loon out originally, Loom, you know, Loom comes back and has an opportunity to play with your young talent in Zion, Draymond Green, and all those guys. And then Zion goes out soon as Loom come back. And you know, Jordan Poole goes out soon as Loom come back. You know, and so you never quite got a chance to see it through. And that's one of those shitty feelings. Like I feel a little shitty for Willie Green because, He's never gotten the opportunity to truly show who he is as a coach. And when they were healthy for a period of time, they actually were rolling a couple years ago. And so I don't know, this just feels like one of them ones that's a little unsettling to me. And you know, if you look at the record and you know, all of those things, yes, it'll all be validated. But when you look under the hood, it's just one of them ones that don't quite feel like it was fulfilled. So I feel for Willie. You know, I hope Willie gets another opportunity to show who he is as a head coach because this one just doesn't quite feel like we got the chance to see truly who Willie is as a coach. And you know, you have like, I'm sure there was also a sense of like, these guys down here quit on him. You know, where you feel like, oh man, this team, you know, lose an organization, quit on the coach, use him as a scapegoat. Like we see those things often, you know? Yeah. I've seen this team play. And ironically, I can only imagine how bad, you know, it may have seemed that they quit on Willie. Because usually when things like that happen, where you get a coach fired, that next game, that team come out playing so hard. Coach Izzo used to say, "Man, don't let these guys get one for the gipper." Mm-hmm. And so I'm like, "Oh, here they come. They gonna come out playing hard as hell. They'll get one for the Gipper trick." And they didn't even do that last night. I was actually a bit surprised that they didn't play much, much, much harder. So I can only imagine how much they had quit on Willie G. So, you know, I hope they can figure it out down here. It'd be great to see them do well. But like I said, this one feels just a little, little shitty, just not quite fulfilled. Also in the Pelicans game is obviously my interaction with the fan. And my interaction with the fan, you know, the fan actually had a pretty good joke. Yeah. And I thought the joke was quite funny. And I laughed and I kept it moving. And then the fan just continued to say the same thing and continued to add more to it. And you know, when you're out there and you're going through it, you can feel the underlying— [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] message. And you can hear the underlying message in a tone. And so I'll share exactly with y'all what happened with the fan. So on one of the first couple plays of the game, I laid the ball up and I missed it. And I tapped it up a couple times to try to tip the ball back in, or tip, get a put back. And tapped up, missed, tapped up, missed. Obviously those are offensive rebounds. And so I come back, you know, I come back down the court, it was a dead ball. And he goes, "Oh, Draymond." He's like, "Oh, you Angel Reese." And so I laugh, I'm like, "Oh, okay, that was a little funny." As the night goes on, he continues to go, "You Angel Reese." And then there's a little more said with it. Hey Draymond, you're fucking Angel Reese. Like, now I got what you were saying the first time. I knew exactly what you were talking about. It's fine. By the way, to use Angel Reese's name as a negative connotation, I really don't like that for the young queen because she's done what she's done to become who she is. And so I really don't like that in itself. But there also gets to a point where, hey, as a man with 4 children, soon to be 5, once you start to add the different fillers onto your Angel Reese, at a certain point, now you're disrespecting me as a man. You know, you're gonna continue to yell the same thing as I come down the floor. You're gonna continue to add your different fillers. To where your message is a little different than what you were saying before. And I think that's, for me, that's where I was like, yo, enough. Like, I got what you're saying, but enough. Like, you're not going to just keep calling me a woman's name. I am Draymond Green, make no mistake about it. You're not going to continue to just call me a woman name and add other fillers. To where your message, your underlying message is becoming more and more clear. And so I said something to him, you know, "Hey man, relax. Like, watch yourself now. You're getting real disrespectful. You continue to go down the same thing. You continue to add these little fillers. You're no longer saying what you were saying before." Yes. And I'm also not just going to continue to be Some woman. And so that was the interaction with the fan. Courtney Kirkland, who's the lead official, head official, came to me. Courtney came to me, he said, "Draymond, I've heard it over and over again. You said what you had to say to him. Now let me handle it." And I backed off. No problem, Courtney, you got it. Courtney handled it and didn't have any issues with the guy. The rest of the game. But yeah, I just think, you know, you get in these situations where fans, you know, they like to get a bit disrespectful. And like I said, no disrespect to Angel Reese, but you're not going to continue to just call me a woman. That's not gonna work. Enjoy the game, watch the game, cheer your team on. To continue to yell to me that I'm a woman, that just ain't gonna work. And so that's what it was with the fan. We moved on, game went on. We got the dub and that was that. Last but not least about the Pelicans game, it was great to see young Mo Moody come out, career high 32 points. He came out fire and we needed that because as you know, or may know, or may not know, we struggle in games like this. Games where A, none of the stars are playing. B, team isn't that great. We really struggle in games like this over the last couple years. And in large part, it's just hard to get up for those games. I'm not gonna sit here and like sugarcoat it. Like you saw the last two games in San Antonio. Like those are the games that's easy to get up for. Games like yesterday, they're just a little tougher to get up for. And so in a situation like that,— you actually hope that your young guys come through and kind of do what Moses did. You know, Moses really sparked us, really got it going, got us off to a good start, which allowed us to just kind of roll the rest of the way. But it was in large part due to Moses' start. But in those types of games, like, that's what you really need. You need, like, your young guys to bring it and kind of beat their young guys because it's just not the same intensity level. And like I said, especially coming off of 2 games in San Antonio with like a playoff type atmosphere, playoff type intensity. And then you come to that game, it's just a little tougher. So it was great to have Moses playing the way he's played. Obviously been inserted into the starting lineup over the last week. You know, I think Moses would've been starting the entire season. You know, obviously coming into the season with the injury, If I'm not mistaken, I think he had a calf issue. And so, you know, just getting his footing under him. He was having a great camp before the calf issue, you know, and now, you know, he's kind of got it, you know, got it. Like I said, got his footing under him, man. You know, he's that point of attack defender for us. He's knocking shots down. He's playing really good basketball for us. So like I said, it was good to have Moses knocking them threes down, 20 points in a quarter, finished with a career-high 32. You really need that in games like that. And we needed to get that win and not drop that game. So that was big for us. And obviously before the Pelicans game, we played San Antonio twice. Had the chance to battle with the big fella, Wimby. And man, I must say, there's still nothing— Nothing. That compares to battling with the best. Man, like the adrenaline, the excitement of the game, like the focus level that it requires, there's still nothing that compares to that. That's the thing that, man, that's the thing that keeps you going. You know, Wimby's 21 years old. I felt like I was chasing around Steph Curry at times. They're running me off flares and then another flare, split. Split. They're running so many different things for him and putting him in so many different spots on the floor that it was very evident to me of why teams have had so much trouble guarding him. Because if you put a big on him, like your standard big, there's no fucking way they can keep up. There's no way. I started picking him up way off the floor because I'm getting hit with flares. And the thing is, the thing with Wimby, what I realized is it is so fucking tiring guarding him because you can't relax. Again, it goes back to like guarding Steph. Like the moment you go to relax, the possession's over. Because all Steph need is this much time to get a shot off. And so you relax for half a second and he's gone. And you get a half a step behind, you can't make the ground up because of how well he shoots the ball. With Wimby, if you relax for one second and he take off and he get a half a step on you, most guys, there's a way to make up the ground. With Wemby, you can't make up the ground. His stride is so long, he's so tall. Once he raise up to shoot, you no longer can affect the shot. So you can really only affect Wemby's shot if on the work that you do before he gets the ball. Because once he raise up to shoot, he don't see you anymore. Like, it's just now him and the rim and the ball. Yeah. He no longer sees the defender. Like Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant shoot a lot of shots and you like, yo, he just about pretty much shoot all open shots. Because once he raise up, he no longer see the defender. And so with Wimby, that's how it was. So I'm like, man, you have to do so much work early in the play and then make sure you don't fall a half step behind and then try to get a good contest knowing that I need to get a contest, but I really don't have much of a chance of affecting his shot, but I also need to make sure I don't foul him. Because again, everything just gets up so high. And so, man, it was a challenge guarding him because you're on every single second. I'm watching the clips going into the game like, oh man. Yeah. Imma get that dribble. No, the hell you not. And then you're like, oh man, he dribble high, he 7'5". I'mma get it. No, you not. You go reach him for that dribble if you want to. You gonna end up over there somewhere. His pack is crazy. His jump shot has gotten far more consistent. Like, you can just tell he putting the work in. And so it was an honor. To compete at that level. You know, I like to be challenged by the best. I like to challenge the best. And it was fun as hell to compete against the young fella at that level. We had our moment. You know, I know everybody spoke about the dunk. [LAUGHTER] That didn't count. And I must tell you, fun moment, right before the dunk, I blocked his shot. When I blocked his shot, I looked at him like, gave him a crazy look like, "Yeah, motherfucker." And he was like, "Oh, what? Huh?" You too small. So I walk up to him, I say, "You little motherfucker. You too little." He's like, "What? I'm too little? All right." So what then transpired, By the way, just so we're clear, that whole conversation happened walking from one block to the other block, and then we start fighting for position. And from there, everything else just happened in slow motion. I'm fighting for the position, he fighting for the position. I don't want to pick up a foul because I dare— the whistle was— You scared. A whole nother issue. I go fight for the position, he fight for the position. And he does this spin. But when he spin, he was like still in place. He took one step and he's in front of the rim catching the lob with the left. I thought I could get the lob when I saw it go up. I had no chance at getting it. Thought Jimmy could get the lob from the backside. He had no chance at getting it. The only person that had a chance to get the lob was the guy who caught the lob, Wimby. Yeah. I'm so fucking happy they called the foul on the floor because if he actually dunks that ball, the momentum, they didn't even end up scoring on that play. But the momentum, if he actually dunks that ball and screams in my face like he just did in the counts, I don't know if we can win that game. Yeah. But it was such an amazing play. Like, I'm telling you that shit happened in slow motion. And it happened, by the way, when I told him he's too little. I said, "You fucking scared of me." He's like, "What? I ain't fucking scared. I'm not scared of you." "All right, watch this." And then the play happened. Right after I told him, "You scared of me." So that was a fun-ass moment. I love to see guys respond and not back down. It was great to see him respond and not back down. Like, that's how you gain your respect. And listen, man, respect earned. I think the young fella, obviously we all know how special he is, but I think the thing that I'm most impressed about is his work ethic. And I know his work ethic is insane because I know how much better he's gotten. Since the last time I played him. And so it'll be fun to compete with him for however many amount of years I have left in this league. But it'll also be fun to watch him as he continue to grow in this sport, in this league. Special, special, special talent. And like I said, like, I love the most that the work ethic match the talent and match the uniqueness of him. Mm-hmm. The work level, it is at that level. And so, man, great moment. I'm here to tell you he's not scared of me. But whenever you play those, whenever you go into those battles, you know what the objective will be next time? Mm-hmm. Is to make him scared of me. Because that's what you gotta do. And you go at it and you go at it and you go at it again. And sometimes, I'm gonna get the best of him. And sometimes he gonna get the best of me. And that's just what it is. But the respect must be, no, it must be spoke on. The respect is there. Respect the young fella game. And excited to see him continue growing in this league. What I will say about that young Spurs team though, is like, that's for sure a playoff team. Obviously, you know, barring they stay healthy. That's a playoff team. They will be reckoned with sooner than everyone realize, having to be reckoned with sooner than everyone realizes. That team is not a fluke. That's a very good ball club. They, you know, they're young, they're still really learning how to win, but that's a good team they got going over there and they're gonna, they're gonna have something to say sooner rather than later. So like I said, looking forward to continuing to see that growth, but I definitely expect to see that team in the playoffs this year. After the break, I'll go around the association, discuss some breakout performances, big games, and my thoughts on USA versus the world up next. Hey, Draymond here. The NBA on Prime is back this Friday with another great Emirates NBA Cup doubleheader. The night starts with Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers meeting Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then it's down to Texas as Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets get their first look at Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. And if you're not a Prime member, that's not a problem. Sign up for a 30-day free trial to get started today. The Pacers and Cavs, the Nuggets and Rockets, man, I like these matchups. Siakam and D-Mitch both play with that edge, so you know that's gonna be fun. And down in Houston, Jokic and KD going at it, that's superstar basketball right there. You don't wanna miss it. Coverage starts Friday at 6:30 PM Eastern, only on Prime. Restrictions apply. See amazon.com/amazonprime for details. As promised, we gonna move around the association. And first around the association is the Hawks have won 5 games in a row. Jalen Johnson is turning a lot of heads. Jalen Johnson, I thought, was playing at an All-Star level last year before he got hurt. Obviously didn't end up being an All-Star because he missed a bunch of time. Jalen Johnson is 1,000% playing at an All-Star level this year. And, you know, God willing, he stay healthy, he will be an All-Star. Jalen Johnson is showing that he is ready to be the guy. In Atlanta, that he is ready for to be his team, that he can lead the team to wins. They've been playing incredible basketball. They've beat some teams that no one expected them to beat, especially without Draymond. And the team has been thriving, you know? And so, you know, obviously the thing that I've been seeing the most is everybody saying, "Man, what does this mean for Trae?" Yeah. And you know, I think, I think for them the writing's kind of on the wall with Trey. Like, you know, they didn't sign an extension. Trey didn't sign an extension this offseason. So he'll be a free agent after this year. And I think, you know, I think the Hawks are well open to like, you play and prove it this year and they would love to bring him back or whatever happens after the year. They feel like they're in a perfect space where they can go left or they can go right. And either way could be the right way, if that makes sense. And so, you know, I think it makes it a little more interesting for Trae. I also think, you know, by the time Trae get back, things could just look a lot different. Like you could be saying, hey, we're running the offense through Jalen. And that could make it look different for Trae. Trey Young is still Trey Young. Trey Young is still one of the toughest guards in the NBA. Make no mistake about it. But I think for the Atlanta Hawks, and I just understand how this business works, you know, they get to a space of where, like, you get to looking towards your future more than your present. And none of that stuff even matters. You just start to look towards Jalen Johnson. Yeah. But he's continued to get better. I mean, man, and you know, I think if you're Draymond Green, you know, I think the one thing you're doing is you actually come back in and you're like, no, that's actually what I— that's what I wanted to be. Like, I wanted to be his team and no more in support of that. You know, I think when you do things like that, You know, when you set the ego to the side like that, that's how you become foundational pieces in an organization. And so, you know, I think it'll be all based on Trae's approach. But I think, in my opinion, the right approach is for him to come back and be in support of Jalen Johnson being the guy. Because you Trae Young, so you still gonna be who you are regardless. But as a leader, empowering the young guy and showing that I'm in support of that, You know, I'm not opposed to that. That goes a long way with an organization. So that's the route that I would expect Trey to go when he comes back. I think that also will allow him to get the most outta the young fella. And they got a lot of good young guys on that team. And so with that support from Trey, it empowers those guys. And those play— those guys end up even playing better than they've been playing. Because they feel that empowerment from Draymond Green. You know, so I think just as a leader, you know, that's gonna have to be the step that he take if he wants the team to do well. If he wants to continue to grow with those guys, I think that's how it looks because things change in this league fast. And you gotta make sure you on the right side of those changes. Also around the association, Lauri Markkanen dropped 47 last night, averaging 30 on the year. And the question that I've been asked is, is there any player as good as him that is talked about less? And I would say Aaron Gordon. Aaron Gordon is so much better than people realize, but he just plays his role. He plays his role at a very high level, goes about his business, does his job. And kind of just does his own thing. You know, don't get too much in the media about different things or anything of that nature. But I would say Aaron Gordon. Aaron Gordon to me is one of the more underrated guys in this league. You know, I think people tend to forget he's a top 10 pick. You know, so we've always expected and known that he has this talent, but I just think he does not get half the credit —of what Aaron Gordon should get. And so when you speak on some guys that I think is talked about less, but is as good, I think it's Aaron Gordon. He does not get the respect that he deserves. And he is a, like, Aaron Gordon's growth. I love Joker. I think Joker's great. We all know how I feel about Joker. The key to Denver Nuggets winning a championship was Aaron Gordon's growth. Aaron Gordon's growth was 1000% the key to the Denver Nuggets becoming world champions. And so I just think he's extremely underrated, does not get the love, attention that he deserves. But you gonna get it here on the Draymond Green Show. That is the guy who I would say, like Laurie Markkanen, is a great player and does not get talked about much. And I think Laurie Markkanen gets spoke about— Yeah. And much more respect, far more respect than Aaron Gordon does. And I think, I disagree. I think Aaron Gordon should get, not that Lauri Markkanen shouldn't get respect, that Aaron Gordon should get far more respect than he does. Also around the association, I know I've talked Vijay, I know I've talked Cooper, but the two young rookies that's really getting at it right now, is Cahn Kanhoeple, Cedric Coward. Cahn Kanhoeple from the Charlotte Hornets, Cedric Coward from the Memphis Grizzlies. My young fella, Will Richard, 56th pick, been playing great basketball. But specifically these two, Cahn Kanhoeple and Cedric Coward. Jeremiah Fears. You know, I think these are all young guys that could be in the running for Rookie of the Year. One thing about Fears, he gonna get his numbers. Also, Another rookie who I think is good, didn't have the best game last night, but you can see he got the shit to him. Derrick Queen is gonna be really good. He got feel, I think he needed to be a little more aggressive. And obviously being on a team, a bad team where guys don't pass, there's nobody to get you the ball, it's sometimes hard to show that. But the kid can pass, he got great feel. He can dribble the hell outta the ball. I think he's gonna have to work on his shot. But man, I think Draymond Green got a chance to be really fucking good. But yeah, this rookie class, Collin Knopple has surprised me. You know, I saw him play a little bit at Duke, and I was a little worried that it wasn't gonna transfer right over. And it has transferred over immediately. Cedric Howard, I view him as like, if he can get better with the ball, which I actually think he's already pretty good with the ball. But when I say get better with the ball, like, I think Cedric Howard has the potential to be like a Kawhi Leonard. Defensively, he could be really good defensively. He's already a really good defender. At this age right now, he's a better shooter than Kawhi was. Not quite as athletic as Kawhi was, but I think Cedric Coward, player comp, I think he can be Kawhi Leonard, like healthy Kawhi Leonard. Like that's just his game has a great pace to it. He has great length, you know, uses his size well, can defend up, can defend down. Like, I really think, and obviously like Kawhi worked his ass off, right? To become Kawhi. Like, obviously Cedric gotta put the work in. But if he do put the work in and if he do love this shit, he 1,000% could be like Kawhi Leonard. No questions asked. And lastly around the association is the new NBA All-Star format. It is USA versus the world. Apparently it's like 3 teams, 2 teams of 8 USA and a team of 8 world. I must say, it was a little underwhelming, the support or the attention that this drew. I think to me that was an alarming sign. Like this was announced and nobody cared. And it was shocking because I thought going USA versus the world would do that. However, I think what this showed to me was very clear, that unless the NBA do something like hockey did last year where they had the Four Nations, like even in staging this as like, oh man, it's still the All-Star Game. I just don't think, like, the lackluster response to this news really just showed me, like, man, All-Star may really be dead. Like, I think people have just moved on from the whole entire idea. And I think in order to make this even somewhat appealing, it almost has to be like the Four Nations Tournament that happened Last year in hockey. That thing was so fun to watch. And as a— I'm a fan of hockey, by the way. As a fan, just like, that was so much better than an NHL All-Star Game. And so when I saw the lackluster response to this news, I mean, it was very clear to me that like, man, I just don't know that it's ever gonna matter again. Like, you know, we can try all these different iterations and I just don't know that it'll ever pick up the lust that it once had. Now, you know, we may get there and obviously if it's USA versus the world, the game could end up being good, but I just don't, it need to be like USA, Serbia, France. Like, the Four Nations idea was incredible, and it lived up to the hype. It was fun to watch. I think it's gonna have to be something like that, because the lackluster response to this, I was surprised, but it made it very evident to me that there may not be any coming back for All-Star Weekend. It's a tough pill to swallow, but I think it's one you have to take a deep look at. And for our favorite part of the episode is Golden Days. Don't forget, you can write in your favorite Warriors memories to draymondgreen@audacy.com. Our Golden Day memory of the day, Comes from Brunti. Throughout the dynasty, my favorite win was Game 6, 2019 versus the Rockets. It's strange because this team didn't even win the title, but it was after Steph went scoreless in the first half and it felt like it was just back to the OG dynasty dubs on the road. Just Steph and Draymond won 5, pick and roll to death. I feel like that game was such a predictor for the 2022 title run. Especially Game 4 in Boston. Please share your thoughts on closing out the Rockets in Game 6 of 2019. Well, Game 6, 2019, closing out the Rockets. What was so interesting about this is Chris Paul had got hurt. The year before and everybody was like, "Oh man, if Chris didn't get hurt, they would've beat y'all." And then KD got hurt this year and we still went on to beat them. And I thought, to me, that just made that moment so fun because it's like, not only did y'all say if C didn't get hurt, we was gonna lose, but we actually lost Kevin. Yeah. The following year, and we still won. So it kind of makes the point that everybody was trying to make irrelevant and not valid, because then why did we just win without Kevin? So to close them out in Game 6, that was a fun series because it also was like— Yeah. Yo, we just ended that era. Like, this is a team that has made it very, very clear that this team is built to beat the Golden State Warriors. If you go back to media reports, they were saying that in the media, they were saying that all year. They were switching 5 all year to work on their defense to beat the Golden State Warriors. And so to close them out in game 6 and like no walking off the court, they're like, Nah, it's over. Like, they gotta break it up because they've said now for a couple years, we built this team to beat the Golden State Warriors and they can't do it. They gotta break it up. And so that feeling of that game, man, like after so many battles with those guys, you knew right then, like, yeah, it's over. Like, they can't run it back. The hope is lost. Again, there's no Kevin in this game. KD's out. They can't beat us. They gotta break it up. And so walking off the floor, and like you said, one Bronte, me and Steph killing them with the 1-5 pick and roll. Like they had no answer. But their whole stuff was, we switched 5 to beat that. Man, we diced that switch 5 shit up. That was so fun. Very, very fun moment to end an era of a team was incredible. And like I said, you knew it right in the moment that it was ending. You knew that they stood no chance. You knew that they had to break it up because everything they said they were built for, they couldn't do it. Like it just couldn't happen. And so I think that's one of my fondest memories of those battles is like ending it. Because you just knew right away, like, that's it. We just ended them boys. And we said it walking off the court, like, "Yo, it's over. They gotta break it up. They can't beat us." And the rest is history. They had to break it up. So I think that, to me, Like there's nothing like winning a road game. You go on the road and you win, you close teams out. Like that feeling is incredible. But this feeling right here of winning and knowing, yo, this was supposed to be a thing and we just ended that. Because it happened over the years. It happened with the Clippers. It happened with Portland. You know, it happened with different teams over the years. And the Rockets team who made it so loud that they were built to beat us. And then knowing right in that moment we ended it. That's one of my core memories too, Bronte. So I hope you enjoyed that one as much as I did. And I hope all of you enjoyed that as much as I did. Do not forget. Yeah. If you want your memories to pop up on the show, email them to draymondgreen@audacy.com. And you never know, it may end up on the show. But I do wanna thank you all for tuning in to the Draymond Green Show. We've got Orlando and Miami on the back-to-back next. This is the 5th back-to-back of the season. We've been in season 5 weeks. This is our 5th back-to-back. Yeah. Thank God after this one, the schedule lightens up a little bit. I think once we're done with these two games, that'll be 14 or 15 out of, no, that'll be like 12 outta 17 games or something that's been on the road. So it'll be good to get some home cooking. But until next time, see you guys Friday. Deuces. If you're rocking with the Draymond Green Show, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app. Apple Podcast app. And while you're there, go ahead and drop a 5-star rating and leave a review. I wanna hear what you think. And it would also mean a ton to me if you share it with a friend that you think would enjoy it. Let's keep this thing growing. The Draymond Green Show is presented by Audacy and executive produced in conjunction with The New Media. Our executive producers are Leah Reese Dennis, Danny Freisinger, and Greg Holtzman. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]