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Draymond Green calls Los Angeles Clippers "frontrunners" #shorts #nba #clippers #draymondgreen

21 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Draymond Green reflects on his championship mindset of identifying "front runner" teams to gain a competitive edge. He recounts past games against the Los Angeles Clippers, describing how his team would label opponents as front runners in the locker room, believing they were on a winning trajectory. Green discusses his close relationship with Chris Paul (CP), noting Paul’s consistent, tough, physical, smart, and fast style of play, while also mentioning that he never personally considered Paul a front runner. The conversation touches on how teams often crumble when momentum shifts, with specific references to the Clippers, Houston, and the broader mentality of labeling opponents as front runners to prepare mentally for challenges. The tone is informal, conversational, and reflective, with a confident yet candid sentiment toward the discussed teams and players.

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I've been able to win championships off of identifying front runners. You go up against certain teams. Who? Name 'em. When we was playing the Clippers back in the day.
Oh shit.
We thought they was front runners. I've gotten really close with CP. So I take that with a grain of salt. Although I never thought CP was a front runner. 'Cause he was all, he played the same way all the time. Tough, physical as hell, smart, fast. If you talk, he getting into it with you. I'm glad you said that.
'Cause people get mad at me when I tell the story about CP talking shit to me. Tell them that he talk shit, please. Absolutely. Thank you. See. 1,000%. I still love you, bro. It was just you talk shit that day. It's all good, bro.
1,000% talk. Yeah, for sure. A lot of guys on that team, we would walk into our locker room and say like, yo, those guys are front runners. Like, it's going good for them, it's great. Yeah, yeah. Once it start going wrong, everybody crumble.
Yeah.
You know what I'm saying? We thought that about quite a few teams we would run up against. Houston was really good. They challenged us, but we thought they was front runners.