In this inaugural episode of the Draymond Green Show, Draymond Green reflects on his personal journey of finally reaching out to Jayson Tatum after the Celtics’ championship, sharing a heartfelt anecdote about their 2022 NBA Finals encounter and the emotional impact of winning a title. He congratulates the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown, while analyzing the Celtics’ roster composition—highlighting that the core eight or nine players are returning under contract—and questioning whether the team can sustain hunger for a second championship. Green discusses the psychological shift between a first and subsequent title, the Celtics’ public goal of "Banner 18," and how that transparency influences fan perception. He examines league structural changes, such as the second salary‑cap apron and new collective‑bargaining rules, and how they may limit future dynasties. The conversation also touches on Tatum’s looming $400 million contract and its timing relative to the new cap rules. Interspersed is a sponsored segment promoting Hyperice’s NormaTec Elite recovery boots, with Green endorsing the product for athletes. The episode blends personal storytelling, strategic NBA analysis, and promotional content.
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Welcome to the brand new Draymond Green Show YouTube channel. Hit subscribe so you don't miss out on any of our content. Congrats to them. Brad Stevens made the moves that needed to be made. Congrats to him. So it's fun to see. I had a conversation with JT yesterday, which was a fun conversation. For me, when you have a relationship with someone, for me. Like, I only wanna see them do well. It's crazy because I remember going back to the NBA Finals in 2022 and I didn't say a word to JT. And I think I might've told y'all this story before. I didn't say a word to him. And I didn't say a word because we in the NBA Finals. Like, I don't need anything that can take me off my square. And like the love that I have for that young man right there can take me off my square. And so I didn't say hi, I didn't say bye. I did see Deuce in the hallway a couple times and Mom's in the hallway a couple times and I definitely said hi to them. But I, nothing. And to be quite honest with you, because of the relationship, because of the love that I do have, for him, it actually was bothering me. And it was bothering me because I could actually see he didn't know what the hell to think. Like first time playing in the NBA Finals. So he didn't know what to make of it. And it was actually bothering me that I could see that. Like, and the moment the game, the moment it finished, I ran and just, I saw the picture actually. Recently, I went straight to him and hugged him. And I told him, I said, it's been bothering me so much to not talk to you, but now you get it. I said, but now you get it. Now you, you now understand what the mindset has to be. And like, in order to actually do this, many people get close, go to a Finals and lose and never go back. Like I said, now you see. I said, it bothered me going through it, but I know. I had done it 3 times, I know what it, but now you can see it. And so to see him do that, I called him the other day, yesterday, and he had the trophy, smiling ear to ear. Yeah. And he's just holding the trophy. And he said to me, he said, "I don't know what I thought this was gonna feel like, but whatever I thought, it's way better. Like it doesn't even come close to what I actually thought it would feel like." And like the thoughts that you have of winning a championship are pretty, like, it didn't come close to what I even thought it feel like. Like it's way more. And I just called him number one to say congratulations. But number two, I said to him, I just need to feel this energy because I know what it's like. Like when you're around someone that just won a championship, the vibrations that you catch from them, like they are at an all, their frequency level is at an all-time high. Like it's just radiating. And I called him, I said, "I'm just calling to tell you congratulations. I'm happy for you. And I also need to feel some of that energy. Like, I just need to feel it. Like, I wanna feel that energy right now." And he like, "Man." And we laughed talking on the phone. I start yelling like, "Let's go." Like, and I told him like, "When a little brother of mine win a championship, I feel like I won a championship." Because to see them experience that, you know the feeling. And I got a chance to feel that energy. And then I'm like, "All right, bye. Like, go have your fun. I'm out your hair. I wanted to see your face and say congratulations. I'll talk to you later. Have fun." Like, we was on FaceTime. The energy that I felt coming through a FaceTime was absolutely amazing. Yeah. Absolutely incredible. As a 12-year NBA veteran, recovery is very important to me. As I continue to get a little older, the body just doesn't bounce back the way it used to. So I'm a big fan of Hyperice, especially their NormaTec boots. What's great about the new NormaTec Elite is that they ditched all the extra hoses and control units from the old model. This one is fully self-contained with a small set of buttons to select your compression level. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Super easy to travel with and to get set up after a hard workout or a big game. On top of that, the NormaTec Elite packs 4 hours of battery life. That's enough juice to get full leg compression cycles in before games, after games, and even on the plane. And don't get me started on the tech inside this thing. Hyperice has been pioneering recovery science for years. And the brand new NormaTec Elite takes it to another dimension with 7 different compression levels to choose from. But it's not just for pro athletes. Everyone can get their hands on these to help with recovery, increasing circulation, and reducing swelling in the lower body. Shop all your warmup and recovery needs at Hyperice.com. Use code Draymond for 15% off your order today. Exclusions apply. So I know I just went on a whole loop, but congrats to JT. Congrats to the Boston Celtics. Congrats to JB. Thank you. Well deserved, fun to watch. Now let's get into this podcast.
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Anyway, so when you look at the Boston Celtics season, this is a team that has their top 8 or 9 guys in their rotation coming back all under contract. And so you start to ask yourself, can this team do it again? Sometimes that can get dicey when you got so many guys under contract because sometimes you can come back when you don't get new blood. Like sometimes you win a championship and then you get new blood in and when you get the new blood in, they wanna feel that feeling. You know, they see you get your rings on ring night. Like they see the banner go up. When y'all walking around every arena you go to or, or— Yeah. Maybe not every arena you go to, but definitely every game, your home arena, you're defending champions. Like you hear that. And so when you get new blood and they wanna feel that too, they wanna experience that. And sometimes that can drive you because then, like once you win your first one, it becomes like the, you, through these championships, what you appreciate most is the journey. But once you get your first one, The best part about getting the next one is seeing the guys that get it for the first time and how they react. Because then what it does for you is it take you back mentally to your first time and how you reacted. And it's very interesting to watch. I've enjoyed that part of the process. So anyway, um, They're bringing their top 8 back. And like I said, which sometimes can get a little tricky because I'll just be completely honest with you, they won't be as hungry for, they won't be as hungry for another, for the next championship as they was for the first championship. It's just not a realistic thing. Now, not saying to you they won't be hungry and their goal coming into next season won't be to win the championship again. Of course that's gonna be their goal. But to think that you're gonna have the same hunger for your first million dollars as opposed to your second million dollars is not the same. Now, doesn't mean you're not hungry, but it's not driven from the same place, right? It doesn't come from the same place. What it is for the competitors, for those that are seeking greatness and wanna be great, you find different things to continue to push you. But nobody ever said, "Oh man, I got my first million dollars. I gotta get the next two doing it the same way." No, it don't. You feel a little better after the first one. You feel a little more accomplished after the first one. And so they're bringing all 8 guys back in their top 8 of their rotation, which I think is great because it does put you in the space of, Can we compete for multiple championships now? Can we be the first team in 7 years to go back to back? Can we do that? I think in the history there's like 11 teams that's went back to back or something like that. Can we be that next one? You know, you look at this Boston Celtics team, they had like blank banners up in their practice facility and like their whole talk for the last, X amount of years has been getting Banner 18. Number one, you all know I don't like the Boston Celtics. Y'all fans are rude and I dislike y'all because y'all were assholes to me when I was there for the finals and I'll never forget it. And so I don't like y'all. However, I was thinking about this last night. For a franchise in the NBA to like, publicize how much they're going after Banner 18 is crazy. Like, that's not standard practice in, in NBA. It's just not. They actually did it. I got nothing but respect for that. A lot of people would tell you, you got a goal, don't tell nobody 'cause they try to tear it down. They, they kept telling us our goal, we gotta get Banner 18, and number 18, 18, 18. 18. And they actually went and did it. And if you can't respect that, I can respect that. So if you can't respect that, I'm sorry, but I can't respect you because that is the definition of standing on what you speak on, standing on business, however you wanna break it down. That is it. I'm telling you what I want. I'm telling you I'm going to get it. Oh, and by the way, I'm gonna get it. I went and look, I did it. I got it. I got nothing but respect for that. So I think he could get a little dicey. I think one thing that you could see is like this team is really good, but like in the regular season it may not be as great. You know, they ran through the regular season this year. Sometimes you see a team like this come back and they fall to the 3 seed or something like that. 4 seed doesn't mean they can't win a championship, by the way. I said all of that to say, I do think this team is set up to compete for multiple titles. When you talk about a potential dynasty, I don't quite see that happening because I think we got new rules and we got a second apron and all of those things. And like JT contract ain't kicked in yet. His new big deal that he gonna get, by the way, that man gonna get $400 million or something like that. Very close to it.
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Those things haven't kicked in yet. And so when those deals start to kick in, you start to hit that second apron, it just changes things. And I think quite frankly, with those rules being in, I don't know if we'll ever see another dynasty, but right now they have a chance quickly to build it. I think people start calling us a dynasty when we won 3. And so they got a chance to do it quickly though. Quickly.
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