Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green on Jimmy Butler drawing up plays in Warriors huddle #nba #basketball

24 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief interview clip, Draymond Green explains how Jimmy Butler stepped into the Warriors' huddle to draw up a specific offensive set designed to counter defensive traps aimed at Stephen Curry. Green describes the play’s positional adjustments, emphasizing how Butler’s design creates space for Curry and secures a seal on a defender. He then lauds Butler’s habit of over‑communicating—anticipating defensive reactions and verbally outlining contingencies before they happen. Green expresses genuine admiration, calling conversations with Butler about basketball “music to my ears,” and highlights the value of learning from Butler’s high basketball IQ.

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In that moment, Jimmy was drawing up, showing us this play because obviously with our team, there's a lot of denials, you know what I'm saying? There's a lot of traps trying to take Steph out the game and all these things. He was showing us a different way to run a set to get him in a certain position that's gonna open it up. He like, so if they take it away this way, if you just come out this side and do that, that's gonna put this guy here and I got him sealed. That Jimmy, man, he dialed in on it. Jimmy is an over-communicator, you know what I'm saying? Like he— Mm-hmm. Jimmy gonna come to you before something ever happened. Like, if this happened, we gonna do this. And I'll be honest with you, to talk basketball with somebody that know the basketball game like Jimmy and listen and learn from somebody who know the game like Jimmy, it's music to my ears, him overcommunicating the way he does. Yeah.