In this episode of the Draymond Green Show, Draymond Green and co‑host (Speaker B) discuss several key topics surrounding the Golden State Warriors. Green emphasizes the need to evaluate Jonathan Kuminga’s contract situation, noting Kuminga’s talent, the sizable financial commitment required, and his bright future whether he stays in Golden State or signs elsewhere. The conversation shifts to the Warriors’ championship mindset for the upcoming season, with Green asserting confidence that the team will retool, stay healthy, and compete for a title, highlighting the advantage of playing a full regular season rather than catching up late. The hosts then outline the roster profile the Warriors need: dynamic athleticism, size, and a scoring punch, especially big men who can provide second‑chance points and protect the rim, reflecting the league’s trend back toward dominant front‑court players. Green stresses the importance of “getting in the weeds,” meaning player input on personnel decisions to ensure the front office’s moves align with on‑court realities. The episode concludes with a promotional segment announcing new merchandise for the show and directing listeners to thedgbdshow.com.
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Where does it all shake out going into next year? Who knows, man? This business, you can just, you can never be so sure, right? Like, you're gonna have to evaluate Jonathan Kuminga, right? Like, we all know his talent. We all know what we believe, we all believe he could be. But now you have to make a huge financial commitment. Like, it won't be JK at whatever his number is now. Like, it's a huge financial, so that has to look different for everybody, right? That has to look different for JK. First and foremost, he's the athlete, right? Like, he's the one that gotta do the work. He the one that gotta sign the contract. So it has to look different for him first and foremost, right? From an organizational standpoint. All of that stuff has to come together. And I love J.K.'s answer in this press conference. He said, listen, we all gotta sit down, we gotta figure it out. It's gonna take a while to figure it out. Free agency does take a while. It's gonna take a while to figure this out. He said, "But I appreciate Coach Kerr 'cause he's helped me get here where I am at." And man, that was such a responsible, great, well-thought answer.
Because it's true. Professional answer.
Because it's true. Like, has it always gone the way you want it to go? No. But that's probably what 99% of basketball players in the NBA, if you talk to a guy, most guys are gonna tell you, Oh, I could do more of this. They don't let me. Like, that's just the nature of what we do, right? So we all have our trials and tribulations, our peaks and our valleys, right? His, his, his valley was more on Front Street for everybody. Yes. But we all have our peaks and our valleys. And the reality is what he said is correct. I love the way he handled it. One thing's for certain, I said this in my X interview, whether it's here, or somewhere else, he gonna get paid and he gonna have a very bright future. So I don't think he has anything to worry about. He— everybody know what he's capable of. He will get paid here or he will get paid somewhere else. That's it and that's all. And so I think the future for him is as bright as it's ever been.
Earlier this season, you talked about guaranteeing the championship You know, you guys, I believe, uh, and I'm not making excuses, I think, you know, with Steph, you had a good chance. So, you know, you put yourself in an elite category earlier this season as well. Steph mentioned about the last ride, right? And then he recently mentioned that he wants the ride to last as long as possible. Right? So now with Jimmy, Right now, headed into the offseason, are you back in this championship pedigree or championship guarantee pedigree? 'Cause it wasn't cap, right? Now that was speaking from what you guys felt. And earlier in the season, it was more so, we just wanna have an opportunity. And then now it's different, right?
Yeah, I think it's definitely different. I think, you know, our mindset going into next year will be that. Going into every year, I think every team say, "Yo, we wanna compete for a championship." And you know when that shit real and when it's not.
Yeah, for real. And the reality is, for most people, it's very fake and not real at all. It's not real, dude.
Man, people are not really, really. I personally, believe wholeheartedly, and we all do, that we will be right there next year giving ourselves a shot at it, just like we was giving ourselves a shot at it. We gave ourselves a shot at it this year, and I think we will retool and make the roster make even more sense and come back. And also, I think another thing that I'm looking forward to is we get to play a whole year. Yeah. So we come out, we can take care of business and we ain't gotta play catch up all year. You know, like for the, we've been in the playoffs since February, like every game mattering.
Yeah.
Intensity level. Like we've been in the playoffs since February just to get to the moment. And so I think for us now being able to go through a full season and obviously you need to stay healthy and all of those things, like we can put ourself in better position to be successful. And I think, you know, that'll be big for us. But the goals will be the goals, which is going, coming out, competing, trying to win a championship. That will be our goal, 1,000%. I do believe we are capable of that. I stand on that 100%. So, you know, Jimmy, Steph, myself, we'll all be in the weeds, you know, trying to— Yeah. Make it all make sense, you know, for what we believe we need, what it needs to look like. We'll be in the weeds.
So yeah, right back at it. Man, and if y'all want to include me, I'm up, uh, you know, for assistant to the assistant GM. And if I were to put my GM hat on, just saying what y'all need, I would say you just need dynamic athleticism and you need somebody with some game. Like somebody, like you need somebody that's, you know, you need that wild card score, that threat, that whether he's 6'8" and get to the hole, just somebody who's just a scoring machine to the basket, catch 3, just somebody who just, hey man, if this dude get hot, we definitely winning, right? And then, I would say dynamic athleticism, right? 6'10" versatility, 7-foot shot blocker that can run to the rim and dump. Just a few little pieces like that. 'Cause when you think about now, the way the league is transitioning is getting back to the bigs, is getting back to the dominant power forces, getting back to second chance shots are the shots that are gonna beat you. So long threes, you know, a lot of threes, long rebounds. But second chance points, rebounds, that's always gonna be the deciding factor. And I just think for the Warriors, a little small, a little slow, right? But elite talent. And if you can mix some of that with, you know, some hyperactivity and some strong athleticism and people that can get to the rim, y'all be unstoppable. You talked about getting in the weeds, right? You, Steph, and Jimmy getting in the weeds. You don't do that usually or ever outside of the KD. You got in the weeds, got KD. So when you say I'm getting in the weeds, uh, hmm.
Yeah, you just gotta be with somebody here. You gotta be involved. You just gotta have the conversations, man. You gotta, you know, because At the end of the day, when you trying to compete for a championship, the front office may think they need to bring in a guy that you know, like, yo, I play against this guy, like, he ain't it. You know what I'm saying? And so that's when I say like, you gotta get in the weeds. Like, there's just some, because again, like I said, I think, you know, we filled out the roster at the top. And so with that being one of the toughest things, like, now you need guys, you know, like, Yo man, when we play against this guy, I love when they bring that, when that team bring that guy on the court. And now we gonna go sign him? Like, nah, you don't want that guy, you know? And so when I say get in the weeds, like that's what I mean. Like you gotta give some input at times because what can be seen from the stands or what can be seen from some numbers, it ain't always what it seems when you trying to compete for a championship.
Yeah. And sometimes the dude that, you know, that plays great against you and, you know, maybe the dude y'all looking for is sitting on somebody bench that's super talented and playing behind one of these one or two scores. The league is full of scores and the league is full of versatile scores. And I think the ability to bring someone into the game that can get their own money and get money for other people just by default, right, is gonna be a game changer for you guys. 'Cause you already have highly talented, skilled guys that can catch and shoot, penetrate and shoot. You know, y'all learning how to make plays for each other. But you meet that one dude that's like, man, if he pump fake and get to the middle of the paint, he gonna try and dunk or finish or do something different, right? Yeah. You need, you need kind of like a counter so the attack is not the same guy every time. And that's where, that's where I'm thinking like someone 6'8", 6'9" that can really get out here and put some points on the board. And that's all.
Who's a comp of somebody? Because to me it sounds like you're explaining like a superstar. So who, who is a comp of someone you're speaking of?
Um, Like if I were to comp like on the guard side, I'd say like someone like a Lou Will, like a Lou Williams, like somebody who can just, is just dynamic at getting their own money. Give him the ball, get out the way. If he cooks, we win every time 'cause he know how to hoop. And then I say on the other side, like who is the next Pascal Siakam or who is the next kind of, Pascal Siakam make $45 million. No, no, no, I'm saying that there's a young dude that plays like that on one of these teams, right? Some of these young dudes on Portland, right? Charlotte got a couple, well, you know, young dudes that I'd say on the guard side, like Draymond Green, if y'all got him from Charlotte, that's somebody like that from the guard perspective. On the big guy side, even a Sims, Sims or Mitchell Robinson, somebody that's just got some, the dude the Lakers didn't want, the Charlotte kid like Mark Williams.
Draymond Green.
Yeah, somebody big, just you need a big athletic person that can come in and play a lot of the, a lot of junk minutes, right? And a lot of glue minutes. Because they'll be able to get it done. You know, they have a big game, 18 rebounds, 14 rebounds, then it kind of take a lot of pressure off of the impact that you're gonna have on your body next year. So I would bring in a bunch of young athletic dudes on top of the young dudes I got, but just kind of like dynamic talent that can just be the force that I need to get through the season so you're not banged up. Yeah. By the playoffs.
No doubt.
And then in the playoffs, now you got the height. You used to have the height. When y'all was winning the championships, y'all had the height, the size, and then when y'all go small, it was a wrap. Now you gotta kind of get your height, athleticism back in that front court.
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