In a lively interview, Draymond Green discusses the Golden State Warriors' offseason, highlighting their 6-0 undefeated preseason and the unique training camp held in Hawaii at Turtle Bay. He emphasizes the "mana" and positive vibes brought back from the island, noting how the change of scenery fostered team bonding and set a strong tone. Green praises the depth and versatility of the roster, mentioning contributions from young players like Lindy Waters III, Jonathan Kuminga, and newcomers such as D'Anthony Melton, Kyle Anderson, and Buddy Hield. He underscores defensive versatility and the strategic advantage of having multiple players who can cover various positions. While confident, Green balances optimism with realism, stating that the team has a strong chance to win another championship but acknowledges the importance of health, matchups, and chemistry. The conversation is conversational, enthusiastic, and confident throughout.
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All right, man. It's season 13 for you. Once again, congratulations on that. Appreciate it, brother. Y'all just had an undefeated preseason. You know what undefeated preseason mean? It means every time y'all do that, it's championship. You know what I mean? I know a lot of people, especially the Dub, Raider fans, everybody feeling this, really this ism. You know what I mean? All-Star Weekend is in San Francisco. Man, y'all already playing like this? Like, come on, man. What's the vibes? What is the vibes?
You know what?
Steph coming off a gold medal. Man, what is the vibes?
So check this out. I got all great experiences coming off of gold medals. 2017, we won a championship. 2022, we won a championship. So I got all great experiences coming off of Golden State. Hey, Mr. Curry, catch up.
Let's go.
You know what I'm saying? How you gonna respond coming off a championship, Steph? Now we gave you your flowers. Now we need to talk. So here's the vibes. I'm gonna give you the vibes on the team. Started off preseason, in Hawaii. Oh, come on.
Unbelievable. Needed that.
I'm sorry, I said preseason. Training camp.
Training camp. In Hawaii.
Yeah. Training camp, first 4 or 5 days of training camp in Hawaii. First preseason game in Hawaii.
Yep.
The vibes in Hawaii, immaculate.
Crazy.
They take great care of us out there.
Crazy.
Shout out to Hawaii.
Did y'all stay in the, in that like all the way in that like little remote island?
Turtle Bay. Yeah.
Yeah, Turtle Bay.
Turtle Bay, listen, we had a great time, but it was also, you know what was great about it? And we got off to a great start because with, and speaking of Klay, with Klay leaving and starting this training camp there in Hawaii, it almost felt like the mark of a new thing. You know what I'm saying? Doing something different, not starting training camp in San Francisco, how we always do. It's a different thing. Everybody had their families out there. So you getting to know people, getting to know the guys. Obviously Hawaii ain't a bad gig.
Come on, man.
You know what I'm saying?
Come on, dog.
So it was incredible for us. Lindy Waters, Lindy Waters III hits a game winner to start off the first game.
I saw that. I saw that.
Hit the game winner to start off the preseason. Vibes on 10. So now we kind of feeling that like, oh yeah, like this felt great. Like, and then, you know, we come back.
Yep.
And now we back home, it's time to get rolling. You know what I'm saying? And we brought the vibes back from Hawaii. I always, I'm a big fan of The Rock. He always talk about the mana. We brought that mana back from Hawaii. And we've had great practices, bro. We've had an incredible preseason, obviously, going 6-0. But it's no surprise to me that we went 6-0 because, hey, the young guys.
Y'all been grooming them.
Yeah, and they've been working.
Them young boys been working. They been working.
You know what I'm saying? So seeing them come in when we weren't playing in the preseason and seeing them come in and dominate how they were, it wasn't a surprise because they've been working. And then, you know, getting to see how D'Anthony Melton playing with us, how Kyle Anderson is, how Buddy Hield is, and getting to know these guys, man, the vibe's been on 10 preseason. One of the best training camps and hardest training camps, I might add. Like, Steve been, Steve was killing us in camp.
That's crazy.
We had one super long practice. I ain't practiced that long since.
Talk.
And I'm just like, man, this is nuts. But you know what? Well, we was in every practice, we was in every drill. When I say we, I mean like me, Steph, Loon, guys who've been there.
Yeah.
We was in everything because again, this is a new thing. You gotta set a tone, you know what I'm saying? And so I think we did a great job of setting the tone and we could not have asked for a better training camp, a better preseason. Than we had. And so speaking of being undefeated in preseason, what happens? It's not that, oh, you won every preseason game. But what it is, is like, when you've done it as many times as we've done it, there's a filler.
Yeah.
And you know what I'm saying? And I'm not saying we gonna go win a championship, but I am saying, don't let us win another fucking championship. I am saying that.
Yeah, for sure. Don't let that happen. Don't let that happen.
We gonna win another fucking championship.
It's going up.
And I love the vibes on the team. I'm just telling you, they immaculate.
Yeah.
You know, I also think we got a lot of depth.
Yep.
A lot of depth.
We got a lot of guys that can play. Versatility.
Versatility. 1000%. So.
Defensive versatility too. You got smart, you got a lot of dudes who can cover ground and then you got smart defenders, right? Like you look at somebody like Kyle Anderson, right? And you say like, man, like slow-mo, you know, UCLA, that's my boy.
Yes, sir.
But he knows how to read you, you know what I mean? And people who understand know where to be to make shit happen. You feel what I'm saying?
Absolutely.
So like all those pieces, together start Kuminga, you know what I mean? As your rim protector, you know what I mean? Y'all, if y'all ground teams, you know what I mean? And just make them play on the ground, like don't even let them jump and pass, make teams play fundamentals, y'all gonna beat the shit outta everybody.
Nah, that's a fact, bro. I think, I'm telling you, I think this team has a really, really, really good chance to be special, man. Like really good. And you know, once you become a really good team, then you get down to it. You know, it's matchups, it's who healthy, it's who clicking. I think we got a chance to be doing all of that, so.
