Draymond Green Reacts To Steph Curry Extension, LeBron Almost to Knicks? & Warriors Training Camp

What's up everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. I am here in Hawaii, as you can see by my backdrop. A little ocean. It's a little gloomy out today. A little ocean, little palm trees. Just got out of practice, so excuse my attire. I've been wearing this every day for Yaxel. But it's been great. You know, training camp's gotten off to a great start. I will say media day, media day was incredible. It's my 15th media day. And I think it's probably the one I had the most fun at. Your first couple years in the league, you don't really get much in my position. You know, I was a second round pick. So you don't really get many asks the first couple years of media day. You do like the tedious things, but you don't really get to do any of the good things. Because no one's really requesting you for anything. And so that was like my first couple media days. And then the next few, you know, the next 5, we're winning championships or playing in NBA Finals. And so that's kind of a bit annoying. And I'll be honest, you take it for granted a little bit because everybody's showing up and everybody's requesting an interview and you're like, oh, this is how things go. You take advantage of that a little bit, and then it's kind of like the same thing over and over again. And you're like, all right, here we go again. Here we go again. And going into this year's media day, I was like, you know what? I don't know if this is my last media day with the Golden State Warriors. I also don't know how many media days in general I have left. So I'm gonna head into this media day. I'm not going to ask, you know, well, when you're in media day, the Warriors set up someone from the PR staff or from the community relations staff, someone to walk around with you to make sure you're hitting all your stations. I'm not going to ask how much we have left. I'm not gonna ask any— I'm just going to do everything they ask me to do and I'm going to have fun. And that was my mindset going into media day. And I'll be honest with you, the power of the mind is not a joke. I had the most fun I've ever had at a media day. And it was very simple for me. Go in, embrace it, enjoy it. Because again, you just don't know how many of these things you have left. And I had a blast. It was great. Right after media day, we headed to the airport to fly to Hawaii. And then we had training camp, our first training camp practice the next day. The hardest training camp practice I've ever had in my career. Really? In 15 years, I have not practiced that hard on day 1 of a training camp. The practice was probably the longest practice I've ever had. The longest practice I've ever had in a training camp or in general. It felt like a Michigan State practice. And Frank Vogel brought this rebounding drill That's like the war drill we do at Michigan State. So it really took me back. Our first practice took me back to Michigan State. Frank Vogel had us doing defensive slides all the way down the court. It just brought a completely different feel to training camp than I've ever experienced. And it was good. Now, a lot of running, a lot of getting up and down, a lot of movement. Like I said, it was the longest practice. I've ever been a part of. It was legit. But needless to say, it's great work and we need the work. And one thing, you know, Coach has vowed is like, yo, the one thing we won't do is we won't be unprepared. You know, Coach, and I've always talked to y'all about the leader that Coach Kerr is. He started off the meeting like, Y'all, I failed y'all last year. I don't think I did a good enough job of having guys ready to go. Boom, boom, boom. And then he goes, these are the things we're doing. And I'll tell you, these first 3 days of practice, shit's been different. It's been a lot different. And I respect it. You know, you can't have the season we had last year and just come back the next year like, all right, we pick up here and do the same thing over again. That's delusional. No one around here is delusional. So that has not been the case. It has been an extremely competitive training camp and a tough one. But like I said, you know, tough is within the eyes of the beholder. But it is, it is great. A lot of guys playing well. A lot of guys playing really well. DP is playing really well. Uh, Yaxels played really well. Malavai played really well today. Brandon Williams is fast as hell. Uh, he is fast and crafty, get downhill, finishes incredible. He's like floating and like super smooth. He's been really good. Uh, Healthy Melt has been really good. A lot of people are seeing that George is more than just a spot-up shooter. He can put the ball on the floor and have some crafty finishes around the rim. Been really impressed with 2-way Graham-EK. Graham is super vocal. He has a million questions. I was just coming up the elevator to do this podcast and I bumped into Graham and he's like, yo, you got 2 offensive rebounds on me today. How'd you do? What is it that you're doing? Right? And so I'm explaining to him, oh, this is what I'm trying to do. And once I get to this spot, then I need to use my leverage. And so for instance, He had me in a tough spot on an offensive rebound, and I rolled him underneath the rim out of bounds. Now, I couldn't get the rebound, but I knew that. But I wasn't gonna let him get it, so I rolled him underneath the rim. Literally take your forearm and drive the guy underneath the rim. And once I pin you behind the backboard, you can't get the rebound either. So then I used it to explain to him, like, so for instance, you had position on me. All I did was take my forearm and just ride you straight underneath the basket. because I just wasn't gonna let you get the rebound. You know what I'm saying? So he's very inquisitive, super smart, man. I wish I had some film of it. I would show y'all some of the passes this kid made yesterday out of the high post to cutters down the lane. He is very impressive. And do not, do not be surprised. And I'll tell you this now, buy your Graham-EK stock now. Do not be surprised if this guy, 15 years from now, is still in the NBA and has had an incredible career. And he's smart and vocal and got the tenacity. Like, do not be surprised. You look up 12 years from now and Graham Eakins has carved out an incredible NBA career. I'll tell you that. Very, very impressive. But overall, man, it's just been good to see the growth of guys. Will Richards, seeing his growth, you know, seeing a healthy Alex Tuohy. Like, it's been really, really, really uplifting. Yeah. Uh, Big Al is in great shape. Uh, Big Al's in every drill in training camp. Uh, absolutely amazing to see. So it's been a fun camp. Uh, it's been, it's been a really fun camp, and I think guys are getting better. I think, uh, you know, we've implemented some new things on the offensive end that I think ultimately will make us a better team, make everyone on the court a threat, uh, ultimately help relieve some of the pressure and some of the things that he has to do. You know, and then defensively, Frank Vogel has brought some different things, some different terminology than we're used to, but they're implementing a lot of stuff right now. And it's been really refreshing to see. Like, you can tell the coaching staff spent this summer just ironing things out, and what's good and what's not good. And these are the things we want to do. Because they are very direct with the plan of exactly what they want to do. what it is that they want to do and get done. You know, the amount of film that we've watched this year already in 3 days has exceeded the first 3 days of any other year, right? So it's been an absolutely beautiful camp for us, and guys have gone hard the first 3 days. I hope that we have a lighter day tomorrow because these days have been tough. I fell asleep last night at 7 o'clock. Yeah. 7 PM. And I'm not a guy that goes to sleep early. Now, I woke up at 11 and was up for an hour and then went back to sleep for the rest of the night. Like, these, these have been some tough practices, but needless to say, it's something that we need to do. And it's been fun. Obviously, you know, our backs are against the wall. I know you all saw Steph's reaction to Coach Kerr's comments. When Steve said no one expects the Warriors to make the playoffs this year. And Steph goes saying, is that, that's how bad it is? To make the playoffs? We went from championships to, damn. I feel you, Steph, because some of the questions I get, I was getting is like, oh man, you know, you guys, what, the main question I've gotten is what defines success for this team? And I told a guy the other day, like, what defines success? What defines success is that we put together a great process. When you're trying to win a championship, you have to put together a great process. That process runs throughout the course of the year. You're getting better and better. And then ultimately, if your process is good enough and you have the roster, then you get down to the nitty-gritty and it's like, yo, we're competing for a championship. But you must have a great process. throughout the year in order for that to happen. And so for us, what does success look like? Success is having a great process throughout the year, a championship-like process, one that we know can lead to you possibly competing for a championship. That's what success looks like. And then you, you, you, you, you take the cards as they're dealt. But the whole, oh man, I think the answer people are looking for is, oh man, we come out, compete and make the playoffs. Fuck no, that ain't the answer. The answer is put together a great process so that ultimately down the stretch you can get Jimmy back, you can get Moses back, and you can have an opportunity to compete. That's the goal. The goal ain't, oh man, we trying to get— we were trying to get in the playoffs. Like, yeah, we want to get in the playoffs because ultimately we always have believed and has shown before that we get in the playoffs, it's going to be a tough out, a really tough out. So yes, that's the mindset. But the— so I really understood what Steph was like, what? Like, I'm outta here. Because I got a lot of those questions too. But you know, like I said, I was approaching media day from a different space. So I just answered the question like you all like the questions to be answered. And I was direct and I was front and center and I was very politically correct. That's how I answered the questions. But fuck outta here. No. Always going for it. And if we fail, we fail. But you know what we're going for. 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Uh, but needless to say, uh, congrats to Steph on the extension. Uh, he left $20 million on the table of what, what he could have signed from for his max deal to allow the team to improve. I know we spoke about that a bit before, just on him being a leader and the things that he want to do and the way he want to compete. And I think, you know, leaving $20 million on the table and leaving the team some flexibility shows the level that he wants to compete at. So I think it's a great deal. You know, obviously he's still playing at the top of his game, so it's definitely warranted. But like I said, Also getting older, right? So you not may not play as many games and all of that. And right to allow the team to the organization the flexibility to continue to try to improve. I think was big says a lot about Steph, and I think it backs up the statement of what he said. I want to finish here, but I want to be competitive. I think it backs up both of those statements. So job well done. Congratulations to Steph. Happy to see him. get that contract situation behind him. And now you just go into the season playing. Christos Porzingis was announced out indefinitely with a health issue on the start of the day we— media day, the day we kind of kicked things off. We walked in and found out that he was having a health issue and that, you know, he'd be out for the foreseeable future. Is the foreseeable future one week? Is that one month? Is that 2 weeks? Is that 3 days? We don't know. The only thing we were told was that he won't be on the trip and that, you know, they're figuring things out and hopefully we can get him back sooner rather than later. It does suck that he's not able to be in training camp. Obviously Chris Staus was traded in January, the end of January last year, so he didn't get a training camp. And then trying to incorporate him, you know, 55 games in or 50 games in or whatever it was, that's always tough for anyone, you know? So in an ideal world, you would've hoped that he, able to get a training camp this year, uh, just so he can learn some of the basics that at that point in the season last year, you're not really able to teach because you're just going and getting ready for the next game and getting ready for the next game. And so, um, ultimately really hope, uh, you know, that he gets healthy, uh, praying and wishing, uh, a speedy recovery, uh, for Chris Stobbs. I know this I think it's something that he's dealt with before. I don't know that it's the same issue or not. As far as what the issue is, I don't have any more information than you all do. But definitely sucks that he hasn't been able to take a take part in training camp, and we hope to get him back sooner rather than later. Now we move around the association. LeBron James told Dave McMiniman that he was planning on going to the Knicks prior to them winning the NBA championships. I have visions of playing in Madison Square Garden and finishing my career in the Garden. But after the after they beat San Antonio, I was like, hey, I can't, I couldn't do it. Yeah, that would've made sense. You know, Bron going to the Garden, playing with the Knicks, a team that hadn't won a championship in God knows how long, and kind of trying to go there and bring a championship to New York City. I mean, what an incredible kind of cap that would've been to a stellar career. And when I say stellar, we're talking one of the greatest of all time. What that would've been, And an amazing feat, you know, to go to the Knicks and possibly win a championship. However, Jalen Brunson had other thoughts. Jalen Brunson said, nah, brother, we gonna go ahead and win this championship and you stay over there. Bron went to Philly and lived in New York. And I think they got each other on opening day. And yeah. But it would've been kind of pandemonium to see Bron in a Knicks jersey and in New York City and in the Garden every single night. I think that would have been a bit pandemonium for sure. But I get it also, you know, him saying, all right, they just won a championship. I can't do that. Let me figure out what's next. But I definitely don't think this is, like, this is fabricated at all. I definitely don't think he's just lighting, throwing gas on a burning fire. I think this is real. I think, you know, but shit happens. And the Knicks are champs. And we're going to talk about the Knicks a little later. Stephon Cassell and Dillon Harper had some very explosive comments, uh, from an interview with GQ. Uh, Stephon Cassell was speaking on Game 1 at MSG, which is Game 3 of the series. He said, listen, it was underwhelming. They made it seem like it was going to be way crazier in there. And sure enough, the Spurs walked in there after being down 0-2 and losing the first 2 games at home and got a win. And I agree with Stephon Castle, uh, coming in, coming into Game 3, like the fans were loud, but it wasn't nothing crazy to ride home about. But they were loud, they were excited, but a little, you know, they were confident but not overly confident. Like I felt like they thought they had got away with one in San Antonio. Anyway, needless to say, Spurs obviously go take Game 3. And coming into game 4, I'm telling you, the nerves that I heard in MSG, you could hear a pencil dropping there. And as you all remember, that's the OG Anunoby tip. They were down 27 or 28 points or whatever they were and were able to come back on the Spurs. But I understand what Kessel's saying there. It wasn't— it was good. It was a great atmosphere for sure, but it wasn't as loud as I've ever heard. a game in the NBA Finals before, like everyone was kind of cracking it up to be. Needless to say, you know, they probably should have lost both of those games. They gave it away and the rest is history. But, you know, I respect what Kass was saying. Now, you know, I think I can also respect that you lost and you still got the same thing to say. I just always think you gotta be a little like, you could say a little more when you win. Um, you just can't. Uh, that's just the way things go. But needless to say, I always respect someone who can, who can talk after they lost, or someone who can talk while they're down. I respect those guys, so I can respect Stephon Castle here, uh, with what he said there. Uh, and then Castle and Harper on the 2018 OKC comparison, he said they have strong-ass egos in that locker room. That's why we're so good. We've got 8 people on the team that if we all had an ego, we wouldn't blend together. And this is key. The fact that these 2 young guys understand that, um, it will bode well for this organization. It will bode well for these young fellas. And as they start their climb to try to reach the top, when you're already discussing egos, uh, and you know how they can tear a team up, that is extremely important. Now let's take this a step further. Victor Wembanyama, who we all know is French and got a little of the French stick to him. When it comes to basketball and what I see with him and his teammates, he doesn't have an ego. Now, I do think he's a little cocky, and a lot of people have said that. And you know, a bit of that is just the French way. But needless to say, you can also see with his teammates how his teammates respond to him. that there is no ego. And a lot like Steph Curry, when your star player does not have an ego and he checks his ego at the door, I'll be damned if somebody else gonna walk in there with an ego. You're gonna stick out like a sore thumb. This guy who has it all, who does it all, does not have an ego, and you're gonna have one? We don't wanna deal with that guy. So I can definitely understand this, but I just wanna say that is a beautiful thing that already at this very young age, these guys understand egos and how they could tear a team apart. So kudos to them. Much respect to them. I, you know, I'm rocking with that. They've been taught well. I wanna tell you about Zapli. As a professional athlete, staying at peak performance isn't the same as when I was 22. If you're a man over 35 dealing with afternoon slumps and low energy, listen up. I have to be incredibly conscious about my health, from training and sleep to my diet and supplements. If you're still buying supplements separately, stop. This all-in-one formula fills all your nutrition gaps. It's got 14 key ingredients right on the label, like zinc, vitamin D3, magnesium, and boron, supporting your energy, muscle function, and natural testosterone production. 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When you got 3 guys with contract situations, uh, going into the season, it can affect some things. And the reason it can affect some things is because you can get guys Starting to overextend because they're trying to play for a championship. Now, when I look at this situation and you got all three of these guys eligible for contract extensions, I'd be surprised if the Knicks brought two of these three guys back because it's a reason they have not gotten extensions. Huh? The Knicks are trying to make all of this stuff work within that second apron. They're trying to make all of these things work as one while staying under the second apron, while knowing, yes, we have to pay Karl-Anthony Towns, but shortly thereafter, Jalen Brunson, who took this huge discount, is going to be asking for the full boat. And if not the full boat, most of the boat. And guess what? You the Knicks, you have to do it. So they're looking at all of this and they're like, ah, And this goes back to my point months ago, you know, when it was like, oh man, don't be counting nobody pockets. I ain't gotta count nobody else pockets. But what I do count is these situations in this NBA. I know this business. And so when I speak, I speak from a place of experience. When I speak, I speak from a place of knowing. And so when I look at this situation, it all stems back to taking less. That guy took less. You should take less. He took less. We need you to take less. And that's what happens in these situations. And when I said it, it's like, oh man, this guy's counting other people's pockets. No, I'm not. Also, that shit on the internet ain't gotta count much. You just gotta look the number right there. Oh, salary cap taxes first April, second April. Ah, those numbers. Do do do do do. All you gotta do is look. You ain't gotta count nobody pockets. You just have to look and know what the hell it is that you're looking at. So for me, and knowing what the hell it is when I look at what I'm looking at, this does not surprise me. Because guess what? I know they're asking Karl-Anthony Towns to take a discount. And Karl-Anthony Towns is probably like, man, that discount is cool. That ain't no goddamn discount. That's that's far more than the discount. That's a little more than a little way. Like what what are we talking about here? This that's not a discount, right? So now once you get that with Cat, guess what they're gonna do? They're gonna squeeze Josh Hart number a little bit more. So then if you Josh Hart, you like man. I want to be around, but damn, they squeezing me a little bit more than I would have liked to be squashed. So then if you're Myles McBride, you're really the odd man out because guess what? They just got Landry Shammond for dirt cheap. Now dirt cheap is relative, right? Like this is the NBA. Landry Shammond is making millions of dollars. So before you internet detectives come out like you're an idiot because $6, $7 million a year is so much money. Shut up. Um, they got him for cheap for what he could have made. And so guess what? Someone's going to be the odd man out, if not 2 people. So I'd be very surprised unless these guys take a crazy, crazy, crazy discount. I'd be very surprised if you see an extension with 2 of these 3 guys. Unless they take a crazy discount, and that's just what happens. So when I said this before, and everybody's like, "Oh, Draymond's tripping. He don't know what the hell he talking about." Here it is. We'll see how it plays out. One thing you should understand about Draymond, though, is I hope all three of them get paid. I want all of them to get their money. I always want that. So make no mistake about it. Before it's like, oh man, he counting their pockets. I ain't got to count nobody else pockets. But I hope they get paid. But I don't think it's likely. I don't think it's likely. If I'm Miles McBride, if you're Miles McBride representation, you kind of got to prepare him for the disappointment once you see the deal Landry Shamet Takes. Hey man, it's probably gonna get a little tough. Either we won't get what we want, we're gonna have to take a lot less than what we can get, or we gonna have to play it out because they got this guy for cheap. And you gotta look at them future books. So we'll see what happens. Uh, but as I said, I hope all 3 of those guys get paid. I just don't think it's very likely. OG Karl Towns Sr., uh, spoke out a little bit the other day. I know I told y'all before, There will be no slander of the senior on here. I got much love for the OG. The way he show up in arenas, no matter what goes on, that man show love. And I got nothing but love for OG Karl Towns Sr. However, he came out and said, it only hurt me as a father. He was discussing KAT and Jimmy, and I think going back to their Minnesota days. And if you all remember, you know, KAT and Jimmy getting into it in practice and then reports coming out. All the other stuff. OG came out and said it only hurt me as a father to hear people saying stuff that was negative, that wasn't true, to bring him down. But in the end, it all paid up. Jimmy ain't got no championship. Karl bypassed him. Ah yeah, uh, Jimmy, Jimmy is Jimmy. Jimmy gonna be Jimmy. Uh, as far as bypassing him, Listen, I think that's for all y'all to debate. I'm not getting into the debate of that. But those are the seniors' thoughts. I would love to know what y'all think. But I know Jimmy's Jimmy. Ain't nothing changing that about Jimmy. Now, Jimmy still got a chance to get a championship. So what I would say to the OG is, if Jimmy gets the championship, Where are they then? Like, if Jimmy get the championship, Karl already got the championship, where do they stand then? I think that would be my question. I've spoke to you guys before, I spoke to everyone before about how tough it is for young guys in this league. And a young guy that I am very fond of, Rob Dillingham, finds himself without a team after getting waived following his trade to the Charlotte Hornets. And I will say, it's going to be very, very, very tough for Rob figuring it out in the NBA now, because you're no longer viewed as the 8th pick anymore. You're now just viewed as a free agent who needs to get a spot. A free agent who is going to come in the league. We know Rob plays with the ball in his hands. We know Rob can score the basketball. But when you're not viewed as the 8th pick, who's going to give you that opportunity to do that? Every now and then, you can stumble into situations due to injury, and get to show that, and then, hey, you showed it, and that's who you become. But it's just gonna be tough now for Rob, and I hate it. I hate it because, number one, you know, he was drafted in Minnesota for a team that's been looking for a true point guard for God knows how long. And when you talk a true point guard, they're looking for Rob to come in and dish the ball out and divvy it out, and I just don't know that that's his strong suit. And so I didn't— I didn't think that was a great fit from the beginning. Right. Uh, and so it gets tough. Then once you get traded away from the team that drafted you, everything from that point on is tough because now there's no covering over you. There's nobody wanting to see you do great. Either you do great or you don't. If you do great, they'll figure it out. If you don't, get the hell out of here. And that's kind of what happens when you leave your team that drafted you. And obviously he didn't voluntarily leave, but he was traded and You know, it just gets a lot tougher after that. So I'm wishing the young fella well, but I know it gets tough. Kenny Beecham had a strong, a very strong take saying he doesn't do anything well as an NBA player today. He's a negative passer, doesn't hit his 3s, doesn't hit his mid-range shots. He doesn't finish at the rim. And for a guy to be a point guard, which he is, he hasn't been able to create for himself at any level. And I don't know a world where a guy and play off the ball at 6 foot even. The only thing I would say about this take is, is I don't know that he's got a ton of opportunity to really do all those things. Is he a knockdown 3-point shooter, a spot-up 3-point shooter? No. And I think that's one thing that could serve him well if he shot the 3-ball better. But to say he doesn't do any of these things, I don't, I don't know that that's true. But again, to create for himself, at any level, I don't think he's had much opportunity to really be a creator 'cause he's on a team, and this is what happens when you're a very high pick but get drafted to a team with championship aspirations. He's on a team that if this thing doesn't work to try to get us further in these playoffs, we don't give a shit. And that's kind of another tough thing. It's very similar to what happened with J.K. J.K. was the what, 7th pick or something like that? Yeah. But you come to a team that just won a championship or is trying to win a championship, And the same opportunities you get as a 7th or 8th pick elsewhere, you don't really get those opportunities on that team. So I feel like that is a part of the case with Rob Dillingham. It's not really all of these things that Kenny Beecham said. I think it's also opportunity. Like, how much of an opportunity do you get? Some of these guys, when you're the 7th, 8th pick, you get 2 or 3 years with a franchise to try to do those things and figure it out. Rob Dillingham got 2 or 3 games to try to figure out because again, this is a team trying to win. And when you're a team trying to win, you don't really have time for a rookie to figure it out, whether they're the 7th pick, 8th pick, or the 30th pick. You don't really have time for the rookie to figure it out. And so I think that's just some, you know, it's the hand he's dealt. But that's a tough one. And you know, it's not just apples to apples. It's not just, oh, he didn't make a 3 or he didn't make a mid-range. It's a little more to it. Why didn't he? Why couldn't he figure it out? And that's what I think people struggle to see, struggle to realize, you know, when in these situations. But when you're the 7th, 8th pick and you're drafted to a team that's trying to win a championship right away, it's hard. It's really hard. The Clippers have lost Brandon Ingram and Bradley Beal for the start of the upcoming season. The Clippers doctor found a partially torn Achilles in Brandon Ingram's foot. After his heel surgery. I don't know what a partially torn Achilles is. I feel like I've always been told you can't be half pregnant, like you're either pregnant or you're not. Your Achilles either torn or it isn't. Uh, so a partially torn Achilles, I don't really know what that means. Like, all right, so if it's partially torn, if you don't get surgery, does it like connect back together? Like, I don't, I don't really know what that means. Uh, needless to say What this says a lot to me though, because the Clippers figured it out and they could have rescinded the trade, anything. The Clippers like, hell no, we got to get Kawhi out of here. Let's get Kawhi to Toronto so we can move forward with everything that's going on. That's what this says to me. Now, in an ideal world, you're like, hey, this actually helps the Clippers. This is going to help them lose more games, except they don't got no draft picks. You know, so you take a step back, you see all these things going on, and you like, man, is Ballmer really gonna hold on to that team and keep them in purgatory for 10 years? Or is he gonna sell and let that team get out of purgatory and root from the sidelines? 'Cause man, it is going from bad to worse, and it is going from bad to worse fast. Bradley Beal had successful hip surgery, but during his recovery, he then had inflammation in his right knee, which the team is monitoring. And this is something that you run into when guys have surgeries in particular. Uh, you know, hip surgeries are not, not— they're, they're not that great at all. The success rate of them aren't very high. Um, but when you're coming back from things like that, sometimes you tend to overcompensate. And I'd imagine that Brad overcompensated a bit, uh, causing some swelling in his right knee. Um, which, if you're the Clippers or Brad, there's no reason to rush back. Uh, but after all the chaos, you have to wonder, like, does people feel pity for the Clippers and their fans at this point? And I would say hell no. A lot of people are still mad at the Clippers for what happened to Clipper Darryl. Uh, a lot of people say it's all been all downhill since Clipper Darryl got knocked out at the game. And I agree. But early season injuries make it tough, man. You coming back from injury, you missed training camp, team trying to build some chemistry. Even if you do build chemistry, then how do those guys fit back in? It's tough. Needless to say, Clippers are further in purgatory. I wanna thank you all again for tuning into the Draymond Green Show. Until next time, deuces. 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