Draymond Green says Knicks & Bucks won NBA trade deadline, explains what 76ers moves mean for Embiid

What's up everybody? Welcome to the Draymond Green Show YouTube channel. Make sure you hit that subscribe button. Make sure you like the post that you love, but you can get everything the Draymond Green Show right on our YouTube channel. So make sure you subscribe, check that out. Thank you. The New York Knicks. The New York Knicks get Bojan Bogdanović. That is Bojan Bogdanović from the Detroit Pistons. And Alec Burks for Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, and Quentin Grimes. Malachi Flynn don't see the court. Evan Fournier hasn't seen the court since they signed him to that contract. And Grimes is in and outta lineup. They made out extremely well. So now you look at these trades, they got Bojan Bogdanović and Alec Burks. And OG Anunoby without giving up a single first round pick. That's insane. The New York Knicks got better. Does that ultimately put them in the conference finals? Like Steven, they've been talking. I see a lot of people like, oh, they're going to the finals. They got better. But I don't know if I wanna get that far ahead of myself just yet. I need to see more. You also, like, the playoffs is different, man. Like the playoffs, and they've struggled in the playoffs some, like Jalen Brunson bought it last year. Julius Randle's had a tough couple playoffs the last two years. So the key to them getting to the NBA Finals is, or to the Conference Finals, I'm not even gonna get ahead of myself, say NBA Finals, let's just go Conference Finals. Julius Randle is gonna have to play well. Julius Randle can't have tough playoff series and that team win. It just won't happen. And so Ju play well and it opens up things for them. Like I said, Ju's last couple playoff runs haven't been great. So they're going to need Ju to be Ju, the Ju that is in the regular season causing havoc, all NBA performer, all-star performer. The max player that the New York Knicks paid, they're going to need him to be that same guy in the playoffs in order for them to take that next step. Overall, I think the New York Knicks definitely got better. They, they 100% got better and we'll see where that leads them. But they got depth, they got size, they got shooting, they got playmaking, and it's gonna be a logjam. So it's also gonna be interesting to see who gets those minutes. You know, they still got Josh Hart, they still got Dante. Yeah. Jalen, you know, they still got quite a few. So it's gonna be a bit of a logjam. We'll see how the minutes play out. And as we know, Tom Thibodeau play his starters 35+ minutes a game. So it'll be interesting like to see how Tibs navigate his coaching style where he plays his starters so many minutes a game. And now you got the type of depth that they've built up. That's gonna be interesting. All of a sudden you get, those guys have never won anything. So when you start talking about like, hey, you need to sacrifice for us to win, they don't know what that look like. They do not know what that look like. So that can cause chemistry issues. And so it's gonna be interesting to see how that plays out. But overall on paper, I think they 100% got better. I don't think anybody would disagree with that.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder also got better. They got, they traded for Gordon Hayward for Draymond Green, who I think, by the way, I think Draymond Green got game. I think Draymond Green has a chance in this league, but unfortunately got caught in a logjam in OKC where they're drafting 3 first round picks per year and you get 1 year to kind of show what you got and then they're looking at the next first round pick the next year. And he just got caught in that logjam. But anytime he played, you were able to see, or he go down to the G League, you're able to see the skills that the young guy has. And then also he's been studying under Shea. And Shea is one that has had to improve each and every year to become who he's become. And he's gotten a chance to get a first, a front row seat in watching that. And it seemed like Shea took him under his wing and took a liking to him. So I know he's been teaching him a lot. Looking forward to seeing what Draymond Green go to Charlotte and do. And so we'll see how that plays out. They also got Davis Bertans in the trade. Charlotte Hornets for Gordon Hayward. Davis Bertans hasn't seen the court since he signed that deal. And yet the Hornets were able to pull that off. The Hornets also has a slew of picks. And if I'm not mistaken, I think they sent over a first round pick for Gordon Hayward. Maybe a second round pick, but they got a slew of picks. Um, the Charlotte Hornets stayed active at the trade deadline and traded away PJ Washington for Grant Williams, Seth Curry, and a 2027 first round pick. Now, to get Grant Williams and Seth Curry for PJ Washington,— I already personally think is enough. You get a first round pick and that means they hated Grant Williams in Dallas. If you are able to get a first round pick with that swap, they was really trying to get off Grant Williams. Like they had to get him out the door. And that's the word around the league. Is that people saying he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way and they didn't love it. Quite frankly, I think I saw something that said he start back wearing Jason Tatum's and not Lucas'. People would nitpick at anything. I don't know if that's a reason he got traded, but— Draymond Green got into a lot. Stuff this year so far with people. He had a thing with Book, he had a thing with Donovan Mitchell, I think. He had a thing with, man, Grant's, I can't even keep up with the amount of people that Grant Williams has gotten into it this year. So I'm not sure, I'm not in Dallas's locker room, I can't tell you all the things that went wrong. But what I will say is I don't think they got the Grant Williams they thought they were bringing in. Just even by seeing him get into it with like all of these different people, like it's just not really something that you've ever seen from Grant Williams. And so, you know, I think, I think that's a tough one. Like you get, you sign a 4-year deal. What'd he sign? 4 years, $50 million deal. You think, oh man, I'm, I'm one of the missing pieces in what they see, and then it ends that abruptly. Grant gotta figure it out. Whatever it is that he did wrong, he need to figure it out fast because at a $12.5 million salary, you all should understand how this league works. That deal is just enough money to make a lot of trades work. You can either be a throw-in in a trade to make the money work, You can be a guy that gets moved to bring another good player in because it makes money work. But yet it's only, and when I say only, I have a concept of money. I'm not like someone that has made good money and lost reality of like how much money $12.5 million is. But $12.5 million in the grand scheme of the NBA salary cap, it's not a lot of money. And so teams will take that salary like no problem. Like, yeah, we'll take that. And before you know it, Grant Williams can be traded 3 times in the next year and a half. You know, all of a sudden he gets moved at the end of this year because Charlotte decide they're going in a different direction. And then you go to a team and you get moved at that deadline because just some, they wanted to make something else happen and you were the money to throw in to make it work. And so, That's what Grant Williams has to figure out and be careful of because that's what starts happening in this league. A guy get moved once from a team that signed him to a deal and then you just, all of a sudden you look up and that guy's on a bunch of different teams. And so it'll be interesting to watch Grant Williams' path. Know he's a very smart dude. It'll be interesting to watch his path and see if he can get it figured out. I think that's also— Draymond Green.— a lesson to young guys in this league though. Where there's smoke, there's fire, by the way. So in all the news coming out that he rubbed people the wrong way in Dallas and all, he did. Because they did not just trade you that fast. Where there's smoke, there's fire. I don't know anything specific. I'm not an NBA insider. I'm not about to go try to dig up dirt. That's not what you getting here. This is the new media. But what I will tell you is—

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Where there's, like I said, where there's smoke, there's fire. And for Grant Williams or just young guys in general, understanding your role in this league is extremely important. Understand why you get what you get in this league is extremely important. When you're playing with a guy like a Jayson Tatum, with a guy like Jaylen Brown on a team, Marcus Smart on the team that's going to the NBA Finals, and your role is as such, don't get so ahead of yourself that you don't realize the ingredients to your success. And so for all these years, people are like, "Oh, Draymond benefit off Steph and Klay." And what has Draymond always said? "Duh, of course I do." Like, "I'm not gonna sit here and act like the way those guys shoot the ball don't benefit me in the way I play. Of course." And then people be like, "Oh, you just a role player." Great. Great. Thanks. And so my word to these young guys is know your role, embrace your role, know who you are, know what a team wants from you, know what they're looking for you to be and be that. Be just that. Go do your job and take your ass back home. Be that. Because it get dicey in this league and all of a sudden you start getting moved around and then you on the outside looking in. It happens fast. I've seen it, I've been in it for 12 years. Happens fast. So to the young guys out there, keep your eyes open, know what your role is, learn your role, master your role, become a master in your role. You can never become a star in this league unless you become a master in your role first. So there's that. The Bucks trade for Patrick Beverley for Cam Payne and a 2027 second round pick. Going back to the Philadelphia 76ers. I saw a lot of people saying, oh man, that's a big loss for the Philadelphia 76ers. What that says to me is Joel Embiid not coming back this year. We can get a 2027 second round pick. We don't believe we can win with Joel out. But it's, you know, they're reeling a bit already. I think they've lost 7 of their last 8.

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And I just don't think they believe that they can do much without Joel Embiid, which is why you saw Daniel House move, which is why you saw Marcus Morris move, which is why you saw Patrick Beverley move. You saw Furkan Korsunov move, the only person that's demanded a trade 3 times and it was never granted. You now see him move. And so when you look at the moves that the 76ers made, To me, that says, to me, what I take from that is Joel Embiid not coming back this year. It's just what I take from it. I don't know that to be true, but in understanding and watching this league, that's just my opinion of what happens because those guys are got the type of guys that you need if you do wanna make a run at a championship. Hence the fact the Bucks traded for Patrick Beverley. And so, in moving away from what the trade means for the 76ers, for the Bucks, I think the Bucks got better with this trade. I don't think it quite solves all your problems, but I think it definitely solves some of your problems, which is perimeter defense being a huge one. The Bucks traded away Jrue Holiday, they traded away Grayson Allen, their two best perimeter defenders.

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In turn, Adrian Griffin got fired because their defense was trash. And so because their defense was so bad, they were still in second place in the East. But you just can kind of see like they're not gonna win with that defense. And so the Bucks shore some things up with Patrick Beverley. Patrick Beverley and Dame has had their run-ins. I know Dame, Dame my dog, very well. Dame is one who stands on business. I saw Dame put out a quote saying, Listen, personal issues, he's my teammate now. Like, I'm trying to win. Personal issues are what they are. It's my teammate, trying to win. And I respect that 'cause I think it helps them. I think it helps Dame. I think it helps their entire team with what Patrick Beverley is gonna bring to that team. And like you said, anytime a team is in win now mode, a guy like Patrick Beverley is a guy you want on your roster. And as you can see with the trade. So I think that made the Bucks better for certain. The Timberwolves. I think the Timberwolves got better. They brought in Monte Morris from the Pistons for Troy Brown and Shake Milton in the second round pick. I don't think Shake and Troy had given the Timberwolves pretty much anything at all this year. And so for them to bring in Monte Morris, who's a proven great backup point guard in this league, I thought that was great. I thought that's a great pickup. Now Monte, it's gonna be important for Monte to make sure he roundin' the shake up. He's been in Detroit all year, hasn't played a ton this year, was out with injury maybe for the first 40, 45 game, 40 games or so. And he's back as of late. And so I think that's a really good pickup for the Timberwolves. I think it is equally important for Monte to make sure that he goes in there and play the same brand of basketball that he played in Denver, not in Washington. Because Washington wasn't that great for him, just like it's not going that great for Tyus Jones. And so it's gonna be great for Monte, who's in a contract year, to go to a team that is winning and show that he's still that great backup point guard that he was in Denver. So many times in this league, we see everybody wanna become starting point guards. You've seen it, you know, they trade Monte Morris to Washington. They trade Tyus Jones to Washington, right? Spencer Dinwiddie, the same thing, all went to Washington. To be that starting point guard. And sometimes the illusion of, is he a starting point guard, is he not, is better than actually being the starting point guard. And yet in saying that, I think, you know, the backup point guard is like a backup quarterback. You gotta have a great one if you're gonna have a good team. And so a backup point guard, you can be a great backup point guard for 15 years and make a, Great living. And so that's also to the young guys out there. Don't get so caught up in, am I starting, am I backup? Like, yes, there's an obvious difference. There's an obvious difference, obviously. But just know that being a backup point guard in this league, being a great one, ask Jarrett Jack, sets you up just fine. And being a great backup point guard, ask Steve Kerr. Sets you up just fine in being a great backup point guard in this league. Ask Darren Collison, sets you up just fine. And so don't get so caught up in, I need to be starting, I need to be doing this. I'm happy as hell to see Monte going to the Timberwolves, not from a Timberwolves standpoint, because I obviously wanna beat the hell outta them. But Monte is a little brother to me from Flint, Michigan. I'm from Saginaw, Michigan. Known Monte since he was probably in middle school. And to see his growth and him become a pro going to Iowa State, not get recruited by the Michigan schools really. When I say Michigan, I mean my love, my alma mater, Michigan State, and also University of Michigan. He goes to Iowa State, leads the, I think if I'm not mistaken, the all-time leader in assist-to-turnover ratio in NCAA history. Goes and puts together a great career and then has nobody believe, had to take the long route into the NBA. Figured it out, became the best backup point guard in the NBA. Happy to see him get back to that situation because winning basketball for Monte is what makes Monte special. So him having the opportunity to play that, it's gonna be big for him, it's gonna be big for the Timberwolves. Although I don't care about it being big for the Timberwolves, I only care about it being big for Monte. And before we get outta here, well, before we move on from the trade deadline, Last but most certainly not least, the one that meant the most to me, the Warriors trading Corey Joseph to the Indiana Pacers for a second round pick. That trade sucks. And it doesn't suck from like a trade standpoint. It sucks for me as a player who's gotten to build a relationship with Corey Joe, one of the most professional guys I've ever seen. Works every single day. Dude will play pickup with the young guys because he know he is not playing a ton of minutes and they get put in the game the same night. Year 13. Again, we talking about backup point guards, young fellas. Year 13, this guy still play pickup every day. Still get on the treadmill and run after every game. Do all of these things, true professional. And sometimes it's just a numbers game. And that's what, you know, people should understand about this. It's a numbers game sometimes, and sometimes you get squoze out. And unfortunately, that's what happened to Corey Joe. Corey Joe is a huge reason why the chemistry on this team is as good as it is. The energy that he brings every single day, it sucks to see him go, and it's gonna be, he will be missed around here. That's for certain. Hoping to see Corey Joe get picked up by a team and end his career, however many years that is left, on the note that he wants to end his career on because he deserves that. The way he's been in this league, the professional that he is, a bunch of teams can use a Corey Joe on their team, as can we. Like I said, sometimes it's just a number game and it just doesn't work out. But Corey Joe, thank you for what you brought to this team, the vibes you brought every day. The Blu-ray games was great. And this ain't no, this ain't no end, man. I got mad love for Corey Joe. Definitely gonna stay in touch with him. Great dude, nothing but love. And obviously also, you know, he a part of the Mob. One of the originators of the Mob, by the way. One of the first guys to sign with Klutch early on at the inception of Klutch Sports Group. Corey Joe, much love, my dog. Thank you.