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Draymond Green Shares His Wildest Non-Basketball MSU Story

3 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube clip, NBA star Draymond Green recounts a vivid, non‑basketball memory from his time at Michigan State University. He describes living in the Riverwalk apartment complex, where he and his teammates and friends—Benny Fowler, Denzel Drone, Jerrius Jones, Tyler Hoover, and nearby soccer players—hosted massive, code‑violating parties that filled the hallways and apartments with music and crowds. The gatherings were never interrupted by police, despite flouting fire and residential codes, and became some of his favorite college experiences. Green contrasts this lively college life with NBA peers who skipped college, notably Jermaine O'Neal, who jokes about “university cash,” and a friend he calls “Bron,” teasing them for missing out on the quintessential college party scene. The story blends nostalgic celebration of youthful freedom with light‑hearted ribbing of those who didn’t share the same college experience.

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@AndreMN13, "What's your favorite non-sports related memory story from college?" I lived in this apartment called Riverwalk and my boy Benny Fowler, Denzel Drone, Jerrius Jones, they lived up the hall. Tyler Hoover, those guys lived across the hall. Soccer players on the end of the hall. And we used to open all of our doors, flood all of our apartments plus the hallways and have these huge bangers. And they used to be so fun because it was all of us on the floor. There was no one calling the police. The police never got called once at these parties. And they used to be flooded against every fire code, against every residential code possible. But we was all in cahoots in the building, man. We used to throw these bangers at Riverwalk. I would say those are some of my favorite memories. One of my vets, Jermaine O'Neal, didn't go to college. And he would always say, "I went to university cash." Like, J-O, we all getting money now, but you didn't go to college, brother. I'm telling you, you missed the best time of your life and you don't even know it. We all got to the NBA, J-O, but you missed that. I be talking to Bron about that too. Like, yeah, brother, you ain't got no college experience. Unfortunately for you, you missed out.