Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green Slams NBA Combine: "One of the Shittiest Few Days of Your Career"

17 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, NBA veteran Draymond Green recounts his experience at the NBA Combine, labeling it "one of the shittiest few days of your career." He criticizes the process for its tedious meetings with uninspired questions, medical evaluations that seem designed to flag players and potentially lower their draft stock, and a workout‑only format that omits 5‑on‑5 games—something he believes would have boosted his own draft position. Green argues that the combine is largely a technicality and a waste of time, especially when compared to the NFL combine, where performance can dramatically improve a player's draft round. He concludes that the NBA Combine offers little real value to prospects.

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The NBA Combine is taking place right now in Chicago, and man, do I remember those days. If I'm honest though, it's one of the shittiest few days of your career. You're doing all these meetings where you get asked these dumbass questions. You're going to all these medical appointments where they only wanna red flag you and drop your draft stock. When I came through the NBA Combine, we didn't play 5-on-5, which I think would've actually helped my draft stock tremendously. We only did workouts, and I'm just not a big workout guy. Never have been. Put me in the game, let's go. Workouts, nah. The reality is, The men's combine is kind of a technicality and a complete waste of time. The NBA combine is not as beneficial as the NFL combine. Somebody can go to the NFL combine, test out the waters, and go from a 5th round pick to a 2nd round pick. That ain't really happening in the NBA combine, which I think is why it's actually pointless.