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Draymond on Facing Young NBA Stars With The "Warrior Effect"

5 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Draymond Green calls it the "Warrior effect": young NBA players elevate their game against Golden State because they see it as their personal Finals. Green says the Warriors must kill that momentum early or lose.

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Anytime a star go out against us, you're always gonna have guys that step up and just play outta their minds. Like that is the Warrior effect. That is the effect that you get when you've had the success that we've had. You figure a lot of these young guys that come into the NBA now, they grew up on the success that we've had. So when they come into that game, it's like, it's their NBA Finals. It's like, It's their childhood dream come true. And so you always get like the absolute best version of guys. No excuse of why we lose those games. But then I think for us, where we have to grow is you have to put the fire out before it even gets started.

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