In this episode of the Draymond Green Show, Draymond Green recaps the Miami Heat’s surprising 4‑1 series win over the Milwaukee Bucks, highlighting Jimmy Butler’s dominant scoring performances, controversial officiating angles, and the strategic decision to leave Brook Lopez out of the game. He critiques Giannis Antetokounmpo’s free‑throw shooting and discusses the Bucks’ looming roster questions, including Giannis’s contract extension, Khris Middleton’s opt‑out, and head coach Mike Budenholzer’s job security. Green then shifts to broader playoff analysis, predicting the Heat will defeat the New York Knicks, noting the matchup advantages of Butler versus Jalen Brunson, and commenting on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ need for a 3‑and‑D player. He also touches on the growing relevance of the play‑in tournament and includes a brief sponsorship plug for the GameTime ticketing app. Throughout, Green mixes analytical breakdowns with personal anecdotes and a conversational, enthusiastic tone.
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What's up everybody? It's Draymond Green. Make sure you subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel below so you don't miss any more of this great content going forward. What's up everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. A lot going on in the NBA. A lot of things to talk about. Couple things that nobody would've expected to happen. Number one was the Heat beating the Bucks. Closed that series out 4-1. Man, best record in the NBA. Heat close out in 4-1. Jimmy Butler, game 4, 56 points. Game 5, 42 points on the road and a W. Nah, play, nah, coach scratch that. But this what we doing? And then deliver? Lot of credit to Jimmy Butler. Most guys would not ask for the ball in that situation. Jimmy, a different dude. The NBA playoffs are upon us. 20 teams will get in, all with one goal. It's gonna be awesome to watch on television, but I think I can say firsthand and tell all of you there's no comparison to being at these games live. 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It's last second play, both guys going for the ball, 3 guys going for the ball and like, yeah, he get away with a little nudge, but it's the playoffs and like you gotta be a little, little, little stronger, a little tougher. So I agree with the referees not calling the push off. Although if you know anything about referees and refereeing angles, Pat is on the baseline on the opposite side of, on the opposite side of Pat Connaughton. Yeah. And when I say Pat, I'm saying, I'm gonna butcher Pat's last name, so don't hold this against me, but Pat Frayer is the official. He's standing on the baseline behind Pat Connaughton. Then there's an official back this way, like up the sideline. Hard for him to have an angle on that too. So it's actually the perfect position for a referee not to have an angle. But that's also me understanding a little bit more about officiating angles and what you can get away with because there's no referee at certain angles. Absolutely amazing. I saw a lot of people saying, why is Brook Lopez not in the game? That play would've never happened if Brook Lopez was in the game. Well, let's discuss something. If Brook Lopez was in the game and the one thing Milwaukee can't do there, and I want everyone to understand this, there's one thing, and I spoke about it with myself in Game 4. There's one thing you can't do there. You just can't give up a 3. Yeah. If you give up a layup, guess what? If you give up a 2, guess what? You go into overtime. So your worst case scenario, if you are Milwaukee, has to be what happened, which is we go into overtime. But under no circumstances do you give up a 3. So hindsight is 20/20. We can all look back at the play and say, oh man, Brook Lopez shouldn't have been in the game to protect the rim. But if Brook Lopez is in the game to protect the rim and somebody pop for 3, then y'all gonna say, oh man, you should have took the 3 away and Brook Lopez shouldn't have been in the game because we know he's not guarding the 3-point line. So I actually agree with Mike Budenholzer there to not have Brook Lopez in the game. Although yes, all the basketball geniuses and experts are gonna say, why was Brook Lopez not in the game? That just shows why you're not a basketball genius and why you're not a basketball expert. Because no chance Brook Lopez should have been in that game. Just no chance. If you run something and you run everyone to the 3-point line and Brook Lopez is standing in the paint protecting the rim and you lose that game in regulation, then you really go at Mike Budenholzer for who's in the game. But not that Brook wasn't in the game. So that's that. Giannis, number one, I was very disappointed in Giannis for throwing that ball like that. Like 10 for 23 from the line. I get it. Whether they foul you or not, it is what it is. Last night I was 4 for 8 from the line. And if I catch a ball in the situ— you have to, like, you cannot just get rid of the ball. Like hold on to the ball. The ball in that situation is the most important thing. And so I was a little disappointed in that, especially for someone who went 18 for 19, if I'm not mistaken, to close out an NBA Finals. Like it's there, man. Like, yeah, you go through struggles and you go through slumps, but did it at the biggest stage, the biggest stage you've done it. So like you can always look back to that. Yeah. And like find some confidence in that. So that was a little disappointing. Also for the Milwaukee Bucks not to get a shot off. I'm sorry, but the ball can't end up in Grayson Allen's hand. Like you got Drew Holliday, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo on the floor. Under no circumstances should the ball end up in Grayson Allen's hand. Now, he was— now, if I'm kicking to Grayson Allen in the corner, 'cause that's the last, then you know, you do that. But like, he didn't get a shot off. They were down 2. To not get a shot off down 2 is absolute— you turn the ball over, that's one thing. Like, you turn the ball over going— we all have turnovers. You turn the ball over and not get a shot off, that's one thing. Lose the ball, fumble it. But to like be making the move and not get a shot off is crazy. It's crazy. And that's why the ball shouldn't have been in Grayson Allen hands in that situation. It just shouldn't have been. I disagree with it, but that happens. And that's what you end up with. We will see what happens with the Milwaukee Bucks. A lot of things coming up. Giannis is due for an extension this summer. Chris Middleton has an opt-out this summer. Obviously we know, you know, there's changing of guard with the ownership group and There's also been a little noise about Mike Budenholzer not being brought back, not being retained. It's a guy who won a championship 2 years ago, had the best record in the league, unfortunately got upset. They're saying he may not be back. So it's a lot to watch there. Will Giannis sign the extension? Will Giannis not sign the extension? If not, what does that mean for the future of your franchise? You usually don't see players like Giannis get traded. You just ride it out to the end and see if you can bring your guy back. Players of that caliber, that has possibly changed with the trading of Kevin Durant this year. You know, maybe you will see more superstars get traded now. I don't know. But it's just not a normal thing. Like you have to try to ride that thing most times till the wheels fall off in the hopes that you get him back. Stuff get interesting in Milwaukee, or they could just run it back next year knowing that they had the best record in the league. Jimmy Butler went apeshit. Jimmy Butler's gonna show up for the playoffs again because he shows up every year for the playoffs. And they've kind of had a back and forth thing over the last few years. So it's been going that way. Jimmy got it done. Gabe Vincent, huge shot, huge shot down the stretch for Gabe Vincent. And actually almost hit another one. It went in and out. Shout out to Gabe Vincent for stepping up in that situation, man. I saw Jared Allen say the lights was too bright. Like the lights were brighter than expected. Quite frankly, that's the case for a lot of guys in the NBA. Maybe like 85% of guys, the lights get bright, too bright. But you can't come out and say that. Like, you can't come out and say the lights was too bright for me. Not, and you lost. Like I told y'all when the stuff happened in Boston with me, like, and they was like, fuck Draymond Green, and like all of this stuff and like a little racial, but we don't, I don't ever like to take it there. Like it is what it is, but. Yeah. I told y'all I got a little rattle, but the lights being too bright, that's next level. That's next level. So now if you're the Cavs, what do you do? Have a great season, get home court advantage, lose in the first round. Scoring was a big issue. Stops was a big issue. What do you do if you the Cavs now? Glaringly noticeable that you need a 3 and D guy. But what do you do? Gets interesting. Offseason gets interesting. But that's, that's 2 series that closed out. So we will now see the New York Knicks versus the Miami Heat the next round. I'm taking the Heat. I'm taking Jimmy Butler. With the injury to Julius Randle, not certain if he'll be ready for game 1. The Heat has something that the Cleveland Cavaliers doesn't have. And that is you can put Jimmy Butler on Jalen Brunson. You try to make it a little tougher with size on Jaylen Brunson. Jaylen Brunson has been incredible, but he's not gonna bully Jimmy Butler in the mid-range, get to his spot and just bump Jimmy off. Jimmy, you, you just not gonna do that to Jimmy. So I'd be, it'd be interesting to see how the Heat decide to match up. But I'd expect at some point in this series and probably earlier rather than later at the rate that this guy is, Jaylen Brunson is playing, to see Jimmy Butler take on that matchup. And you know Jimmy never ducking any matchup, but I expect that to be a Spoh game plan thing because Jimmy, I mean Jalen is getting to his spot. And we spoke last week about Darius Garland like being much stronger than I thought, but that's what Jalen Brunson is looking for. So be interested in the series. I'm gonna take the Heat in that one. All right. Play-in team. That play-in tournament is looking more and more promising for the NBA. 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