In this informal, candid YouTube conversation, Draymond Green and Fred VanVleet trade stories about their NBA teammates, focusing on Steven Adams' extreme carnivore "caveman" diet, Dillon (Dylan) Brooks' reputation for hitting opponents in the groin, and the broader locker‑room dynamics that shape veteran‑young player relationships. The duo recounts specific incidents—Adams allegedly striking an opponent in the nuts during a preseason FIBA game, Brooks' relentless on‑court aggression, and other anecdotes involving players like Ryan Hollins and Charlie. They discuss how these behaviors affect team chemistry, the enforcement (or lack thereof) of fouls, and the mentorship role veterans play in guiding younger teammates. The conversation is peppered with humor, repeated banter, and occasional reflections on personal growth, therapy, and the challenges of aging in the league.
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And Draymond be going at him and Steven Adams be doing all kind of shenanigans. Me and Steven Adams don't really get into it much, man. I think there's a mutual respect.
Then you kick my man's in the nuts, man.
Listen, number one, I was selling a car. I was selling a car, I got it.
You kicked my dog in the nuts, man.
Come on with that shit. Come on with that shit, Draymond. I ain't really try to, you know what I'm saying? Let it go.
Yeah, they changed the rules. They changed the rules. They changed the rules 'cause—
Hey bro, that's sick. Yeah, and I get kicked down all the time and the rule never is acted on when I get kicked. I get kicked all the time and they be like, "Oh, common foul." I know, I know there's a rule. It's created for me. I seen that one. I was like, whoa. Yeah.
Yeah, that was crazy.
How is it having Steven Adams as, and Dylan Brooks as a teammate? You know, I've had my fair share of words with Dylan Brooks about Dylan Brooks, but the reality is I think, you know, I'm not a fan of his, but I give credit where credit is due. I'm a fan of Draymond Green. All right, so you got one fan. I'm not necessarily a fan of his. Hey, he be on bullshit from the time the game start. Any team that he's on, he raises the level and I respect that.
Stephen, first I would say just the ultimate guy. Just like the ultimate guy you want on your team. Just like he just do it all, bro. Like he just, he calms the locker room. He's just a presence. He's strong as hell. He got, he on this carnivore diet right now. He might eat 2 ribeyes for breakfast and a 44-ounce porterhouse on the plane.
Like no sides. That's real Aquaman.
Hey, like no sides, no nothing. Like just straight steak. You know what I'm saying? Like he just, yeah, like he just, he's a real live caveman, bro. Like he just, Man. He just different and super strong, but super smart. Really just a selfless guy, all about the team. Great screener, great vet just to have, you know what I'm saying? Like you going into an alley fight, you want a Steven Adams on your side, you know what I'm saying? For whatever the situation brings. Like I've loved having him around. Dylan, I was not a fan of before we were teammates. I always respected him. Because I would say that I play hard every night. I take a lot of pride in bringing it every night. And whether, whatever I got is what you gonna get. Now it might not always be a lot, it might not always be great, but I'm gonna give you everything I got no matter what. Like I ain't taking no nights off. And Dillon was always one of those guys that I watched on a night-to-night basis. Like he don't take nights off. Being his teammate, you get to see the switch.
Yeah.
Turn on and off because it's just on the court. Off the court, it's nothing crazy, you know what I'm saying? Outside of like just showing up for the game. But to BD's point, like he really on bullshit every game.
Like it ain't— Every game.
It's no picks.
Yeah, come on.
Like he ain't got no picks and like he gonna take you there. Like he gonna take you there every time, every night, no matter who it is. Like he, And he came out the first preseason game last year, 'cause they had the FIBA joint. He came out the first 2 minutes of the game, hit somebody in the nuts, boom. Come to find out they had a beef from FIBA.
The FIBA beefs be real, bro.
He had a beef, Canada versus, who was it? Germany, maybe, Tice.
Bro, what's up with that? Why was he hitting people in the nuts, man?
First couple minutes of the game, he hit him in the nuts. Arguing with the refs.
I'm like, no, no, he ain't do it, he ain't do it.
Man, they showed that shit on the jumbotron.
He bow.
We looked at him like, yo.
That's sick, dude. What the fuck is wrong with you? He should be arrested.
Like, yo.
He should go to jail for that.
Dog, it was crazy.
Hey bro, he should go to jail. But it was— He should go to jail, dude. Hey, hey, hey dude, come on, dude. You gonna hit me in my nuts in the game? Officer, take this man to jail.
It was crazy, dog.
An intentional nut punch is diabolical.
Nah, he on it, man. He on it every night.
Hey, dawg, I love that he on bullshit.
He ain't got no pity.
I want him to keep going though. I want him to like, I want him to sit at home and come up with scripts and all kind of shit that he gonna say. Like, I want him to go all the way there.
Nah, nah, nah, nah. I'm slowing him down, BD. I'm trying to taper him off though.
But I think it help his game too. I think he play better and he free when, you know, he has that mentality. I watched him when they played the Lakers with Memphis and I watched him have this persona, you know what I mean? Going into the playoffs and then when the media and the Lakers and whatever he said about LeBron, like he backed out. You don't back out.
Yeah, but you know—
You go crazy.
A lot of that—
He was young.
A lot of that come from, the situation he was in too. Like, wasn't nobody standing up behind him either.
Wasn't nobody backing him up. Wasn't nobody standing up behind him either. Didn't nobody have it, yeah. Right, so that's true. They did not have his back.
So my thing is, because I get the flack, like trust me, I get it. They come straight to me. Your man, tell your man, da da da da da. You know what I'm saying? And I, you know, I get both sides. I'm like, shit, y'all tell him, you know what I'm saying? As long as we on this court, I ain't gonna let nothing happen to him. You know what I'm saying? And you know, if he with me, he with me. You know what I mean?
We gonna provide. That's how it's gonna go.
And at the same time, I'm telling him like, all right, maybe play it like this. Maybe do it like this. Like, all right. Maybe don't go all the way there unless you really ready to go all the way there. Like, you know, certain things I'm trying to help him with.
Yeah, he needs some grooming. He just, he needs some grooming. Personality brand grooming.
Yeah.
That's all.
I'm just trying to taper it down a little bit.
Yep.
Keep bringing it on the court and then we gonna handle it a little bit differently because when I come out the game and the whole opposing team is waiting for me in the hallway telling me they looking for my man, now I gotta figure out how to—
Man, that's tough. You know?
Oh yeah. I gotta—
Hey, Doc, I gotta, I played in Cleveland for like the last half of the year and I played with Ryan Hollins. And you know, Ryan Hollins is a good dude.
Yeah.
But he be hacking people, dog. He just, you know, he athletic, he, He just be hacking. And bro, him and Charlie Bill in the waiver got into it, dog. You gotta pull this up on YouTube. I remember, I seen that before. Boom, he popped. He popped Charlie with one. They start, Charlie start chasing him on the court and shit. I'm like, Ryan, yo, chill. Stop antagonizing. They sent Ryan to the locker room. It's, you know, in Detroit, they sent Charlie to the locker room. They about to inbound the ball. He take off, woo! Be life around the locker room. Hey bro, Ryan, Ryan, Draymond Hollis fouled Dwyane, Dwyane Wade, and D-Wade was gonna fuck him up. And I was like, D-Wade, man, why you gonna do that, bro? You know, he gonna fuck you up every time you come in here, bro. Tonight ain't the night for you to be going to the hole tonight, 'cause you know my dog right there, he gonna fuck you up. That's hilarious, man. That's hilarious. Hey, Fred, so, so tell me this though. You was about to say, When you see the video, how do y'all ultimately find out that this is not for right now? This is for something he did to him when he was in Canada.
Because when I come to the locker room at halftime, I say, yo, what the fuck is wrong with you, bro? Like, yo, what are you doing? Like, yo, what's like, you gotta give us a rundown. Like, what's going on? You know, this is how we talk. Like, this is how we talk. Yo, what's up? Oh nah, some fever shit, dog.
Huh?
See, boy.
I get it. What?
Dylan Brooks.
I get it.
You know what I'm saying? I was like, we not, mind you, we haven't played. Like, I'm so damn dumb. I'm thinking like, oh, we finally got our starting lineup. We gotta get our rhythm. We gotta figure out who gonna play, woo woo. This fool is like, nah, I gotta get my get back. I get it.
I get it. You know why?— He should be arrested for hitting people in the nuts though. There's, I love the French people as a whole.
Yeah.
But playing against France— There you go.
You gonna choke somebody else out?
France just, it created a disdain in playing them in the Olympics. It created a disdain for some guys. Like, so I, you know what? I may understand Dylan a little more than I thought.
Hey, Draymond, I'm gonna tell you this right now. If you choke Victor, your ass, they gonna get your ass outta here.
Hey, he can't get up. He gotta jump. I ain't touching Victor. I ain't blowing Victor. I'm not blowing breath on Victor. I'm not putting a pinky finger on Victor. I'm not pushing Victor. I'm gonna play defense on Victor and I may give up a dunk. I don't want no smoke, man. I don't want none of that smoke, brother. Stay away from him. I'm cool.
They gonna have Secret Service outside of your ass, baby. I don't want no smoke.
And also, you know what? That may have been God, why I ain't playing the Olympics this year. I ain't played with Victor in no Olympics. I got no disdain with Wimby. Oh, you ain't got no beef? Yeah, you ain't got no beef with him? I ain't played him in Olympics. Nope. Zero disdain. We turned over a new leaf. The great Draymond Green show. No beef. We ain't got no problems, man.
Therapy.
You know, you get old, therapy works. Hey bro, you get older and you know them young dudes, they been watching you. I had to tell my homeboy, I'm like, man, you can't keep just punking people in the gym. It's a young dude that was like you and you don't know him. So, you know, that's gonna be our pack. We gonna cultivate these young dudes because we don't know how strong they are. We don't know where they come from. You know what I mean? Oh, you call foul? I'll be in the pickup. Oh, it's cool, it's cool, it's cool. Good job. I don't want no smoke, man. I don't want no smoke. Come on. That's me and pickup, friend. Oh, you cool? Okay, cool.
