Is Wemby The Real NBA MVP? UConn STUNS Duke To Advance & Peyton Watson’s All-Star Potential

What's up everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. On today's show, I'll serve some of my reactions to the Elite Eight. It got interesting. Before going around the association discussing Wemby's MVP case, Shai's MVP case, the Raptors' 31-0 run, and the JT-led Celtics without Jay LeBron. Let's get right into it. [MUSIC] The Draymond Green Show is proudly presented by Grooms. Grunz proves that you can do the least and still feel the most thanks to a delicious daily habit that does the heavy lifting. Save up to 52% off with code Draymond at grunz.co. That's code Draymond at grunz.co. Last night we played the Denver Nuggets in Denver and we came up a bit short. Got off to a good start in the first half. Couldn't quite keep it together coming outta halftime. I think we gave up 40 points in the third quarter and we went into the fourth quarter down 12. Tough, man. Tough game. Obviously Joker's doing what he's doing. What I will say is Jamal Murray is playing as aggressive as I've ever seen him right now. Yeah. It was interesting to see. Like I've, I think I've, that I've ever played against him. I remember watching Jamal Murray during the bubble and that was kind of one of the most aggressive Jamal Murrays we had ever seen. But I didn't play in the bubble. And I think watching Jamal Murray right now, he's as aggressive as I've ever seen. And it's great and they need it. You know, obviously they were down Aaron Gordon. But I'll tell you also, and I know I spoke about him before on the show, but Payton Watson has gotten so much better. Payton Watson had a play in transition where he's coming downhill transition and I'm guarding the rim and I'm preparing. I'm not dead giving it away 'cause guys are too elusive in this league. You can't dead give away a charge from so far out. Yeah. That you're gonna take a charge. But I was pretty much angling myself to set up and take a charge on him. And he like stopped like right inside the elbow on a dime and pulled up for a little pull-up, little mid-range pull-up. Now, number one, guys can't make mid-range shots anymore. It was like something that got lost in the game and Everyone stopped working on it except the elite of elite scorers. And it's just a lost art. The way he stopped on a dime, foregoin' transition and pulled up, number one, said a lot to me. That one play said a lot to me because A, I knew for sure he was just gonna at least get close to running me over and maybe it's gonna be a judgment call. Or more importantly, try to get, to the hole, try to get to the layup some type of way. And we were coming outta the timeout and I said to Peyton Watson, I said, "That pull-up was elite." And he said, "Well, I saw a real defender in the hole, so I decided to pull up." And he don't even know in that moment what I was thinking when he said that. But when he said that, it said so much to me. Number one, Don't be surprised at the emergence of Payton Watson. Because if he can process that, that fast, in that moment, going full speed, stop on the— we'll get to the stop on the dime part. If he can process that fast, all of that, that means he has a high-level processor. So when I say don't be surprised by the emergence, he clearly has a high-level processor. When you have a high-level processor in this league, It's an advantage. It's a very, very understated but very big advantage. And so he clearly has a high-level processor to be processing that that fast. So again, don't be surprised by the emergence. And I'll take it a step further. What we've seen now is just kind of the tip of the iceberg. He ain't even scratched the surface yet. Payton Watson is gonna be an elite NBA player. He's still trying to figure out, like now, so when Joker went out, he really got to do more. And now he's figuring out how to make that work with Joker. And he's doing it beautifully. He ain't stepping on no toes. He's doing it beautifully. But he's going to be, I'll even take it a step further. Payton Watson at some point in this league soon is gonna be an all-star caliber player. And probably an all-star in this league. But like, going back to the pull-up, has a high-level processor for sure, but also the skill to go full speed, read what's going on, stop on a dime, look comfortable as hell, and just drop, drop it in. That— said so much to me about the growth of his game and how the game is slowing down for him, how much better he's gonna get. Remember, I think this is year 4 for Payton Watson. I could be wrong, year 3 or year 4. Regardless, Payton Watson averaged 3 points at UCLA and barely got on the floor. Payton Watson then said, Oh well, I don't care. I'm entering my name into the NBA draft. Entered his name into the NBA draft, ends up becoming a late first round pick, like somewhere between 28th to 30. And I didn't do any research on this. So when I'm giving y'all these ranges, this is because I'm telling you this off memory because I remember Payton Watson's pre-draft process. Payton Watson pre-draft process, I was doing things with the Warriors organization, our organization, just— Yeah. Looking at different players, going to workouts, going to meetings. During his pre-draft process, I remember his workout. And I remember having a conversation with him after his workout, like, "Yo, you got a chance to be a great player in this league." Like, "You got a chance to really come in this league and figure it out with your length, your athleticism." He has a high, high, high motor. Yeah. That was one of the things that stuck out to me most about the workout. You had this 18-year-old kid who played 3, who averaged 3 points a game in this workout, cheering everybody on, yelling, got the workout live. Come on guys, let's go. Pushing everybody. It was one of the more impressive workouts that I had seen. So I remember having a conversation with him after the workout, just about the journey, man, and how it goes and what to look for. And we've built a relationship since then that I cherish. The respect that I have for him is high, but I didn't want this to turn into a Payton Watson rant, except I love to see young guys get better. And Payton Watson is in a contract situation. Playing the best basketball of his career. That's how it should go. That's how it should go. It's also why I think school choice is important. Because for Peyton Watson to average 3 points a game 3, 4 years ago in UCLA and couldn't get on the floor, to be who he is today, you couldn't tell me he wasn't capable of getting on the floor at UCLA. Anyway, that's a whole nother story. But shout out to Peyton Watson. Yeah. It's beautiful to watch the growth of his game. And I've enjoyed watching it since seeing him in pre-draft workout, seeing how he went to got it regardless of what anybody said, man, you got 3 points, why you leaving? And he went and got it out the mud and he about to get rewarded. So y'all keep an eye out for Payton Watson. That kid's gonna be an all-star, no questions asked. There's a lot of fear growing that Steph might not have enough runway to, for the play-in game, that he would be shut down for the season. And what I will tell you is, I don't think Steph's getting shut down for the season. I do know that Steph is doing all that he can to get back. I do know that he's progressing well on the court. Mm-hmm. Um, and I do know that he's very, very, very eager to get back out there. And what I can assure you is whether it's one regular season game or five regular season games, Steph wants to play and he's going to do all that he can. He's been doing all that he can and things are really looking up. He's doing a lot better. But I can assure y'all that if Steph is capable of playing, he's gonna play. Whether it's 1 game left in the regular season or 5 games left in the regular season, Steph wants to play. So everybody saying, "Oh man, just shut him down." He ain't going for it. He wanna play. Yeah. And he trying to get back for the play-in because again, you just don't know how many opportunities at 38 you have left. Wanna make the best of every opportunity. So the one thing I can assure y'all, there's no shutdown coming for Steph at the moment. He wants to play. Coming up next after the break, we have another edition of the Tournament Check-In. Before I go around the association to talk Wimby and SGA campaign, well, Wimby campaigning for MVP. SGA kind of put on a campaign against them Knicks the other night, and much, much more. We'll be right back after this. Springtime can feel like everything speeds up overnight. 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Anyway, a little disappointing because you always wanna try to get to Final Fours and compete for championships. But Sweet 16, I think this team really grew together, especially faced with some injuries. We had a transfer that was injured, a couple transfers actually that we brought in that end up injured and, you know, set us back a bit from where we were expecting to be. But nonetheless, I think a great season. I think Carson Cooper did a great job of giving himself a chance at a good life after Michigan State due to basketball. Same goes for Jackson Kohler. Jeremy Fieras had an incredible year. All-American, first team All-Big Ten. Kwon Carr continued to show his improvements. We got some great contributions from freshmen. Jay Scott, Cam Ward. You know, I think, you know, our team proud of the young fellas. Obviously we don't do no moral victories. Obviously our standard is to make it further than Sweet Sixteens. And they know that. And I know they'll be hungry as hell going into this summer. I can't wait for ground week next year. But you know, tried and true. Coach Izzo still doing it how he been doing it. We want guys that wanna be here. We want guys that love the culture. We want guys that love Michigan State, what it's about to be a Spartan, what it's about to struggle being a Spartan and then come out on the other side being great. What that's about. And Coach Izzo, like, "I ain't retiring. What am I gonna do if I retire?" You know, so Coach still hungry as hell. Got a top 5 recruiting class coming in this year, top 3 recruiting class coming in this year. It's looking up for our Spartans. Had some big donations come in, you know, so program's really in a good spot. A lot of work Coach Izzo has done, a lot of work all the guys has done. Like I said, obviously a little disappointed in not reaching the Final Four and giving ourselves a chance at another natty. But all in all, I think it's a lot of positives to take away from the season. And y'all know how we rocking, we 10 toes with them Spartans all day. That ain't nothing changed. Yeah. That ain't never gonna change. Went to check out the Arkansas-Arizona game. And what I will tell you is what I thought last year. And I went to see him play in high school. Braden Burries is the real deal. I told y'all before, I was sitting there with Travis. I said, Travis, you said this kid is the 11th ranked player in the country? It's 10 players better than him? Yeah. And I'll tell you, You make him make a point with athleticism and this thing and that thing, but I still stand on what I said that day. There aren't 10 players in that class better than Brayden Burries. Brayden Burries is calm, he's collected, he handles the ball, he can make the pass, he rebounds the ball, he defends, shoots the ball, get to the cup. Brayden Burries is the truth and— He gonna fall outside the top 5, top 8 of the draft, and whoever get him gonna be a steal. He's a winner. I'm a big Brayden Burks fan, and I thought Arkansas was gonna give Arizona a little more trouble than they did. And the reason being is because I thought the A-cuff would really, really, really win the matchup versus Jaden Bradley. What I didn't know was Brayden Burks was gonna take on the challenge of guarding Acuff. And he did a very good job. Very good job. He set the tone in the first half, beginning to start the game versus Acuff, you know? And yeah, Acuff is a great scorer. One thing y'all have to understand, Acuff is a great player. But one thing y'all have to understand, this is what I always talk to you about. When you score at the level of Darius Acuff, you gonna score. Like, I'm not going— I'm not about to hold you to 6 points. This is not realistically going to happen. It may happen once every 8 years, but like, it's not a realistic thing that you're really going to hold. Like, he gonna score. That's what great scorers do. They're going to get their points. But it was different. It wasn't as dominant as the points that he had been getting in the tournament. It wasn't in crazy flurries. Like he had been doing. You know, it wasn't at will like he had been doing. Now don't get me wrong, I still think Darius Acuff is the real deal. I think Darius Acuff is no question a top 5 talent, a starting point guard in the NBA, all of that. I think Darius Acuff will continue to get better. I think Darius Acuff will bring something to an organization that not many people can bring. All of that. But I'm talking about this particular game. And by the way, got to see the OG Rashad Phillips at the game. I told y'all how much I respect him, his basketball knowledge, and what I can see that he's pouring into Darius Aka. And so shout out to them as they go on this journey. I'm sure Darius Acuff is probably headed to the NBA. And as they go on this journey to the next level, definitely wishing them well. But anyway, it wasn't as easy. It wasn't as dominant. And due to that, all the other guys on Arkansas's team wasn't able to gain their confidence from Acuff. They had to go do it on them, by themselves. And Trevon Brazile wasn't able to do it. Nick Pringle wasn't able to do it. Billy Richmond looked good, but they kind of started losing their cool a bit. And once they lost their cool, Billy Richmond got throughout the game. There was no chance of coming back because Billy Richmond was the one guy athletically that could really create and get to the cup and finish. Obviously, Acuff was doing what he doing, but just like Billy Richmond looked like a superior athlete in that game. And you know, Arizona did what they had to do. We taught Draymond Green, he's Koa Pete. Koa Pete's strong as an ox. He's super steady. Doesn't make many mistakes. Smart player, plays good basketball. I really love that Arizona team. And it was fun to see that game. Atmosphere was good. But that Arizona team, I have a hard time seeing somebody beating them. Mm-hmm. That team, they got everything. They got guys off the bench, they got good wings, they got good guard play, they have good bigs, like elite. And I had put on threads about an adjustment they needed to make. They didn't make the adjustment, but they saw the same issue. They didn't make the adjustment that I thought they should make, But they saw the same issue and they made the adjustment that they made was they switched the big 7'2 kid to Kaufman Wren when he was about to start getting loose in that pocket. Changed the game, changed everything. And so looking forward to the Final Four this weekend, I see it tough. It's gonna be a tough, tall task for somebody to take down Arizona. Yeah. As opposed to napping yesterday before our game, as I normally do, I watched the UConn and Duke game. And with about 13 minutes left, I was like, ah, they not coming back. I should turn this off. But something said to me, this is March Madness. You don't turn the games off. And I didn't. And I kept watching. And wow. Talking about watching an instant classic. Braylon Mullins. Wow. From deep, he just raised up. Caraban, number one, for Caraban to hit the 3 that he hit before and to not go try to go force up another 3, but to make the right play is why the basketball guys rewarded him. Braylon Mullins pulled up in stride, stepped into it for game, and then said, I'm gonna be honest, I really thought it was for the tie. Man, that's so cold-blooded. That game was great though, man. Cam Boozer did what Cam Boozer had to do. I think it's an unfortunate break because if you're Caden Boozer, like everybody's gonna say, "Oh man, why do he not hold on to the ball?" But the reality is they had two guys up the floor for dunks wide open. If he gets the pass a half an inch higher, they're in the Final Four after a dunk. They're celebrating, everybody's beating their chest, and everybody's happy. Unfortunately for him, and he's a freshman, there was 10.0 seconds on the game clock when they inbounded the ball, which means if he takes a 10-second violation, game over. And when you're on the court, these things are happening. In split seconds. You know, I know everybody's like, oh, he didn't want to shoot the free throws. I don't think it's that, because again, if I get this ball, game over. Like, forget a free throw, the game's over. And so it's unfortunate. Basketball is, it's like football, it's a game of inches. Every inch counts. And they got the fingertip on the pass. Even in getting the fingertip on the pass and getting the ball, every— they still needed a prayer to win it. And so shout out to the young fella, young Boozer. I know it's a tough time. I know everybody's blaming him. He'll get stronger from this. It's unfortunate, but why did the game ever get to that point? How did it ever get there? I think that's 2 years in a row now where Duke has had these spells in these closeout games where they can't score the basketball and the other teams just score. At a certain point, you got the National Player of the Year. We gotta make sure he get a bucket. And so, you know, everybody wanna blame Caden Boozer and I get it, but why did the game ever get there? It shouldn't have ever even got to that point. And it did. They made plays. So shout out to UConn, man. They keep doing it. They just keep on doing it. They keep finding a way. And then lastly, you got the scum bombs up the highway. You know, Michigan scum bombs took down Tennessee pretty handily. Yaxel Landon-Borg comes out and says, they had a freshman, Amari Allen, guard me. I kind of felt a little disrespected. So he popping his gums, I respect it. Yeah, they put a freshman on him, you gotta make him pay. I think Jaxson Landenberg is what, 23, 24 years old? So you gotta make the freshman pay and he did that, but he been making everybody pay. He looks as good as any player in the tournament. And you know, so you gotta give him his credit. But they got them Arizona boys coming up. And what I will tell you is— It's gonna be a good one. I'm taking Arizona. Even if I didn't believe Arizona was gonna win, I'm taking Arizona. But I actually believe Arizona's gonna win. So I'm really taking Arizona. And then on the other side, you got Illinois playing really good basketball and you got UConn who's feeling great about themselves, who I think, you know, they've done it before. They've been here before. Not as talented of a UConn team as we've grown accustomed to seeing. As of lately, but they're still very talented, obviously very well coached. This is gonna be a tough one, but I gotta go with Illinois. I think, I love UConn, you know, I really love their team. I love what they stand for, but I think the better guard play is with Illinois. Illinois is hungry, the resurgence. I'mma roll with Illinois in that one. I got a championship game of Illinois versus Arizona. And then I think Arizona will take that. But we'll talk again before then. You know, the playoff push is heating up. The tournament hoops are here, right? There's nothing like the excitement of every bucket, steal, highlight play. But you know what makes it even better? PrizePicks. Seriously, every pick, every win feels that much sweeter. People are amazed at how simple the PrizePicks app is. Just pick more or less on 2 to 6 player stat projections. Whichever sport you pick instantly makes watching the games way more fun. A favorite feature? Early payouts. If your player gets off to a hot start, you can cash out before the game even ends. And with stacks, you can pick the same player up to 3 times in a lineup. 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Again, as someone who's caught guys in that era, for sure, um, played some during that era in which Q-Rich played, like, with some of those same guys For sure, I agree with Q Rich 1,000%. In his era, everybody would be in the locker room like, yo, this dude's a clown, look at him. Unfortunately, this game is transcended by eras, and the era that today is very much so dealing with is the area of the new age, the new day and age media. And so unfortunately for Q Rich, and what he said is, I, I, I, I, it's wrong. Um, yes, I get what he's coming, where he's coming from, but that's the thing about basketball, and that's why it's oftentimes impossible to, to compare eras because everything changes. This is just a small example of that whole overarching thing, but everything changes when you start jumping from era to era. And so definitely understand where Q Rich is coming from, for sure, 1000%. But it's just not that day and age. I said this on my last show. If Evan Mobley doesn't come out last year and finally speak on why he's Defensive Player of the Year, he doesn't win it. Yeah. It does not happen. You have to these days, in today's day and age. Now, you can say, "Shay don't have to say anything." Shay's the defending champ, he is the reigning MVP, and it's Wemby's task to go take it from Shay. And I know there's been a lot of what I said about Wemby I know a lot of people were saying that I said that Wemby should be the MVP. Number one, I never said that. I actually think Shea is still the MVP, and Wemby need a couple more spectacular games because you have to take it. You have to take it from the reigning MVP. He's still at that level, and I don't think he's quite taken it yet. I agree with everything Wemby said, but I think he need a couple more signature moments down the stretch as voting rounds out to take that MVP. Now I think he's right there, but here's the point though. And by the way, if you voted Wimby MVP, you're not wrong. I'm not saying he's not. Like, dude's amazing, creative player, no questions asked. But he actually does have to speak on it. He has to, which is why the next day Q-Rich or 2 days later, he was number 1 on the board. Now, here's what I will say. I don't think Shea has to say much about it, but I think he's doing himself a disservice if he don't. Today's day and age is driven by media. If you think you don't— Yeah. Apply, it does not apply to you, you're wrong. If you think that does not apply anyway, you're wrong. So yeah, I hear what Q Richh is saying, and he's not wrong. In his era, that's exactly how it would be. But in his era, there also wasn't a 24-hour news cycle, and that changes things, changes a lot of things. Big, big conversation around the NBA is Patrick Beverley saying James Harden is a better all-time player than Dwyane Wade. Um, I struggle sometimes when people say James Harden is the best two-guard because James Harden is a point guard. James Harden is one of the best point guards we've seen. James Harden started as a 2-guard, but James Harden is a point guard, man. I— and so when people start making debate of James Harden as a shooting guard, I actually disagree with everybody on it. I don't think James Harden is a 2-guard. I think he's a point guard. Go find me a 2-guard that averaged 11 assists. year after year, 10 assists, 11 assists, 10 assists. Go find me a shooting guard who puts up those type of numbers. I'll wait. Not Michael Jordan, not Kobe Bryant, not Dwyane Wade, not Reggie Miller, not Klay Thompson. Two guards don't average 11, 10, 11 assists. So when people start making the argument about James Harden being a better two guard than Dwyane Wade, I disagree. Yeah. James Harden is one of the most elite point guards we've seen. One of the best. But he's not a 2. Could he be a 2? Absolutely. And that's why I think everybody does James Harden a disservice. James Harden could be a 2 guard, no question. He has the skill set to be one of the best 2 guards, which is why y'all are arguing that he is, because he actually— He is. Has the skill set. Fortunately and unfortunately, he has the skill set of one of the best point guards we've ever seen. And ultimately, that one ends up taking the cake. Offenses are built around James Harden handling the ball and making plays. And I mean all the plays. Hey, man, that's a point guard. And I think James Harden is one of the greatest point guards we've seen. But when everybody get into the whole two-guard thing, yes, he could be, no question. But James Harden really ain't played the two-guard in like 13 years. He is a point guard. Even when they had point guards like Patrick Beverley on his team, they go to the corner. James Harden is the point guard. So I don't know, man. I think, you know, when guys gotta be careful arguing this, 'cause then D-Wade come back and he like, yo, I don't understand why Patrick Beverly would say anything like that. You ain't good enough to talk about me. I like how D-Wade popped his shit. I respect it. I'm not getting in the middle of those two brothers. You know, those, that's a Chicago thing. You let them do they thing. But what I will say, Pat Bev coming out and throwing that 3-point percentage out was hilarious. He said, and I was better, you wasn't better than me and everything, I was a better 3-point shooter than you. Well, Pat Bev, the defense was guarding y'all too a little bit differently, brother. Got a lot of love for Pat Bev. Guarding y'all a little bit differently. The shots that were being created for you to shoot the 3, it's a little bit different than what D-Wade had to do. Patrick Beverley also said, by the way, D-Wade, I was 7-3 versus you. And I know what D-Wade response would be. It's like, bro, who's counting regular season games at the end of my career? But who's counting regular season anyway? What about these playoffs? What have you done for me? That's what my response would be. That's what I would be thinking. And I know that's what D-Wade is probably thinking. But I say to basketball fans out there, Pat Bev flaunting his 7-3 regular season record should actually be good and exciting for basketball fans because we want the regular season games to mean something, right? And so you can't have it both ways. You can't say Man, Pat Bev, don't come and flaunt your 7-3 regular season record, but then say, "Hey guys, we're gonna make y'all abide by this 65-game rule because every regular season game matter." Can't have it both ways now. So all I'm saying is pick a side. Pick a side. Don't tell Pat Bev, don't talk about 7-3 regular season record, then tell guys you gotta play 65 games because y'all screwing over the fans and X, Y, and Z. This, that, and the other, then the regular season does matter. So I just wanted to state those two things and put that out there. But Pat Bell's hilarious, man. But come on, Pat Bell, D-Wade was crazy. That's wild. Raptors going on a 31-0 run versus the Magic. And listen, I've gone on a 22-0 run in the NBA Finals. Wow. 31 is crazy. However, I'm sure the Magic had a great night out in Toronto the night before. I'm sure they was partying all night, got up, went in there and got punished. It's a tough time of year to get punished like that right now. You could see that team in the playoffs and now you fighting that battle again. 'Cause they feel like, oh, we just did this to you. You're fighting uphill. And so it's a tough time to do that. But man, what a run. Wow. That was crazy. Jason Tatum leads the Celtics to a win versus the Hornets with no Draymond Green. It has been extremely impressive to see Jason Tatum. Like you can see game by game him getting his burst back, game by game him getting a little more in his bag, getting more and more comfortable looking like the Jason Tatum that we know, dunking the ball when he get down the lane. It's beautiful to see, man. Shout out to JT. He getting in playoff mode as everyone is, and we're trying to. So Steph, thank you all again for tuning into the Draymond Green Show. We got Wimby and the Spurs next, and then on the back-to-back versus James Harden and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Until next time, deuces. If you're rocking with the Draymond Green Show, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app. And while you're there, go ahead and drop a 5-star rating and leave a review. I wanna hear what you think. And it would also mean a ton to me if you share it with a friend that you think would enjoy it. Let's keep this thing growing. The Draymond Green Show is presented by Audacy and executive produced in conjunction with The New Media. 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