Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Jazz Acquire Jaren Jackson Jr & Grizzlies Begin Another Rebuild... Draymond Green Reacts

9 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this informal video commentary, NBA forward Draymond Green breaks down the Utah Jazz's acquisition of Jaren Jackson Jr., explaining that the Jazz made Jackson the designated player to eventually sign him to a max contract before trading him. Green notes the Memphis Grizzlies received six first‑round picks, signaling a full rebuild after losing most of their core, including Melk (Ja Morant), Dylan Brooks, and Kyle Anderson. He recounts a humorous conversation on a plane with Stephen Curry and D'Anthony Melton, mocking the Grizzlies for bragging about beating the Warriors only to fall short, and emphasizes the Warriors' confidence in winning a championship while the West’s competition, especially the Grizzlies, collapses.

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What they did with Jaren Jackson was they made him the designated player on the franchise so that they can ultimately give him the full max. And then you ultimately trade him to the Utah Jazz. So with 2 of their top 3 guys and what they have been building over the last 5, 6 years, they got 6 first round picks back signaling a complete rebuild. You know, we were sitting on the plane last night, Steph, myself, D'Anthony Melton, and we're laughing because I'm like, damn, Melt, y'all whole core, "Of that team y'all had in Memphis is gone, except Ja. 'Cause y'all was getting your ass whooped by us." He's like, "We was at y'all." I'm like, "Yeah, that's the mistake y'all actually made. Y'all came out saying, 'Yo, we at the Warriors, we gonna beat them. We better than them. We good in the West. We this, we that.'" Towards those guys. I said, "Then y'all run up against us and you can't beat us, but you've talked all the stuff about how y'all should have beat us." I said, "And it's funny because when it was happening, we would sit back and we would say to each other like, 'Yo, they just like Houston. They calling us out. They saying they gonna beat us. They built to beat us. This, that, and the other, then once you lose, you can't turn away because you can't beat the team. They did the same thing. We ultimately going to win a championship. Start plucking the pieces away. Melk gone. Dylan Brooks gone. Kyle Anderson gone. And so now you look at this team and they're about to go back through a rebuild. They just went through that 6 years ago. Woo!