In this episode of the Draymond Green Show, host Draymond Green interviews former NBA guard Jeff Teague about his 2015 All‑Star selection amid a historically deep point‑guard era. Teague recounts how he predicted his All‑Star appearance years in advance, the coaching guidance that shaped his scoring goals, and his confidence that the selection was deserved. The conversation shifts to the 2015 Atlanta Hawks, where the team sent four players to the All‑Star Game. Teague defends teammate Kyle Korver’s inclusion, describing Korver as the team’s focal point and “MVP” of the Hawks’ flow offense, while acknowledging the controversy over whether he deserved the honor. They discuss defensive schematics, including how opponents tried to trap Draymond Green and Rajon Rondo, and Teague praises coach Kenny Atkinson’s basketball mind and his advice on guarding Green and Rondo. Draymond shares a personal anecdote about his first NBA field goal against the Hawks. The interview then moves to Al Horford’s first championship, with Teague expressing genuine happiness for Horford’s long‑awaited title and recalling Horford’s earlier jokes about winning in Atlanta. The episode concludes with a brief DraftKings Sportsbook promotional read. Throughout, the tone remains conversational and anecdotal, with moments of enthusiasm when recalling personal milestones and a measured, defensive‑analysis tone when dissecting game strategy.
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Welcome to the brand new Draymond Green Show YouTube channel. Hit subscribe so you don't miss out on any of our content. For you to become an All-Star at a time where the point guard position was probably deep as it's ever been in the NBA. You talking Steph, Russ, Dame, Kyle Lowry.
John.
John Wall.
Man, Chris Paul.
Rondo. Rondo.
A bunch of people.
Like at a time where the point— And by the way, I'm sure we're missing 7 names that—
Draymond Green.
Like at a time where the point guard position was as deep as it's ever been, you became an All-Star.
Yeah.
What was that experience like for you? Did you believe Like before you became an All-Star, did you believe that you were that caliber player? And then if so, what was it like to then actually become an All-Star once you got the nod?
Nah, I told one of my best friends named Lou back home, it may have been like 2 or 3 years before that I was gonna make the All-Star Game in New York. And he was like, "What?" I was like, "Yeah, I'm gonna write it down. I'm gonna make the All-Star Game in New York and I'm gonna shake Jay-Z's hand at half court." And all that happened, by the way. So I was hyped. Like I knew I was gonna make it in New York. I had no question. Like I knew that's, I already had that in my head. The problem is I ain't make no more goals after that. That's where it got spooky. I ain't write nothing else after that. But nah, I knew I was gonna make it then, but I knew I was going in the right way. Like every year I was getting better and better. And then Coach Bud came and I had a score mindset. Like I wanna score, I wanna average 20 points. That was my goal to average 20 points. And he came to me and he was like, you'll be an all-star if you average 16 and 8. And we win 50 games. I believed him and it happened. And I hold him at a certain standard as a coach because he's unbelievable. But I just knew I was gonna make it there. I don't know how I did it. I don't know. I just knew and it happened and it was cool.
That year y'all won a bunch of games, got 4 All-Stars in. But the people wanna know.
Yeah.
So I must ask, should there have only been 3 though?
I ain't gonna lie, Kyle was the main, like he was so much of a focal point on our team. He made all of our jobs so much easier. I got to go to my right hand anytime I wanted to, because Kyle was sitting in that corner and you couldn't leave him. So I was walking to the basket. So I'm not gonna say he shouldn't have been an All-Star, but his numbers and stuff like that, I mean, whatever. But we knew how, much he meant to our team. He was definitely probably the MVP of our team. 'Cause he did all the little stuff and he made defenses change. When Kyle was on the floor, you had to account for him. Like he was almost like the go-to player for us. Like people had to take him out the game 'cause we ran our flow offense.
Yeah.
And it was based off him shooting threes. And when he wasn't making threes, we were tough. We were like, we was in a tough situation. When he made threes, we'd score 130 points.
Yeah.
So I don't know. I mean, people say a lot of times like he shouldn't have made it, but I was happy he made it. He was one of my favorite teammates.
It's interesting because when I think back to playing against those teams, to your point, a bunch of y'all sets were him coming off, flying off down screen. You get slips, you get guys completely fucking up the matchups.
For sure.
And if not, he coming off dotting the I. As someone who averaged 8 points and made an All-Star game, you're not gonna get me to sit here and say his numbers wasn't right. And he shouldn't have made it.
You know, important part, bro. I tell everybody when we used to play y'all, I hated playing y'all because they be like, back off of Draymond. But then you can pass and you see the whole floor, but then you will go dribble handoff with Steph and I don't got nobody to help up with me. And it's like, you know, that's good. Same thing with Klay. And I'm like, y'all don't understand what this man is doing. He the point guard. He really the point guard. He getting a rebound, pushing the ball. And y'all telling me to chase Steph around. This the point guard. So I'm yelling at Paul and them like, guard him like y'all guard me, get up. And they like, no, no, we gotta back up. He ain't gonna shoot it, man. I'm like, y'all tripping. He Rondo. This is Rondo. He just a taller Rondo. But it's part of the game.
No, a lot of teams did it. A lot of teams do it. And I absolutely love when teams do it.
They be tripping, bro.
Aight, are you just gonna let me sit here in this pocket and pick you apart?
They tripping. Kenny Atkinson, you know Kenny?
Yes.
He was the first one, me and him talked about it for hours. Like Kenny is a great basketball mind.
Yes, he is.
And me and him, he's like, you gotta get up on Draymond. You gotta get up on Rondo. You cannot let 'em sit back there like Tom Brady. They gonna pick you apart., but nobody would listen to him. I believe, I'm like, Kenny was my guy. So I'm like, Kenny, you right. I'm watching tape. You gotta get up on him. I was like, and you dang near gotta switch. You gotta make Draymond score. Like you gotta make him get 25. And you got the ability. I remember one time we played you, you was killing. I was pissed. And you was talking so much. He like, yeah, motherfucker. We kept, we was doubling the ball and you was getting in the pocket. You was making floaters, throwing lobs to Bogdan and shit. I'm like, "All right, man, fuck it." I'm like, "Man, y'all hate this dude, man." He was like, "Yeah, you better get out of that. That shit ain't gonna work tonight." But hey, that's what you did, bro. You unbelievable at it.
Nah, I appreciate it, bro. I'll never forget my first basket in the NBA. My first field goal I made was against y'all. I got the text. Smooth stood under the rim and was like, I came off the down screen, I caught it at the top of the key. He stood under there. I hit the 3, like, "Yeah, you better get your ass out here, Tak." First basket in the NBA. Been the story of my career ever since, man.
Legendary story though, for sure.
For sure. So I'm definitely rocking with that. But Al Horford.
Yep.
Teammate of yours. Just got his first championship.
So happy for him. Definitely so happy for him.
Like what were those feelings in watching? I know me and Al kind of had a thing in our finals. I don't know how he feel about it. I don't take nothing personal. Maybe he do. I really don't give a shit. But—
I love that about you.
Like he may fucking hate me. I don't really care. But a lot of people, including me, are happy as hell for him. What was that like for you? Somebody who, kind of started him on that trajectory with those teams that y'all had. And, but wasn't able to get over the hump. In year 17, he finally gets it done.
What was it like? I was so happy for Big Al, man. 'Cause I know how hard he worked and I know how bad he wanted to win a championship. He always would talk about winning in, at Florida, winning back-to-back championships. And he was like, man, I used to make a joke. Like when we won in Atlanta, I'm gonna be on the Magic City float. And he used to be like, only you would say that. Only you would say that. He's like, let's just win and just get on a float. Why'd it have to be Magic City? And I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna be on that Magic City float. You know how it is. I'm gonna have $1,000. And each, everybody hand, I'm just telling this crazy story. And he would be like, I want the championship so bad. So to see him win and to see his mom, his wife, his kids, his brother, his dad, they all there, his sister. I'm like, yeah, I know that meant the world to him. And to do it in Boston, 'cause he left Atlanta to go to Boston for a championship. And to have that happen for him, I was like, yeah.
No doubt.
I'm hyped for you, bro.
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