In this debut episode of the Draymond Green Show, Draymond Green and co‑host Jackson break down the Knicks‑Pacers first‑round series, offering condolences for Jalen Brunson’s broken hand and praising his postseason performance. Green reiterates his controversial claim that the Indiana Pacers are an “82‑game team” and refuses to apologize, even if they win a championship. He lauds Dante’s 39‑point effort for the Knicks and discusses other key contributors such as Tyrese Halliburton, Pascal Siakam, and TJ McConnell. Looking ahead to a potential Celtics‑Pacers series, Green predicts a Boston sweep, outlines specific first‑game matchups (e.g., Drew Holiday vs. Siakam, Al Horford vs. Halliburton, Jason Tatum vs. Nic Smith, Jalen Brunson vs. Nembhard), and highlights Boston’s size, switching defense, and ball‑handling as decisive factors. The episode also contains a DraftKings Sportsbook sponsorship plug. Overall, Green’s commentary blends personal anecdotes, player‑by‑player analysis, and bold predictions while maintaining a conversational, slightly sarcastic tone.
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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. We got the Knicks and the Pacers. Now, number one, wishing Jaylen Brunson a speedy recovery. Never wanna see guys get hurt. You know, guys live that every day. Talking a broken hand. A, it's his dominant hand. B, if I'm not mistaken, I think he got a kid. Like, you gotta live that every day. Like, won't be able to pick up his kid again. That's if he got a kid, which I think he does. Don't quote me on it. But like, my point is you gotta live that every day and you never wanna see that. So number one, sending love and respect to Jalen Brunson. What he did this postseason was beautiful to watch. Did everything, answer every call, answer every bell that he had to answer. It was beautiful to see. So shout out to him and wishing him a speedy recovery, number one. Um, number two, man, um, yeah, I definitely didn't think the Knicks were like that great of a team, which I said, and everybody's like, "Oh, you hating on the Knicks." Like, no, I'm actually not. I actually like did this 4 times. I kind of know what it takes and I know what it looks like. And I know everybody's gonna be like, "Oh man, like they got hurt and this guy got hurt." And like, that's a part of it, right? Like when KD got hurt and Klay got hurt, like nobody's like, "Oh man, them guys got hurt. So we feel bad for the Warriors. Like, 'cause those guys got hurt and they would've won." Like, nah, nobody say that. Just like when we won in 2015, nobody be like, "Oh man, Kyrie was hurt and got hurt during the series." And Kevin, like, you gotta play who on the court. So let's not even like go there. Let's just talk about the game. Because even before Jaylen Brunson got hurt, Indiana came out scorching them boys. And so when we do these podcasts, Jackson, like, you know, we put these rundowns together of like, different stats, you know, and topics we wanna hit. And then I just kind of go for y'all. So like, don't take away from the artistry, it's a real thing. But like, you know, and so Jackson has this question on here, like, do you owe the Pacers an apology for calling them an 82-game team? And the answer is no. Number one, I'm not apologizing. Now, if they go win a championship, then— Yeah. I'm still not apologizing. I'll just welcome you to the club. Like, welcome, congratulations. Like, that happened to Aaron Gordon. I told y'all, like, was destroying Aaron Gordon. And then like that next year he came back and he got that respect back and he won a championship. No problem. I'm not gonna apologize to you, but welcome to the club. You get a different respect. So, you know, Shaq always talk about G14 classification, right? Like, so it mean like, If you get welcome to the club, cool, like, but that don't erase what happened before. Like, so if they get like welcome to the club, then great, then that's kind of an apology, but not like, hey, my bad, I was wrong. Like, nah, welcome. Like, come on, you here now, a different respect. So no, the answer is no, Jackson, uh, there is no apology. Uh, however, I told y'all, I didn't know like what to make of the Knicks. And by the way, shout out to Dante, man. Dante played incredible basketball, incredible year. See him going to New York, right near Delaware where Dante from, you know, back near the crib with his dogs that he did it with before in college. And to see him continue to step up, 39 points. Was beautiful to see. So shout out to Dante, man. I'm very happy for Dante. Got nothing but love for Dante. Still was hurt that he left, but not hurt like, because I was happy for him, but like it hurt us for sure. And I was hurt. I like Dante, that's my dog. So shout out to Dante. But I told you, like, I just didn't really know if like the Knicks is real like that. Everybody like, "Oh, you hating on the Knicks." Like, nah, I just really be calling it how I see it. And you know, sometimes some things work, but you know, like, is that gonna beat you 4 times? And there was some things about the Knicks that I just didn't think it would win 4 times. And it didn't. And I know everybody will be like, "Oh, they hurt." Again, Jalen, they were getting cooked before Jalen got hurt. Like, getting cooked. And yep, OG got hurt for sure. And taking nothing away, you know, that's, those are all facts. So was Benedic Matherin though. Benedic Matherin was hurting and he could have been big for them in this series. So everybody has injuries. So we not gonna do that. And you gotta give those guys credit. Tyrese Halliburton came out the gate at the guard talking to the fans. Like you gotta give them credit. Pascal Siakam changed the series though. What Pascal was doing, taking advantage of his size advantage, putting guys on the block, wearing those guys down, it played a role. All of a sudden Josh Hart pull a stomach muscle. Like all of that banging plays a role. That's a different thing. And so, you know, you gotta take your hat off to the Indiana Pacers. I still personally think they're an 82-game team, like, season, like an 82-game team for sure. I still think that. But I didn't think the Knicks was real. So like somebody had to get there. But now it get real. Like now you get Boston, you know? And like, if you just get to the conference finals and then that's just it, like you don't really get no stars for that. No, that was the type of things that like save people jobs and like get people paid. But like you don't get like, yo, you get a gold star for making it to the conference finals. And now you meet the bus, all that is Boston. And Boston, this series is going to get interesting because the matchups I think will be important. Like I don't think this is a Jrue Holiday, Tyrese Halliburton, Unless you're getting them, because Drew, like Drew plays tight spaces and Drew, Drew gonna kill your screen and blow your screen up. Like I think this is more of a, excuse me, Derrick White, Tyrese Halliburton. I actually could see Drew Holiday guarding Pascal. That's the matchup. Like Drew Holiday and Pascal is the matchup. Yeah. Because you know, you could go Jaylen on Pascal, but Jaylen ain't guarding the post like that. Strong enough, but it's a technique. And Drew got the technique, actually. And so I see you going Pascal and Drew. Now you got Jason, you put Jason on maybe Ni Smith.
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Yeah, you go Jason on Ni Smith. And then you go Jalen on Nembhard. And those are, that's what I see the matchups being in game 1. Now, Tyrese Halliburton and Al Horford in that pick and roll is gonna get interesting. Because Al, Al can struggle guarding that pick and roll. So that can get interesting. That can be— Interesting. A good matchup for them. But here's where a lot of how Boston played all year is I could see them switching everything, like switching everything, boxes and elbows, making Indiana try to play one-on-one. Boston got like great size. So when they switch, you ain't just dumping the ball in the post to Miles. Like they switch, they box and elbows. And so we've seen at times Boston struggle to take care of the ball. That's gonna be the key to this series for them. If they can take care of the ball, Indiana defense can struggle at times. Now they've been playing great defense these playoffs, but Boston will find a way to get Halliburton involved. They got a couple guys that have Drew, like all those guys can get Halliburton involved. You can't hide Halliburton on this team either. So Halle gonna have to step up and play some defense and he gonna have to take on that challenge. If he want to give his team a chance to advance to the next round, he's gonna have to take on the challenge defensively. And that's not his MO, but he definitely gonna have to do that if he want to get his team a chance. Now, Indiana, they play well defensively, Draymond Green versus New York. But this a different animal. This a totally different animal. Now, even TJ McConnell, by the way, TJ McConnell was incredible this series. Incredible. Like, absolutely incredible. And I got TJ McConnell gonna have a nod on Peyton Pritchard. TJ, I would take TJ, me personally. However, I got Boston. No problem. Should be a gentleman's sweep. Boston do their thing, do what they supposed to do. Should be a gentleman's sweep. So no, there's no apologies, Jackson. They got to the conference finals. Somebody have to get there. It's the East. We get it. Got it. Somebody gotta go. And you know, but congrats to them. That's dope. Uh, but they— I think this is going to be the end of the road for them.
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