Draymond Green and Baron Davis break down the Hawks' win over the Knicks, with Trae Young once again dominating New York. They praise Dyson Daniels' scoring and defense, Jalen Johnson's versatility, and DeAndre Hunter's consistency, while riffing on Young's signature moves, the chaos of MSG, and the Knicks having no answer for him.
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And then you know what I do like? Atlanta. I start watching more of them and they remind me a lot of y'all in the East. They're just a bad matchup for everybody they play. They play small. You got the boy Jalen Johnson playing like center, point forward, point guard. You got Trae Young who's just impossible to guard. But I think all the other kids, they fit in. Even the rookie. I think the rookie is finding his way.
He's finding his way for sure. And they're not asking him to do much. You know, they're asking him to average 11 points a game. Dyson Daniels has stepped up in a major way. Yeah, he stepped up. Like he averaging like 16 points a game, maybe 3.5 steals a game.
He's—
5 rebounds a game, 3 assists a game. Like Dyson Daniels is really stepping up. And then I'm gonna tell you the player of who's taking that team. I won't necessarily say to the next level because they got a lot of growing to do, but who's made this team as dangerous as they've been this early in the season is the play of DeAndre Hunter. DeAndre Hunter come in, lottery pick, you know, you, you kind of see glimpses and you know, not all the time. Now you're not starting to see glimpses. Now you're starting to see him grow into the player that everybody thought DeAndre Hunter can be coming outta Virginia. And he's starting to take that next step. And become a consistent guy every night shooting the piss out the ball. And so, Trae Young is doing what Trae Young does, which is always to be expected. But I think who's really changed that team, made that team dangerous, is the emergence of DeAndre Hunter becoming the guy that everyone thought he could be coming out of Virginia.
Bro, I was watching the game and he was calling for the ball.
Mm-hmm.
Getting into his spot, hitting the shot. And then turn around back court, back down the court talking shit. I was like, oh, this is a different dude.
Absolutely.
It's a different level of confidence. What is he in his third year now?
He may be in year four or five now.
Damn, for real?
Yeah, time be flying, man.
Time be flying, dude. He was like that versatile kind of glue. That's what they needed. If you get him rocking, you know, And then they got versatile guys who are skilled that can make plays, which makes Trae Young so much more important. And it's almost like you can forget about Trae Young if they play good. And that's the last thing you wanna do. You know what I mean? That's the last thing, for sure. He take a lot of attention. When them dudes start hooping, you gotta pick your poison.
You know what I mean? Nah, that's a fact. That's a fact. And speaking of Trae Young, Trae Young does it to the Knicks again.
Come on, dude. That's crazy.
Trae Young owns the New York Knicks, man. He owns the New York Knicks. And that man went and kneeled down in the prison pose.
And gave him the C-Lo.
And started shooting dice in the middle of the court on the low call. This man is a menace. He must be stopped. This man is a menace in New York City. He keeps doing it to the Knicks, man. Wow, Draymond.
Hey, bro.
Wow.
They would've had to have a GoFundMe. I'm sorry, Draymond, but if I was playing, New York would've had a GoFundMe 'cause I'd have kicked him. I'd have kicked him dice. I'd have kicked him dice and kicked him.
Man, come on, New York.
You gotta stop letting— Hey, dawg, he is really a Knick killer.
He is. Hey, but here's the thing though, BD. The exact reason he is the New York killer, is the Knick killer, is the same reason why he feel comfortable rolling dice on me and knowing nothing ain't gonna happen to him. Like they don't have anybody on their team that's gonna say, "Oh no, he ain't, like we ain't rocking with that." They don't have nobody on their team that's gonna do that. And that is one of the big problems with the New York Knicks. It's like, all right, when it comes down to it, who's that guy that's going to stop him from doing all these shenanigans and put an end to it? Who's that guy for them? They don't have that. And I think that's always one of the issues gonna be with these current Knicks.
That's one issue. Yeah, getting over that, man, come on, man. Ain't nobody about to be shooting dice.
Shooting dice, bro?
That's what you just said.
I came over here, I'm taking y'all money.
What?
I'm taking y'all money. I'm going to Vegas. I'm shooting dice on y'all logo.
Oh, that was so cool.
And I'm outta here. I'm headed to Vegas.
That's crazy. Ice Cold got antics. I'm fucking with it.
I love it. I love it. And when you own a franchise the way he's owned them over the last few years.
Yeah.
Ain't nothing they can do.
And they hate him so much. You know what I mean?
Absolutely.
Like that villain.
Absolutely.
Knicks, y'all should've just signed me for that game. So I'd have broke that dice game up with a quickness.
You know?
Facts. Facts.
You got to come off that money, son. Hey, bro.
I'd have sat there on my knee too, right in front of him.
You got to come off that chicken. Come off that chicken, bro. ASAP.
Shout out to Ice Cold, man.
Absolutely.
Yo, before we get to this next game and y'all next opponent, you do gotta tell me what's up with the refs after they heard your comments from the fans. What was that reaction?
Oh man, I don't even know if the ref ended up doing anything, but it's crazy because it was at a part in the game where I couldn't really entertain him because I was locked into the game, but I heard him and I was real close to walking over there and scaring the shit out of him. No, I see what he was gonna do. And I was headed over there, but I'm like, you gotta stay locked in. Like, you can't do it right now. It's wild. And I've said it, I've said it for years, bro. Like, the NBA kind of empower these fans to say what it is they wanna say. Because I know as a fan that if, for instance, this guy calls me the B-word, which again, I was like, I told him right in that moment, I'll slap the shit outta you.
Man, as you should.
I will.
Somebody should.
I very much so will slap the shit outta him. No, I can't. But just to feel the comfort to say that, like—
Yeah.
I'm telling you, if it's any other part in the game and not in a meaningful game, the game would've stopped and I would've got on it. That's what really would've happened.
If you had a pizza shop, a coffee shop, any other place, you ain't gonna say that.
Not at all. Because you know what comes with that. You know you gotta back that up. And you wouldn't be sitting in that seat if he was willing to back that up.
No.
We not gonna even go there. But like I said, the NBA empowers these losers to say what they want because they know that if I say this and he say something back, he gonna get fined $25 grand. Just like, I'm not sure if I'm gonna still get fined from it or not, but I really can care less because it's very clear. Like, you hear the disrespect. Everyone in the world hears the disrespect and If you think I'm just gonna be like, "Oh," that ain't never gonna happen. So it is what it is, but stop empowering these losers. And if they know they can get they ass kicked, they won't say that.
Yeah, they need to get they ass kicked outta the game 'cause it mess everything up for the fans. Like, I like the fans who boo and hate and talk shit, but the ones who cross the line and know they crossing the line, you fucking up the game.
Absolutely.
Like you come in there with a whole agenda. You know what I mean? Like I remember when I was in, when we played in the playoffs in Utah and it was this little white girl and she was behind the basket. She had to be like 8, 9, maybe 10 years old. And she was going, Baron Davis go. Hey, Doc, the whole game.
That's right.
Every time I shot a free throw, I saw this little girl underneath the basket going, "Baron Davis, fuck you, fuck you." And I didn't hear nobody else, but I could hear what she was saying. So I wasn't really tripping, but that kind of threw me off. Like, damn, dude, this little girl really hate me. It's crazy because it throw you off They came to the game, they was in the car like, "All right, you gonna sit here and you gonna say F you to Baron Davis the whole night." And it worked out.
Imagine teaching your kid to be a heckler. Imagine teaching your kid to show up to someone else's job to be a heckler. Man, you teaching your kid to be a loser from the beginning.
Oh man, shout out, speaking of that, shout out to my dog Mad Moves, rest in peace. He was one of my trainers. He was a professional heckler. He used to go to comedy stores and heckle people. And I was like, bro, why would you tell me something like that?
That's hilarious.
So there's people like that out here, man. It's like, you know what? This is a profession.
It is, but let them learn that as they grow. Don't teach your 9-year-old that that's what it gotta be for you just because that's what it is for you as a parent. Don't teach your 9-year-old.
Keep it peace, man.
Don't teach your 9-year-old to be a heckler, AKA a loser.
