In this episode of the Draymond Green Show, Draymond Green and Colin Cowherd discuss the evolving role of NBA big men. Draymond explains that he "hates" big men who abandon traditional post play for perimeter shooting, but he is jealous of those who can successfully stretch the floor, citing Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, and Victor Wembanyama as examples. He frames his jealousy as motivation, calling himself a "Black Steph Curry" and describing his attempts to shoot three‑pointers in the gym. Draymond praises classic big‑man skills—post moves, drawing fouls, and playing at a physical pace—drawing parallels to Hakeem Olajuwon, Brad Daugherty, and Arvydas Sabonis, and he argues that in playoff situations big men should prioritize interior play over flashy jumpers. He also references other players (Luka Dončić, Maxie, Penny Hardaway, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade) to illustrate his points. The segment concludes with a DraftKings Sportsbook promotional plug.
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Why?
I wish I could step out and shoot the 3, brother. You know why I call myself Black Steph Curry? 'Cause if I go to the gym and miss 190 fucking 3s make one, I'm the black Steph Curry. That shit fucking feel good to step out and shoot that 3, bro. But again, you gotta understand about me, jealous, when I'm jealous, I'm not envious. I'm jealous to fucking motivate me. So every now and then I'll go out there and try to Klay Thompson my shit and just, you know, I built the corporate, I just go out there and try to shoot. I'm jealous of them 'cause I wish I was allowed to do that. You know, back then I would every now and then take and go coast to coast. The coach would look at me crazy. So they're allowed to do it. Indeed. A mixture of me in the post and Hakeem Olajuwon outside the post. And Joker, he's, man, I was trying to figure who he reminded me of. I was thinking a little Brad Daughtry, a little Sabonis in the '84 land. Like, his game is just nice. And I like people that play at their pace. I asked you about Luka one time. I was like, he really that nice? And you was like, yeah, the motherfucker strong and he play at his pace. So I really like those guys. Any other big— Wembenyama is different. He's thin, but like he does some stuff. He's really different. As the president of the big man alliance, I really like those three guys. Any other big guys, I'm not really feeling. So when he say I hate all big men, I don't hate all big men. Just don't like the big men that don't play like big men. Do you think there would be any benefit to Joel at times saying, you know what, I'm channeling my inner Shaq right now. Fuck Shaq. Just play the odds. If I got a guy 6'7" on me, I'm not shooting no jumper, even if I know how to shoot the jumper. One, I'm gonna try to get him in foul trouble, get my team in the penalty, and the percentages go up when you move closer to the basket. It's just so, you know, why you wanna dribble between your legs and shoot jumpers? Like, listen, when it goes in, it looks pretty, but when it doesn't go off in playoff situations, you're gonna have to live with that. Oh, you're the only MVP never made out the first round. And I know guys don't want to live with that. So I just want him to just, you know, play, play, play to his ability. Like if you got another agile big guy, you take him out and you go around them. But anybody that's smaller than you, you got to go on the post and then go to work. And then once they double you, you make it easier for Maxie.
Yeah.
Maxie's a good player, but if he don't have to work as hard, I think he can, I think he can be a lot better. Like Maxie was doing all that and he's young and all that, but I wanted to make the game easy for Penny, Kobe, and D-Wade. Let me, let me go down here and jump hook these motherfuckers to death. Then when they start fouling and doing all that stuff, then I'm gonna kick it to you, then y'all go to work. So that's what I think about Joe.
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