Draymond Green Explains Why He Lost Confidence With His Jumper | Podcast P

Paul George and Draymond Green discussed how making changes to their game early in their careers has proven beneficial in the long run. Draymond also shared insights on how his versatile playing style helped compensate for his lack of confidence in his shot throughout the previous season.
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[@abdullahhusain9336]

It's interesting to hear Draymond talking about his sacrifice and how it was difficult, but ultimately worth it because of all the success that his sacrifice brought about. And on the flip side, Evan Turner was just on JJ Reddick's podcast and was talking about how he was asked to sacrifice, and it ultimately screwed him and his career because it didn't lead to championships and accolades and individual success.

[@sambaca5058]

Perspective is everything

[@aaronbarkley539]

Draymond hasn't sacrificed shit, the dude has been one of the luckiest players in NBA history, literally does nothing for his team and yet is called a HOFer

[@abdullahhusain9336]

@@exousia2002 yeah for sure luck has a lot to do with it. Which team drafts you and who your teammates are can make or break someone's career. In my opinion though, Evan Turner shouldn't have sacrificed or taken a backseat to anyone who wouldn't actually elevate the team, unless he knew he could be ultra effective as a role player. Clearly that wasn't the case

[@AndreSabal-lf8bi]

you know nothing dawg lmao

[@darray.]

@@aaronbarkley539you are drunk

[@jassxnc]

Mans had 27 w 5 threes in the first half of an NBA FINALS GAME 7 and ppl act like that just never happened

[@ciaojay7025]

And would've won the FMVP if they won

[@css1741]

They lost.

[@jnl7196]

@@css1741because the rest of his team only showed up when they received a pass from Draymond to get the assist

[@shanksbakes1925]

This is the realist shit. Im a soccer player. Was a d1 player and now one division below professional level in spain. Just turned 23 years old. My first year in spain for the first time ever i lost confidence in myself and my game. The year sucked , circumstances sucked , had toxic teamates who could speak in lingo i didnt understand . Nobody can understand until it happens and its easier said than done to “never lose confidence” but long story short, take risk in your sport and life and realize life still goes on and do it again. Its why i honestly hate when ppl nack on ben simmons, ppl rly dont understand n he cud easily bounce back n become an allstar , its just mindset.

[@taetrrtot6205]

I swear it be ppl who'd crack under pressure who talk the most

[@burimbodin]

Yo homie I’m from Spain, where you playing at!? Don’t let them pricks get you down homie.. they be gossiping like bitches

[@steviegreenthumb4720]

Yeah 100%, plus you factor in just how fucked that back injury he had is and its amazing the dude is even still ABLE to play some days, one of my mates had that same back injury and literally was out of work for 2 years on workers comp, the bloke could barely fuckin walk and ppl expect ben to just ball up lmao

[@Romanus-]

Wishing you the best in your career man👍🏻

[@jsimmons834]

Real talk about D Lee...quality pro. I like how Draymond opened up with PG......Real recognize real.

[@brianbanks8570]

Replacing D Lee was THE REASON all the championships started!!!!

[@BonesDMS4life]

@@brianbanks8570needed less scoring more playmaking and defense

[@ghostofrnb]

Just to give some context, the Warriors in the regular season and playoffs are 159-31 (.83%) when Draymond hits 2+ threes in a game and 60-9 (.87%) when he makes 3+ three pointers. Him getting this back in his game, like it was 2015-2018, makes the Warriors close to unbeatable. This was the case even before Kevin Durant got there.

[@irollerblade13]

You're not lying cause guess what Numbers don't have feelings these are just facts.

[@ranielcyrusechon1159]

Remember they only lose 9 games without KD and draymond still got his shot. Yeah the team is dangerous as long as those 3 core are intact

[@lucidstudious750]

When draymond starts hitting shots, defense can't focus fully on steph and klay. That leads to easy buckets for everyone

People forget before KD got there Draymond would shoot that bitch if he was super open

[@brandonhinrichs4393]

No it doesn't. Defensively if they're shooting a 3 he's the warrior you want shooting it. They will gladly give him open 3s all night as long as it's not steph and Klays hands

[@ImThatChosenOne]

The insight that these players give, the vulnerability to be CURRENTLY playing and tell of lack of confidence, the chill atmosphere they got going. This is a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 video and thanks for the amazing content!

[@kanajingly8957]

It's really weird to be telling your opponent all your vulnerabilities, particularly when the sitting in the same division. I'm sure Paul George is taking notes here and thinking, I have to do everything to ensure that Draymond does not get his confidence back.

[@Lemjanmusic]

​@@kanajingly8957these are made vets. They are at the tail end of their career so they're just cool

[@Seitex2004]

@@kanajingly8957lmao they’re professionals if Draymond can’t his confidence back himself it’s never coming back

[@livefromthemotherland]

@@kanajingly8957facts

[@kanajingly8957]

@@Seitex2004 Yeah but why the hell talk about your issues against an opponent in your division? That's stupid. Doing after you're retired.

[@lauderdalerobite3549]

Wow, appreciate Draymond more now. Great conversation so insightful. Just wow

[@user-cw9gi4ri6q]

Best basketball content out there right now, many thanks 🙏

[@theinktician]

It's cool hearing about D Lee. Drayomnd usually talks about Bogut when talking about his growth and learning his role.

[@Itsjustlikemagic]

Draymond is not only the ultimate overachiever based on the limited basketball skills that god has blessed with but he is such an intelligent basketball player too. He understands his strengths and weaknesses and doesn’t force bad decisions. Too many players in the league are terrible shooters but will still force the situation by dropping up a lot of bad shots. A smart basketball player like Draymond will only shoot it when he has confidence or is in rhythm.

[@47hundo86]

his skills aren’t limited his physical abilities are he dont run the fasted dont jump the highest aint the strongest but he got that DAWG in him

[@natenav8247]

Naw everybody forgets about that 2016 32 pt game in the finals that shit underrated Asf

[@radezzientertainment501]

gonna be a great ep .. cant wait

[@TrevW92]

It came out 2 months ago..

[@radezzientertainment501]

guess i don’t have to wait!@@TrevW92

[@Camefromnone]

@@TrevW92😭😭

[@Hanseyscheme]

Draymond lost a 3 point contest to Kevin Hart

[@noahfencemedia22]

😂😂

[@lucaberletti9319]

Almost

[@MrDiMES123]

I remembered this embarrassing lol

[@glizzgoblin]

He gonna ride those summer league clips to the end of time

[@erniejohnson677]

Lol facts think about how long they had to film for just to get a couple shots in a row. Players know let him shoot, guard the other guys

[@SteeloSean]

You didn’t see those clips until 2023 and saying shit like this mfs be so damn bias say anything to slander a mf

[@ogsellout1897]

So what ? We all had great moments in our lives that we look back on.

[@elflacoaldair]

You speaking on a 4 time NBA champ, js

[@Biggboy29]

You a haterrrr lol

[@prinzfrost]

Will be interesting to see if Chris Paul can be a boost to Draymond's offensive confidence, since he can take over ball handling and playmaking loads and set Draymond up on the floor with some nice shot flow as well as boost his morale in general.

[@elijahdavis6885]

We low-key seeing it rn, Draymond averaging 10 and jus dropped 21 on the Clippers, plus his 3 ball is at 45 percent

[@ripevanwinkle494]

Let’s go cant wait for Draymond backpack 3’s.

[@athletico7707]

That backpack used to be cash tho

[@ullyssessilverio5923]

Crazy to come back to this while he's shooting over 40% from 3 this season... and had a 4-5 game almost hitting the game winner against the Clippers. Great to see it! This has been a great season for Draymond so far, he's playing very well... and even with the suspension he didnt lost his touch.

[@jomezus]

Take a drink every time Draymond says confidence

[@makedredd299]

It’s all about PRACTICE & CONFIDENCE. - Allen

[@BOSSDONMAN]

Last game of 2016 Finals, Draymond popped off

[@user-gv8xo5jw3c]

Appreciate my man Draymond. Start taking open shot and stop shooting half court shot in clutch time.

[@Kodreanu23]

Very intelligent piece from Draymond. Open and intelligent.

[@sagevercettigaming6000]

* i want Dreymond to Coach the NYK when he eventually retires because his energy is crazy for NYC* 😂

[@tonyfknb3896]

Real warrior fans remember in 2016 Dray was knocking down 3s and the story was he going to be the new addition to the splash brothers. He waa good! And yes KD came and he stopped shooting. He aint lying i literally remember it and seen it. 2015 he was ok but 2016 he was knocking down atleast 2 to 3 a game and over 35%

[@sagevercettigaming6000]

He had like 37 in his 2016 finals run 😂my son was young, healthy scoring

[@mykise1652]

U got hot in one game when they let him shoot almost all open shots and try take it for years and years 😂 the dick riding hes only good on defense and stop even i could make 8-10 assists at night when i have steph and klay and durant pick and shoot from miles away and that year illegal screen 😂

[@YunisRajab]

It's like when you keep calling a kid stupid they stop trying to think for themselves

[@judemarcos2496]

I was rooting for the Cavs in that 2016 finala and i witnessed Draymond scoring crazy slashing,dunking and shooting threes. I don't forget that and i still say this to this day that if he didn't get suspended in that finals they may have won it and he maybe the finals MVP game 7 Draymond as i remember he scored 30+

[@kharukgothule5512]

I still maintain if Dray shoots and makes a 3 in a game, i don't care how big the lead is. You are losing the game against GSW that night.

[@erniejohnson677]

Good thing he'll miss 10 before he makes 1

[@kharukgothule5512]

@@erniejohnson677 Hence the lead wouldn't matter because he'd have made one. He missed 12 3s in the Boston series before he made his 1st 3 then lifted up the NBA championship that very same night

[@sunnyside9273]

I always say that, If Dray starts hitting those backpack 3's its trouble for the opposition. It takes away your ability to cheat on Steph & Klay.

[@BigDilf3]

This is a horrible take😂😂

[@kharukgothule5512]

@@BigDilf3 Go watch most Games where Dray hits a 3 then come back.

[@JoaoGuilherme-pt7kh]

It's scary how well articulated Green is. Also props for PG for conducting the talk.

[@Number1FanWWE]

Why's it scary?

[@cayananyuri5449]

@@Number1FanWWEhe meant crazy

[@B78p1neus]

He went to college 😂 wdym crazy that he can speak so well

[@SackReligiousTVSRT]

@@Number1FanWWEcause he black

[@xChainzx]

racist ass comment…surprise surprise black people know how to talk

[@sensethevillen]

Imagine not only having to worry about Steph and Klay, note you have to worry about arguably the smartest dude on the floor hitting shots as well as facilitating.

[@pastasoo]

Now they have a CP3 who is arguably just as smart but an even better facilitator

[@sensethevillen]

@@pastasoo that’s who I was talking about lol

[@luchionooj]

Glad he finally said it

[@facedowngangent5942]

Everybody needs to give mark jackson more recognition

[@bjensen]

Mark Jackson, as a coach, did some great things, but also some insane things and some absolutely poisonous things to his team. Some Warriors have talked about it.

[@Kreeder766]

he get's his flowers pretty regularly.

[@brianbanks8570]

@@Kreeder766not really

[@Brandon_jackson25]

When you loose confidence in the same shot you been shooting your whole life go in a local rec ppl be like he can’t shoot come in the next hoop sesh ninjas be like “oh he got better” nahhh cuhh ik finally getting more than 3-5 shots getting reps an my confidence came back

[@michaelwhite4004]

That's just insane but I saw basically in Michigan State scoring around 20 points per game overall.🏀

[@erniejohnson677]

Lol and now its a consistent triple single

[@phucngho540]

@@erniejohnson677sacrifice himself for the team…..

[@kareja316]

​@@erniejohnson677 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@erniejohnson677]

@@phucngho540 what’s the sacrifice if your a role player that gets to tag along with the greatest in a generation and eat the same as he does. Lol you can average 20 on a grade 2 competition level but that NBA a different animal. There’s a reason for a triple single and trust if it wasn’t for steph the ppg would be a hell of a lot lower

[@joyfullyfatedtodoom]

Talking about G league bro. Not college ncaa tournament, NBA playoffs but g league.

[@deshawnalexander9222]

Before lee got hurt even in dray rookie season I was running dray at either 3 or 4 straight drop 3 point shooter

[@pg13pacernation30]

Listening to Green talk basketball is always nice he is got that IQ

[@husneiniqbal228]

on of the greatest defensive players ever, he is the main reason for golden states elite defensive rating(per 100 possessions ) all these years.

[@erniejohnson677]

lol fanboys kill me. The guy's never even been the best defender on his own team and you talking about ever. Iguodala when they won the first one, Klay was taking on the challenge every night against the best player and now Wiggins is clearly the man defensively

[@andresdelportillo9917]

@@erniejohnson677 facts , dis mf dray is straight up ass , he’s a liability defensively and offensively, my favorite clown moment of his was against the lakers this year when he passed the ball to the lakers bench in a clutch playoff moment and proceeded to get smoked by Schroeder and rui 🤣😭

[@husneiniqbal228]

Not a warriors fan. I am actually a lakers fan, but i can appreciate players from other teams , without being toxic. @@erniejohnson677

[@RJEunSo24]

​@@erniejohnson677This just shows u don't know ball😂 Looking like those damn stupid journalists

[@subjectively_objective]

@@erniejohnson677you don’t get help defence and free safeties, he’s only person in league who can switch 1-5 on D

[@jaivontesalmon1996]

Mark Jackson drafted all 3 of the GSW core smfh CRAZY 🔥

[@mentalprograming5365]

Ron harper had to do it, Mike miller to a small extent

[@harrassee]

Dray was amazing in each of the game 5s in the Kings and Lakers playoff series.

[@klemziusklm7248]

I don-t know but i can listen to Draymond for hours. Doesnt matter the topic man ...hehe

[@greyklopstock7155]

Remember y'all, Patrick Beverly averaged 39ppg in high school. He was an ELECTRIC scorer. But in the NBA, his best skill is defense. So he doesn't take the shots, his job is to play point of attack defense. The warriors work BECAUSE we have a guy like Draymond. You have Steph and klay, but Draymond is the hub that allows both to work off ball and run around all those screens. For the last decade, damn near the most efficient play in the sport has been a steph curry-draymond green pick and roll with Draymond as the roll man. Cause you collapse on steph and he kicks it to Draymond, who then gets to run 4-3 offense likely with klay on the perimeter, a slasher, and a wild card who could be another shooter or a big. Draymond Greens ability to make reads with the ball while rolling to the basket is as good as it gets. And same with him as the guy with the ball in a pick and roll. One of my favorite things that Draymond does is, ESPECIALLY when Steph or Klay is cooking, he'll leverage their gravity and do a fake handoff. Basically always gives us a wide open dunk or layup. Cause everyone jumps at Steph or Klay, and Draymond never gives up the ball and often just gets an easy dunk himself

[@ftbttuniverse]

if he's confident he's not confident but when he's confident he's confident

[@jayrichjlr]

Dray basically gave us the inside track to Markell and Ben

[@tommymy210]

Honestly I think if that’s true Draymond just needs to shoot and not think about it for a bit. Hell realize that it’s not the end of the world if hr missed and that’ll help his confidence more than anything.

[@Brycewise-bn8ij]

kzbin.infoxkfgOAE1FTw?si=mRMhuBohTg1oHttb

[@robertcameron4288]

Pat Bev same thing avg 37 abs now just elite defender

[@byejinx1473]

🔥🔥

[@user-dv9ee6uj6c]

Sounds like dray has rehearsed this convo a million times. I bet the story gets better every time he does it too

[@gambasfile7157]

GREAT SEGMENT

[@Marvin-zv6md]

Imagine if Dray did not lose confidence in his shot? That's like 2 more 'chips!

[@devaughnsquire4323]

2015/2016 was the last time he really shot the ball definitely lost confidence after 2016

[@sl1m_1k]

Confidence is Key

[@Jetpackguyy]

Boy they should build a statue for mark jackson in the bay area. He never gets enough credit for building that team even tho i feel like every knows he is the true architect of that team

[@ryanwahlstrom]

Simmons would never admit this, respect to draymond

[@coryulibarri9301]

Bro is cappin 😂😂

[@SteeloSean]

I haven’t watched this yet but I’d lose confidence myself if the 2 best mfs ever are on the floor how tf I’m supposed to keep up

[@OwskiiiGaming]

Mark jackson was a big part in draymond green, gave him the confidence Steve Kerr gave him the playing time 😂

[@allentrias1433]

If only deaymond gets back his confidence shooting those 3s warriors unbeatable for sure

[@kingkyrgios]

Marc Jackson was such a damn good coach for the Dubs

[@TippaDis1]

don’t feel the same missin one of the members

[@MrLittle1904]

Draymond is the real PG of the warriors

[@brettparks5205]

Kd changed the trajectory of draymonds career

[@ZVYWMx]

Facts the whole argument happened cuz draymond dribbled the ball up and try to score and turned the ball over and kd said what u doing that ain’t ur game he was embarrassed and call kd a btch

[@brettparks5205]

@@ZVYWMx nah not even that. Kd took away his scoring potential by joining the warriors. Draymond truthfully probably could’ve been an elite two-way player and showed signs of it in those playoffs.

[@Ooouikillem]

confidence in basketball is key as soon as you get a nagging of i hope this goes in your shot might as well miss

[@tycab1455]

Take a shot everytime PG says like

[@omarzaifulizan3064]

is this a reupload or am I experiencing dejavu lol

[@melvintirado6137]

Mr. Green On your summer league you did your best and we like you continue doing and help your Warriors win a championship this year bro

[@BackwoodChong]

2016 finals game 7 even they lost draymond was sparkin from 3

[@memoirsofalegend5472]

Take that backpak off Dray your shooting % going up g

[@agm8531]

As an MSU fan, i got to watch Draymond with a serviceable 3, a really good mid range and obviously defense and playmaking. If Dray would've kept his mid range throughout the years, he would've been DANGEROUS!

[@jnl7196]

Draymond might have the greatest NBA Finals game 7 performance in a losing effort in NBA history

[@user-iw7ls3ft7n]

just by listening Dray you realize the great player Lebron is !! and people are always throwing hate on him !! and we will miss him when he is gone !! Lebron IQ, passing and scoring ! is always on top and Dray is basically explaining how hard it is ! plus if you do not have confidence !

[@brandonhawkins2367]

2016 finals what he do 6-6

[@MostHated_Murda5]

Ive always said that 2K doesn't lie...

[@strongyak3493]

Do interview with kd

[@darylfindley7551]

The thing that irks me about Draymond is that 'confidence' is 90% about putting in the work to have confidence in that shot. When Durant showed up, Draymond stopped even pretending to practice shooting, then after injuries to Klay and Steph he took two years off of doing anything to improve, or even maintain, his game. So when the team got good again, all he had left was defense and passing. It was enough for another championship, but I can't help thinking about how much more awesome his career would have been, and how good the team could be even now, if he had taken the time to maintain his 3 pt shooting (near 40% on open looks in '16) or bothered to develop even say an average level post game (a reliable hook, floater, drop step, etc). But since he didn't, the team is now forced into playing as one of the few teams with two non-shooter starters even as the rest of the league has gone to 4 or even 5 out. Steph and Klay in a 4 out offense would be unstoppable, but instead they have to run this complicated motion offense to use multiple screening actions by non-shooting bigs to free them up. Much easier if Draymond just bothered to practice enough to hit a wide open practice 3. And I swear to the gods of basketball if I have to watch Draymond throw up another airball floater from 1 foot away on a slip action I might break my TV. I think the GS dynasty revolves around Steph, but rose and will likely fall with Draymond.

[@fjwu87]

2k mobile also has Draymond hitting threes. Keep building your confidence man

[@jdough7116]

15:20

[@adreday10]

Draymond is the only player who open shot ability decline over time usually that get better over time

[@Lifeofredo]

Ben Simmons lost his confidence as well.

[@cesarfadul22]

We need to count how many times this man used the word confidence.

[@savaunbrown]

I elect you

[@jalloham1219]

Top 5 role player of all time 🤷‍♂️

[@makedredd299]

Draymond and Bench Simmons needs to hire #RussellWestbrook as a personal confidence coach. 💪

[@djdoc06]

Levels to everything right? With college level talent, he’ll go coast to coast. Iso most of those guys. At NBA Speed., he knows which of his skills are exceptional and which are not.

[@bigbot420]

I mess wit draymond tough but he ain’t been the same since that all star Saturday night when Kevin hart almost beat him in a 3 pt contest

[@voss9933]

i don’t buy what draymonds saying, if you got it, you got it. I think he simply found his niche among the best shooters in the league. He couldn’t beat then at their game, so he made his own. If you can’t shoot, you wont. If you can, you will.

[@merivana]

at the 7:20 mark i think is a great example of why it doesn’t always work whenever a lot of these trans get these high scoring 3s or 4 options

[@lakersyoungcoreareaveragep1639]

Finally David Lee getting credit. He was a borderline superstar, just off of scoring; as a white dude

[@voss9933]

the quickest way to build that confidence back is by pretending to be confident

[@elmiabdul9538]

Omg PG just gassed this guy for a 18 minute clip

[@pariswade3585]

Do yo homework on Pat Bev 😤 buckets before the NBA

[@SobPowers]

Most expensive backpack ☠️

[@SeantheDon]

Who's the other guy? He looks so familiar

[@SeantheDon]

It;s Esquire from ATL!! Hahahahahaha

[@Crbennettx]

Shout out Mark Jackson

[@Gymantis]

If the Warriors had Paul George instead of KD during those championship runs then they still get 2 championships. KD just put them way over the top.

[@GlizzySan]

I definitely could tell he lost confidence in his shot cuz they was leaving him open and he didn’t even look to shoot😭

[@asirajam31]

Any "confidence" counter here?

[@Christopher_B_Mc_Collins]

Hey should have never let Jordan put a hump in his back, then try to act like he didn't like in practice.

[@HoopsNNature]

ben lost respect for the game he aint lost his confidence

[@vivektripathi1511]

There are very very few players who can give a better insight of the game than draymond,Bros iq is Just off the charts

[@juniorherrera8489]

Get max kellerman on the show

[@bigdawglopezjr]

He needs to learn steph currys shooting mechanics

[@arseniopea4817]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Pg dawg you gotta get lance on the show 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨