Draymond Green picks Joel Embiid's 76ers over Jalen Brunson's Knicks in NBA Playoffs

Draymond Green breaks down the NBA play-in games between the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks, including Joel Embiid's heroics and Jimmy Butler's injury. Then he gives his predictions on the 76ers series against Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks and says the Boston Celtics got lucky avoiding Jimmy Butler.
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[@BryanRich-qu5bi]

You ain’t learn nothing from that 40 he dropped on your head 🤔

[@DezzyD]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HimmReaper]

4-time champion future HOF’r don’t care about some random guard dropping a 40 piece 😂

[@kevinjohnson9319]

@@HimmReaperrandom guard ok

[@tehjkhruighreuig]

@@HimmReaperrandom guard? U a bozo 😂

[@T5WeLive]

He still a lil lightheaded from tht

[@Flynerdybarber]

Knicks vs everybody

[@Flynerdybarber]

This ages so beautifully

[@nellz508]

Facts tho

[@Myopiniondoesntmatter-fh1iu]

Has it? Seems like Knicks are barely winning against a terrible team. Getting out classes by the sixers is pitiful

[@t_rexx5880]

Green probably don’t watch the Knicks to know they play better without Randle lmao. Knicks in 6

[@DezzyD]

this guy a casual

[@Jhoffa22_]

Stop it, we're about to DUST Y'ALL in 5 bruh... *6ers💯

[@Bashhhhh]

@@Jhoffa22_ Brunson Hart and Donte own Philly, ya must’ve forgot 🤣. Brunson the best player in the series. Enjoy the show.

[@they.m.o.podcast9974]

@@BashhhhhBrunson the “best” player in the series? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@yvesleveque128]

​@@they.m.o.podcast9974 With Embiid hobbling around? In this series? Brunson is the best player in this series

[@emoney6678]

Still doubting my point guard

[@officialthomasjames]

One player can only get you so far

[@emoney6678]

@@officialthomasjames you can say the same thing about never getting out the second round Joel embid

[@jdxsr85]

​@officialthomasjames He's got a supporting cast now unlike last year in which he still got NY 2 games from the ECF.

[@user-xl5qy3rh9t]

Dead ass smh

[@user-xl5qy3rh9t]

@@officialthomasjameslast time I checked Joel is one person too n he won’t get past the knicks

[@eddiepearson3600]

He had Golden state making the playoffs too people. Nothing to see here 🤣

[@fre3shboyify]

Lmaooo

[@Ghostgonnsmoke]

Lmaoooo

[@smittysznn]

Well no shit he plays for them

[@clarkkent2468]

Bruh he plays for GSW, did you expect him to pick the opposite team? 🤦‍♂️

[@eddiepearson3600]

@@clarkkent2468 all I’m saying is his opinion ain’t shit. He’s rarely right 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Jayalexander63]

Draymond doesn’t watch the Knicks. He doesn’t know anything about their other players Just looks at the name value of what players each team has

[@DezzyD]

literally...

[@durtyjones]

Is your comment facts. Are you around him to know if he watches games?

[@patrickmexiquinn]

Don't forget who is his homie. Don't think the Nova Knicks rock with him like that and Donte never talks about him from his time in GS

[@jagr06]

@@durtyjones We can tell based off his comments here. No serious analyst is choosing the sixers over the knicks in this series due to Embiid's health.

[@BowenChen-sh3sz]

@@durtyjones Dude clearly didn't watch the game, not even the highlights. He out there talking about Brunson and Maxey cancelling each other out. How is the game even played that way? Embiid might not even play in a couple of games it evidently showed last game. Brother can't move can't jump can't play D

[@andrewm6267]

How's Cancun?

[@dantesenior6211]

The Knicks got mad bulletin board material for this match up against Philly

[@nicholasmaxwell6226]

Disrespect towards New York is crazy. Brunson is top 5 MVP this year, OG and Donte both have finals rings, Hart and Hartenstein playing crucial roles. Bojan finding rhythm shooting, Mitch Rob back to help guard Joel Embiid is not at full health Batum bailed 76ers so hard, Embiid is not at full health, might win 1-2 games but not a whole series. 76ers crowd booing and Batum bailed 76ers hard against an injured butler team

[@seijisawamura5415]

Nurse will outcoach Thibs in the play-offs, Maxey will go off. Embiid will be used mostly on defense and he will average 6 assists. Sixers role players all shoots 3’s at a high %, Batum, Kelly, Hield, Payne. Batum, Tobias and Kelly will take Brunson out of the game. Best defender OG can’t guard embiid for 42 mins. Sixers in 5 easily.

[@sob_meen]

@@seijisawamura5415 they better hope melton don't come back lol

[@ajgaming7435]

@@seijisawamura5415😂

[@matthewsuareznyc]

DDV, Brunson, OG, Bogdanovich, and Miles McBride all shoot right at 40 percent from 3. No one’s stopping Brunson one on one and if you blitz he just finds any one of those shooters. Embiid isn’t healthy and won’t be able to keep up with Brunson in the PnR.

[@Ghostgonnsmoke]

Yea they see it just don’t want to believe it , it’s just disrespectful Fr tbh at this point.

[@bluechox]

Remember last year it was the same narrative be cavs with everyone shiting on Knicks

[@Equint77]

i doubt he watches any easy coast games. He’s too busy simping for 23 in LA. 😂

[@mikemarc92]

Simping for #23? Same guy who recruited KD to a 73-9 team?

[@reneesquilin7554]

How are you gonna pick the Sixers and there 1-3 against the Knicks and that one win Embiid was out

[@philb6234]

Because the sixers have a fully constructed team now. 4-1 Philly. Easy work

[@durtyjones]

Regular season and playoffs are not the same caliber

[@carmine_]

@@durtyjonesur right and the knicks are made for the playoffs with how they play lol oh Man U guys gonna find out

[@carmine_]

@@durtyjonesu mean when embiid still put up his numbers but was still a -30 for the game and had no impact…. lol all i see is a stat stuffer with him

[@officialthomasjames]

1-4 is impossible you only play 4 games

[@emoney6678]

Maxey and Jalen Brunson gonna cancel each other out😮😂💀

[@Bashhhhh]

😂😂😂😂😂 Mf really talkin bout Maxey, he not even in the conversation. Brunson better than Embiid. He built for the playoffs, they’re not.

[@kennyprescott2165]

😂😂😂😂

[@juniegyllenhaal3937]

😂Lmao

[@they.m.o.podcast9974]

@@Bashhhhh😂😂😂😂😂😂 in the conversation? He’s better than everyone in NY with the exception of MAYBE Brunson. Stop l😂

[@orlandor.6090]

@@they.m.o.podcast9974 in your wildest dreams is he even close to a Jalen Brunson ..... he need to get better .... he could never carry a team on his back like JB has for the last 2 seasons... plus you are forgetting the Knicks have Julius Randle as well, another player who was an mvp candidate and carried the Knicks by himself for a time. though he isn't playing rn and y'all better thank the heavens for that.. he is still much better than maxy

[@vision8641]

Knicks in 5

[@goated2k]

"no one can stop Embiid" -- You mean the guy who's never been to the ECF? The guy who's numbers drops in the playoffs. The guy who misses crucial games in the playoffs due to his fragility? And you're actually gonna sit there with a straight face stating that they will beat this year's Knicks team (even without Randle)? Lmao, please...and I'm not even a Knicks fan

[@anthonylouis2573]

Lol y’all gonna eat that don’t worry

[@Knickssuck2024]

The knicks ain’t been too ecf In 24 years you got no room too talk y’all won y’all first round series in 10 years

[@goated2k]

@@Knickssuck2024 "...and I'm not even a Knicks fan". I guess that flew right over your head lol

[@sebastianbermeo8895]

@@Knickssuck2024 imagine bringing up the irrelevant past when they're mentioning the relevant present lol

[@wpdmir2155]

Check embiid record vs Knicks

[@begreat2038]

Just say u don’t watch the Knicks Dray! You don’t see nobody stopping Joel ? Go see what our centers do to the top bigs in the game!

[@wanyahendrix7311]

He literally picked the Heat against the Sixers but now picking the Sixers?????????

[@oreoakalaperoji8314]

Are they still playing the heat? Why are yall so slow?

[@jamarlc5949]

@@oreoakalaperoji8314you’re slow like dude said he picked the Heat over the Sixers in the playin game which the Heat lost now he’s picking the Sixers…these NBA players really don’t go off analysis

[@hfajstrq]

He's on Commentary moment like you bro 😅

[@dominiquebrown2890]

​@jamarlc5949 The heat lost by 1 point is was a 50/50 game

[@philevans1673]

He saw Embiid put up 23/15 on one leg and 11 in the 4th. Made his pick based on new information

[@vicbazemore7546]

Sixers in 5 go Sixers 🔥🔥🔥

[@docnice6083]

That must be some good weed you smoking 💨 over there ! 😂

[@vicbazemore7546]

@@docnice6083 We smoking on Jalen Brunson over here, i’ll save some for you 😂

[@officialthomasjames]

@@docnice6083 Brunson getting clamped. Nova fan here too. Knicks have no one to cover Embiid.

[@Bashhhhh]

@@officialthomasjames No one to cover Embiid? You mean the mf who’s 30 years old and has played his entire career in the Eastern conference and has never made a conference final. 😂😂😂 The mf who has averaged 23 PPG the last two post seasons on 48% FG or below AS A CENTER? 😂😂😂 Unlike Embiid, Brunson actually elevates his game during the playoffs, he doesn’t fold like Joel. Brunson easily the best player in this series. Them Nova boys own Philly I guess ya must’ve forgot. Knicks in 5/6. 💯

[@docnice6083]

@@officialthomasjames Embiid playing with one good knee . Cmon 😂

[@stevenbattle7242]

Knicks beat them by 30 with embid. Do any of you actually watch basketball

[@tazmoir]

the bucks also blew out the celtics. do the bucks beat the celtics?

[@Shaq610]

@@tazmoir by his logic yeah. 1 game anybody can beat anybbody winning 4 out of 7 is DIFFERENT

[@clarinetistsunite]

its funny seeing an nba player just sitting talking about his takes on the playoffs. any other player who does this just plays games or cooks off the court.

[@clarinetistsunite]

but never something like thsi from an active player

[@Substance8967]

Bro put Maxey and JB gonna cancel each other out lmfao it’s so crazy how these guys are IN THE LEAGUE and still don’t know ball

[@jimmyordaya]

“Maxey will cancel out Brunson” This is bait. Don’t bite Knicks fans lol.

[@johnseventeen1334]

Fr bruh wtf😂. They not even on the same universe. Brunson is better then Embiid in my opinion

[@jamesonedwardsii4943]

You’re right I’m not watching this clip 😭

[@rmcilveen12]

@@johnseventeen1334 a 60% healthy Embiid maybe, but not a 70%+ Embiid.

[@johnseventeen1334]

@@rmcilveen12 Nah hes better then 100 percent embid to me lol. The world just hasnt caught up yet its all good

[@Bashhhhh]

@@johnseventeen1334 Easily better and more impactful than Embiid. They gon’ find out real soon. 💯

[@eddiepearson3600]

He’s tight cuz Jalen better than his guy 🫣

[@durtyjones]

Did he tell you that or you just saying something to be saying something because unless he personally told you that then your comment is foolish.

[@eddiepearson3600]

@@durtyjones Jalen Brunson already being better than Steph curry ever was is enough.

[@zsynr1925]

@@eddiepearson3600facts

[@sergagl]

Wait a couple of days for your boy embid while we pack his bags so you both can go to Cancun.

[@Blackfire-yo6zn]

Knicks cant stop Joel Embiid but will try grind him down over the series, knick will play hard and physical over the whole series and the biggest challenge for Joel will be staying on the court. So I think knicks will grind out a win over 6 or 7 games.

[@seijisawamura5415]

Nurse will outcoach, Maxey will go off. Embiid will be used mostly on defense and he will average 6 assists. Sixers role players all shoots 3’s at a high %, Batum, Kelly, Hield, Payne. Batum, Tobias and Kelly will take Brunson out of the game. Best defender OG can’t guard embiid for 42 mins. Sixers in 5 easily.

[@user-eg3tv5so9k]

@@seijisawamura5415 Embiid is not playing 42 minutes lol, Knicks have the heavier depth. Knicks in 6

[@strength9621]

Lmao Knicks will only win game 3 in Philly.

[@oreoluwa24]

@@seijisawamura5415 Optimism bias and the illusion of control. Nurse might outcoach but a lot still has to go right for Sixer in 5. especially easily, but Sixers in 5 (not so easily) is more probable.

[@juniegyllenhaal3937]

Who can stop Embiid? Great analysis. The key is everyone else. Miami showed you

[@BowenChen-sh3sz]

just as clueless as your game bruh. Embiid was in his lazy drop coverage matrix yesterday and is going to get killed by Brunson. This man is behind the microphone praising his defense 😂. Bruh you should really watch now since you are on vacation

[@seijisawamura5415]

Why are you hurt? Its one man’s opinion

[@officialthomasjames]

Calling Draymond’s game clueless when he’s a soon to be hall of famer due to his basketball IQ is hilarious.

[@BowenChen-sh3sz]

@@seijisawamura5415 Dude clearly didn't watch the game, not even the highlights. He out there talking about Brunson and Maxey cancelling each other out, Embiid might not even play in a couple of games it evidently showed last game. Brother can't move can't jump can't play D

[@BowenChen-sh3sz]

@@officialthomasjames playing the game doesn't mean he is watching the game.If not watching then don't claim anything, that's the definition of being clueless

[@hussnyawad6631]

Simple to me 7 game Brunson or embiid Personally I’ll take brunson

[@s.k.o.e.2191]

Brunson in his limited playoffs has done more than embid...

[@alexarjona1692]

Bro 😎 Knicks just beat the Sixers 🤣

[@GoNique]

Hmmmmm how’s this going?

[@malachiyoung3211]

Lmao boy I can’t wait till og shuts their water off completely I’ll be back after game one 😭😭

[@360conscience]

My heart says knicks in 4. My brain says knicks in 6.

[@Inserthouse]

Let’s keep it at 5 fam.

[@officialthomasjames]

Both are wrong

[@ImadogGarcia]

Me as a Knicksfan love the motivation, we´ll answer on the court

[@freshcolive41]

Draymond if you see this comment.... You have let me down I thought you had high i.q how t.f do you think we go to be number two seed by whooping on the east ass..

[@NiteOwlVibes]

Boston has never been worried about Jimmy Butler.. he has never been a threat.

[@StoxBondz]

Fine wine... This aged like fine wine

[@ogglizzy1396]

Knicks are gonna fuck the 76ers up

[@fre3shboyify]

Don’t see it any other way… bring them brooms out foh!!!

[@seijisawamura5415]

Nurse will outcoach Thibs in the play-offs, Maxey will go off. Embiid will be used mostly on defense and he will average 6 assists. Sixers role players all shoots 3’s at a high %, Batum, Kelly, Hield, Payne. Batum, Tobias and Kelly will take Brunson out of the game. Best defender OG can’t guard embiid for 42 mins. Sixers in 5 easily.

[@s.k.o.e.2191]

They gonna beat the sht outa them. I tried to be humble but the disrespect toward ny got me sayin fk humble!

[@orlandor.6090]

@@seijisawamura5415 you acting like we don have 2 of the best defenders in the game in OG and Mitch. plus Joel got stopped by Ihart when we beat ya by 40.... who's having his best season yet only gettin better. better hope Joel doesn't go down in game 1 buddy

[@officialthomasjames]

Lmao hell no

[@loosecannonjdot1264]

Have fun at home & being retired cuz ur done

[@wkang84]

Sad you got nothing to do in April and May but hate on the Knicks since your trash team got knocked out from the play-in

[@Bone_youtube_soft]

Lmfao 😂

[@isagi09]

Brunson gonna cook the doubters..

[@jaken.6112]

they never learn, like a broken record

[@Kingmar06]

@@jaken.6112never learn fr

[@tehjkhruighreuig]

Knicks in 5 enjoy enjoy your early Summer Dre 😂

[@16skate6]

What happened to the warriors making the playoffs lil bro 😂🤡

[@ebizzle2507]

Y'all about to witness the OG effect, 20-3 with him!

[@awesomeninja234]

Jalen Brunson is a playoff riser while Embiid is a playoff dropper.

[@eateat213]

I’ll come back after the series and you apologize and give the Knicks and Brunson some props

[@tacodelgrande2963]

Wow u really here after u cost your team like that respect you ain't hiding

[@chasek0228]

loving the podcast man. keep going !💙🤞

[@Mr24Thebeast]

I m really surprised that green takes an injured embiid over the knicks.

[@javerstubbs7809]

Watch the series the Knicks are a real team

[@brightestfuture]

OG is the silent assasin, lmao

[@chblegendary165]

I’m so glad an actual basketball player is saying this. A current basketball player with high BBall IQ said it. Not a dude like SAS says dumb shit

[@Freddy-ih4xo]

This basketball player with a high iq also said warriors will make the playoffs lmao

[@Cee-acts]

Do yall think Draymond Green still deserves to be in the league?

[@nassturner-pd4of]

They had a tuff time this a new team everyone thinks this the same Celtics team

[@newyorkse2004]

Knicks in 6.

[@Charles-ke2po]

I hope embid can trust his knee man, let's go! 10 9 8 76ers

[@pacemusic]

Maxey will cancel out Brunson?? Bro what are you talking about

[@josiahgreen4341]

Let’s revisit this post in two weeks Draymond. A lot of people slept on the Knicks all season so I think you’ll be eating your words

[@louiedumlao8736]

"it's not a game it's a series." Hartenstein, Robinson, Achiuwa, Sims vs Embiid. Knicks have 24 hard fouls to give every game. Yup, it's not a game. It's a series of banging. Good luck.

[@nanshe3x]

Dubs fan and I hope the Knicks win. 🏀🤞

[@TANKDABOSS]

NOW WHAT 😂😂😂

[@mauriciocanales5420]

Draymond same guy thought he was going to NBA FINALS this year.

[@menlove8333]

PS: What do you know I recognize about the KNICKS this year Is that they are a great come back team What?I mean by that come back and get the lead and come back and win not just come back No matter how do arouse been fixing the game For the other change to keep the lead My new york knicks Still found a way to come back and take over the game No matter who's in the line up Once again no matter who's in a line up Need to pay attention to that I aint talking, could I just got lips?Need to pay attention to that

[@Stonecoldalston]

Back after the Knicks go up 3-1

[@sedohrnoyas]

Heat got the rookie that can replace Jimmy. He has the same engine frfr

[@gmsinlandempire2246]

They said that about Cleveland and it didn’t turn out well

[@Knickssuck2024]

A young team first time in playoffs we saw the knicks get beat by the 8 seed last year 😂😂😂

[@marvideladiv3983]

You were wrong as usual Draymond Green. You usually are wrong about everything 😂😂😂

[@user-eo8or6sh7z]

Did you get your fishing license yet ? 😂😂😂

[@seijisawamura5415]

Draymond knows ball. Nurse will outcoach thibs in the play offs, Maxey will go off. Embiid will be used mostly on defense and he will average 6 assists. Sixers role players all shoots 3’s at a high %, Batum, Kelly, Hield, Payne. Batum, Tobias and Kelly will take Brunson out of the game. Best defender OG can’t guard embiid for 42 mins. Sixers in 5 easily.

[@docnice6083]

Embiid playing on one healthy knee . You’re delusional! 😂

[@unicornloversunited]

Well this is aging like fine milk

[@phamawa]

Maxey ain't canceling Brunson out, but yes it's philly in 6 or 7 unfortunately. It'll be tough though!

[@davebaboolal7178]

Nobody stopping Brunson. Joel is a great player. When the Knicks beat sixers I don't want to hear he is injured.

[@eateat213]

Who going to stop Brunson?

[@Flynerdybarber]

They gonna duck this wreck

[@2408spydah]

the villanova boys. philly is like a home game for them

[@ryanmahabir664]

I got the knicks

[@kcmarshall2625]

Time and again, the doubters underestimate the New York Knicks, but history has shown that this team thrives on adversity. With grit, determination, and a relentless drive, the Knicks will continue to silence the skeptics and rise to greatness. Count on it.

[@startreksulu]

Joel Embiid never leaves his friends behind or the father who reared him.

[@Stonecoldalston]

Well Knicks are up 1-0

[@amarooT6564]

Embiid getting injured again guaranteed banging with Robinson n Hartenstein .

[@scottiescott9297]

Of course they’d rather play the Knicks. I get it. Boston is the best team in the league. However, that doesn’t mean the 6ers are gonna beat the Knicks. Continue to doubt my squad. Keep going.

[@kingjaffijoe6893]

Knicks in 6 and im not even a knicks fan

[@LysergiCoyotl]

probably more like 5 too ...

[@keelanmclaurin5251]

You should've had the golden state warriors in the play in game against the Sacramento kings.

[@anthonyjosephrivera]

This video did not age well my friend.

[@nicholasbraxton1342]

Brunson will absolutely go off in this series. He is built for big moments, he has shown that in two consecutive years. I don't know if anyone on the 76ers can deal with him one on one. Two the Knicks might not have alot of playmaking around him but, they have plenty of shooting from guys like Donte DiVincenzo, OG Anunoby, Miles McBride and, Bojan Bogdanovic. Three I think they have the defenders to make it hard on them. OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Isiah Hartenstein, Mitchell Robinson, Miles McBride and, Donte DiVincenzo are good defenders. I think people are sleeping on the Knicks. They are a well rounded team

[@seds94]

The heat don't have Isiah hartenstein or Mitchell robinson

[@gsc76]

If Embiid plays the defense (or lack of defense) like he did against the heat Wednesday, it will be Knicks in 5. He wasn’t moving well at all. Since he came back from the surgery he takes the first 3 quarters off and decides to play the last 6 minutes. That won’t work against the Knicks.

[@holiday6854]

I’m not mad it’s his opinion, But I think ppl got the Knicks fucked up Miami didn’t have enough bodies to throw at Joel they had Kevin love guarding him on the block

[@YKSBEATS]

Smh yea aight lol

[@caamafia]

How’s cancun bro?

[@Kingmar06]

Fr lmaoo

[@Nodnarb518]

Man New York can be the one seed and they still won’t get picked. Decades of the stench of mediocrity can’t ever be erased. Sad.

[@willwonder7575]

They just put Knicks in title to get clicks

[@eagles4eva05]

Jimmy played the entire game vs the sixers on a sprained ACL MCL but he out next game..GO Sixers!!!!

[@rickydelgado8390]

Draymond Green is Shaq Jr

[@lintahpius1112]

This job fits you so well. I pray you have 1st 4th picks so that you can use it to get a good player like Paul George

[@user-eo8or6sh7z]

Great prediction 😂😂😂the bulls got blow out !!!

[@deej3716]

playoff basketball is diff, and NY gonna learn. disagree with you on alot but agree on this take.

[@Alldaymusic375]

He picked heat and bulls was wrong on both then said its a easy win against the knicks make sure you watch the game with us you have time let's see

[@beedebawng2556]

Man, I really hope it's going to be as cut and dry for the Sixers over the Knicks as you make it sound Dray. I think three things will really determine the outcome of that series. Embiid's ability to establish low-post and mid-range dominance, whether Brunson can bring his A game and whether Sixers' wings can get active (move a lot and be occasional layup threats), remain confident and effectively spread the floor by making threes.

[@JoeL-hk1gj]

Click bait? I actually thought there were going to be some pro insights. Clearly i was mistaken.

[@Inserthouse]

Is that Charles Barkley underneath Draymond?