The Story Behind Draymond Green

He’s one of a kind. He’s controversial. He’s a pest. He’s an all-time great.
Ask a hundred people how they feel about him, and you’ll probably get a hundred different responses.
But these are the facts: he’s an irrepressible champion; the heartbeat of one of the most dominant dynasties in NBA history; and a singular talent who helped usher in a new era of positionless basketball.
Love him or hate him, he’s one of the most revolutionary and entertaining players of his generation.
Written & Narrated by: Jonah Birenbaum (@Birenball | Twitter)
Produced & Edited By: Andrew Bartlett (@andrewnsb | Twitter)
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[@kevkeisha]

Not to mention Green’s ELITE court vision and passing ability!

[@justinmunson1412]

Can't forget he won a national player of the year award his senior season at state

[@BigPurp9]

Crazy how Draymond went from one of my most disliked players to someone I really fuck with. Anyone who rattled Celtics fans that much is a true hero in my book

[@hamed_nassoro]

Hahaha thats well Whitten bro , fuck boston tho 🤣

[@trejoseph9837]

This is gold 😂😂😂

[@hamed_nassoro]

@@trejoseph9837 😂😂😂

[@frederickpabon8473]

Haha he prevent Celtics from getting 18

[@theONE-ws8lh]

You only disliked him cause he and the warriors were smacking lebron

[@buffalosoldier7360]

One of the main reasons they didn’t have a top 15 offense was that it was constantly evolving, Kerr was experimenting and there were times of offensive and defensive brilliance and top rankings in each category. Once Klay and Steph were back they settled in to a playoffs rotation and it was night night. They knew all along they had the best offense and defense.

[@rraaam]

Trojans -> Spartans -> Warriors

[@infiniteloop71]

Man's been fighting his whole life

[@hadesmusic1175]

Great writing my dude.

[@herbhealsus]

Story behind gp2is amazing ppl talking about Wiggins and yes I’m happy for him but he’s always had a bag. GP2 was lost and discarded, found and is now flourishing. Dude legit mad a name for himself, was taken out the playoffs, the came back in the finals and actually impacted the series. Please let’s give this man his dabbs

[@yihanzheng8203]

For real... The fact that he came back from that injury and made an impact in the finals is legendary.

[@cl_0ud470]

@@yihanzheng8203 I was ecstatic hearing he could return in the final, and when he did it was as he never left

[@muffintop420]

Same as Poole, Warriors coaches make them all stars

[@LBDesignsIIV]

This video wasn’t about him. You do a video about him and we’ll come watch it.

[@muffintop420]

@@LBDesignsIIV 🤣🤣😂😂

[@hobear637]

The dynamic 6’6” big man Draymond Green!

[@sstar202]

Draymond Green is winning in life. Winning rings, pissing off opposing fans, a stakeholder of a tequila brand alongside Rich Paul and other notable Klutch clients, an on-air talent for Turner Sports, and a podcaster under The Volume podcast network owned by Colin Cowherd. This dude knows how to play his cards and he's successful doing so.

[@dontaeblount3448]

draymond is the heart and soul of the warriors is he the best player not at all but he is everywhere and does it all. Dennis Rodman of the warriors

[@yomomsahoe5797]

Kuminga the best

[@Blackjack09721]

Draymond is proof how there are things beyond a stat sheet that really can make you dominant, intangibles really matter. I would prefer prime him over a prime Westbrook any day!

[@adrijiyuda]

As crazy as this sounds, I would too. Prime Westbrook was just a glorified stat padder, didn’t actually help in his team win.

[@osareafallire]

Interesting comparison. One all heart, low stats, 4 rings. The other, the opposite.

[@alastairchong4824]

theses story vids are always a great watch

[@AresCresen]

Nobody can diss Green about his triple-singles anyway, when he got injured the warriors sucked ass with klay and became a 500. team without him, and he's a huge competitor too so he isn't just gonna disappear in the finals and thats exactly what happened. He had a solid game 5 and a vintage masterclass in game 6 to clinch the title🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@anteannajordan4254]

He still triple singles the warriors wasn’t that bad without him with just curry and klay now him in 2020 he went 15-50 without the slash bro

[@sahatasimanjuntak3807]

The heart and soul of Golden State Warriors.

[@OscaR-bo8ub]

Him and Pat Bev should become analysts on the same show after basketball

[@StuPedahso]

Your vocab is A1 my guy!

[@ComboBreakerHD]

I never disliked a player so much and became one of their biggest fans. Now that he's podcasting you get a lot of insight into how he grows and how much appreciation he has for other players around the league. Manages to have total faith in himself but remain humble about his faults. Good on him he's earning his legacy.

[@noidph]

A++ vid! Learned a lot about the unique and great player that is Draymond Green. From the Philippines, keep up the excellent work! :)

[@fatpomsimba5994]

Get your facts right Draymond and KD already confirmed that he didn’t call immediately from the parking lot.. Old Media type shit 🤡

[@TheTubeDude]

Loved this presentation. OF course I love Dray too. 60+ year Dub fan.

[@jcruise24]

Man, sooo much was missed from then to now... The stomp The headlock The whirling punch 🥊

[@chitototoy176]

OK... if he ends his nba career without bringing back that FRO... wasted legacy. Not kidding. #EPICFRO

[@joseangelhernandez5274]

Blow out comb revival.

[@clearlyabot]

Kd and green have both said that call never happen!

[@pbeverly84]

Best defensive player of this generation

[@HooodClassicsTV]

In years his name will still ring bells over a lot of great players of this time. Like how Rodmans name keeps ringing over guys like ‘Nique, Hakeem, Reggie, Ewing, DRob. and others of the 90’s besides MJ, Shaq and Chuck. KD, Kyrie and Curry are the only ones you can argue that are more polarizing than Dray. Kobe and Lebron if you want to include them but they’re more 2000’s.

[@charlesaaronte9105]

He's got great defense for these generation of cupcake. But can he stop Shaq, Hakeem, Ewing, Malone. He's no Dennis Rodman. But must he's great enough for this era give him credit for that

[@shinobu37]

@@charlesaaronte9105 He is better than Rodman at defense. Rodman’s defense were overrated throughout the years. He wasn’t consistent every year unlike Green since his breakout year.

[@chadeagleplume153]

@@shinobu37 I wouldn’t say that lol both are great and one of kind in their eras but he’s nothin without curry and clay just like rodman without mj,pip, Isaiah

[@manuelviloria4765]

The Dray Green Show. The up and coming hit show after retirement already on the way.

[@mvpandrew93]

*Saginaw Michigan, please stand up.*

[@maklyram]

GSW won a chip again without Durant, making his point clear to KD during that infamous argument. They beat the team that swept KD as well😂

[@AresCresen]

Bro got proven wrong by someone who was thrown in a trash can 🤣 😂

[@raybanvleet]

Just please remember, he was the one when losing a championship to lebron, he called KD crying begging him to join golden state.

[@juliansearcie1758]

​@@raybanvleet you just echoing that skip Bayless nonsense ..

[@raybanvleet]

@@juliansearcie1758 who? Buddy that’s facts

[@chomosuke0720]

@@raybanvleet Nice try, Skip Bayless

[@redmustangredmustang]

You can hate Draymond all you want, but you would love him as a teammate. He's like the Dennis Rodman the one who takes the heat off his teammates, the one who does the dirty work in getting rebounds or hell doing dirty things to get in the minds of the opponents that Klay and Steph would NEVER do. Go ask the Pistons and Bulls what they would be like if they didn't have Dennis Rodman there. They wouldn't have won shit. The same goes with Draymond they would not have won this series if Draymond even he was terrible scoring he providing enough defense to slow the Celtics down. Steve Kerr saw personally how Dennis Rodman got him 3 rings and now he has seen that same type of player help him get 4 titles as head coach.

[@HoodedNinj4]

Draymond has actually outrebounded Rodman over career Finals games. Add in the extra scoring and passing and he's Scottie to Curry's Jordan.

[@charlesaaronte9105]

Hey kid , the bulls already won 3 rings before Rodman. That first 3 peat team was no pushover with Horace Grant as PF. Remember they defeated the BAD BOYS Pistons with Rodman in it if MJ didn't retire and the team was not desmantled maybe they got 8 rings straight

[@shinobu37]

@@charlesaaronte9105 Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green would smoke the Bulls big 3 if they are playing in the same era and you know that.

[@HoodedNinj4]

@@charlesaaronte9105 Rodman went to 3 Finals with the Pistons, Draymond Rodman and Pippen all played in 6 Finals and averaged Rodman: 4.9 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 1.3 apg, .8 steals, .4 blocks on 48/14.3/56.3 1.3 tos Pippen: 19 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 5.9 apg, 1.9 steals, 1.1 blocks on 42.5/25.6/74.7 3.3 tos Draymond: 11.5 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 6.6 apg, 1.8 steals, 1.0 blocks on 41.4/28/74.5 2.6 tos

[@flavia.1DivineSpark]

that call to Durant in the Oracle parking lot after the game isn't true. Dray talked about it on the JJ Redick´s podcast

[@johnathanDwhite]

Well put together my boy

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

He’s a pioneer, just as much as Curry is.

[@yihanzheng8203]

Yeah. Draymond has made elite small ball defense possible.

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

@@yihanzheng8203 yep he made players like Bam, PJ, Dorian Finney Smith, and Grant Williams possible. Tweeners just needed to be a defensive presence who can shoot when left open.

[@yihanzheng8203]

@@Ganggangbuzzbuzz So true. Also, it is just crazy that the Warriors have the best offensive and defensive players for small ball lineups.

[@danielhopper9581]

Your content is always great

[@hiimemz]

Interesting stats about the warriors that no one is talking about warriors won the championship: - without a regular season MVP on their roster - without a FIRST team all NBA team on their roster - without all-defensive FIRST team on their roster - without DPOY on their roster - without MIP on their roster - without a sixth man of year on their roster - without ROTY on their roster - without coach of the year on their team how many teams have done this in the NBA?

[@ja4309]

Kinda forgot Curry was just in the second team lol

[@quinesan]

This is an interesting take. I wonder how rare this is. However, they have personnel with those capabilities even if they didn't officially have those accolades this year.

[@ja4309]

@@quinesan Pretty much yeah but weren't we all talking about how the Warriors didn't look like a contending team just before the start of the season? Oh how much has changed since

[@hiimemz]

@@quinesan I've tracked until 1970 and found three other teams who have done this... 2011 Mavs, '95 Rockets and '78 Washington Bullets..

[@juliansearcie1758]

​@@hiimemz good job

[@ThorfinnMacbeth]

Nice video!.... some nice production/ editing choices too!

[@LOL_why_U_maD]

great job with the facts and telling them ! heres a 👍 & a sub!

[@buffalosoldier7360]

Draymond has said they’ve never been beat when all three were healthy…

[@Gd-jq6mz]

In a playoff series all 3 played in every game they are undefeated to date

[@ja4309]

@@Gd-jq6mz Technically in 2016 and 2019 Finals, they lost (though in 2016, Dray was supended for Game 5 and 2019 saw Klay not playing Game 3 and the remainder of Game 6)

[@bballfan315]

@@ja4309 Yeah no. In playoff series where ALL 3 start EVERY game of that series, the Warriors are undefeated. Either 19-0 or 20-0 I forget. In 2016, Draymond missed game 5. In 2019, Klay missed game 3. In the early playoff days losing to the clippers or spurs, Draymond wasn’t a starter yet. So basically, since they’ve all hit their primes and been available every game of a series they’re unbeatable. And it isn’t an opinion, it’s a literal fact lol

[@tyreepowell8367]

Draymond Green Will Always Be A Golden State Warriors Legend 💛💙

[@myrnagarcia9961]

I LOVE GREEN...NOT SCARED..FACES THE ENEMY AND READY FOR ALL AND ANY THING !

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Draymond Green need improve his offense if he want back-to-back champion next season 🔥🔥🔥

[@HIGHER7RUTH]

Big Respect Dreymond👍🔥🏀

[@openthemind1244]

It's always the smart organizations - Heat, Warriors, Spurs - that know what to do with these types of players when other teams have no clue. Like how the Pacers drafted Kawhi but traded him to the Spurs b/c they didn't think they could use him. (Spurs have 5 rings, Pacers have 0. Hmm, I wonder why). Draymond went to the perfect place for his career.

[@i0nknownun]

Dray such a impact people hate talk yea but he such a good defender aswell as good at helping flow our offense big ups the the Michigan boi🍾🍾🍾

[@ericpaulthompson1386]

My favorite player

[@mvpandrew93]

*You can take Draymond out of Saginaw. You will never take Saginaw Michigan out of Draymond Green. On par with Jason Richardson, our water is different than yours, kid.*

[@prestonmcintyre7045]

Respect this man

[@khayelihlenyawose1615]

The Draymond Green show

[@craigbrown6718]

Tony Baker-“I never knew”

[@georganatoly6646]

it 10+ years we're going to be debating the role dray had in Steph's success in the same way we do Pippen mj now

[@tomzosooox7564]

Hats off to steve kerr n co to able utilize player like dray klay steph iggy to play at his best and dont forget about pool wiggs n looney

[@veepeecee8630]

Dray green is the best when it comes to under sized defense

[@margaritarojas4215]

GREEN ❤❤❤ I LOVE GREEN

[@Jstef09]

Saginaw Michigan in this bih

[@thewatchmen4920]

Tony Smith could've been another great

[@Ober1kenobi]

Love draymond

[@saulgoodman8788]

FINALLY!!!

[@ivantop681]

What a Fro.

[@patsayjack402]

Dray$ one of my favorite players

[@snsdforever9682]

Would have been DPOY this year if not for that back injury.

[@phanderstorm0835]

I am so sorry for them because they all could have had 6 rings

[@helenponferrada9048]

I love draymond I wish he will not leave the warriors . They 3 of them klay and curry they are the best together

[@garrygahl8247]

PLEASE grow the FRO again!

[@octomoda]

Gelo Ball would do well as Draymond as his mentor. If they signed LaMelo and Gelo together, they would grow phenomenally in that system.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Funny how the haters seem to shut up when you have four rings, success speaks for itself

[@CharlestonGreen]

Mr SagNasty himself 💯💯💯

[@anonymousopinion6209]

Jesus Christ. Draymond & KD both said the call in the parking lot didn't happen. But you 🤡 just keep saying it anyway.

[@jacobfranklin820]

Love draymond! But why can’t he shoot anymore? Its so confusing

[@justsaynototv8366]

The refs and politics took that NBA finals away from the warriors.

[@Yeen_]

*Adam Silver / Lebron

[@justsaynototv8366]

@@Yeen_ And Nike is in it as well...

[@dappadon1070]

I don't understand how he's able to do it but he does.. this whole team is the definition of wtf!? 😆 🤣 😂

[@miguelluisnarra4123]

Can you do story behind DIRK?

[@seyahtan24]

He's truly their heart and soul. Does most things not written in the stat sheet. Yes he's a consistent triple single but he still does things that are valuable and intangible to a team. Only at the level of a good player though, not an all star or a HoF.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown next video theScore 🙏🙏🙏

[@jameslovekobe]

Why doesn’t anybody talk the first time Draymond caught attention, by making game winning buzzer beater against the LeBron era Miami Heat, this is the first time I hear about this name

[@stingrey1571]

Steph is the star of the warriors. However, without a doubt, the leader of these warriors is draymond.

[@EricCKeys]

Hes the type of player who finds the perfect fit and makes the most of it. While I dont think hes a great player or hall of fame worthy, he has definitely been impactful and I'm not going to be one of those silly fanatics who speak so poorly of him every time he has a bad game or a bad season. Fans need to learn to not speak in absolutes as if they can predict the future and sports doesnt have lots of subjectiveness regarding ranking and player values.

[@token8376]

Underrated af even curry is underrated

[@danbutler7685]

Draymond green is from the same hood as Stevie wonder

[@ghost91698]

what's a 1 dimensional 4 or 5? I don't think you understand what you said, because they definitely aren't 1 dimensional.

[@GeraltBosMang]

Scoring Prowess, lol.

[@timelesskoontah]

That 3 to 1 season was a gift to lebron...they didn't want warriors owning that media baby ..

[@manuaves6692]

Trojans - Spartans - Warriors

[@kennysmith1925]

buckwheat is that you? I wasn't born when this aired or when Eddie Murphy did it. but I know my comedy history. this is for you OGs

[@gabedyer8738]

Was crushed when they lost in the 2016 finals. He did have a monster game 7 though. He was one of the few players keeping them in that game. He is both entertaining and dominant. Can pass, dribble and defend. Just wish he could shoot better lol.

[@dawg7846]

How TF u goin make a vid bout dray n not speak about his first shot lmfao!

[@mvpandrew93]

*1:53**. Trust me around here they did much much worse.*

[@richeballa]

How is he entertaining thats my question. Seeing him drop triple singles is entertaining?

[@skateup2291]

This same channel would have been talking so much shit about draymond if they lost this championship.

[@lidefsomar5291]

2016 finals was rigged

[@wagnerrr23]

If this dude makes the HALL OF FAME then EVERYONE SHOULD!!! He doesn’t even average double digit points in his stats!!! Wouldn’t be surprised if he did though, being from such a “woke city,” and this being the “everyone gets a trophy,” generation!

[@thatGuyyy21]

U obviously don't watch or understand basketball if ur basing ur whole argument on ppg

[@thandotshabalala5041]

@@thatGuyyy21 there's always that one person ey, who read stats instead of watch games or the impact people make in games.

[@wagnerrr23]

@@thandotshabalala5041 yeah bro, he made HUGE IMPACT in this finals win now didn’t he?!?! He lacks ppg, assists and rebounds. His defense was sub par, he’s a great defender on Golden state because they don’t have ANY. GOOD DEFENDERS!

[@thandotshabalala5041]

At what point in his career has he ever made an impact on the offensive end ? Golden state were losing when he was hurt during regular season, game 6 was his best game in the playoffs and they won, if you think golden state could’ve won without him in these playoffs you must really be dillusional stop being a hater watch the games not the stats, he makes everyone’s job easier and that’s his role and he plays it well if he started getting a big head and wanted to shoot all the time they’d never win ,not every guy is supposed to be the Steph of lebron on their team why don’t you understand that if everyone was supposed to be great they should go to individual sports,but like I said there’s always people like you . I ain’t mad at that,them couch twitter fingers who got nothing good going for them lol I wonder who’s out there talking bout how shitty you are at your job

[@wagnerrr23]

@@thandotshabalala5041 another one of these light skinned Mariah Carey lookin dudes trying to assume someone is a fat pos just to prove his point. Like I said, draymond we’ll get in because everyone gets a trophy these day. 20 years ago he wouldn’t even make the ballot.

[@liuzeyuan]

very washed and still zero class. should have been raised and educated way better.

[@nuthinbut100percent]

what's Draymonds career look like without curry, klay, Durant, igoudala, and without repeatedly kicking people in the nuts on purpose and then pretending with Oscar like quality, that it was an accident...still think hes that great and has all those chips... Lol...ya...jus sayin...

[@lik7953]

Well what does curry’s career look like without green? Let’s not forget that golden state has consistently had the best defense in the league during their dynasty. In 2015, they were 2nd in offense rating and 1st in defensive rating. This year, they were 17th in offensive rating and 2nd in defensive rating. Steph is the offense, but draymond runs the defense. Both need eachother to succed

[@nuthinbut100percent]

@@lik7953 good point...but I'll ask you, how much of that is all Draymond?! How much of that is looney, igoudala, etc... without klay and steph and the other good players around him, he'd be an average decent defensive player on another team. Nothing more. You wouldn't know he existed. Try this exercise : Just picture his (6, 7 ? year career) with the timberwolves, or jazz, or pistons, or Grizzlies...(did you also catch yourself scoffingly chukling, loling)...loll...yup. hes a nobody on any other team.

[@BrownieKuma72]

@@nuthinbut100percent A good 80%? Lol. Literally everyone but you agrees that Draymond is the reason the warriors maintained a dominant presence In both offence and defense. All curry did was score good. Literally any superstar can do that, but not many of them are part of a dynasty. It ain't all Dray, but to devalue his importance to the teams success the last decade is just straight up retarded.

[@Jstef09]

@@nuthinbut100percent tell me you don’t know about basketball without telling me you don’t know basketball

[@Jstef09]

@@nuthinbut100percent not to mention your sentence construction is terrible

[@zrabbit219]

Delusional Draymond fans lol

[@nuthinbut100percent]

Sorry...just gotta follow up, cuz Draymond is really the most overrated player in the league. Does he have the same career, with say, the magic, the blazers, the rockets, loll...without curry, klay, Durant, igoudala, carrying his ass, hes a fkn NOBODY. Most over rated player in the league. That they add him to the big 3 of GSW, along side curry and klay, is an absurd joke. The harsh reality is that, without them or the other good players around him, you wouldn't even know his name.

[@thexpatsgaming8609]

That a dumb point. If you are going to say that then what is Dennis Rodman to the Bulls? That man scored literally zero during their dynastic run. The whole what if stuff is stupid because without they would not have come this far. The same could be said for Lebron and his championship runs, Tim duncan. etc

[@NBAgladiator]

The only people who think Draymond is overrated are people who don't know basketball. He is actually underrated because people love to hate him but hating him isn’t a reason to claim he isn't an exceptional basketball player. Your opinion is null and void.

[@Jstef09]

@@NBAgladiator he’s a casual and you can tell bro

[@sebastienlariviere8042]

This dude literally watched a video about why draymond is the backbone of the dynasty and just ignored it that's what we call cognitive dissonance

[@cattledog901]

Lmao top tier casual. You've been on a bunch of draymond videos complaining in multiple comments about him. I see he lives in your head rent free haha stay mad.