Why Draymond Green predicts Mavericks to advance past Thunder behind Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving

Draymond Green breaks down the second round NBA Playoff series between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder, including why he believes the difference will be the combo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving outshining OKC's young stars of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren.
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[@brandonbaker5994]

Ayoooo all this talk about length and girth is outta pocket 😂😂😂😂😂

[@yahcrack]

NO DIDDY

[@123456CBOY]

Yup

[@firstnamelastname6148]

luka doncic vs p. giddey 😋

[@TheRomane71193]

He definitely knew what he was doing

[@MegalodonFitness]

😅😅😅

[@bennettgibson3738]

Respect you putting out a bold take like this publicly before the series starts

[@nicholashubiak7171]

Not a hot take. Dallas is the better team. (I’m a Mavs fan)

[@zapdos6244]

Bold lol

[@Taunt_2]

Not really bold, mavs taking this series seems to be the consensus.

[@nicholashubiak7171]

@@dcgrowz4742 rough game luka played terrible still a lot of series to go well see

[@carloscallins7846]

@@nicholashubiak7171luka is not gonna play well the whole series lou dort is gonna give him trouble

[@masteraqua2408]

kyrie destroyed his peers, now he is about to teach the youngbloods

[@TheGibsond10]

Lol

[@michaelmitchell4893]

😭😭😂man y'all takes is wild. Thunder Got str8 Defense. Y'all boys will never get it Luka don't even play championship ball.

[@i37no4z]

lmao awkward af

[@alexn5501]

​@@michaelmitchell4893where does this come from? Luka won the euros with slovenia and the euroleague before he got to the nba + he is been to the wcf with a worse team. but Mj was 28 when he won the 1st time. You wouldve said the same thing about mj, because he kept losing to more stacked teams in the beginning. But go ahead, enjoy your hating.

[@kylemccune7497]

🧢

[@AJ_official-11]

If luka was black they wil call him father of MJ.He is so good

[@leonyses2887]

They’d just call him the new Magic Johnson if he was black. Since he’s white they call him Bird more. But he plays more like if Magic and Bird had a baby.

[@QuintonNewsom]

@@leonyses2887naw bro is really like Mike foreal

[@leonyses2887]

@@QuintonNewsom Mike was my favourite player then. Luka is my favourite now. I think Luka should have won mvp this year. With his passing, Luka may become the greatest offensive player of all time and he performs in the clutch moments like Mj. But man, they are so different to me. I think Luka could prove to be the second greatest player of all time perhaps.

[@1yungez]

draymond knows his shit but mavs in 6

[@TheAlan11223]

Not gonna lie Dray speaking only facts on why OKC gonna get sent Cancun.

[@Gmoney4184]

Nba dont want to see kyrie in finals. No usa team, no comeback player of year. The physicality is there with Dallas but i can see refs influencing this series more than the knicks one.

[@takuid]

He will overcome the refs. He is HIM.

[@swarajthapa5798]

Welcome to the Victim Mentality Club. hahahaha

[@zapdos6244]

he still might be on the usa team. Kawhi's definitely out, and so might Embiid

[@Physics_Dude]

If the NBA controlled things, the Knicks would have been in more than 1 finals since the 70s. That's proof that the NBA can't control everything!

[@joshhutchins6747]

We've beaten them before, and we can beat them again. If Luka starts hitting 3s it's going to get ugly quickly for OKC, as then the lobs are open season.

[@Theak47forall]

This guy should play basketball, he knows his shit.

[@ibra_2114]

Actually i think he’s gonna be a hell of coach in the future he’s spot on in everything

[@leonyses2887]

I feel his emotional maturity is way too low to be a great head coach. Okay for an assistant coach though.

[@ibra_2114]

@@leonyses2887 i agree , he have the knowledge not the character

[@omutvtube3910]

Sup Drey Drey good show. Like how you break down matchups. Nice job.

[@Davidstone568]

Dray knows that luka will always play 4 qtrs no matter what you throw at him. He knows by experience that luka is a bad bad dude

[@AuRelion77]

luka played like a bad dude for sure xD

[@nm93932]

OKC is unconventional because they don't have a big man, yet watching them play always blows my mind. They are able to play and win without a big man, they adjust. This will definitely be a fun game to watch. I still say OKC will win this match at the end.

[@ProFinancialTS]

Definitely 🎉 Silent Creepers!

[@dcgrowz4742]

Draymond just mad he ain’t able to swing at someone right now

[@Von0101]

He has issues but many do. Let him analyze and provide legit nba analysis. God damn

[@user-iv9vn1mt8x]

Lol

[@Oscar_AH]

I respect your takes a big deal. As a Mavs fan I’m way more scared of this series than you’d think.

[@sebaswatcher8665]

I agree, Mavs gonna smoke that OKC pack, Dallas has the size, and more in the center, chet is so skinny for Lively and Gafford.

[@LC-jq7vn]

True but my concern is that Lukas knee is still hurt which is making him very inefficient from 3 this last series. He pushes off on his 3 and usually he is one of the best at it. But he's been very poor from there.

[@justinkelly8764]

okay well chet is so skinny for jonas and he did fine

[@abelidicula1484]

@@LC-jq7vn simple just let kyrie cook and he just has to hit shots in the clutch and when kai is sitting

[@victordelacruz4449]

Jonas did not get enough playing time in that series because okc plays more perimeter. Opted out with small ball​@@justinkelly8764

[@jaebuudhatv8514]

I don't disagree but next year the NBA should be terrified of OKC they haven't even traded for a star yet 😯

[@lizannemorgan7860]

I am 68 a great fan of you and the warriors I am a subscriber I love your views

[@romnickpangilinan3276]

Hi Mr. Green, kindly do it again the shake hands 😂😂😂

[@bmillersince92]

Man why yall keep doubting okc??

[@MikeDelta5697]

Coz they're just too small

[@multimidnight13]

Because they are young

[@lightmikemu]

Because they are too young and too small and don't rebound.

[@justinkelly8764]

@@MikeDelta5697so they just got the one seed by being too small..?

[@hittkid6312]

@@justinkelly8764 I'm not picking a team but it has been shown that if you have a fast pace and can shoot alot you'll win a lot of regular season games but if you can't adjust that to the more physical and half-court dominated playoff games then you don't have a very good chance of winning.

[@calvinjohnson8662]

I just subscribed draymond. Great podcast.

[@senseiama1543]

hope Luka will be 100% and Kleber comeback soon, we definitely need to be healthy

[@thedban1206]

I don’t agree with this take but I do like the take. Everyone always predicts these similarly talented matchups to go 6 or 7. I respect the boldness to say 5.

[@Redeemedentertainment]

Luka got girth and Brunson’s hips has to be ridden… okay gotcha

[@takuid]

absolutely no diddy

[@TexanByNature88]

I subscribed so I can come back to tell you, “I told you so”😂

[@dcgrowz4742]

It’s time!…..

[@TexanByNature88]

@@dcgrowz4742 Not yet, let’s wait until the series is over. I got OKC in 5🤷🏾‍♂️

[@alexn5501]

I told you so😉

[@calvinjohnson8662]

I love draymond. Showing Dallas love and truth. We are going to go to work tonight.

[@dantethomas323]

OKC is similar to Grizzly was 3yrs ago but I think Dallas is going to go lob city against because of the amount of help they use on defense….it’ll be a good series

[@greakfreakmyboy9822]

Dray knows ball

[@Physics_Dude]

Dray knows techs

[@coreyhurt8529]

😂😂😂😂oookay

[@henryslatt9041]

This aged well

[@jonyboi21]

No he doesn’t

[@mattnoonan6519]

Nah, he don’t.

[@JayquanSmith-so4ib]

If kyrie makes it back to the finals can we say he definitely deserves to be on that top 75 list!!! ???? cause the league media doesn’t give enough props to kyrie and it shows the business side of the nba

[@catcusnate2804]

Fuck top 75 kyrie would be top 5 guard of all time

[@franknatti5367]

@@catcusnate2804yall be glazing too much for a guy who can’t even make the playoffs as the number 1 guy

[@leonyses2887]

Who they not going to take instead? Lillard, Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, or James Harden?

[@Ghost_Junglebaby]

Dort should not guard Kyrie Kyrie way to fast for him 😂

[@rayray5561]

Ride the hip Pause 😂😂

[@dnative93]

DRAYMOND YOURE A FREAKING MANIAC BRO!!! 😂😂😂 they got a compilation video of your wildest moments in the league . Bruh you a real menace 😂.

[@tomazkavsek236]

This guy should get an NBA contract, he knows what's it about.

[@SIPnCHILL_]

Come to Dallas bruh...

[@thommccarthy1139]

The Mr. Wrong podcast but I'm still listening.

[@alexn5501]

He was dead right this time

[@thommccarthy1139]

@@alexn5501 He certainly was

[@chxchoi3177]

draymond is just saying fact...mavs in 5

[@5wisher5weet]

Whoever wins, Wolves are looking scary

[@BassYakCam]

No doubt. They are terrifying right now.

[@LC-jq7vn]

True but it should also be noted that Nuggets look like zombies out there. Even against the Lakers. Maybe they are unmotivated do to the success last year.

[@joecarrano8223]

@@LC-jq7vn they did not look like zombies against the lakers. They almost swept them again 💀

[@BassYakCam]

@@LC-jq7vn I wouldn’t say that. I think they are good but not as great as everyone anointed them. They won the West with only 53 wins last year. Only one other team had 50 wins. Warriors dynasty was over and they won it all in a down year for the West.

[@LC-jq7vn]

@@joecarrano8223 Nah dude they definitely didn't look like they cared at times, having to come back, giving away quarters. They are doing the same this series but the Wolves are the better team so its literally impossible for what happened not too.

[@yahcrack]

1:04 NO DIDDY

[@doomsday_72]

Draymond thinks the Mavs bigs are guarding Chet lmao it’s gonna be pj and the bigs are gonna be on giddey

[@ericheffner112]

I feel the same. The winner of Mavs/Twolves.... 🏆

[@sebastianbriones8422]

Agree think game 1 goes to okc today

[@jonathanmckoy9173]

Yo the referees done called 22 fouls on the Mavericks in the first half of that game what the hell is going on

[@hezekiahshimotsuki1370]

Take shai’s free throws away and he only has 18 🤷‍♂️ but nobody wanna talk about that

[@NorthThree6]

@@hezekiahshimotsuki1370Luka attempted only 3 less free throws than SGA. Not Shai’s fault Luka couldn’t sink them

[@mariosarka3807]

@@NorthThree6 lol but the difference is 99% fouls on Luka are fouls,only 50% or less on Shai are actually playoff fouls,big difference.

[@NorthThree6]

@@mariosarka3807 I watched Luka flop for nearly 48 minutes. Man was begging for fouls

[@larsen1784]

I hate Dray, but love the Mavs. Feeling torn right now.

[@BassYakCam]

I don’t like him either. But I do respect that he looks at these matchups objectively. He knows what he’s talking about out. Dallas matches up better in this series.

[@Tntvibes7]

Damn...hate? Not that serious tbh

[@BassYakCam]

@@Tntvibes7 My hate list: Lebron, Wade, Booker, KD, Harden, CP3, Westbrook.

[@adriandavis8992]

Just like you probably hated Kai before he joined the Mavs. Y’all let the media tell you how to think.

[@larsen1784]

@@adriandavis8992 No, always loved Kai especially after the antisemitism. I just watched Dray coming .5 felony a game without getting suspended.

[@cadrollhunting3564]

JDub is 6´4 and not 6´8, people keep on making the guy bigger than he is.

[@bearanales]

Honestly kyrie may be the best 2 man ever behind Kobe to Shaq

[@matthewborovay]

SPEAKING FACTS DRAYMOND🔥🔥🔥

[@mituscustoms7796]

This take will age like milk. OKC in 6

[@fernandojose3790]

Okc in 5*

[@leonyses2887]

Okc in 7 now? 😂

[@fortyoneseventyseven6146]

???

[@leonyses2887]

This take has aged like milk.

[@ja027]

Mavs in 5

[@rex9288]

JDUb is 6'5"

[@coreyhiggins6890]

3 inches smaller than Luka...

[@NorthThree6]

@@coreyhiggins6890Luka is 6’7”

[@user-kz1gg1xz6c]

Facts.

[@michaellebreton4294]

Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward . It would be wise to sit Luka the next game because they have no chance beating Thunder with him playing in the condition he is in .

[@johnschofield6263]

The problem is it’s a knee sprain which would take weeks to heal, sitting him wouldn’t do anything. Either he plays and just tries to gut it out or they punt on the season and just rest him.

[@GuitarDreamer]

This guy seems to know what he’s talking about.

[@BLin29371]

Bro knows ball I have to say

[@creatordreams9040]

draymond a goat for this

[@endva3092]

Dray on point 💯

[@Resurrector333]

Let’s hope peg leg can lead us to the promised land

[@green8026]

Draymond's got his boy Steph, and it is true, you don't put Anthony Edwards in that category yet. Steph changed everything. Shooting is different now because of Steph Curry.

[@charlescombs6268]

Okc smoked golden state so……

[@vernvartdal6479]

Chet is right on the edge of being injured each play. He's rightfully afraid.

[@KingWilson-mg3ns]

Preach dray

[@BassYakCam]

Dray knows what he’s talking about.

[@fernandojose3790]

Lmaoooo

[@west1788]

cap

[@BassYakCam]

Tonight was more like I expected Dallas to play. Still gonna be tough. Might be too injured.

[@ripclampz1211]

So far so good might be Dallas in 5 fr

[@west1788]

@@ripclampz1211 nope

[@TheSteddypoundin]

People always forget me Thunder is going to be the most athletic team top bottom 80% of the time. They bring energy all game , with player and ball movement. I got me Thunder going far as western conference finals

[@imasleepzz]

sup

[@RobertoRodriguez-ug3lu]

they win the next 4?

[@MrMusicanddedication]

I got okc in 5/6 we will see if I’m right if I’m right pay me 😂🤣 I might place this bet

[@imasleepzz]

how that bet go

[@maferreira1984]

I can see where this is coming from, since this OKC team is nothing special, really. However, it doesn't seem like Luka can be expected to show up for this series, unfortunately. This could be pretty smooth sailing for a healthy Mavs team, but as it is, they will probably go home in 4 or 5.

[@haywood0457]

I think DAL OKc goes 7. I think SGA is ready. It’s all about how the others like Jalen Williams step up to the moment. These young bulls are nasty.

[@multimidnight13]

As a team, they're too young

[@TheGibsond10]

No it'll be okc in 6

[@TheGibsond10]

​@@multimidnight13whose too young their leader Shai been in the league 6 years. Keep telling yourselves lies but okc is the better team by far

[@jordanmccann1082]

@@multimidnight13 How they just won by 22

[@multimidnight13]

@jordanmccann1082 and ? They aren't the first really young team to win by that much in ONE game in a playoff series. Only to then get a reality check and lose the series. Any young team can do that in game 1. Can they keep it up ?

[@MDB465]

LETS GO MAVS!!!!!🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵

[@Corummo]

Luka is playing on one single leg since playoffs start. It's very unfortunate for Mavs.

[@imacheeshead9042]

Sayy what you want bout dray he know his hoops he got the game of the end of the bench player but the iq of an all time. Great

[@benson5750]

I respectfully disagree

[@user-lz6hj7ri8o]

I don't understand why Luka o messed up , being on floor not playing

[@brooklynblack9015]

Kyrie is not a number two he’s kyrie the goat 🐐 who destroyed you and curry in the finals after you blow a 3-1 lead

[@CJProc]

You talking to Kyries friend like this stop being corny

[@freeddawg2882]

Girth?

[@Luke-ul3xf]

Kyrie is gonna put Lu Dort in the torture chamber, I’m smelling some 40 pt games. Dray knows ball, Mavs in 5

[@mikekay2608]

I don't think so buddy he got half of it dort put luka in torture chamber

[@Iggles123]

@@mikekay2608 The Dorture chamber

[@aguthrie91]

🫵😆

[@TheDmgmonster]

Bring my dog physician Dre to Dallas!!

[@riglozano7452]

cows go mooo

[@fijianwonder]

I wish dray signed with the mavs

[@MrAloser223]

As a MFFL, I think luka's knee injury will stop mavs from getting into the final. I dont think his condition is good enough to surpass the wing defence of t-wolves.

[@leonyses2887]

I think the mavericks have a better chance against the Nuggets.

[@leeparker2307]

OKC in 6

[@higherway1036]

Whoa there Draymon 😳 girth 😮 come on dawg

[@yewhanshagos1584]

Green really don’t like Knicks you can tell

[@Dog8myhomework]

Minnesota vs Dallas is what you predicted ? 😂

[@anthonycelestin3559]

You criticized Rudy Gobert missing G2 but didn’t you want to miss a game watching LeBron beat Kareem scoring record you hypocrite

[@FrmThaMont]

As An OKC Fan Draymond You Been Tweaking All Year & You Tweaking Now .. Love Gang

[@ThatboiWaterz]

Kyrie/Luka are virtually unguardable☝🏾

[@ctoaun23]

😂

[@hegcho]

Dallas is a slow starter after watching game 1, this can go to 6 or 7 but i still take the mavs, they usually lose 2 games, and then win the series. Only if they lose 3 games i will doubt them to win.

[@bluealvey]

This is seals it: the Thunder are winning this series.

[@imasleepzz]

oh yeah? 😂

[@tomazroses6022]

I got Mavs to.. 🤘🏻

[@timmit9161]

Draymond says the Mavs will advance which means the thunders will win the series, cuz Draymond’s predictions have been all wrong this year😂

[@Yoodoooo]

MAVS DONE 😂😂😂

[@robertcervantes5446]

Lets go Mavs!!!?

[@flashatg948]

Back after game 1 Lu dort indeed locked up luka 19points and took him 19 shots to get it oh and okc won by 22

[@CC-om9lb]

Okc in 5 , Mavs are trash

[@willmarinac5201]

Trash and unknowledgable Take.Why? Dort is a mismatch for Luka Chet Holmgren < less then Gaddord/ Lively. Giddy over-matched PJbWashinhton and Kyrie outskills SAG and J Dub gets floater

[@mannycandelaria2500]

Okay Bum Mavs winning this shit

[@justinlane1871]

This aged like old cheese lol

[@user-yq6lv5jx6w]

Blowout incoming, Thunder forecast for Cancun on Thursday. Mavs in 5

[@tennisbowling7902]

draymond my goat

[@prkilla2010]

Kyrie number 1 anybody finish games in clutch all the time is number 1

[@davidpeters3857]

OKC was a steal for game one -4.5 10/11….Luka wasn’t 💯

[@willneverson2383]

Your predictions have been bad… Change your mentality

[@JesusSavedtheEntireWorld]

He was literally the only one to correctly predict the wolves beating the nuggets.

[@leonyses2887]

@@JesusSavedtheEntireWorld they didn’t beat them yet.

[@TheAmaye]

Okc has the best perimeter defense besides timberwolves this man is on fucking crack

[@tubbsthabarber4507]

Luka vs. Dort for his career (over 20 games) is 35-11-10.. Shai in his career vs DJJ is 20-5-5 (17 games) Lively and Gafford combined for 27-20-4(blocks) a game this season vs. OKC..

[@Yoodoooo]

LUKA BRICKIC GONE SHOOT 2-80😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vishpacuribot6418]

@@Yoodoooolets see :)

[@jibberjabberstepback612]

@@tubbsthabarber4507 How'd that work out for ya?

[@michaelmitchell4893]

@@jibberjabberstepback612😭😭😭

[@DodoMuse]

That's crazy because you know what OKC can do. You have first hand experience. You're not a casual, so stop giving out "casuals" type takes.

[@leonyses2887]

Or maybe it’s because you haven’t followed the mavs and seen what they could do, once they got Gafford and Washington.

[@leonyses2887]

Casual

[@kradoste6268]

Kyrie is not a number 2 man he is being number 1 for us, except Luka is also number 1, we got 2 number 1s

[@christopheru7125]

Lmao this aged well 👀👀

[@ericheffner112]

It's been 1 damn game. He said 5, 6 at best. Check back after game 4

[@leonyses2887]

Yeah after one game all we hear is Dallas was done. Now after today all I hear are crickets. 🤣

[@MexiDre]

Aged very well. Mavs in 6

[@Tyreik-bv5yn]

mavs in 6 !

[@ja027]

mavs in 6

[@aguthrie91]

Draymond just mad he can’t kick someone in the 🥜 right now.

[@zapdos6244]

What the fuck is that question lol, Steph = Ant?