WEBVTT - EPISODE 24: Draymond Green Part 2 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.400 Welcome to this week uncut in the world of NA News. 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:18.000 Chris Hans works time. It's some time. This Lincoln Cut 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:22.360 is underway, on fire. This should be a good one. 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:28.000 You are correct, Tim kits Ro, Voice of NBA JAM 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:31.120 and voice of this league. Uncut. This is gonna be 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.120 a good one. It's gonna be a great one. This 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:37.400 is Part two of our conversation with Draymond Green. Chris 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.840 and I spoke to him for about an hour over 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:43.720 the weekend. We decided to break this thing up into 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.160 two parts because he went so in depth with us 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.560 on so many different subjects. In Part one, we talked 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:55.440 about defense, and we specifically got into the game against 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.520 the New Orleans Pelicans that Draymond himself said he felt 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:03.040 like really turned around Golden States season, his approach to 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.200 the game, the state of the Warriors. D We talked 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.039 about all these things. In Part two, though, he goes 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:12.440 really in depth on the Jordan Pool situation in training camp. 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:15.760 He talks about his future with the Warriors. He talks 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:20.000 about what this Western Conference looks like, who's the favorite 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:26.240 after such a wide open and tumultuous regular season. Draymond 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.039 Green unplugged on this League uncut. Here's part two with 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.760 Chris and I. So I wanted to read you this 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.560 from January. This was this was on your own podcast, 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.320 The Draymond Green Show, which is of course on the volume, 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:42.720 and and it's being nominated. It's being nominated right for 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:47.440 the war He mentioned, Yes, I've been nominated for a 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:51.000 Webby award, like I think the Best Sports Podcast or 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:55.360 something like that, which, like we said at the top, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.520 we need you on our show more than you need us. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.400 But in January you had our friend Jamal Crawford on 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.760 and you guys ended up talking about what happened with 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.360 Jordan Poole and training camp, and your quote was, I 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.120 think a lot of our shortcomings this year is my fault. 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.240 Why is it my fault? I have not been the 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.000 leader that I am and that I need to be 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.560 for this team. The reason I have not been that 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:20.360 leader is also my fault. Right. We all know what 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.000 happened with your young Wolverine brother JP. So for me, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.400 I've kind of had to walk a fine line of 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.919 not really being Draymond. And when I'm not really being myself, 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.799 that's not the best thing for this team. Three months later, 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.960 how close to the full Draymond, are you in terms 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.880 of leadership? I think I've been a lot better since then, 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.560 And just you know, Stanny, I had to get to 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:49.400 the point of where to really get back to just 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:53.320 being me and myself. And what that meant is you 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:57.480 can't really care about feelings. You know, there's no space 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:02.480 in this game for winner. If you're winners for feelings, 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.760 feelings will get hurt often if you're trying to win, 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:10.160 because winning and feelings don't live in the same place. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.600 They live in two totally different spaces, and oftentimes what 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.720 you do is you try to cater to both, and 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.440 those that cater to both you end up stuck in 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.320 the middle. Well, what's the middle of the middle is 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:28.160 five hundred? The middle is not quite good enough, not 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.600 quite bad enough. That's the middle. Well guess what. That's 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.480 where we've been all year until as of late, stuck 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.680 right in the middle. And so I just had to 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.920 get to a point to where I said, listen, I 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.240 can't sit here and worry about feelings. I've never worried 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.800 about feelings. Well, all of a sudden, am I so 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.240 worried about feelings now? And not that it's Jordan's feelings 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:54.520 to anyone's feelings about anything, like not just the JP incident, 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:58.720 but anything that you could be feeling that you may 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:04.480 have a feeling about. I really don't have time to 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:08.040 worry about that because I can't lead and worry about 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:11.240 how your feelings, how you may take something, how your 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.440 feelings may get hurt, because guess what, and being a leader, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.960 there's actually a time where you need and have to 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:22.680 hurt feelings, like intentionally have to hurt feelings, and it's 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:27.279 totally necessary, and guess what, it can spark something totally 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:29.720 different than the team. So I had to just kind 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.240 of get back to that mindset of like, when have 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.160 you ever worried so much about feelings that you allow 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.480 that to get in the way of leading. And like 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:44.600 I said, that's not just JP's feelings, that's that's organizationally, 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.920 that's publicly because that was a big part of it, 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.960 right the video never get released, that's a totally different thing, 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:56.159 and so the public's feelings. I had to stop worrying 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.560 about that as well. I think that was a bigger 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:03.440 worry than Jordan's feelings or the organization's feelings. Is how 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.440 I'm viewed in the public Man, I have a family, 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:12.320 my wife that followed everyone, and so I think that 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:16.440 had more of an impact on me than necessarily what's 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.440 happening to organization, Because at the end of the day, man, 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.920 we're going to play basketball, like and when you get 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.560 between those lines, nothing else matters but going out there 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.680 to play basketball, competing at the highest level. But I 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.360 think for me, I'm going out there, I don't want 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.760 to necessarily say something to Jordan because if I say 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.640 something to Jordan he react the wrong way. Everybody in 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.440 the public is going to pick it up and say, oh, 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.800 he's doing this and he's doing that right. And so 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.320 I was more worried about those things than I actually 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.919 was what would actually happen if I did say something 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.200 to Jordan, or what would actually happen on our team 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.800 if I did say something to somebody else. I was 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.279 more worried about everyone else picking up what happens if 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.839 something did happen. Well, guess what, stuff like that happens 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.600 all the time throughout the season. Teammates get into it 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.920 and I know that and I've been a part of 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:10.240 those And guess what those things build character, Those things 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:15.320 build bonds and so and understanding that and being the 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.920 leader and leading the way that I lead. I had 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.159 to just accept that, you know what, I may say 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.920 something to Jordan, I may say something somebody else. It 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.240 may blow up at times, but guess what if it 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:30.760 does and the public picks that up or the media 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.600 wants to pick that up, AND's so be it, because 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:37.039 I don't have the time to worry about everyone else 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.600 feelings and everyone else perception of what's going on in 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.680 our locker room, what's going on with us between the lines, 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.760 except for doing what I have to do that I 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.160 know and what it takes that I know, or excuse me, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.919 doing what I know it takes to win at the 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.039 highest level. And it's like, oh, man, you know the Okay, 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.479 see game in Okay, see when I got pissed at Jordan? 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:05.400 All right, am I supposed to keep holding all of 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.480 those emotions in so that no one picks it up 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.640 or everybody picks it up and talk about it the 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.960 next day, and who cares? And that's kind of the 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.120 mindset that I had to get back to and just 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.560 accepting that, and I think I've done a much better job. 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.240 I couldn't have had that game against New Orleans nor 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.880 could my team have followed that game against New Orleans 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.880 game forty just couldn't. Like, it wasn't possible. I'm not 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.680 sure they were capable of following that. I'm not sure 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.160 we were capable of banding together the way we did. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.920 I'm just not sure it was possible. But in working 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.360 through the things that I needed to work through, that 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.120 we need to work through, I think we've gotten to 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:49.720 that place. And lastly, and saying that, I also think 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:53.000 it required me to take that approach initially and not 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:56.320 just try to be Draymond Boss to the walls. Yeah, 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.000 right out the gate. Now I think it sets us 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:03.920 up for a better come playoff time, which is now joy. 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:05.800 I'm not trying to harp on that because we didn't 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:09.280 want to touch on that really, but you mentioned the leak. 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:13.440 The leak took it to another level, and I think 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.680 that made matters worse for everybody involved. Was that leak. 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.800 Was that issue resolved as far as from your knowledge 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.120 finding out who did it? Like? Was it resolved to 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:28.840 your satisfaction? No, not at all. I was never really 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.600 given a concrete I'm sure on how it came about. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.760 But anything else that gets investigated, you get to concrete things, right, like, 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.920 this is why we got to our investigation. That's that, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.960 and it doesn't end until you reach a concrete place. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.000 That wasn't the case with this investigation. Could it have 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.360 been the case if I pressed the issue? Probably so, right, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.360 Like we probably could have got all the way to 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.800 the bottom of it if I pressed the issue, if 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.800 rich Paul pressed the issue, we could have gotten all 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.560 the way to the bottom of it. I'm sure. But 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:10.200 but in hindsight or I mean even looking at it now, Hans, 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:12.920 I didn't want to get to the bottom of it. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.920 I didn't want to chase Oh, man, who leaked this? Uh? 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.200 Is there a way for me to find out, you know, 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.640 where this league came from? Like if I do find out, 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:31.319 what I'm gonna do? Like, am I going to sue someone? No? Like, say, say, 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.719 a lot of people said, man, that leade came from 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.720 the organization, all right, So if I find out the 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.440 organization leaked it, am I going to sue the Golden 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:43.319 State Warriors? Of course? Not like I love to Going 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.520 State Warriors. I've been at the Golden State Warriors for 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:50.679 eleven years. Like my entire knowing as a professional basketball 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.840 players synonymous with the Golden State Warriors. Why am I 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.720 going to run and try to sue them for that. 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.920 I did it like I did it. The thing that 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.800 happened I did it did get leaked. It's unfortunate, and 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.280 if I'm being quite honest, it's bullshit that it got leaked, 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.400 because you know, what don't get leaked, what don't get 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.680 leaked is when we running through plays. What doesn't get leaked. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.000 This when we're going when what doesn't get leaked This 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:21.240 when we're going through a team's scout and we're scouting 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.880 on you know, we're putting our game playing together, or 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.720 when coach gets pissed off in practice and go ape 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.600 shit on all of us. That doesn't get leaked. But 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:35.360 that thing gets leaked. It's unfortunate and it sucks. But 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.640 the reality is I did it, and you got to 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.400 face the music. Man, I'm not about to get so 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:45.480 deep into trying to find out who leaked it that 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.520 I'm that it almost appears as I'm not willing to 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.200 face the music or something. So I did I As 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.800 you know, man, I am someone who stands on everything 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:57.520 I say. I stand on everything I do. Good battering 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:02.040 different to be quite honest with you, it was unfortunate 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:04.920 that it got out there. It's one of my worst 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.000 moments as a pro. Like, I've never punched anyone as 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.120 heated as things have gotten, as much things as I've 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.760 been into. I'm not someone who just walks around punching someone. 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.520 And so it's something that I had never done. It's 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.840 unfortunate that it got leaked. But the reality is I 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.720 let myself go to that space and I did do it. 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:29.320 It's not like somebody altered the video and put out 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:32.280 there and alter video. No, no, no, the video that 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.439 was out there is something that I did. And regardless 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:37.920 if it got leaked, if it was or it wasn't 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.280 supposed to get leaked, I did it. And because I 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.560 did it. You can approach that one or two ways. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.280 You can bullshit around and try to get to the 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:51.120 bottom of who leaked it, or you can accept it 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.800 it got leaked and you shouldn't have done it. And 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.480 because you shouldn't have done it, it would have never 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.760 been in a space to get leaked if you hadn't 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.640 done it. So control what you can control, and don't 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.160 worry about what you what you can't control. And so 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.040 again answer you a question. No, we never got to 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.679 the bottom of it. To be honest with you, I 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.559 was given some lousy answer that you know me very well. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.000 If I really cared to get to the bottom of it, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.840 I would ate that lousy answer up. But it was 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.640 just no point. It is what it is. The damage 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.360 was done. So getting to the bottom of the leap 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:34.720 like it does nothing like I heard, relationships and all 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.640 of that, and so the damage is done, like move forward, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.880 correct what you can correct, and be better and learn 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.040 from it. And that's kind of what I what I 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:50.720 tried to do with the whole situation. Well, I mean, 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:54.280 that was an incredibly candid answer and reminds me of 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.600 why I don't go in locker rooms very much anymore. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.640 We are allowed back in locker rooms, but after a 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.240 few years off, I don't like going in there anymore. 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.360 But in the years that we did go into locker 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.959 rooms a lot. That's why they're all That's why there 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.040 was always a crowd around yours, because we know we're 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:12.400 gonna get we know we're gonna get that incredible detailed answer. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.960 But you said something in there. You've been a warrior 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.120 for eleven years. Chris knows this. He's heard this speech 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:21.520 a zillion times. Because I'm a basketball romantic. I would 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.440 like to see Draymond Green and Stephen Curry and Clay 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.160 Thompson play their whole careers together. It doesn't happen very 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.280 much anymore. I don't know how realistic it is. We're 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.880 in a different era, this is a different time. It 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.679 is a business more than it's ever been. So, just 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.320 as generally as I can ask this, what do you 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:45.000 How likely is it that Draymond Green finished his career, 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:52.240 his career as a warrior well number one for something 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.080 you just said. I think this is the last time 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:58.760 we'll ever see it, especially with the new CBA. I 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:02.000 don't think the new c BA will allow you to 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:06.000 see this again. You know, if there were things added 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:09.800 into the CBA, like you know, you drafted all of 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.920 these go you drafted Jordan Pool, you drafted this Clay Times, 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.520 you drafted Steph Kerry, you drafted Kevon Loon, and you 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.480 drafted Draymond Green. If there was things that was added 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.560 to the CBA like it should have been, and you're 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.200 not penalized with drafting, well then maybe we will see 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.480 it again. That's not the case to my knowledge, and 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:31.640 so because that's not the case, I don't think we'll 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.360 ever see this again. With the penalties and the way 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.080 the money is increasing, I just don't think we will 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:42.200 as far as my situation goes. Man, I've been here 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:46.680 eleven years. I've done everything that you can possibly do here. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.960 Why would I want to go somewhere else and try 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:54.280 to do it again to prove to the people that 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.080 say Draymond can only play on that team, he can't 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.600 play anywhere else. Should I try to go prove those 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.080 people wrong. I've been proving those people wrong. Those same 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.440 people said I would never make it in the NBA, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:10.960 So I'm not going to waste my time trying to 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.960 prove the same idiots wrong that I prove wrong a 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:18.840 million times over. I would love to finish my career here. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:25.400 That's been my goal since maybe signing this current contract 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.680 been on own. It's like it looked like a more 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:32.760 realistic thing of me finishing here. And I also don't 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:34.840 want to play twenty years in the NBA. I want 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.120 to play fifteen years in the NBA. So I think, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.160 you know, it's very realistic that in four more years 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:44.240 I will still be contributing at a high level, I'll 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.600 still be able to give to a team and live 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.240 up to the contracts that I'll be on, and so 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:53.480 I do want to be here. As far as the 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:57.400 probability goes, I can't necessarily give you that because it's 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:01.160 not up to me. You know, if it's totally up 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.080 to me, I can one hundred percent tell you I 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.360 would finish my career here, But that's not something that's 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:10.800 totally up to me, you know, And I do understand you. 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.640 Remember when I told you, I said, I told you guys, 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.800 I said, guys don't know how to play. Another one 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.560 that's even more baffling than me is guys don't understand 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.800 the business of basketball. I actually understand the business of basketball, 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:29.040 and so I do understand why that's not totally my decision, 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:34.240 and I don't have any hard feelings with that because 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.680 I do understand that at the end of the day, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:41.760 this is a business. This is a multi billion dollar business, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:46.360 and it keeps moving. It doesn't matter who the characters 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.520 are within it. The business has to keep moving. And 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:54.240 so the likelihood or the probability, if it's up to me, 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.560 it's one hundred percent, But I can't give you the 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:02.480 actual likelihood, because ultimately, you know, we all want to 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:04.800 in any job that we do, we all want to 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.439 be compensated for what we bring to the table. We 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.479 all want our fair market value, and so you know 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:16.040 that end of the bargain has to be uphill, and 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:18.360 my end of the bargain has to be uphill. I 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.639 do think I am still holding the mind of the bargain. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.879 We're defending the championship. I am still playing at a 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:29.280 high level. And I don't doubt that that Joe and 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.560 Bob and our front office and ownership group will hold 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.119 up their end of the bargain. They always have. I 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.600 have no contrary to the reports out there and all 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:42.400 the things, I have zero reasons to believe that they 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.760 won't hold up their end of the bargain because they've 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.439 never shown me that. And I think so many times 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.879 we get caught up in this constant media cycle and 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.600 all of the news and reports that we get caught 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:57.120 in our feelings and we stop believing what we what's 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.560 right in our face to believe. I saw on Twitter 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.200 You're coming to Dallas, so I said, oh, that's good 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.960 for me. I saw that as well, But like right 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:12.480 in our face and my face and you guys face 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.800 in the public face, is that the Warriors has always 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.360 making sure that I was taken care of. The Warriors 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.239 has always making sure that Clay Thompson was taken care of. 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:26.679 The Warriors have always made sure that Steph Curry was 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.960 taken care of, Kavin Luney was taken care of. That's 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.760 what's right in our face. That's what's been right in 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:38.280 our face. So I am not going to I am 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:42.800 not going to essentially, for lack of a better term, 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:46.520 shit on the Warriors or not believe what they've shown 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.720 and not give them their credibility and what's due, which 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.280 is they have taken care of the guys that they're 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.480 supposed to take care of, so I have no reason 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:58.159 to believe that they won't still do that. Joy. I 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.040 have my final question. I know you got busy schedule 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.120 I wanted, by the way, I'm cool if I got 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:07.119 fifteen more minutes. If y'all got something, no problem. If not, 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:13.040 don't let us get greedy. We will take off fifteen Drey. 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:17.320 You gave before, you gave a team bulletin board materials, 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.720 a team that's near you guys, before the season about 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:23.520 you know you talked about and you know that you 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:26.520 hear that. I think again, it's it's one thing about 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:31.439 saying that publicly, I think kind of runs people the 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.800 wrong way. I don't know why, but it was always 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.440 known what I'm talking about was always known that you 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:40.439 get up for certain teams and you just don't have 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.480 it for other teams. But you know you made your 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:44.480 made those believe it was on the shop when you 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.120 made those comments earlier in the year saying the Kings 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:48.880 are one of those teams where you had a hard 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:51.800 time getting up for them, and you know they took 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.520 it and ran with it, and they've had a really 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.480 good year, bounced back a year and Mike Brown, to me, 0:19:57.520 --> 0:19:59.639 should be unanimous Coach of the Year over there with 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:03.480 the King. Has the dynamic change for you now that 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:06.560 they're been like, what what has the dynamic been like 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.760 for you going to play the Kings this season? Has 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.720 it felt different? Well? Quite frankly, if people go back 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.440 and watch that episode, it was actually math saying who 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:19.879 those teams weren't? I agree? But okay, my bad. But 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:22.280 in saying that, like I said, you know me, I'm 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.240 always standing on everything I say. The Kings have sucked, Like, 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.000 let's just face it, um, since I've been in the NBA, 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:31.960 they have sucked. I have not made the playoffs since 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:38.960 I've been So it's not like some like bulletin board 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:43.320 of disrespect. It's actually a fact. They are who we 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:48.280 were when I came into the NBA. Yes, they're changing that. 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.600 I also said on that episode. Now the Kings got 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:55.280 Mike Brown, and I expect that to change. I also 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:59.600 had Dear Fox on my podcast and I told Fox, Fox, 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:04.800 this is on you, keens get to the playoffs. It's 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:08.080 on you, my brother, like you have to. They traded 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:13.240 Tyrese Halliburton. Dave essentially said the Aaron Fox is our 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:15.600 point guard. Fox, you need to go out there. You 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.520 need to lead this team the playoffs. There's no reason 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:23.240 you shouldn't be an All Star, and so on and 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:28.120 so forth. Guess what. Fox went out there and led 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:31.600 this team to the playoffs. Fox went out there and 0:21:31.880 --> 0:21:36.119 became an All Star, and he's leading that organization in 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.240 the right direction. When they trade it another all star, 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:43.840 Tyrese Halliburton, he's doing exactly what they hoped he would do. 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.439 By trading Tyrese Halliburn and so I give all credit 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:49.720 to them. I give credit where credits do. Another team 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:52.360 that I spoke about was the Orlando Magic. Let's face it, 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:55.080 we get thrown in Orlando on the back to bat 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:59.000 with Miami because Orlando has sucked. Let's just face it, 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:02.040 like you get them coming out of two three days 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:05.480 in Miami y because they've sucked. No one cares about 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:08.560 the game. They are changing that Jamal Mosley is doing 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:13.119 an incredible job, and most importantly, they have a guy 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:17.720 that it's about winning, that loves basketball, that you can 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:22.080 build around, and Polo ban Carol. Before anyone was ever 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:24.640 really talking about Polo ban Carroll as the number one pick, 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:27.480 and everybody was saying Jabari Smith and this guy and 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:30.679 that guy who was on the podcast talking about Polo 0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:33.960 ban Caro is the guy. Now. I think the Orlando 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:36.480 Magic why they want to take the bulletin board material 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:39.080 about me saying they sucked. I think they also took 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:44.480 the willetin board material from my podcast and evaluating talent 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:47.320 because all of a sudden, out of nowhere, they drifted 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:50.680 Polo number one out of nowhere. But come on, let's 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:54.640 face it, he don't know man, news don't stay private 0:22:54.720 --> 0:22:58.000 in the NBA no more. Like so they're not that 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:00.520 discreet to where they had somebody think and they was 0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.040 taking someone else, and then all of a sudden they 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:05.639 take Polo ban Carl. They ain't that goddamn the street. 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:08.080 No one is in the NBA anymore. So let's face it, 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:11.520 they were watching, they took the kid, and they did 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:14.359 the right thing. I give credit where credits due. I 0:23:14.400 --> 0:23:18.679 think the Orlando Magic are headed and trended in the 0:23:18.760 --> 0:23:22.320