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Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. This is a
Speaker 1: very very important episode, and I know why Jackson think
Speaker 1: this is a very important episode. What you have here
Speaker 1: today is an obvious warrior fan slash player, and then
Speaker 1: you have an angry Boston Celtics fan, not not angry
Speaker 1: that's making this whole thing come together. Not angry, not angry, real,
Speaker 1: a real happy boss and Celtics fan. Let me tell you,
Speaker 1: all you have to do is go back three weeks
Speaker 1: and you can see a real angry Boston Celtics fan
Speaker 1: that was calling his team out. He may have went
Speaker 1: everything is stuff from saying Jayson Tatum sucks just about
Speaker 1: three weeks ago. So what you have here today is
Speaker 1: a Warriors player and a semi angry Boston Celtics fan,
Speaker 1: and he's happy today because obviously they're in the finals
Speaker 1: and it hasn't started. But all it takes is for
Speaker 1: us to go up one oh, and you have this
Speaker 1: angry Boston Celtics fan back, so we'll go semi agree today.
Speaker 1: That is the landscape and the setup for today. However,
Speaker 1: that's not why this is a very important podcast. This
Speaker 1: is a very important podcast because this is the thirty
Speaker 1: five episode, and as we know, the thirty five of
Speaker 1: anything especial to me. Who's the thirty fifth pick? So
Speaker 1: that's why this episode is important. It has absolutely nothing
Speaker 1: to do with to go to State Warriors, and it
Speaker 1: definitely has absolutely nothing to do with the Boston Celtics,
Speaker 1: although I'm sure Jackson thought that's why this was important
Speaker 1: and that's why I was leading out like that. No,
Speaker 1: this is simply the thirty five episode, but it does
Speaker 1: happen to be our very first NBA finalst preview. So
Speaker 1: you decide which one is more important Number O thirty five.
Speaker 1: This thirty five is a very important number in this landscape.
Speaker 1: Without the thirty five pick, we're not sitting here without
Speaker 1: the thirty pick. You really don't give a damn who
Speaker 1: I so very important episode. Let's get into it. Starting off,
Speaker 1: the Celtics, like I said, beat the Heat took one
Speaker 1: more games, and I thought, but the Celtics beat the
Speaker 1: Heat in Game seven in Miami to take it on
Speaker 1: the road. You know, we always called it the road show.
Speaker 1: You're taking the show on the road and you're going
Speaker 1: to get it done. I thought that was very impressive.
Speaker 1: Now there's been this whole notion of that. I said
Speaker 1: what I said to motivate the Miami Heat for a
Speaker 1: Game seven, and I've seen it, you know. I actually
Speaker 1: it just came across my phone again. UM, I understand
Speaker 1: your notion, and I'm not going to confirm or deny.
Speaker 1: I'm not doing either. That's up to you and that's
Speaker 1: up to your imagination. However, I did think the Boston
Speaker 1: Celtics were gonna win. I also thought the Boston Sex
Speaker 1: was gonna win in six though, So I can't sit
Speaker 1: here and act like, oh my god, I got it right,
Speaker 1: like I thought they was done in six. Nonetheless, they
Speaker 1: did get it done. And actually we'll say that for later,
Speaker 1: but Jayson Tatum finished with ten and six Jimmy Butler
Speaker 1: finished with thirty five and nine rebounds. So let's talk
Speaker 1: about the Jimmy Butler shot that's been all over social
Speaker 1: media and mainstream media for the last couple of days
Speaker 1: and Jimmy's response and saying I'll take that shot again
Speaker 1: and blah blah blah song and so forth. When I
Speaker 1: was sitting there watching that game, and and the people
Speaker 1: that I was watching the game with, they said that
Speaker 1: that's a bad shot. I said, I personally think that
Speaker 1: shot shouldn't have been taken. And the reason I thought
Speaker 1: that it was a bad shot was because that shot
Speaker 1: right there, like that was it. That was like the
Speaker 1: shot simply said we're either winning this or we're going home.
Speaker 1: And once the shot was missed, it just felt like
Speaker 1: somebody took a little staple or or a little safety
Speaker 1: pin and just poked right at the balloon and the
Speaker 1: air just left out of the building once that shot
Speaker 1: was missed. As opposed to Jimmy Butler, who we know
Speaker 1: is absolutely amazing at getting to the rim and even
Speaker 1: even better at getting to the rim and getting filed.
Speaker 1: And so you have a back backpedalting our Horford with
Speaker 1: a ton of space, with your shooters running and filling in,
Speaker 1: and you're sitting at thirty five points, you're at home,
Speaker 1: crowds into it. If Jimmy Butler drives that basketball and scores,
Speaker 1: or if Jimmy even drives, the likelihood of you getting
Speaker 1: a foul call and you're on your home court and
Speaker 1: Jimmy's great at getting filed, it's significantly higher. And so
Speaker 1: if Jimmy drives that basketball and he scores or he
Speaker 1: gets filed, and the game is tied, all of the
Speaker 1: pressure then turns to the Boston Celtics, who then has
Speaker 1: to either A get a bucket or B. They're going
Speaker 1: in over will not be but if not, they're going
Speaker 1: into overtime. And if they're go into overtime and they're
Speaker 1: on the road, all the pressures on on the Celtics.
Speaker 1: They had a big League you ride that momentum, All
Speaker 1: thessure pressure is on the Celtics. Now, these are all
Speaker 1: takes that you've probably heard. The one that I have
Speaker 1: not heard is it was fourteen seconds left on the
Speaker 1: shot clock. So even if you hit the three, you
Speaker 1: still gotta go down and get a stop or two.
Speaker 1: So that's where I thought it was a bad shot.
Speaker 1: It's like it wasn't if if I hit this, we
Speaker 1: walk off in this game, or if I miss it,
Speaker 1: you know, um, we can still play the file game.
Speaker 1: Because the momentum in and the morale and everything was
Speaker 1: just gone at that point. That's why I didn't understand
Speaker 1: the shot. Now Here is where you have to understand
Speaker 1: personnel and the guys that you're dealing with. I I
Speaker 1: knew there was zero percent chance Jimmy Butler was passing
Speaker 1: that ball. Now, this is even going a step further
Speaker 1: than what shot he decided to take. I knew Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler wasn't passing that ball, because that's not what Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler does. Whenever Jimmy Butler is in that situation, just
Speaker 1: about every time I can remember, Jimmy Butler takes that shot,
Speaker 1: good battering different. He's taking the shot, and I respect that,
Speaker 1: and you gotta live with that, especially if you're the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat. But I can just respect the fact that,
Speaker 1: all right, that's a constant. That's not something that's changing,
Speaker 1: that's not something that you have to guess about. You
Speaker 1: don't have to guess, you know, you can say, oh,
Speaker 1: Jimmy brother from the from the three point line, he
Speaker 1: shouldn't take that shot. The shot he normally takes his
Speaker 1: driving right with like the fade to lean to the
Speaker 1: right three and just about every situation he's in like that,
Speaker 1: he's getting to that right side of the floor. Now
Speaker 1: you say, he's coming up already on the right side
Speaker 1: of the floor, which is his comfort zone. And he
Speaker 1: took the shot. And so even a bigger deal than
Speaker 1: the shot selection, I think was the fact that there
Speaker 1: were fourteen seconds left and it just wasn't no gear
Speaker 1: guarantee that you're you're walking off even if you do
Speaker 1: hit that shot. So that was more so the reason
Speaker 1: I didn't understand the shot. Now and saying that Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler had forty nine than Jimmy Butler had thirty five.
Speaker 1: I don't care what anyone says. Jimmy Butler takes the shot.
Speaker 1: You take the shot, We live with it. We either
Speaker 1: go on or we go home. And that's just the
Speaker 1: way it's gonna be. So respected. Jimmy leaving it all
Speaker 1: out there on the floor got played all but two
Speaker 1: minutes in the final two games, which was very lebron esque,
Speaker 1: very Lebron asked, I remember, going back what years it was.
Speaker 1: It was the year that Kyrie, if I'm not mistaken,
Speaker 1: it was the year that Kyrie was with Boston but
Speaker 1: he was out and they played the Calves in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference finals. And I think I've spoke about this
Speaker 1: before on here and my high school coach, coach Bruce Um.
Speaker 1: Coach Bruce, it was like Boston winning. I'm telling you day,
Speaker 1: Boston winning, it's over for the for Lebron, da dada.
Speaker 1: And I said, coach Bruce, I'm just tell you now,
Speaker 1: Brian is not losing these two games. He would walk
Speaker 1: the ball up the court every play unless he got
Speaker 1: a transition opportunity where he knows they can get it.
Speaker 1: For Shure bucket, He's gonna walk the ball up the
Speaker 1: court every play. He's gonna play every minute of the game.
Speaker 1: He's gonna control the entire pace of the game. And
Speaker 1: they're gonna win game six, and they're gonna win game seven.
Speaker 1: And he called me at halftime a Game six, he said,
Speaker 1: how did you know this? Like, well, I've only played
Speaker 1: the guy four times in a row, I mean three
Speaker 1: times in the row in the NBA Finals that that
Speaker 1: ends up making four. But I understand what he does.
Speaker 1: I understand how he how he does it. Now, just
Speaker 1: in understanding how he does it don't mean you can
Speaker 1: go replicate it or duplicate It's still very, very, very
Speaker 1: tough thing to do, and there's only a very select
Speaker 1: few people who's even capable of doing it. But like
Speaker 1: I told him, I knew that was gonna happen. Like
Speaker 1: you look at Jimmy Butler and the type of guy
Speaker 1: that he is and the type of competitor that he is,
Speaker 1: it's not shocking, especially with all the injuries. It's not
Speaker 1: shocking that Jimmy Butler played forty six minutes and then
Speaker 1: forty eight minutes. It's not shocking at all. I think
Speaker 1: Lebron was actually along the literally maybe forty six or
Speaker 1: forty four minutes in the Game six and forty eight
Speaker 1: in Game seven. Um, that's impressive. That that's competing, leaving
Speaker 1: it all out there, no matter what, competing at the
Speaker 1: absolute highest level for the absolute highest price that you
Speaker 1: can gain, which is an NBA championship. Being one one
Speaker 1: series away from that, I get it one game aware,
Speaker 1: I get it, and so kudos to Jimmy Butler. I
Speaker 1: take my hat off to Jimmy guy, who I have
Speaker 1: a ton of respect for. A guy who's a late
Speaker 1: first round pick, got it out the mud has grinded
Speaker 1: to become the all I can relate to that, like
Speaker 1: grinded to become an All Star, is never supposed to
Speaker 1: be the guy who he's become. I get it. So
Speaker 1: I take my hat off to him in a way
Speaker 1: carry his team, and I expect this isn't the last
Speaker 1: we see of the Miami Heat. Bam, how to buy
Speaker 1: you coming back? Uh, They're going to continue to get
Speaker 1: healthy and obviously they have some things to address this offseason.
Speaker 1: You have the Tyler Hero possible extension or not. P J.
Speaker 1: Tucker is a possible free agent. They got some things
Speaker 1: to address, but nonetheless, the Miami he always does. They're
Speaker 1: never bad and so you just expect to see more
Speaker 1: of them. Jayson Tatum, when is his first Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: m v P the Larry Bird Trophy, which is very
Speaker 1: fitting that small forward for the Boston Celtics, then takes
Speaker 1: home the Larry Bird Trophy, the very first one inaugural
Speaker 1: Larry Bird Trophy. Uh. J T has been incredible man.
Speaker 1: And and to see him um go out and get
Speaker 1: that trophy. He's absolutely amazing the way he's carried his
Speaker 1: guys um at the very young age of twenty three
Speaker 1: years old, if I'm not mistaken, just you know, just
Speaker 1: to see Jason continue to grow and continue to take
Speaker 1: those NEPs next steps. We've all seen the tools um
Speaker 1: that he that he has in his bad and his
Speaker 1: two kids since coming into this league. They've been playing
Speaker 1: the Eastern Comference Finals since he stepped into the league.
Speaker 1: And to see him continue to take that next step, uh,
Speaker 1: becoming a much better playmaker. He has six assists. I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure Irish five or six assists in that series.
Speaker 1: Such a huge step, a very k D like step,
Speaker 1: if you will. If you remember back to Kevin his
Speaker 1: first couple of years in the league, trying to pass
Speaker 1: the ball, he was a disaster. Kevin himself will tell
Speaker 1: you that and that he felt like and if you
Speaker 1: watch that, the next step in his game was becoming
Speaker 1: a better playmaker, which he absolutely did. You know Kevin
Speaker 1: would now go out and get you a triple double
Speaker 1: on a given night, uh, due to his his playmaking
Speaker 1: and he's always going to score the basketball. And we've
Speaker 1: seen Jayson Tatum, especially through these playoffs, take steps like
Speaker 1: that and and becoming a better playmaker. And so I
Speaker 1: gotta give credit to him. Miami threw double teams out
Speaker 1: of him, left and right. Uh, they threw, they threw hits,
Speaker 1: they blitzed picking rolls, they trapped him as soon as
Speaker 1: he crossed half court. They did everything. And for him
Speaker 1: to still come out and have the impact on the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics one ninety six win over the Heat to
Speaker 1: go to the NBA Finals, it really says a lot
Speaker 1: about him and his in his process and progression into
Speaker 1: in his career and just really becoming that force that
Speaker 1: everyone has thought he could become. I mean even that
Speaker 1: duke you kind of knew, like this dude, like he's
Speaker 1: special and and he's really growing into that. And you
Speaker 1: have to give him a lot of credit. God works
Speaker 1: to tell all. You have to give a lot of
Speaker 1: credit to Emay and the coaching staff for requiring something
Speaker 1: different that wasn't necessarily required of him before. And that
Speaker 1: is the mark of a great coach. So a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of credit to Emay A lot of
Speaker 1: credit to j T. But enough of that ship less
Speaker 1: turn our focus two the n b A Finals with
Speaker 1: as you know, like I've said before, the Celtics and
Speaker 1: to go to State Warriors. I think for us personally,
Speaker 1: I think this matchup could be good and it could
Speaker 1: be bad. The reason it could be good and it
Speaker 1: could be bad, I think it's solely based on us,
Speaker 1: which is why I expected to be good. What I
Speaker 1: mean by that, the Celtics have strengths, as every team does,
Speaker 1: as every great team does, they can hide their weaknesses
Speaker 1: with their strengths. A bad team and you can see
Speaker 1: plenty of them around this league, they can't hide their strengths,
Speaker 1: their their weaknesses with their strengths. Great teams can. And
Speaker 1: so for us, we have to be certain that, especially
Speaker 1: on the offensive end, for us, that we're not just
Speaker 1: playing into the hands of the defense that and into
Speaker 1: what Boston wants to get into, into what the shots
Speaker 1: that they may want you to settle for. We have
Speaker 1: to make sure that we're getting the shots that we
Speaker 1: want to get. Now, how does that happen there? It's
Speaker 1: it's no secret, like we're going to stick to who
Speaker 1: we are. We know and everyone knows the Warriors brand
Speaker 1: of basketball because you've seen it on display for years.
Speaker 1: We know what that entails. You don't get to the
Speaker 1: NBA Finals and just totally switch who you are. You
Speaker 1: got to the NBA Finals because you stay true to
Speaker 1: who you are. And so I think for us, it's
Speaker 1: all about ball movement. It's all about getting into the paint,
Speaker 1: trying to collapse the defense. Obviously, you have to shoot
Speaker 1: the ball well, especially against a team like that that
Speaker 1: has so much length, shooting the ball was extremely important.
Speaker 1: But the way you can control shooting the ball well
Speaker 1: is to be certain that you're getting good shots. Now,
Speaker 1: that doesn't guarantee that you're going to shoot the ball well,
Speaker 1: because ultimately you're making miss shots and sometimes they just
Speaker 1: don't go in. But if you're getting great looks, that
Speaker 1: raises that percentage in the likelihood that those shots are
Speaker 1: going to go in dramatically. And so I think for
Speaker 1: us it's about it's about ball movement. It's about getting
Speaker 1: into the paint, um attacking the defense. You know, uh,
Speaker 1: you you you don't go away from force. You meet
Speaker 1: for use with force. Boston Celtics defense is very much
Speaker 1: so a real force. They've shown that, especially over the
Speaker 1: second part of the year, So I think it's it's
Speaker 1: very important for us to you know, obviously, when you
Speaker 1: get to this point, we're gonna know them, They're gonna
Speaker 1: know us. You gotta get the fifty balls. That's important
Speaker 1: for us. But it's still important that you stay true
Speaker 1: to who you are. Now. Obviously in the game plan,
Speaker 1: you make tweaks and you know you maybe not go
Speaker 1: to these sets, go to those sets. And I'll find
Speaker 1: out more of that today as we're now starting to
Speaker 1: prepare for the Boston Celtics. Yesterday it's kind of just
Speaker 1: all about us and getting back into a flow in
Speaker 1: the rhythm and getting moving, getting up and down the
Speaker 1: court a little bit after, you know, after a couple
Speaker 1: of days off this weekend and then having some shooting
Speaker 1: and stuff. So that was yesterday for us. Today will
Speaker 1: install the game plans, start to hand our away at
Speaker 1: that have a ton of film to watch tonight on
Speaker 1: my own. Separately from what we'll do with the coaching staff,
Speaker 1: which I think is very important because they're making these
Speaker 1: game plans and one thing Coach Kurse stays true to
Speaker 1: its your You're we have to feel comfortable with the
Speaker 1: game plan. The coaching staff just feels comfortable. It's all
Speaker 1: for nothing because ultimately they don't go out there and playing.
Speaker 1: So it's very important that we feel comfortable with the
Speaker 1: game plan, which is why I like to just watch
Speaker 1: some film myself kind of see what I what I
Speaker 1: can see that maybe differently what the coaching staff is
Speaker 1: thinking and have some input on that or or understand that.
Speaker 1: All right, I think we should do this a little
Speaker 1: differently going into the game. Obviously we're going to start
Speaker 1: the way the coach staff want to start, but I
Speaker 1: think this can work, and if that's not working, I
Speaker 1: can immediately go to them with an adjustment of what
Speaker 1: I think could help us as a team. And so
Speaker 1: that's very important going into the series. So I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to really diving into further into the Boston Celtics
Speaker 1: this evening and watching more a film after practice. But
Speaker 1: we got to get the game plan and stalled first.
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that and just really getting this
Speaker 1: thing kicking out. As you can see, I don't have
Speaker 1: a haircut, which again it's something we always have to
Speaker 1: address in the NBA Finals. It's it's this is a
Speaker 1: very interesting thing because the Finals really becomes more than
Speaker 1: just going out and play basketball. Practice for the NBA
Speaker 1: Finals is different, and all of these things make a
Speaker 1: difference in your routine. Now for us, it will be
Speaker 1: a little different this time, you know every other time.
Speaker 1: This is our first time being at the NBA in
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals at Chase Center. And what that means
Speaker 1: for us is when we were in Oakland at Oracle,
Speaker 1: our practice facility was downtown Oakland Oracle and the practice
Speaker 1: facility was not connected. During the NBA Finals, you have
Speaker 1: to practice at the arena. Why because it's an NBA
Speaker 1: mandate for media purposes that the home team practices first,
Speaker 1: and then the last thirty minutes of that practice, the
Speaker 1: media comes in. And it is a total ship show.
Speaker 1: Not that the media is like a ship show, but
Speaker 1: it's it's literally you're practicing, it's full of media members
Speaker 1: around the court. It's loud, it's pictures, it's all of
Speaker 1: these all of this stuff going on, and it's not
Speaker 1: totally like practice. It just becomes less X and oh
Speaker 1: and just more getting moving in difference, and so it's
Speaker 1: a very weird thing. It totally takes you out of
Speaker 1: your routine. Then you finished practicing, you have to get
Speaker 1: right off the court, go into your media session, and
Speaker 1: then you do the media session you finished the the
Speaker 1: visiting team comes on the court and for the first
Speaker 1: thirty minutes of their for the first thirty minutes of
Speaker 1: their practice, the media is in there, and so you
Speaker 1: didn't deal with all of that obviously, hotels and tickets
Speaker 1: and blah blah blah. There're so many things that you
Speaker 1: have to deal with just leading up to the game,
Speaker 1: and as leaders, as guys who's been there before, those
Speaker 1: are the things that you try to or not even
Speaker 1: necessarily remind because it's not reminded they don't know. But
Speaker 1: those are the things that you try to help the
Speaker 1: young guys understand, to help them get ahead of it,
Speaker 1: because it's a whirlwind. It's a ton of things going on.
Speaker 1: And then you realize when doing all those things, like
Speaker 1: they ain't now it's time for me to focus on basketball.
Speaker 1: And that's the feeling. You don't want. You want to
Speaker 1: get all of that stuff out the way right now,
Speaker 1: get locked in on the task at hand, and make
Speaker 1: everything just about basketball as fast as you can. So
Speaker 1: for us, that's kind of the space they're we're in now.
Speaker 1: And and just getting everything handled, locking in on the
Speaker 1: game plan. So I'm really looking forward to that. I'm
Speaker 1: really looking forward to getting our coaching staff thoughts. One
Speaker 1: of the things that I enjoyed most about the playoffs
Speaker 1: is the initial meeting and facing a team. And we
Speaker 1: had a small meeting yesterday and talked about a couple
Speaker 1: of things, but today will be a big meeting leading
Speaker 1: up to practice and really just like breaking a team down,
Speaker 1: like thoroughly breaking them down X like defensively, offensively, tendensee,
Speaker 1: thoroughly breaking it down. And so I really enjoyed that
Speaker 1: meeting because it's the X and THOST part of it,
Speaker 1: is the nerdy part of it, if you will. I
Speaker 1: know everybody don't really enjoy that side of things, but
Speaker 1: I absolutely love it. So I'm looking forward to this
Speaker 1: meeting today. Before we get out of here, I would
Speaker 1: be remiss if I didn't talk about my guy, the
Speaker 1: O G my un Darvin ham get in the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers job sag nasty stand up. That one right
Speaker 1: there made me so proud and happy. Ironically, Darvin was
Speaker 1: interviewed if I'm not mistaken for the Boston job last year. Obviously,
Speaker 1: didn't get it. But to see Darwin Ham, guy from Saginaw,
Speaker 1: Michigan went to Sagonhaw High School, the same place yours
Speaker 1: truly went after darv obviously, to see him as the
Speaker 1: head coach of the Lakers. Man, that's so much bigger
Speaker 1: than then it may seem to the average basketball fan.
Speaker 1: The average basketball fan wants to pick apart, Oh this
Speaker 1: guy wasn't a head coach, or he's tough and like
Speaker 1: he can he can stand up to Rust and Lebron
Speaker 1: and like all this nonsense. For me, that means so
Speaker 1: much more as a kid from Sagonaw who attended to
Speaker 1: Darvingham camp as a kid and hopes that I could
Speaker 1: one day beat Darwin him that I could and day
Speaker 1: playing the NBA the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers,
Speaker 1: a kid from sagging On. That's groundbreaking. Man, that's big time.
Speaker 1: I think about the kid and sagging all today. That's
Speaker 1: going to see that and be like, oh wait a minute,
Speaker 1: So I can coach too, Like I Actually I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't have to be a great player. I can
Speaker 1: focus and possibly become a great coach. Well, why can't
Speaker 1: I do that? How I know I can do that
Speaker 1: because Darvin Hamm is doing it. And guess what, he
Speaker 1: sat in those same seats that you sat in. He
Speaker 1: sat in the same seat. If I'm that kid, he
Speaker 1: sat in that same seat that I sat in. So
Speaker 1: if he can become a head coach of the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers, I can for sure become a head coach
Speaker 1: in this league. Why again, because Darvin Hamm is doing it.
Speaker 1: And when you come from and I can only speak
Speaker 1: for myself and the type of setting I come from,
Speaker 1: when you come from small places like that, you really
Speaker 1: grab onto that because because ultimately what you're looking for
Speaker 1: is hope. That's the thing that gets lost when you
Speaker 1: come from a place like Sagonaw and you don't see
Speaker 1: much outside of that world and you only see what
Speaker 1: Saginghall has to offer. What you lose first as you
Speaker 1: lose hope. And what what a signing like Darwin Ham,
Speaker 1: hiring like Darwin Ham does is it gives It gives
Speaker 1: that young kid hope. I was once that young kid.
Speaker 1: When Lamar Willie made it to the NFL, it gave
Speaker 1: me hope. When Jason Richardson made it to the NBA,
Speaker 1: gave me hope. When Darwn Ham won an NBA Championship
Speaker 1: with the Detroit Pistons. It gave me hope that I
Speaker 1: could do that too, because those guys come from the
Speaker 1: same place I come from. And so for me, this
Speaker 1: is so much bigger. This is so much bigger than
Speaker 1: some excess and ohs or oh man the Lakers, higher
Speaker 1: than another coach. For me, this is everything because again
Speaker 1: it gives that little kid in my city a different perspective.
Speaker 1: That little kid can now say, oh, there's a different
Speaker 1: path for me that yeah, I want to be in
Speaker 1: the NBA, but there's a different path I can take.
Speaker 1: And look Darvin doing it, so I know there's a
Speaker 1: different path for me. So for me, it's everything, and
Speaker 1: I want to say congratulations to dar it's incredible coaching
Speaker 1: the most historic franchise. Jackson would argue, you're coaching the
Speaker 1: most historic franchise in the NBA. Kid from Sagging Off, Michigan,
Speaker 1: it's coaching the Lost Angeles Lakers. It don't get any
Speaker 1: bigger than that. So for that kid and Sagging all
Speaker 1: dream away. Hold onto that whole. Continue to chase that
Speaker 1: dream because as you can see, it is possible for
Speaker 1: us too. And I know there are times where it
Speaker 1: don't feel like it's possible. I know there's times where
Speaker 1: I feel like and Sagging All, that's just all you got,
Speaker 1: that's all that's gonna be there for you. Dream Away kid,
Speaker 1: it's right there for you. And as a kid from
Speaker 1: Sagging Off, that's done it. I can tell you, dream
Speaker 1: Away kid, go take it. We cut differently. Nobody gives
Speaker 1: us anything where we're from, but we go take it.
Speaker 1: That's how we cut. You have to be in order
Speaker 1: to survive Sagging All. So again, I say to that
Speaker 1: kid out there that saw that Darwin Haam got the
Speaker 1: head coaching job at a Los Angeles Laker, that kid
Speaker 1: from Sagging All, dream away, because whatever it is that
Speaker 1: you want, just like Darvin Haam, just like Jason Richson,
Speaker 1: like myself, it's right out there for you to go
Speaker 1: take it. And you got everything in you that you
Speaker 1: need to go take it. You know why because you're
Speaker 1: from Sagging All, Michigan and that's just how we cut.
Speaker 1: So dar congratulations, I'm happy it's hell for you. I
Speaker 1: thank you for continuing to pay the way, continue to
Speaker 1: be an example for a young guy from Sagging All.
Speaker 1: I wish Darth well, I know everybody's talking about oh man, like,
Speaker 1: what's he gonna do with the roster and you know
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook and blah blah blah. What I know he's
Speaker 1: going to do is whatever he thinks is absolute best
Speaker 1: for that team. What I know he's going to do
Speaker 1: is build a relationship with Russell Westbrook and be able
Speaker 1: to understand Russell Westbrook and be able to relate to
Speaker 1: the Russell Westbrook. That's what I know he's gonna do.
Speaker 1: Why because he from sagon All And that's what we do.
Speaker 1: We figure it out what needs to be done. That's
Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. Bring your hard hat, that's what
Speaker 1: we do. So, yes, he's gonna figure it out. And
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to him figuring it out. You know
Speaker 1: why because he from Sagonall and that's how we rock Jackson.
Speaker 1: We got the mail bag questions, Let's talk to our
Speaker 1: people before we get out, before I go and prep
Speaker 1: for these NBA Finals. What you got for Jackson? So
Speaker 1: instead of the mail bag this episode, we're gonna do
Speaker 1: something a little bit different. I am gonna ask you
Speaker 1: some questions. We're gonna do a fill in the blank
Speaker 1: about the NBA Finals in honor of our big Finals
Speaker 1: preg blot episode all Right, first one, going into Game one,
Speaker 1: the thing that keeps Dre up at night and most
Speaker 1: about this series is blank. The thing that keeps me
Speaker 1: up at night most about this series is honestly our health.
Speaker 1: I think for us as healthy as we can get
Speaker 1: leading into this game Thursday, Uh, if we if we
Speaker 1: can get Auto back, if we can get Gary Payton back,
Speaker 1: if we can get Andre back, those are three key
Speaker 1: pieces to our our lineups, to our rotation. And so
Speaker 1: if we can get one of those guys back, incredible,
Speaker 1: If we can get two of those guys back, amazing,
Speaker 1: And if we can get three of those guys back,
Speaker 1: I mean, what more can you ask for? So the
Speaker 1: thing that keeps me up at night going into Game
Speaker 1: one is wondering if those guys will be back or
Speaker 1: not and and help us go out through this championship
Speaker 1: against a very good Boston Celtics team. Okay, the Warriors
Speaker 1: will win the NBA Finals this year. If blank, the
Speaker 1: Warriors will and will win the NBA Finals this year.
Speaker 1: If we control our turnovers, it's a very good defense.
Speaker 1: We have to be Chris with our passing. Understand that
Speaker 1: they have great length. They played passing lanes. Um, they're
Speaker 1: very aggressive, they're switching defense. So it's very important the
Speaker 1: Warriors win the finals. If we control our turnovers on
Speaker 1: the flip side, the Celtics will win the finals. If blank,
Speaker 1: the Celtics will win the finals. If the Celtics will
Speaker 1: win the finals if their defense are able two mm hmm,
Speaker 1: one stop, Steph curt I think that's where where where
Speaker 1: everything starts at. But if they if if they ultimately
Speaker 1: are able to disrupt our offense, Now what does disrupt me?
Speaker 1: I think that's taking you, ultimately, taking you out of
Speaker 1: the things that you want to do. So if they're
Speaker 1: able to disrupt our offense, then the Celtics wins the
Speaker 1: NBA Finals. Last one. If the Warriors win the NBA Finals,
Speaker 1: this Steph clay Dre Steve kerr era Warriors dynasty ranks
Speaker 1: blank and all time dynasties. And now you're not much
Speaker 1: of a rancor. But if the Warriors win the finals,
Speaker 1: the Warriors dynasty ranks blank of all. All right, so
Speaker 1: let me ask you a question. What part of the
Speaker 1: Lakers are considered a dynasty or just the Lakers the
Speaker 1: whole a dynasty as a whole, because to me, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, it sounds like when we're speaking of the
Speaker 1: Warriors dynasty, we're only speaking of this kind of period
Speaker 1: of where the Clay and myself and Andre has been
Speaker 1: kind of rocking and Looney uh and Coach Kerr has
Speaker 1: been kind of rocket And so I asked that because
Speaker 1: obviously the Lakers has done it this pocket in that pocket.
Speaker 1: So as the Lakers as a whole a dynasty, are
Speaker 1: there different dynasties within the different pockets? I would say
Speaker 1: it's different areas. You've got the Magic Air Lakers, you
Speaker 1: got Shock and Kobe, and then you got Shock and Power.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I would consider Shock and Power dynasty,
Speaker 1: but I would say, sorry, Kobe Impact, excuse me. I
Speaker 1: would say, you're You're going by eras of of the team.
Speaker 1: It's not just the franchise as a whole, Okay, So
Speaker 1: be be that there are errors and we are up
Speaker 1: against areas. So Shock co Magic, you got Jordan's Bulls,
Speaker 1: you got Bird Celtics. There's obviously a lot of great
Speaker 1: dynasties in the history of the NBA. You got Spurs, Spurs, Spurs.
Speaker 1: People are comparing a lot to the Warriors because it's
Speaker 1: sort got this to two different acts, the early Duncan
Speaker 1: part and then the later part with Kauai sort of
Speaker 1: like the later part of your Guys Just Things. So
Speaker 1: that's an interesting one to compare it to. I think
Speaker 1: that's that's definitely an interesting one. And as you know,
Speaker 1: I have the utmost respectful coach popping the Spurs and
Speaker 1: Timmy d and all of those guys um to say
Speaker 1: I want to rank us as a dynasty, I I
Speaker 1: just it's hard for me to fix my mind to say,
Speaker 1: you know what, that dynasty is better than them because
Speaker 1: of X. Like, I just think that's totally disrespectful to basketball.
Speaker 1: I think it's totally disrespectful two guys and and and
Speaker 1: and it's a way of lessening the impact that guys
Speaker 1: have had on the game. So I refuse to rank.
Speaker 1: But what I will say is whether we win or
Speaker 1: lose the NBA Finals, it does like the dynasty is intact. Baby,
Speaker 1: the dynasty is there and they've been there and making
Speaker 1: it to the finals or not making it, winning it
Speaker 1: or not. Obviously winning is going to help it, right
Speaker 1: like winning always boots. But making my point is making
Speaker 1: it to this NBA Finals doesn't stamp this dynasty. Dynasty
Speaker 1: ben stamped. And so if there's anything that I want
Speaker 1: to say, it's that it's not necessarily that I rank
Speaker 1: our dynasty number one, like nah, Like I respect Magic's dynasty,
Speaker 1: I respect Birds dynasty, I respect m jays dynasty, I
Speaker 1: respect the Bad Boys Pistons, I respect the Spurs. I
Speaker 1: appreciate everybody that came before me and their greatness and
Speaker 1: what they did, and so to get into ranking them,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to do that out of my respect
Speaker 1: and love and appreciation for this game and for the
Speaker 1: hard work they're going to it. But what I will say,
Speaker 1: as dynasty been cemented, appreciate everybody for tuning in to
Speaker 1: our first NBA Finals. Well it's really gonna be our
Speaker 1: only NBA Finals preview until next year. We obviously to
Speaker 1: the next year, but we're gonna we gotta go win
Speaker 1: this one. Frost Laser, I focused Jackson ce and there
Speaker 1: it is. There the angry fan is already talking about
Speaker 1: like who's winning next year? See how it goes? And
Speaker 1: I layers are focused down then trying to figure out
Speaker 1: how we can win this year. There it goes. There
Speaker 1: you have it. That's a rap from the thirty five
Speaker 1: episode special episode of the Draymond Green show How Light
Speaker 1: You All? After Game one? Appreciate all of love and
Speaker 1: supporters always until next time. That's a rap piece.