Draymond Green reflects on loss to Kings, Klay Thompson's future, what's next for Steph & Warriors

Published 2024-04-18
Draymond Green reacts to the Golden State Warriors' tough loss in the NBA Play-in Tournament to the Sacramento Kings, how the defense was able to hold Steph Curry to a modest game, and Klay Thompson's tough shooting night. Then, Dray discusses the future of the Dubs, including Klay's contract situation heading into free agency and what the team needs to return to the NBA Finals. Dray also discusses the rest of the play-in games, including the Kings vs. the New Orleans Pelicans without Zion Williamson, the Philadelphia 76ers beating the Miami Heat behind Joel Embiid's performance, Jimmy Butler's injury, and why Dray thinks the Sixers can beat Jalen Brunson's New York Knicks in the postseason.

0:00 Start
5:00 Kings loss
10:00 Future of Warriors
25:00 Play-in games

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All Comments (21)
  • @Bella_Kilori
    I wouldn’t want any other player in my favorite team but you bro, but if you hadn’t been suspended we would have been a top 6 seed and given a fair chance in a series. This can’t be understated enough
  • @EpicMorph
    5-8 games thrown away 20 pt leads…. 10-15 suspension games… all you all needed was 2-3 games of those 20ish game.. is crazy
  • @andysauro1500
    Draymond likes talking basketball. So let's talk basketball. Sacs defense wasn't as great as you said. The offensive awareness of you guys was pretty poor. In the first 5 minutes you had Trayce rolling in a wide open lane to the basket 3 separate times and nobody fed him. Instead Klay elected to shoot over a double team, Wiggins went for a drive into the defense, and Curry dribbled into the corner and got doubled, swinging the pass cross court. A drop-off would have got a dunk from Trayce. Trayce got benched inexcusable for this. The effort level on defense, especially transition was bad. People weren't sprinting back. Communication clearly wasn't happening except on Fox doubles. But the DHOs to Keegan? Nobody stepped up. The gameplan to put Dray on Sabonis was nonsensical. It puts Trayce on Barnes, whose only offensive value is to post up in the corner as a shooter. You should have played Barnes because you can sag off, help off ball, and close out in time. Plus we all know HB is TERRIFIED of you Dray. This doesn't even touch on how many times people got caught either ball watching on defense and losing their man, or not keeping their head on a swivel on offense, dribbling up court, and getting swiped from behind. I say all of this with love of the Warriors and the game of basketball. That loss was on poor gameplan, poor execution, and poor effort. You deserved the loss on the merit. That being said, the team got significantly better by the end of the season. And I'm very high on the 4 young guys. I'm hopeful for next season. Regards, for the love of basketball.
  • @ptk4392
    Draymond this season is on you and Steve kerr
  • Big fan of yours. If you decide to play next year , please go the extra mile to get your anger in check. Cards on the table , the anger management was big problem against LeBron for the championship, loss of chemistry with Poole incident , and instrumental in this years playoff chances with suspension. Team would never been a dynasty without you , hoping for a strong next year
  • @dvdv8197
    As a Warriors fan, I'm sad this season is over. It really felt they were in a good place, but when you're in the play-in, one bad to awful game, and it's over. 😭😭😭😭😪😪 On to next year!Can't wait!
  • Why wasn’t Moody played more? Instead of Klay. It still blows my mind 🤯
  • @roseb136
    Should of never took trayce off sabonis, dre was supposed to take Keegan and allow klay to deal with Barnes save his legs instead of chasing Murray js
  • @byronknox
    I am a die hard fan of the GS Warriors, but honestly it's not so much that y'all gave games away, the team doesn't have the defensive capabilities that it had many five years ago. Everyone keeps saying that y'all need to get better offensively, but teams are going right through you guys, if the team doesn't get better 2 way players, the chances of competing for title is over, everyone thinks Charles Barkley is wrong for saying that GS is cooked but he's right unless y'all get some young players that can ball
  • @earlycheesy
    You are the reason why GSW is out of the playoffs. The 20 games that you missed due to suspension and getting your head right was the reason the Dubs did not get a better record that could have placed the team in the Top 6 of the West standings. To hear you blame the team not winning 7 games shows a lack of accountability on your end. You caused the Warriors this season's potential playoff run!
  • @zauris3
    How many of those games did your team lose because of your actions or you not being there for with the team? Dude, wake up.
  • @babyfacerob6082
    Tell Klay he can't leave his amazing career as a Warrior with 0 points. Just don't make sense. We love bro 💯
  • GS is not big enough or have enough consistent offense other than Curry to compete. The NBA has changed alot over the last 2 years, the big man is back and everyone can shoot.
  • @evefet5491
    I blame Kerr for this loss how the hell you play Podz 24 minutes and Chris Paul only18 minutes and Moody 15 minutes. And he should have started Looney.
  • It's tough, but a new season and a fresh start it's the best thing for the GSW. Let's go Dray!! Much love man