Draymond Green on Steph & Warriors EPIC showdown with Kawhi & Clippers + Nuggets fire Michael Malone

Draymond Green and Baron Davis look forward to Sunday’s do-or-die matchup between Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors and Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers, the final game of the NBA regular season with enormous playoff implications. Also, Dray and Baron react to the duel between Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 141-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday, Ja’s celebrations that have been the talk of NBA media, and the Denver Nuggets’ shocking firing of Mike Malone. They round out the show by giving out their picks for NBA Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, and the rest of the NBA end-of-season awards.

00:00 – Start
00:37 – Importance of avoiding Play-In Tournament
07:45 – Ja Morant & Anthony Edwards duel
17:21 – Nuggets fire Mike Malone
28:22 – EPIC Game 82 vs. Kawhi & Clippers
35:49 – NBA MVP: Jokic or SGA?
38:53 – Most Improved Player
42:25 – Rookie of the Year
43:29 – Coach of the Year
48:33 – Sixth Man of the Year
50:34 – Defensive Player of the Year

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this is game seven like both teams trying to solidify that spot this is definitely a game seven atmosphere what’s up everybody welcome back to the Draymond Green show with my brother BD how you feeling my dog man I’m good man it’s the end of the year it’s the end of the season birthday is always the last day of the year so you know it’s uh serendipitous because you dead tired but if you can get over the hump it’s party time how you feeling big dog i’m feeling great bro you know uh we got this last game we obviously need to win this game and like you said then once you get to the playoffs you kind of find a new boost of energy it’s kind of like a reset and nowadays you get a week off that’s crazy if you clinch top six so you kind of get that new boost you got a couple ailments let them heal a bit and um kind of get back to it but I feel great man we got an opportunity to control our own destiny uh win on Sunday and get into the playoffs uh and so I feel great about it still pissed off we smoked that game against San Antonio but nonetheless we got a chance it’s always one of them games you like damn dude you just know that’s gonna hurt and it get down to the end of the season be like man we could have we could have had this this thing wrapped up wrapped up already should have been chilling tomorrow it’s crazy man i look at some games in the last few weeks like that one the Miami game the Atlanta game mhm you start think you start nitpicking back to this game i mean D but that’s that’s the beauty of the game it’s almost like it’s all set up that way right at the end of the day you got to earn your worth in and you got to earn your ticket in and some little losses or you know it’s like oh we’d be all right it’s like damn dude if we would have had one of the if I get one of them just one guaranteed just one another thing I like is uh the week off for the top six seeds being able to rest get your body right watch your you know watch your opponents but you think about four and five they get a whole week to prepare for it for what they know is going to crack in three and six right absolutely three and six and four and five i always felt like one and two you’re kind of at a disadvantage because if you’re the one seed you’re literally at the biggest disadvantage because you don’t know who you play until two days before you play him if you’re the seven seed you’ve been sitting on your opponent for four days if you’re the three through six seed you’ve been on your opponent for six seven days and so I’ve always felt like number one was at a disadvantage anyway like the biggest disadvantage which is crazy when you think about a playoff series BD you figure games one and two is usually call it within three to five days like the from the end of game one end of game two somewhere in there you start getting to the seven day mark you’re like on game four yeah and if you you think about how much you know a team after game four but that’s after now seven days of studying this team right if you’re three through six you essentially in game four and game one from a studying standpoint from a scouting standpoint scout perspective i think that that’s an extreme dis I mean advantage for three through six and disadvantage for one and two since the play tournament although I think it’s been great i think that’s one of the downsides of it and on top of that you know you you you’re the one seated you got homecourt advantage you sitting there you like man it’s it’s kind of like it don’t even matter and if you catch the wrong team at the wrong time that got the right momentum you know I think that’s how we got Dallas you know you starting to see it more often now like Miami did it a couple times where they just you catch a wave you catch a wave and so for the lower sea you don’t even care you’re fighting for your life so you got you got rhythm you got playoff atmosphere under your belt you’re almost more prepared than a week of practice or the two days that they need to prepare for you right that’s a fact they coming off of two two games or maybe it’s three games it could be three games yeah it’s two games playoff intensity right it’s not the one seed but they played y’all during the season anyway so now they ready and in the West that AC this year can be real like that AC this year be a team that is gonna give OKC some trouble because it’s a really good team and you know OKC is really good but I’m just saying like it it won’t be your typical 18 where you going in and you just kind of like oh yeah we know this one’s a wash it’ll be a tough tough series and so I think uh that can get interesting people always talk about the you know the rest you know the work versus rest thing you know do you play versus rest do you play do you rest which one is better you always have that debate going on and now you got to you get to see it up close you know where you got a great one seed going to have a really good AC seed that AC’s going to been had a couple playoff games under their belt rolling into the one seed that been chilling for a week you know OKC I’m sure they’ll probably take this last game off so that week all of a sudden becomes 10 11 days man and that’s a lot that’s a lot that’s a lot of time off you know when you’re when you’re accustomed to playing every other day so I think that could get interesting you sharpening your tools but you you’re not practicing it ain’t no real intensity right so you just sitting around working out trying to stay in shape while everybody else is preparing for somebody and then everybody else is fighting to get to you that I mean I’m excited for these playoffs man i’m I’m telling you I’m super excited this is the feeling I had as a kid in the 80s in the 90s 2000s you know um the the Warrior Run era i think basketball people need to pay attention man it’s cracking every night y’all out there cracking oh it’s cracking and and like it’s so much talent in the league and the intensity and the level of play is really uh it’s on the rise the the the competitiveness the you know the physicality people really really having rivalries talking [ __ ] to each other all this is going to start percolating and people going to see oh this era is real too that’s a fact that’s a fact speaking of rivalries man I loved the other day watching J and play against each other in a high stakes game guard each other in a high stakes game i told y’all a couple weeks ago man my favorite two young guys to take the trash talking throne is those two guys and they went out there and guarded each other like let’s face it J not fit to guard like right and when I say not fit like Jude J small man like a little dude i don’t care how you shake he got the heart of a lion if you ever see J he small like Yeah which makes what he does even more impressive which makes the weight that he carry even more impressive because he Jai ain’t a big dude at all man for him to even go out there and say “No I’mma take on the challenge and guard and that to me just says something about his heart about why he is who he is because that matchup ain’t for him man on the flip side and a big ass dude like right and 65 66 220 like solid and so just the size advantage in itself like that made it all the more impressive even J going to guard him now I think when you Ant-Man what he has to look at next in his game is all right I gotta get off the ball now and maybe go get some post work you know what I’m saying he get that post he got jaw on me getting that post you can make it hard on J now in saying that at a certain point in the game Josh switched off and went guard to somebody else and because Scotty Pippen Jr was doing a great job on Ant you know what I’m saying and so and he can defend he can and he and he went to guarding Ant but man just the respect that I I’ve been had respect for both of them young fellas but you you can I gained even more respect just watching them come out in that meaningful game talking about a rivalry you had everybody praising J he next up and he the next face of the league and then you know he had his situation and now it’s like he you know everybody threw him by the wayside you had like a villain yeah you got young Ant-Man who like I don’t even want that like I don’t even want the face of the league but it’s that type of that level of talent and and in a meaningful game for for playoff standards they they guarded each other so I I respected that is there a thing with this younger generation with not wanting to be the face more so want to be the villain and take on a villain persona i was thinking about that the other day like when Aunt said that like Aunt don’t want to be like a hero like oh I’m Superman you know I’m the great uh American cover boy i think he wants to be the villain right i think Jaw as he starts to embrace I’m the villain he starts to fill out his personality on the court and his brand on the court but I think these young dudes they like being the villain and and I think they want to find who’s the target like who’s the number one target guy outside of I mean you think like a Wimi like they don’t want to be that they want to be like this they want to be the villain like the upset guy the [ __ ] talker right i just think for them it’s more like they’d rather be the people’s channels right but you look at where they both come from it makes sense you know what I’m saying like they they rather to be the people’s champs and listen I get it i respect it to each his own i hate the whole conversation of the face of the league as if like the league just say “Okay it’s you now here you go.” Like I hate that whole thing but now that I got that out when you speak on being the face of the NBA there’s just so much that comes with that and in the day and age that we live in there’s even more that comes with that today than it than did 15 years ago like by a long shot you know just your life in general there’s just so much more that comes with it and so you got to think man most of these dudes they’re young they they love video games they love Yeah they play basketball they play video games mhm and the generation that they come from anything that takes you away from that they don’t really want it like right that’s just the generation we’re living in where streaming it’s video games is you know that is the generation that we keep speaking of on Face of the NBA like that’s where we are as far as age goes and like when I look at KD I don’t think KD ever wanted to be the face of the league but guess what kd is more that generation of talking about when it comes to video games and like K want to play basketball and play video games and not do much else that is this generation though now guys to the extreme yeah man and so I think you know no one talks about that side of it it’s like the life side of it like how your life looks on a day-to-day basis and why some of these guys don’t want that but you look at the guys who do want it wimby is more old school like if you listen to anybody talk about I talked to CP after we played him in San Antonio about Wimby and like if you talk to anybody about he read a book every day like he’s more old school jason Tatum is more old school you know what I’m saying jason Tatum isn’t like he he’s more of an older soul those are the guys that want it though you know what I’m saying but they don’t their lives are different than say a J or a you know or most of these young guys like JT got a couple kids you know what I’m saying he his his life is a little different where he don’t play a bunch of video games like I think there’s a philosophical difference that everybody’s not talking about everybody’s just looking at it through one one lens which is basketball yep and then you have Jaylen Brown right who’s a little different who wants it but is also you know not a media darling right so you know the media wants a a great superhero right but the people always love a good villain absolutely that’s the persona that even the face of the NBA has to have they have Everybody thinks that they are a villain everybody wants to be the disruptor the underdog and you have to have that mentality and I think you know that’s what is required it’s the culture it’s the culture they’re part of the culture they’re part of hip hop they’re part of what’s trending they’re part of social media you know when you look at somebody um like John Morant right and the celebrations he’s not that that person that is just what the culture is right football players do it you know kids do it but at the same time there is a great responsibility to know what you’re doing but from that villain persona I think the league you need that controversy but it’s not that these guys are like that like bad guys right mhm no that’s a fact they’re not bad guys at all number one you don’t reach the level of success that they’ve reached just being bad guys like right it’s hard at in this day and age between social media all these different things to be a bad guy and kind of reach this point you know so they’re not bad guys uh they’re successful black men yes um you know like people go at you so much mhm that like you almost get a villain mindset anyways just because like you’re subject to people going at you 24/7 to where you kind of have to almost like take on that just to push through it you know what I’m saying like you’re not going to keep just coming at me like that way and so you know even in J you know with his new celebration which to me looked like hilarious hey bro that is hysterical but probably play Call of Duty you know he probably be on Call of Duty like you said they gaming they on Call of Duty they got all the answers you know what I’m saying that man said but I’m taking my words i’m taking my words i’m throwing them out there and then I’m blocking listen I respect your job do what you got to do brother if you just throwing your words out there and blocking out the noise what they going to say they can’t say nothing they didn’t say nothing they can’t tell you can’t throw your words out there and not listen to anybody that was that was the sickest bar ever oh that’s real bar gotta give it to him on that one that’s real player right there Playboy what else is cracking around the league the firing of coach Mike Malone uh what was your reaction to it i had a few different reactions number one Coach Mo is my guy i love Coach Mo i text Josh Kroni before many years ago and I text Josh and I and it was around the time where they were kind of like you could tell they was starting to turn that corner but not quite there yet looking to turn the corner and around that time it was like noise like do Denver continue forward with Mike Malone and and they had a quick playoff exit I think and um I text Josh and I said don’t be fooled by the noise I think Mike Malone is your guy like I think y’all got y’all guy and sure enough they end up winning a championship uh with their guy and so my hunch was right when I look at him being fired though you hear the reports of like people tired of his voice they’re tired of his hard coaching these types of things i’m sorry to say but unfortunately that’s why people don’t win because you get tired of hearing the voice that led you to being a winner i will say as someone who could be the voice that people get tired of at times that’s helping lead you to winning i get why you can get tired of it you’re not used to it i totally understand it ain’t even that you’re not used to it is that one thing that I know as a leader is I know people probably get tired of my voice at times i’m not surprised that you get tired of my voice quite frankly I don’t give a [ __ ] whether you get tired of my voice or not because I know what it takes to lead to winning and so to hear people say it coming out like “Oh yeah they were getting tired of Mike Malone’s hard style.” Like it makes complete sense to me yeah it makes complete sense to me like people but but even aside from being a player BD people get tired of being pushed and that’s what it is people get tired of being pushed which is why people don’t win over and over and over again which is why only a select few of people win because people get tired of being pushed and so I heard that and it made complete sense to me you know another thing I heard that bothered me is people trying to put it on Russell Westbrook stop it oh yeah y’all need to stop the cap that’s crazy c Russell Westbrook make $3 million this year you’re going to tell me anything to do with a coach is the man that make three if they if Russell Westbrook a problem they $3 million they pay him they can send him home pay go home we don’t even want you around here the like to to try to make this about Russell Westbrook is insane to me man that’s crazy i I I think the whole thing with Denver is they just got fatigued right you won a championship you start eating the food you start tasting more food as you were cooking so now you start removing some of your ingredients meaning Bruce Brown right you start removing some of the KCP you start removing and let go some key ingredients and it’s hard to replace that in the draft and groom that in young people and then uh try and get that in free agency so you what is missing is always going to be the main subject and you can see last year they got fatigued right they’re just getting fatigued yeah and so the run that they went on to win the championship was a crazy run but when you played what coach was pushing you every day right when the Warriors when y’all was winning you know how to motivate yourself you your voice may be annoying or dudes may get pissed off at times but when you winning you know you need that now for a coach you got to understand there’s a time to push these dudes how to push these dudes where are we pushing to right because when you talking about your voice as a coach and you keep pushing you keep pushing at some point your players gonna be like “Yo I had enough i know what I’m doing.” But who’s the player in their locker room BD that’s doing that joke yoke don’t talk much like he Jamal Murray don’t talk much so who’s the player on that team that’s doing that though or does the coach have to do it because they don’t have a player so you got Russell Westbrook I think they fired the GM and they fired the coach because they they they weaken the batter bro what I’m saying you got Russell Westbrook who’s that type of player but I already know the type of vibe he going to come in on because that team won a championship before Russ going to come in like all right maybe I’m going to take the backseat here i’m not going to do that there i’m not the main guy here and so although you could get that demeanor from Russell Westbrook you’re only going to get doses of it because somewhere there’s probably a little self-consciousness of like they won a championship before i ain’t going to come in and press too much you know and so you may have to know your team they’re not the same team yeah and but but that’s what happens when you start plucking key pieces to championships away exactly like you just said and trying to do it in the draft like that’s that’s a that’s a very tough thing to do to say that the GM was mad that Russell Westbrook’s playing over Jaylen Picket like that’s crazy that’s what happens right that’s ridiculous yeah but that’s stuff like that start happening because everybody wants to experiment right everybody got an opinion you’ve weakened the foundation by letting your key ingredients go the Warriors were smart about man we going to hold the whole thing together and add maybe one or two guys in free agency get a draft and then they you know who there for a year you know who you need to build a foundation you got a bad mix of veteran guys and young guys and you have nothing in the middle that those veteran free agents that you needed and needed to keep and sign you didn’t have them as your glue so you really missing the glue so when you look at Russ Russ is is is a glue person but he’s not a glue person right he’s a complimentary piece and he’s added value right to a team but where do you fit if you’re not a glue guy because with the young dudes they play a different style the way the than the way Joker want to play or how Aaron Gordon Joker and Porter how all those dudes uh Jamal Murray work together they need KCP in that position then you need Russ coming in working with the young dudes so everybody is out of predicament and that’s why you fired a GM that’s why I think the coach got fired because you can’t you can’t be experimenting and trying to win the championship because you came off a championship two years ago so you know it’s like trying to find an identity with no identity but that’s I also think that’s why Joker is having a hell of the year because the team isn’t as strong because the team isn’t as strong and they have more he has to do a lot more whereas before Michael Porter can beat you Aaron Gordon can beat you now those are knights mhm they have a hot night but even Jamal Murray like as talented as he is it’s almost like I mean and he has been getting injured but he ain’t he has not taken it to that next echelon of where his talent was supposed to go what we saw in the finals and that’s because you lost your key ingredients it’s hard to lose key ingredients on championship team and think you can just replace them it don’t work like that that’s for sure but a lot of people also spoke about like Reggie Jackson being like they they lost a lot they lost pretty much their entire bench you lose team but don’t you think that’s a personality too right cuz you played on all these championship teams a lot of these dudes would you say like “Man I need that’s my guy i need him even though he don’t play.” The personality right sometimes you keep a guy you keep guys around and they may not play at all like literally could be 14 15th man and you telling Bob like or Mike now like yo know we we need to keep that guy like we just need that guy on the team like for the vibe for something they bring it ain’t always about what this guy going to give us in those minutes like and and by the way it’s the NBA everybody can play so it ain’t like we saying keep somebody who should be playing somewhere else like they it’s an NBA player but we need you to keep this guy for this reason like that like it ain’t always just about basketball the makeup of that team the vibes like we go to dinners and like keep the vibe right amongst the team you know what I’m saying it could be like “Yo in the locker room this dude always make us laugh and we be needing that when you down.” Like it could be anything it ain’t just always that in that those couple spots it ain’t just always about necessarily the production on the court right it’s the energy it’s that energy 1,000% the finals are here and the only thing for certain it’s the last time to bet on college basketball this season we’ve got amazing games duke and Houston wow auburn Florida double wow been an amazing ride to get here unexpected happenings get in on the action uh DraftKings Sportsbook download it takes 90 seconds live betting promos uh exclusive content parlays draftkings the ultimate college basketball destination for March if you want to make your first bet make it simple uh check out the matchups pick a team to win first time here’s something special new DraftKings customers bet five bucks that’s it get 150 in bonus bets instantly bet the unexpected with DraftKings Sportsbook download the DraftKing app use it the code is Collins Cin that’ll get you new customers 150 in bonus bets betting just five only on DraftKings the crown is yours all right man let’s get into some Dub Nation stuff i know they want to hear about this last game right the intensity of the playoffs before we talk about the final game of the season I want to talk about how would you describe the journey that has brought the team to this point 23 and six since Jimmy joined the team game 82 is coming up talk about the journey of this team this year and then where you guys at coming into game 82 with a lot on the line at home versus the Clippers you know the two hottest teams to me in the West definitely both playing great basketball i think for this team when I look back on this year as you know it’s crazy because somebody asked me yesterday or two days ago they like man I’m like man we got two more games and he was like man do it do it go by fast and I said not when you in it and when you in it like them J stacking on top of your head fast like piling up you like golly game 45 in Indianapolis and it’s freezing cold and snow and you like oh my god like I said but then you get to the end of it and you look back like dang that flew by you know but when you going through it don’t feel like it’s flying by it’s slow in saying that though this year has been crazy like when I look at this year it’s been a little all over the place like we started off great have an incredible year got off to a great start and then we kind of just couldn’t find it like we lost it and couldn’t find it but it felt like we were right there and then obviously we make the trade uh at the deadline for Jimmy and kind of what we thought all along was like man it just felt like we’re missing one piece like but we’re right there and then getting Jimmy like I said at Allstar when I said yo I think when I said we’re going to win the championship I said that because I was like oh yo like this is the piece that I felt like we were missing and we already wanted to shoot for a championship anyway now we got the piece and so that’s kind of been a year like started off great awful and you know we we picked it back up but it’s been an incredible year and it coming down to game 82 like you said i think you always look back on some of those ones you gave away like man if we had that one but in saying that you know this is a tough challenge for us it’s a really good playoff team they thriving at the right time we thriving at the right time two great coaches two incredible Hall of Fame coaches like what can you ask for as as an NBA fan not as an NBA player as an NBA fan I’m excited as a player obviously this is what you live for i mean Clipper Warrior you know I’ve been a part of that i think I was the reason why I started to be honest the the Warrior Clipper robbery i I was probably the reason why that whole little thing shook out you know I’ve been coming to the games playoff games and to me you two are the teams the most complete team veteranoriented this is going to be a great matchup you play the game sevens right i feel like this is gonna be that type of vibe 100% like this is game seven like both teams trying to solidify that spot this is definitely a game seven atmosphere um you got to make those adjustments fast you got one one shot at it one crack at it so I’m looking forward to it i tell you what though somebody from the Warriors man we got to get BD on for the Warriors as an ambassador so he can stop talking this Clipper stuff sometimes you know what I’m saying like Raymond Ritter whoever I need to talk to Brandon Schneider come on come on now Mike come on now done all right we going just put that out there i can’t It’s a little I feel this y’all ain’t feeling this energy I’m feeling right now but I’m feeling this energy on BD feeling like you know he like he don’t know where yeah he don’t know where he really want to go where he’s supposed to go and I know where he’s supposed to go so I’m telling y’all now let’s make this right let’s make it right all right now I appreciate that dre spoken about the true king himself no but you got Kawhai playing well you gonna have to guard him you got Zubac uh up for defensive player of the year uh came on strong they’re three and 0 against you this season what would a win on Sunday mean going into those playoffs it’ be huge huge for the confidence but huge just to solidify that spot get that week off rest up um know who our opponent is you know showdown with the Lakers braun and Steph we know how that’s that whole thing has been for the last 10 years like man it’d be huge for everybody but I think you know for myself and our team like you know the team beat you three times come out and take care of business you know what I’m saying yep you know so I think uh this is a big opportunity for us this is a new team for us one of those games one of those games you and Steph didn’t play though i remember that well Steph and I didn’t play but you know then they they made some additions uh Bogdanovich was a big addition for them ben Simmons has played minutes for them you know get him some versatility so then the biggest addition is getting Kawhi Leonard back you know he’s he look he almost look better than before he got hurt man that’s crazy he’s bouncing the way he The way he come back bro the way he come back from an injury is like like he’s he stay at a level this dude is bionic man or something like yeah man this dude’s like bionic man like he just come back hey bro you just came off of ACL surgery this man just like yo like he never left what is this man i don’t understand it every time he come back from injury it looked like Kawhi Leonard and San Antonio Kawhi Leonard and Toronto Raptors and I just don’t understand it so that’s the biggest addition of all of like obviously getting him back is huge zubach is playing even better than he was playing at the beginning of the year and he was playing at a very high level in the beginning of the year so team’s playing great uh but also I think you know we know who we are now uh you know we have our identity and we ready to go so be a great matchup this could be the Western Conference Finals matchup this could determine the Western Conference Finals in a major way yes it can be as we start to wrap up the season and talk about the end of the season we got of course who you got end of the season awards first up we talked about this MVP SGA Joker or co- MVPs what do you think i would love to see co- MVPs i would love to see these voters all hundred of them call each other tally up y’all votes so these guys can tie because I think it’s incredible in saying that I have to pick one or the other i have to guard Joker i know how tough that is it’s extremely tough i’ve seen people get fatigued off of greatness over and over again lebron James only has four MVP trophies that’s great lebron James was the MVP way more than four times in the NBA so because people has done that keep that same energy what’s been a big deal is being the best player on the best team and not only is Shay the best player on the best team but he’s playing at such an elite level it ain’t like he the best player on a on a even team and like he a little better he’s like he is one of the best players in the NBA and has taken that team higher and so in saying that just with what MVP has meant with what the MVP has done I think it’s going to look crazy in 10 years you put those numbers next to each other and be like Jokic didn’t win but in saying that I got to go with SGA gotcha sga to your point defensive presence underrated this year still absolutely Joker the first center to average a triple double and for an entire series season i mean I’d like to see co- MVPs just so when we go back to history people can go back and see the type of year that both of these players were having and how they were going back and forth in this climb for the MVP race but if I have to side a vote I would side for SGAA because I watch this man play defense i watch him lead his team and to your point he is just on a high high level of frequency and and he’s pulled a lot of these uh talented guys on this team up to his level right play playing at a level above i think one of the most underrated things about the year SGA had is they spent an extended period of time this year with with no center they had Hardenstein was out Chad was out and Jaylen with the bigger Jaylen Williams was out they were out there running five guards and still winning a game that’s crazy that is extremely impressive and I just think another thing that kind of gives uh SGA the boost even even when things weren’t ideal he still found a way to lead his teams to win and I think you know that that has that says a lot i agree i totally agree most improved player uh who you got for most improved Dyson Daniels Austin Reeves uh I would say Austin Reeves a lot of people saying Kate Cunningham well Kate Cunningham is too good and he was so good last year that he’s too good to be most improved we expect that right out of Kade and Kate expect that out of himself and he’s just living into his magic he got the allstar accolades and so what’s next for him is you know cons consistent all stars when you look at somebody like a Dyson Daniel coming out the G-League and coming out of nowhere to make a name for himself then you look at a Austin Reeves who was he a second round pick or undrafted i think I think he was undrafted right making a name for himself to stay on the Lakers to then being a fan favorite off the bench now being a bonafide NBA star he has he’s real and he became a real household name and somebody you got to recognize this year and went from 15 to 20 points a game with LeBron with Luca still in the mix so I would give it to Austin Reeves and when it wasn’t Luca AD there was a AD and he was cracking with AD yeah absolutely i I I got to go with Austin Reeves as well i think Dyson Daniels is right there k Cunningham no chance like you said K’s way too good he been way too good for this award and shout out to Dyson Daniels for making a name for himself the work he put in like he making he making Atlanta have somebody else to talk about besides what Trey Young is doing absolutely i think but when I look at Austin Reeves he’s been arguably the best third option in in in basketball and when called upon and and presented the opportunity he’s been an incredible two uh when called upon and so I think to go from undrafted to that 15 points to 20 points there’s a big difference in the NBA of averaging 15 points to 20 points like you may look at that and be like “Oh that’s only five points.” A 15 point a night guy off night is six yes a 20 point a night guy off night is 16 yep 15 16 to put into perspective for you the jump that Austin Reeves has made to jump your average from 15 points to 20 points that is the that’s also the difference in like someone making $15 million a year and someone making $35 million a year like it that is a drastic jump and obviously we know he can pass the ball too he rebounds the ball i think uh I I I gotta go with Austin Reeves uh like you said shout out to Dyson Daniels i think what he’s done is incredible uh to see him playing at the level he playing at is great but I got to go with Austin Reeves and I did not know JJ Reic was campaigning for Austin Reeds when he said the the awards is the high pick award that was on lottery pick what do you say lottery pick that’s now on a high contract that finally had a campaign of that nature it was a campaign i didn’t realize it jj you slid that one in but you got a point my brother he definitely made up made people think about the vote uh rookie of the year easy stefon Castle no question stefon Castle no question love that kid he next up no question stefon Castle easy we’re going to look back at this stefon Castle is going to be a star and of course he should have won rookie of the year he going to be next to Wimby and San Antonio dynamic duo back-to-back rookie of the years and it’s all going to make sense but Stefon Castle no question is rookie of the year and I’m going tell you this Stefon Castle when he improved that jump shot and I say win because I know he will because he’s a willing cheer yeah one of the biggest keys about being being learning to shoot the ball with consistency is being a willing shooter and he is willing no matter how many he miss in a row he raising up taking that next one and I love that attitude that kid is going to be a star i’m looking forward to a rookie of the year congrats young fella it should be yours in the bag we got coach of the year um some say Kenny Atinson the Cavs were 48 and 34 and 23 24 they increased that to 63 wins possibly 64 um number one seed in the East you got Eay Udoka 41 and 41 last season number 11 in the Western Conference standings fast forward to 2025 they have 52 wins could be 53 could have been 55 they’ve kind of bombed the last couple games like nonetheless Eay Yudoka has to be in the running and then JB Bickerstaff 14 wins to 44 wins damn first season of coaching this team he was the coach of the team that the the Cavs who Kenny Atinson has now bumped up 15 wins to 63 who you got those three guys coach of the year is this Kenny Atinson first year with the Cavs this is Kenny Atinson’s first year he was with the Dubs last year that’s crazy and this JB Vicker staff first year with Detroit this is his first year oh this is a hell of a storyline um and what I would do is I would honor them both this would be a co- coach of the year you got to do co- coach of the year like you I would give I would give two awards out because it’s just if it has to be one person cool but I don’t think it should just be one one guy amen yoko went from 11 to two that’s crazy too give them all an award you know but you can’t do that you cannot do that i agree they’re all deserving they’re all deserving but you cannot do that i mean damn um that’s too hard if if if I’m voting I don’t know that’s too tough dude that’s tough they all matter like what jb did taking Detroit from nothing to something to a playoff team what EA did from last year taking them to the two seed showing a lot of promise um you know people thought that Houston would have a team that’s going to be in the playoffs so you know he overexceeded expectations and then Kenny Atinson came in and took over a job from a team and you know damn near got them 20 more wins than what they had the year before um and a number one seed in the East so if I have to give the award I would pro it probably should go to Kenny Aterson um with JB at a very very close second almost a tie and Eay at a very very close second i respect that i think um I think when you look at the system that Kenny has brought to that team like they had talent already and he took that same talent and has turned that talent into what it should be i think it’s hard not to go with Kenny i also think he turned Evan Mobley into a star and when I say turned Evan Mobley into a star understand that I’m not saying Kenny Aterson turned Evan Mobley has worked his ass off to become who he’s become he unleashed the star he He put him in position to reach who he’s supposed to become which is a star in the NBA and Evan Moley’s had an incredible year on both sides of the ball um you know he will be an allNBA performer evan Mobley I think when you look at getting Darius Garland back to allstar form like Darius Garland was the lost man last year like Darius Garland was on his way out of Cleveland it was all going wrong it looked like he had popped for a year or two and it was going the wrong way kenny comes in push that confidence back into him put him in a system where he can thrive in and so I think when you’re looking at that on top of winning 64 games I gotta go with Kenny Ainson i think that’s JB’s incredible to go from 14 to 44 wins i think it’s incredible ea to go from 11 i’m a big fan of Eay just the attitude that Eay give his teams is crazy played against him in the NBA finals he’s going to Houston and taken a joke of a team after James Harden to the second seed in the West brought an attitude stepped up and said the guys that he wanted bringing in Fred Van Vleet as a free agent was huge you know what I’m saying like bringing in a veteran presence like Jeff Green was huge you know and these are all things that Eay Udokas point out and saying “No I I need this.” And so bringing in Dylan Brooks free agency you know people was off Dylan Brooks Grizzlies off Dylan Brooks he like “Yo bring him over here.” Huge you know what I’m saying so what EM’s done has been incredible um and I think he right up there and deserving but I I I think I gotta go with Kenny Aerson on this one as well awesome six man of the year oh Peyton Pritchard that’s easy we got six man of the year you got Peyton Pritchard or Malik Beasley i got Peyton Pritchard that’s easy man the way he has improved i had to put Peyton Pritchard up there also for most improve just to put him in that category um but talking about energy you know fire and and a difference maker for Boston off the bench and another leader they found another leader they found another go-to guy which is crazy and then not to uh discount what the season that Malik Beasley has had because he’s been another part of that Piston team that 44 that 14 to 44 win turnaround and he’s been a great compliment and reliable source for K Cunningham and so 312 threes this season uh a Piston record shout out to Malik Beasley but when we talking about sixman and a difference maker and a game changer somebody’s coming in and changed the game i gotta go to P with Peyton Pritchard i think Peyton Pritchard has been incredible uh he increased his points from 9 to 14 uh which is a big jump you know i think he’s had a great year two 251 made threes great year on a great team won 60 games but I got to go Malik Beasley on this one um Malik Beasley has found a new home 312 threes this season i think both of these guys shoot threes malik Beasley is averaging 16 points off the bench so he’s winning in both of those categories and their team is winning i I think when you you can look at record but obviously Boston is going to have a much better record than Detroit they have a much better team than Detroit but I gotta go with Malik Beasley on this one hit your three hit your shimmy player do your hip dance or whatever it is but I think Malik Beasley is deserving i think he should get it i think he’s earned it that’s who I’m rolling with there it is all right last but not least defensive player of the year i will give you the floor because you know where my vote is going what do you want to say about defensive player of the year it’s your last one oh man I think uh put it in the bag that’s what I think put it in the bag yours truly that’s who I’m rocking with you know i think uh listen I think Evan Mobley has had a great year dyson Daniels has had a great year i think you know Zubos has had a great year i think you know all those guys have had a great year i ain’t taking nothing away from him and I see him on first team all defense but I think DPO should go to yours truly i’ll take that yeah I got I got to rock with you bro you’ve been you know we talk about the season is solid consistent um and you just been a tear you’ve had amazing moments when you look at team defense and team awareness and having that anchor i mean you’re the guy and look at look at the Warrior numbers so shout out to you you my pick give me my pick all year man let’s lock in let’s go Dub Nation uh yeah this is it this is the last se this is the last season of the game baby the last game of the season so yes sir let’s get that defensive Yeah one more one more defensive showcase and let’s put that put that trophy in the bag come on now i appreciate you my dog i hope so uh but nonetheless let’s get this win tomorrow we need it let’s do it you know what I’m saying get in these playoffs that is a wrap from this episode of the Draymond Green Show and the last show of the regular season of 2025 for all you guys out there in this NBA for all you trainers out there coaches out there um front office workers community relations public relations NBA league 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