spoke to reporters after scoring 12 points and dishing out six assists in a 118-94 loss of the Golden State Warriors against the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Play-In Tournament Tuesday night at Golden 1 Center.
End of the Warriors’ season The NBA Play-In Tournament loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday left many thinking reflects on Golden State’s reign over the past decade.
Draymond Green has the perfect story to summarize Golden State’s decades-long success and growth as a franchise franchise. , largely due to Green, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson continuing to star.
On Thursday’s episode of the “Draymond Green Show,” the 12-year NBA veteran forward shared a story about Marshawn Lynch and his humor surrounding the Warriors’ struggles last year. Green’s freshman year in 2012.
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Lamar Woodley — one of my OGs, [a] big brother from Saginaw, Michigan; Legend of the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers – he always had an annual camp in Saginaw in the summer,” Green began. “And Marshawn Lynch always comes to camp. Marshawn loves Saginaw, I’m sure it reminds him of Oakland – I have nothing but love for Marshawn, [a] big brother of mine. But I’ll never forget this moment.
“We were standing in the parking lot of Stardust Lanes in Saginaw [and] Lamar was like ‘Yo, [Draymond] just got drafted to the Warriors, he’s going to be in Oakland.’ And Marshawn was like, ‘Ha-ha-ha, y’all suck. The Warriors don’t never win. Y’all suck.’ And I was like ‘Yeah, that’s going to change … I don’t ever suck, that’s going to change.’ I’ll never forget that.”
Lynch, a star running back for the Seattle Seahawks at the time, then represented most people’s perception of the Warriors — especially in the East Bay, Golden State’s former home of 47 years. A Bay Area icon, he grew up in Oakland, attended Oakland Technical High School, played collegiately for the California Golden Bears and essentially wrapped up his storied NFL career with the then-Oakland Raiders — if anyone had a reason to put a positive spin on the Warriors, it was the hometown Lynch.
Nevertheless, when Green was selected No. 35 overall by the Warriors in the 2012 NBA Draft, Golden State was coming off a 23-win season and a five-year playoff drought. While Green wasn’t happy with Lynch’s jab, he understood the narrative surrounding the Warriors had to be addressed, and it’s safe to say it has been.
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“This was a moment in my life that I’ll never forget,” Green added. “I have never been a loser in my life. I have won at every level of basketball. So when I think about me joining an organization that likes to lose, lose, lose, for me, I think, “Oh no, we’re going to win.” » I was foolish to believe we would get there. sword. We won 23 games last year, I was naive. For example, I have never lost in my life.
“ This story is less about Marshawn and more about who the Warriors are. Coming out of school and being in this organization, and thinking back 12 years later, [we] won four titles with the same guys – six finals with the same guys, won 73 games with the same guys together. [We] almost never lose. We’ve lost three playoff series in 11 years, which is crazy.
“The general thinking of the organization is what Marshawn said. We’re the laughing stock of the NBA, that’s for sure.
Green is not naive as he and the Warriors have made the playoffs seven straight times to start his career with three titles. He refused to be a “loser”.
But he was right about Lynch’s assessment, as that was the norm for the Warriors for a while.
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