The Draymond Green Show - New CBA, Playoff Push, and Angel Reese/Caitlin Clark

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the points. Let's just jump right into a few of those points. I will not give a full reaction, reaction slash thoughts on this thing until the entire CBA comes out. There's been bits and pieces coming out, and I have my thoughts on those bits and pieces, but I do want to know more detail exactly what's going on. Quite frankly, we find out things on the internet, just like you all find out things on the internet. That is the dan age we live in on the NBA. So shout

out the sham, shout out the wolch. Y'all are absolutely incredible at what you do because you get news about the NBA before players get news about the NBA and teams and whatever. So that is that there's a new luxury tax apron preventing teams like the Warriors, Clippers, and Celtics from acquiring essentially mid level talent, and I think that's absolutely insane. It's essentially in creating a hard cap in a way. I think that's going to affect players

more than people realize or else. I don't think that would have been agreed to, but yeah, it's essentially creating a hardcap. So I've heard things about the hardcap over the years and how people want to hardcap. Where there it is and there you go, and there you have it. I think something that I think is absolutely ridiculous and was not addressed is, for instance, the Golden State Warriors.

As you know, Jef Curry was drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Klay Thompson drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green myself drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Cavan Looney drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole drafted by the Golden State Warriors. What are you talking about, Draymond? Whar are you naming players on? Well? I am naming those players because the fact that there's essentially a rule being implemented too, I mean, essentially destroy what teams haven't

been able to accomplish. I think it's utterly ridiculous. You talk all of it. Over the years, all of these rules have been put in place to Gilbert Arenas rule, Bird Rights, Larry Bird rule with the Bird Rights, all of these rules to keep players with their teams. And then now the Golden State Warriors come along and essentially dominates the NBA over the last seven or eight years, and now we're adding rules to try to stop that

because teams can't. Why are the Golden State Warriors, Joe Lacop, Bob Myers, Peter Goober, why are they not being rewarded for drafting? Well, why are they not being rewarded for taking care of the guys that they've drafted and keeping everyone together and with their team. I think that's ridiculous and quite frankly, I think it's lazy. I think that's something that could have been addressed. It's another thing that's actually going to take money, more money away from players

because you just won't be able to pay it. You won't be able to do it. And to me, that makes no sense. So we so, yes, we have a hardcap. Oh and by the way, all of you appreciate it. Why you have it. The last dynasty you will see in the NBA is here and now the Golden State Warriors. We won't see it again. You may think dynasties are bad for the game. Quite frankly, I think they're great for the game, because guess what, the only thing you still talk about our dynasties like you don't talk about

some team that want a championship. Dallas Marverage for instance, Dallas Mavericks won one championships, absolutely incredible. When you talk about Dirk, you speak about that championship because the way Dirk played, and by the way, shout out to all the ogs that was on the Dallas Mavericks when they won championship, Dirt, Jay Kidd, Jason Terry, Tyson, Chandler, the list of Sean Mary and like, shout out to all ogs. They champs. I will never take nothing away for a

champ from a champ. My point being is they weren't a dynasty, and so when you're talking about champions, you don't necessarily speak on them first because they weren't a dynasty. But you know who you do speak on. You speak. You speak on the Los Angeles Lakers, you speak on the Chicago Bulls, you speak on even Lebron days in the Miami although I don't think they quite built the dynasty. But we speak on the San Antonio Spurs. Why because

we speak on dynasties. That's what's remembered, that's what stands out. And quite frankly, with this new CBA, dynasties are over. There will not be a dynasty. So you all complained about to go and stay Warriors. Oh man kad came to the Warriors and blah blah blah. You don't have to deal with that anymore. But you'll also lose a huge part of the game, a huge part of sports, which is dynasty's being built. So, hey, we're the last dynasty.

I can't complain about that. I mean, it's ridiculous, don't get me wrong, but hey, you'll always remember us because we're the last dynasty you'll be able to speak of.

Because of the way this salary cap is set set up, No way the Warriors should be punished like a team that has went out and god players by the way, Boston Celtics, Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Robert Williams, those are guys that were drafted by the Boston Celtics, and so you know, I understand certain situations where teams are going out and like getting players in free agencies. We've clearly decided that there can be separate rules as

far as certain teams go. So why isn't there are separate rule as far as teams drafting guys and being able to keep those guys and then not counting against the luxury tax. Now, if you want to say, hey, you guys should be penalized for Andrew Wiggins, I can't argue that. I can't argue that could argue it, but I can't argue I won't argue that put it that way because we went out and we traded for Andrew Wiggins. Although we didn't sign them in free ascent, we traded

for them. But I won't argue that. But I name five guys on this team that are well above minimum salaries or rookie minimum salaries or whatever. That we're drafted by the Golden State Warriors, and yet we are the highest tax team. How does that make sense? It actually makes none, And like I said, that is a very lazy thing that I think is done in this CBA. The twenty percent increase on extensions has been raised to

forty percent. Can't complain about that. I think is good, but also think there could have been other issues that could have been prioritized as opposed to trying to get forty percent over twenty percent. That only helps a very select few of guys who signs a contract extension. Everyone doesn't sign contract extensions. So that'll help you sign you know, if you sign contract extensions. Ah, I'll take it, But there are some other things. Sixty five minimum games for awards.

I can appreciate this, and everyone will appreciate this until you got bums on the All NBA team and winning awards because someone didn't qualify because they missed ten games at some point of the season with an ankle injury or whatever. All of a sudden, you don't have Luca Donte, Steph Curry, Lebron, James Kawhi, Leonard, Anthony Davis. The list goes on. On all of a sudden, you don't have any of those guys on All NBA teams, And then

what NBA are we represented? When you look back in history and you got a bum on All NBA second team or All NBA First team because guys miss some games, it won't be so appreciated then and everybody will be complaining now, and you know who else will be complaining?

I think I think owners are going to end up complaining when they find a bum that they have to give an extension to that made the All NBA team and now they come in there asking you for Max and Supermax and blah blah blah because they made the NBA team because guys weren't allowed that play sixty three games. Then we'll get the complaining because you're gonna have a guy making two hundred million dollars that produces at an eighty million dollars level because they made the our NBA team.

Why because Steph Curry missed some games, he got injured once, then got injured again and mixed significant amount of games and both of those injury this year and doesn't qualify for our first first Team All NBA or second team or thirteen and y'all pandem bump salaries. There's always another side to it. There's always another side to it. Then your team that you support is weak because you've paid a bum two hundred million dollars. There's always another side

to it. This year, especially for example, Jannis, the best player in the NBA. He's currently played sixty two games, he'll probably get to sixty five. But if he got to sixty four, we're gonna say Yannis wasn't one of the fifteen best players in the NBA that season. And that's where it gets ridiculous. And so you know, everybody's complaining about the low management and all of these different things. And say Yannis played sixty four games and he doesn't

make the All NBA team. And then say, let's say this will be different in Yanni's case because of years of service. But let's say Jannis doesn't have the years of service, and then he doesn't qualify for the Supermax with the Milwaukee Bucks. And then all of a sudden, Yanni's like, well, forget this. I'm out of Milwaukee, and I'm I'm going to Los Angeles because that's better for my brand, and I'm building a production company. I'm going to New York because that's better for my brand, and

I'm building a production company. All of a sudden, it's working against those those lord market teams. HM. Did we process that or did we get so caught up and what talking heads are talking about while trying to do a multi billion dollars deal and we even got caught up in what talking heads are talking about. That's another interest in one. The end season tournament does not increase the number of games. Only two teams will play one more game. That's making eighty three games. I thought, I

know when this was first proposed to me. For the last two years, it was a million dollars per parellars. Somehow one million dollars per player, and somehow it ended up at five hundred thousand per player. With all due respect, I say this, five hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money, A lot of money, Don't get me wrong. Five hundred thousand dollars is five hundred thousand dollars, five

hundred thousand dollars. However, in the state of California, once I make five hundred thousand dollars, I'll probably see about two hundred thousand of that. Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money, Don't get me wrong, But two hundred thousand dollars is not going to force me to play in a game in October or November. If I think I'm exposing myself to injury, it's just not one million, maybe because then I'm taking home about fifty after tax.

It's a little different. But I said all of that to say not so certain. I'm not sure how that dropped from one million to five hundred thousand dollars. I think that was crazy. But in saying that, I don't think it's going to force more guys to play like the idea would be. I just don't think so. But that's just me. Just like you have teams that aren't fighting to getting the playoffs because the playoff bonus ain't

that much. You go win a championship and the playoff bonus is less than that by the way, So we're creating an end season tournament that's going to pay you more than winning a championship. That's crazy. One bigger one was players will be able to own minority shares and teams via the NBPA selected private equity firm. I think this is a step in the right direction. Like I think this is a good band aid. Um, I think

you know this. I need to learn more about this is it hasn't been much details released around this yet, but I think, um, this is a step in the right direction. But I hope what comes with this rule is also you can invest with owners, say like Joe Lacob is building La Live around Chase Center. Joe Lacob and Peter Goober, they're building La Live around Chase Center. You can invest in that. I hope that's what comes

with this rule, because quite frankly, team evaluation. The team valuations are so high at this point that you've kind of missed the boat. And I'm not saying they won't go a more, but in order for players, there's only a select few players that can afford to invest at the level that teams are at now. So I hope this rule isn't just a bend a and doesn't stop guys from investing and outside things that owners may be.

And I had an opportunity to invest in stock X at the inception of the company, when stock was just an idea. Shout out to my brother Sideal Mordale, I appreciate you, brother. When stock X was just an idea on a sheet of paper, I had an opportunity to invest. I wanted to invest. I could not invest because Dan

Gilbert is an owner of an NBA team. This was at the heat of the Cleveland Cavaliers Warriors battle, so there couldn't have been any colluding like Dan's not trying to do me a favor, although that is my spartan brother, and I couldn't because Dan was the lead investor on the deal. He's leading the deal, and I couldn't invest in it. That would have been a significant amount of money for me. And we talk about players not going broke, but yet we limit the way players can't make money

as far as investing and compounding your money goes. So I hope this isn't just a band aid, and we actually can invest in other things that you know are possible for us to invest in and really compound our money. That's a big thing. I think the owners of these NBA teams provide some of the best guidance for you to learn how to compound your money, as they are compounding their money at an extreme rate, and that is important. When you get money, It's not just important that you

got the money. How are you now going to compound that money? And some of our best resources are right in our face and we can't use them. So I hope this just isn't a band aid, and I hope this rule is actually changing for the better. I saw I'm gonna say about the CBA right now until everything else comes out and we get all the details, and then I would share my full thoughts on that moving forward.

Big game tonight, Thunder versus the Dubs. We dropped the game the other day that we probably should have won in Denver and it was a huge game for us. And we currently stand at forty one and thirty eight. The Thunders are on the opposite side at thirty eight and forty one. They're right in the mix of the playing game, currently the last team in, but only one game ahead of Dallas. I read something the other day to say Dallas may be considering shutting Luca and Kyrie

down and trying to get a top ten pick. No, if you really I personally think you always have a chance if you have players like Luca and Kyrie. So I'm not really sure shutting it down is the right thing. But if that's what they do, I respect it. But I know these young Thunder coming in here. I've been seeing Shades captions about to play in and all of that, so I know they're coming in playing hard and trying to solidify themselves in the in the playing tournament. Uh,

It's an important game for the Dubs. It is our season finale at home, so it's important that we close out at home strong. But also understanding what this does for our playoff chances or our playoff seating, I would say, um, I think this is a very important game for us, so we need to make sure we come out and take care of home court, be that we are all tied in the lost column as far as the Dubs, Clippers, Pelicans, and Lakers, So very important game. You do have games

coming up this week where the Pelicans. Pelicans have a tough game coming up this week. They do have to also go to Minnesota for the very last game of the season. The Lakers and Clippers have a game coming up this week, so that's gonna be a big game, and it's just important that we take care of our business and finished this year strong. Also, as of yesterday, news came out that Andrew Wiggins will be back with

the Warriors. I read that like you all did, and I saw that it also came out that Wiggs was tending attending ding or tending to his family father in particular, who hadn't been doing well. I saw that news come out, and when that news came out, I couldn't help but to remember and think back to our episode of the disgusting people who created the disgusting rumors that that man

woman had, Like, let's not even talk about again. I'm not gonna get into talking about this man woman, but we know the disgusting rumors that came out, and like the fact that people are just that thirsty to know what's going on in someone's life is almost as thirsty as all these people playing for blue checks. The thirst is at an all time high, and privacy just doesn't seem to be a thing anymore. But hope Wiggs is

back as we try to make this run. He's very important to what we do, So keep my fingers crossed there and then also you know, prayers up as well. Lastly, before we get out of here, I would be remissed if I didn't discuss the Angel Reese in the LSU Tigers National champions Congratulations ladies, absolutely amazing. But Angel reason and the Caitlin Clark thoughts. I've seen some of the things that people have said, and quite frankly, if if

I'm honest, I think it's absolutely ridiculous. Ain't who did this? And everyone makes it like she just went and committed a crime. This is basketball. I beat you, and that is that you had an opportunity to beat me and stop me from doing this and this, and you didn't. So you have to deal with that. As you know. I don't want to sit here and make this a

race thing. These are two great women's basketball players. Those were two great teams, and I am going to appreciate what they brought to the game, what they brought to our TV screens, how incredible of a game it was. And let's discuss these national champions These girls go out here and win a national championship, and all we want to talk about is a celebration that happened towards the

end of the game. Angel goes and winning most most Outstanding Player of the tournament the final four, and we want to talk about her doing this saying you can't see me. But I'm pretty sure I've seen Kaitlyn doing this at some point this year. But it ain't so fun when the rabbit got the gun. Now, the issue that I have is, let's not have these double standards.

I remember very very very clearly Al Horford in Game one of the NBA Finals when made they come back and he got an end one and he flexing right in my face. Nobody said a word. Nobody said a word, by the way he was flexing in Game one that didn't end so well. Nobody said a word. But now Angel does it, and it's a problem. I'm here to tell y'all it's not a problem. It is what it is. This is basketball. It's a very competitive sport. And if I want to throw in your face after I beat you,

you can't see me. Guess what, ain't nothing you can do about it. Ain't nothing you can do about it. So let's stop talking about it. Let's let it be what it is. Let's appreciate this display of basketball that these young women just gave us. Caitlin Clark, you are incredible game changer, has some things that can possibly help take the women's game to the next level as we

all want to see. Angel Reye Champ, keep talking your shit, keep doing what you do, keep winning, and keep letting them hear about it, Keep letting them here about it, because guess what, when you lose, they gonna let you hear about it. So when you win, you let them hear about it. You keep doing your thing. Much respect, Queen, much respect, and congratulations. On the championship. Y'all let that stuff go. Appreciate them champions for what they are. They

are champs. Can't nobody take that away until y'all try again next year. That's a rap from this episode of The Draymond Green Show Peace