The Draymond Green Show - Sh*tty Timberwolves Loss + LeBron's Return

the same game parlay. Tryout Same Game Parlay plus today, Start making every moment more and download the FanDuel app today twenty one plus and select states. Fanduels offering online sports wagering in Kansas under an agreement with Kansas dar

Casino LLC. Gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler or visit FanDuel dot com, slash rg Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia eight hundred, next step or text next step to five three three four two, Arizona one eight at eight seven eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit CCPG dot org slash chat Connecticut one eight hundred and nine with it Indiana one eight hundred five two two forty

seven hundred. Visit ks gambling heelp dot com Kansas one eight seven seven seven seven oh Stop Louisiana called one eight hundred and three two seven fifty fifty or visit WWWMA Underscore Helpline dot org. Slash Problem Gambling visit www

dot MD gambling help dot org. Maryland one eight seven seven eight Hope, New York or text Hope New York four six seven three six nine New York one eight hundred and five two two forty seven hundred Wyoming, or visit www dot one eight hundred gambler dot net, West Virginia. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to this Draymond Green Show.

Whether you're listening to this on Amazon, m wherever you get your podcasts, obviously, we're always thankful for you taking the time out of your busy schedules to listen to the show. The NBA Stretch Run is upon us huge matchups across the league as my dubs and I battle with the teams in the West for playoff position. Gonna be a lot of fun on TV. But but if you can actually be at some of these games for last minute amazing deals on tickets, not just the Dubs,

but your favorite NBA team. Check out game Time, the fastest growing ticketing app in the US, and it doesn't stop with the NBA. Game Time has tickets to the NHL, NCAA basketball games, even concert and comedy shows too. So if you're in Phoenix and want to see Katie try to make a run with the Suns, game Time has your seats. If you're in Boston and hoping to see Jason Tatum and the Celtics work their way to the

finals again, game Time has your seats. Or you want to see Chris Rod anytime soon, download the game Time app and redeem Cold Green for twenty dollars off your first person terms apply again. Download the game Time app and enter Cold Green that g R E E N for twenty dollars off. No matter where you live, get out and have some fun this week. Download game Time today, last minute tickets, Lord's price guarantee. I mean, I think

we should get right into this episode. As you can see, I'm not really too excited about this episode, coming off the hills of a shitty loss last night where we probably should have won that game. Pretty easily, and it just didn't happen that way. Obviously, I had a turnover late down the stretch that led to a three which ultimately end up in a basket to give them the

lead and eventually win the game. Just got to be better with the ball in that situation to understand who it is that's closing out to me, Kyle Anderson has very very very long arms. He's gray in the past lane, and so probably the old fake a pass to make a pass gets us there. In saying that, I'm not really one to make much of one play and say that's why we lost the game, because there are a ton of plays throughout the course of a game that I feel like even me personally could have done better

that can change the outcome of a game. But you know, in a situation like that, it's very natural to feel like, oh man, I cost us the game with that player, or oh man, someone else costs the game with a play that may happen at the end of a game, and the reality is it's not quite the case. But

as an athlete, you shoulder that burden. And so in saying that pretty rough night, also, you know, I think I took probably three or four elbows to the face last night, two or three elbows to the shoulder areas last night. So just a little beat up, which is more so why my energy is kind of bad, like just hurt, neck tight. But in saying that, have a day to get ready for tomorrow, which is a very big game. The Pelicans, who's right also writing that log

jam in the standings coming into Chase Center. They just came off the hills. They're on the hills of a great win against the Clippers a couple of days ago in LA and they won out when pretty handily dominated the whole game. Brandon Ingram had his first career trip of double CJ had a really good game, Trey Murphy career high and threes had ten threes. So it'll be a tough game, and you know, Willie Green is going

to have those guys coming and ready to play. And you know, I think for us, you know human nature, you're pissed off, You're pissed off about what happened last night, and and you kind of want to get back out in the court as fast as you can. So that's kind of where my mindset is. It's just to get back to the drawing board, get back on the floor, correct the things that we know we can correct, correct the things that I personally know I can correct, and go out and get a win. I think we're still

in pretty good position. Although you know, to get right up there at four seed five seeds as a very realistic thing, I think, you know, wasted opportunity last night, But in saying that, there's more opportunities, and you got to go take advantage of those that you're supposed to win, as I've said before, and take a couple of those that you're maybe not supposed to win. So that is

the goal. And looking forward, I thought, you know, in last night's game timber One's beat US ninety nine to ninety six, having GP back number one, just to SEEGP back out there on the floor with us was great. I think you know with that comes like rotations and you know, figuring out the pieces and what rotation is,

what lineups it's best together. When adding GP back in the fold, and you know that'll take a few games to figure out, always feels a little better, Always feels a little better when you can figure those things out. And the win and quite frankly, like I said, we should have been doing that, but that's not the case. So just get back to the drawing board, continue to figure those things out, and you know, they all come together.

I think for us, you know, winning two row games is huge and then coming home and losing this one is a little frustrating. But I don't look at it like, oh man, like it's a setback. Like no, we played well enough to win some unfortunate players down the stretch, including my turnover that you know, just didn't go our way,

and we weren't able to pull a game off. But I don't necessarily look at it as a setback like, oh man, we went out there and we didn't we didn't do this well, or we didn't do that well, or we were got totally away from Westman work. For us, I don't think that was the case here. I just think, you know, they made some plays down the stretch. We didn't make plays down the stretching. That's that's what it

boils down to in this league. Sometimes it's that you just got to make those winning plays down the stretch, and I thought for the most part, we did a good job. But like I said, it's a couple of plays that if you could take back, you would, and one big one bing might turnover. So that's where we are with the Dubs. You know, it's important that we close out this home staying very well. I think, you know, it'll be really, really really you know, we got two

more games on this home staying. We got in New Orleans and then we got San Antonio on Friday, two very winnable games. You win those two games, you're going on the road against Denver, who Who's a team that we know it's playing not their best basketball of the season, although they had a really big win over Milwaukee a couple of days ago, But we also know what that team is capable of, and I think it'll be a good test for us. You know, they're going there and try to get a win, and I have no doubt

in my mind that we can do that. But before we get ahead of ourselves, it's important that we take care of these two games at home. First. We are currently in sixth place in the West, which if the season indu to day, allows us to avoid the playing game and we would meet Sacramento in the first round

of the playoffs. Quite frankly, I am not upset that if the standard shook out how they did today, and we met Sacramento in the first round, not because I think Sacramento is a week team, because the travel is so much easier. If you think about our road to winning the championship last year, it started with Denver, which is a two hour flight into the altitude, which makes

everything tough. I'm not sure for those out there who've actually trained in altitude, I worked in altitude or had to, you know, playing altitude is totally different beasts, totally different beasts. So that was the start of our playoff run. And then from there we went to Memphis, which is a four and a half almost five hour flight for a

second round contest. Seems a bit much, quite frankly, which is why I think that which is another much larger topic, is like realigning these conferences, Like the fact that the Memphis Grizzlies is in the Western Conference geographically just makes zero sense. Like obviously they came from Vancouver and it made a ton more sense in Vancouver, but geographically Memphis Grizzlies is an Eastern conferencing like there we had a back to back at Memphis in Atlanta, it was a

forty five minute flight. That is the only place we can and fly and get to in forty five minutes. In the Western Conference, it's Sacramento, and we don't fly. We bust. So the fact that that is a Western Conference team is a whole other story. But then back to what I was saying. Our second round was a four hour, four and a half four hour, forty five

minute flight to Memphis and back. Then it was a four hour flight to Dallas and back in the Conference finals, and then a dread for six hour and fifteen minute flight to Boston and back and back again, back again. I said all of that to say the reason why I said Sack is simply just because of the travel, like that that's a lot on your body, and if we could bust ride an hour and ten minutes up the way, like, I just think that's much better for us. Now Sack is playing well and very good team, but

just from the travel. At the end of the day, I don't really care who we play in the playoffs. I think we can win and I think we've proven that, so I don't necessarily look at it like, oh, this matchup is better. I'll get onto all that. I'm strictly talking about the location, the travel and what and how that plays out and how that affects you as you go on as well, Like fatigue plays a part of this as well. You think about win an NBA Championship, you play an extra two months, you can cut down

on some of that travel. Who knows where it may pay off in the end. So that's why I like that. Also, not mad at a at an four or five. If we were able to get there and the Clippers are there, short flight, fifty five minute flight to LA, that's not all bad either. Phoenix hour and twenty five thirty minute flight,

that's not all bad either. So when I look at the standings, you know, if we're somewhere in there, great, But like I said, we definitely want to avoid to play in and right now we are looking to get more out of the NBA season. Well, now is the perfect time to download FanDuel, America's number one sports book. Right now, new customers get a no sweat first bet up to a thousand dollars. That's free bets back if your first bet doesn't win. The promo code is always Colin.

FanDuel has tons of betting options. I like the same game parlay bet a little win a lot. Fandel's app is safe, secure, easy to use, and you get paid your winnings really fast. The no Sweat first bet up to a thousand bucks promo code Colin make every Moment More this season with fan Duel, an official sports betting partner of the NBA twenty one plus in select states.

Fandel's offering online sports wagering in Kansas under an agreement with a Star Casino LLLC Gambling Problem called one eight hundred gambler or visitfanduel dot com, slash RG Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia one eight hundred next step or text next step to five three three four two Arizona one eight at eight sevent eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit CCPG dot org slash chat Connecticut one eight hundred nine with it Indiana one

eight hundred five two two forty seven hundred. Visit kas gambling HEELP dot com Kansas one eight seven seven seven seven oh stop Louisiana called one eight hundred three two seven fifty fifty or visit WWWMA underscore Helpline dot org slash Problem Gambling visit www dot MD Gambling help dot org Maryland one eight seven seven eight Hope, New York or text Hope, New York four six seven three six nine New York one eight hundred five two two forty

seven hundred, Wyoming, or visit www dot one eight hundred gambler dot net, West Virginia. Lebron turn returned to the Lakers, and he said he went to see the Lebron James of feet. I think that is absolutely hilarious. Patch yourself on the black while, don't you, Bron. He's pretty much saying I went to see the best guy in the world for feet. I think that's great that Lebron is back ahead of schedule. Obviously, the league is always better with its stars. The league is always a better place

with Lebron. James active in his first return, came off the bench. I also thought was hilarious that he still did the powder toss. Those are flexus, like the Lebron James of feet. The powder toss them coming off the bench, like them, like the ultimate like flexes. And I can respect a good flex So saying that, like I said, the Lakers lost their first game back. What does that do to their chances in the West. They're still right there.

They're still right there in the playing game. You know, a lot of teams don't want to see the Lakers in the playing game, but they're still right there. They can still They have the easiest schedule headed into the playoffs remaining of any team. They lost to the Chicago Bulls last night at home, and they their next game will be in Chicago versus the Chicago Bulls. Now, let's

talk about this a little bit. Um. Patrick Beverley, when he was traded, said right away that his only goal was to make sure that the Lakers did not make the playoffs. They went into LA yesterday and smacked the Lakers. What I stopped the Lakers from ultimately getting the playoffs? I don't know. Um, it will help a lot in his if they can win the game in Chicago coming up.

But I thought that was hilarious. Um. I didn't get a chance to watch the full game because I was preparing for our game nap and didn't get preparing to leave a head in as we had a five thirty game. But I would have loved to watch that game because I know Pat Bell was in full character, like picking with people I saw him doing the one clip where

he's saying they stink. I actually I watched him. I watched live him driving to the paint looking for a passing ko didn't have one spin back and shoot the baby jump hook slash floater over Brian and didn't say he's too small. Hilarious. Hilarious Number one. I'm not really sure that was the move he was going to and just to say somebody too small and it's not really the movie you're going to. I just think it's funny

in itself. And saying that he backed it all up like they went in, they won the game, and they're right there. They're on the verge of doing what Patrick Beverley said he wants to do now and saying that, like I said, they don't have total control over that, but they could put a huge damper in it with a win in Chicago, I think, and looking at I

think I was hurt. I was told that Chicago Bulls are ten and five since Patrick Beverley has been playing, and quite frankly, I think that's the perfect situation for Patrick Beverley to be in, as he's proven over and over again, where you have a team kind of on the CUSP and he come in, plays with high energy, get guys going, and get that team into the playoffs. Very fitting situation in Chicago. Back at home, the antics yesterday I thought were absolutely hilarious. And I think it

makes for good basketball. I think it makes for good TV. I think it makes for good commentary. So I'm here for I'm here for it, and you know, we'll see how this next game plays out. It's important games for the Bulls as they can move up in their playing standings. And obviously it's an important important game for the Lakers, as you don't want to lose two back to back at this point in the season, especially with where they are in the standing. So we'll see how that plays out.

And moving on to the least important basketball going on in the world right now, that is the NCAA Tournament. I'm not sure who's excited about watching this tournament anymore. Quite frankly, I have not watched an NCAA Tournament game since last weekend in Michigan State Laws because why, like, who wants to see these teams played? Quite frankly, I don't. It'll like, I'm just not excited about it. Like all the teams that we thought we were going to be watching,

we're not and it sucks. And the Cinderella stuff and all of that is great, but like you want to see the guys player, you want to see playing, You want to see the coaches go against each other that you want to see and like all of that stuff, and we're just not getting that. Also very frustrated because it seems as if Michigan State could have walked to a final foreig impossible a championship, and we blew it, and so I am pretty pissed off. I am not.

I haven't looked at my bracket in two weeks because who cares. It's awful. I'm over it. It's ridiculous. And saying that, congratulations to Miami, San Diego State, Yukon and Florida Atlantic University on making a final for US. Someone who's played in the coach final for US, I know how incredible that feeling is. And it's great. If I had to cheer for one of these teams, I'm cheering for the you. Why am I cheering for the you?

Shout out to coach larger Coach Larniga is absolutely amazing when guys are in Miami, which you know is a very frequented, frequented visit visited place for anyone, but especially athletes in the summertime. He opens his their gym up to us, allows us to work out, and I can't thank Coach Lara Nigga enough. So I am one hundred percent rooting for the U Miami Hurricanes. Hope those fellas go out there and get it done. I would love to see coach Larniga all the years that he's put

into this business to get this first championship. I think it's very overdue. I think it's very fitting, and I think they arguably have the best team left now. Yukon is really good UM and they're getting to it. But though in my opinion, those are the two best teams left in the field. And I would love to walk in to the U this summer whenever I'm in Miami, going down there for a workout and see a big national championship signs. So Coach Laar Nigga, good luck to

you and your guys. Jack McClinton, the legend, see you've been rooting for his king, So I definitely want to see them get that done. Until next time, that's a rat from the Draymond Green show Peace