Dinners With DeMar - Episode 1: Draymond Green 

Proud to be a part of this. DeMar started a necessary movement with this!

Gotta get someone like D Rose on this 💯 he’s the embodiment of learning to vocalize about your struggles to make it through to a better place mentally

Draymond is talking about wanting to see a therapist but what he doesn't know is he's already speaking to one cos that convo in itself was a healing session and this kinda reminds me of that passage in the bible that says 'confess your burdens to each other that you may be healed`. Big ups to DeMar and Draymond 👏

DeMar showing its bigger than basketball We appreciate u fr

Demar Debo DeRozan is a SOLID DUDE. As a Canadian and a Raptors fan he was my 2nd favorite Raptor but after listening to him being vulnerable and open about his mental health and therapy, he's became my number 1 Raptor ALL TIME.

The part about being traded unexpectedly while your pops was seemingly dying and having your daughter the day he was buried and having to play a game that same night... That's a different level of tough. I really love the fact we get to see you open up more demar and I hope this will be a little like therapeutic for you brother. I'll definitely be watching every time y'all drop

Draymonds opening statement about your relationship made my heart melt🫶🏻

Don’t care what yall say draymond a real nigga he a kind human being and so with Demar I’m glad he opened up and spoke

Demar, you're already one of my favorite Bulls of all-time. As someone who struggles with depression & anxiety, I respect you even more for this.

As a black man, dealing with mental health problems in this systematic country we live in.. this episode was a BLESSING for me🖤🤝🏽

DeMar you will always be my favorite player♥️♥️♥️

Demar gotta be the realest athlete out there

Nice to see Demar open up. Also nice to see someone shed light on Draymonds true character

I did not know much about Demar as a person until I saw him on Draymond's podcast and really liked what I heard. What an inspirational dude. As a sixty four year old white dude from the Bay Area my circumstances growing up might have been different but my love of basketball was a language all to itself that helped me meet so many people. My role models on the court were first Kurt Rambis and second Dennis Rodman as I had a passion for setting picks and blocking out amongst other attributes. It's the little things that don't hit a box score that bring victories and both of you get it. In this Tik Tok era people tend to judge people on their best and worst moments in life when in reality there is so much in between that truly defines you as a person. I remember times on the court where I got so pissed off about being undercut that I picked a dude up and pinned him against the wall and told him next time would be his last time. If that was the only moment you ever saw of my life you might thing I am crazy. People that haven't participated in a competitive game don't realize what passion can bring out in a man or woman.

i felt demar when he said people will call and ask for something and won’t even ask how you doing or anything first.

This is great. Being an ex-pro athlete. We didn’t have an outlet like this to express ourselves. Athletes are seen as superheroes sometimes, and people must realize that we go through things emotionally.

This show is going to do numbers. Especially this one with Dray. NBA players are HUMAN. Legit conversation!

Appreciate the present and past players having podcasts (Dray, Demar, PG, Bev, JJ and etc.). Gives us a glimpse of their world within and outside basketball. Much thanks and respect to all of you and keep pushing the social platform boundaries.

So happy this is a series man, all of 🇨🇦 loves ya Demar ❤️

Draymond!!! A huge reason for the warriors success! Passionate to the max!

Demar this goes so hard. Keep spreading the word, dudes all over the world NEED to hear these messages you're putting out there

Greatest Raptor of ALLLLL TIMEEE and even better person!!!! most underappreciated star in the game

Sending love from Toronto. Always appreciate you Demar

Most underrated star in the league, love from New York

DeMar, this is such a great idea. The dinner table is underated in our society, but it's something that can greatly benefit us. It gives space to talk, be heard, communicate, and be seen. One things I've learned is we know the light because of darkness and vice versa, being grateful and patient with ones self is vital for growth. Much respect!

I am happy Lil cousin, for using your platform to discuss real things that isn't spoken about in our family & community. Love You ❤️.

Keep this up DeMar! You're saving several lives by doing this and helping so many to get help and therapy or proper treatment for support in treating and taking care of their mental health. Very powerful and inspirational all of this DeMar and love you lots for doing it and continue to create more effective awareness on mental health🙏🙏

This is incredible Demar! My 11 year old daughter is a full time hooper and the biggest bulls fan, we watch every bulls game and she learned how to draw fouls by studying you! So glad we found this channel ❤

I’m glad I got to see DeMar play for my hometown team, the Chicago Bulls. Hell of player on the court and an even better man off the court. Much respect for using your platform to give us these gems 💎

DeMar will forever be my GOAT.

Your comparison of finding something in therapy like it's a film session is so incredible. You're the best!

Draymond Green the realest in the game

Respect🫡 I am a basketball RU-vidr from Taiwan and DeMar is my favorite player since Junior High. Thanks for sharing your experience with us and you will always be my hero 🙌🙌

The black and white was a very good decision, whoever suggested that is good at their job.

I am a huge warriors fan. Considering that this was filmed in 2022 and seeing everything that happened with Draymond and the warriors in the 2023 season, I wonder if things would’ve been different for him if he had went to therapy. It is great to see that he was actually considering it back then. Also it’s so refreshing to see professional athletes addressing mental health and not pretending like they are immune to life’s problems. It’s good for our youth to see that it’s okay to not be okay and it’s okay to seek help to better yourself and deal with your problems. I loved watching this and can’t wait until the other episodes come out!

I love how DeMar is letting himself be so vulnerable, this show is 100% going to help others ❤

Demar you have been my favorite player for a while now I got your signature thank you so much for making my day

My FAVORITE NBA PLAYER WE LOVE YOU DEMAR SO MUCH 🤍🫶🏼

Same, same. Have resisted therapy for many years but my current primary care kept suggesting it. Finally stumbled across a virtual program where I can have sessions over the phone for six months, instead of going to an office. So far, so good.

It's bigger than basketball, players are human above all else... Thank you Deebo, I really need this.. Please more episodes

Thanks for doing this, honestly. I’m sure it means a lot for many of us. As Draymond said, playing basketball at this point it’s easy, but this, this is hard and brave. Thank you!

Demar thank you for all the years in Toronto and beyond. You are my favorite play off all time.

Nah this was powerful! No athlete is doing it quite like this. Looking forward to this series!

DeMar,is one of my favourite player's. Great and pure hooper,but even more stronger as a person.❤

DeMar we love you ❤

Dramyond is my fav player in the history of the sport. This is a great show... DeMar is a real one. I hope this keeps going for hundreds of eps.

I’d love to see Drummond on the show too eventually. I think that would be dope

One of my goals in Life is to have a conversation with DeMar. Off the record on the record doesn't matter just want to have a honest conversation and thank him for his impact on my life. Literally been following his career since his high school days and man what a journey it has been. Proud of you Deebo 💪🏾#ProveEm

Real Ones

Shed tears listening to this conversation, thinking about my own trauma. But I'm with Draymond I've tried 3 therapists and felt like they were judging me and decided it's not for me and looked for other outlets...

DeMar DeRozan always Delivers! You are loved and appreciated bro

Damn, i’m excited to see more of this! DeMar’s voice isn’t really out there like that but it clearly needs to be. What a powerful talk to be gifted the opportunity to witness.

Loving all these podcasts from the players 🔥

Y’all gotta love Demar and Draymond more as people than athletes. Can’t wait for the next video! Good Shit Demar! COMP10

Men carry so much on their shoulders regardless of what tax bracket you’re in.

DeMar is the reason I started hooping & now have a yt channel around basketball 🙏🏼

Demar is the goat 🐐, love to see this actually platformed in this format. ❤

As a huge fan of Demar, this is officially one of my favorite RU-vid channels. He has been such a great inspiration for any aspect in my life. I appreciate you Deebo!

Thank you Demar for sharing all those things you'd lived, we really appreciate it ♥️👍

Great questions by Draymond

This was therapeutic just to watch. Chicago get this man that extension 💯

Demar you one of my favorite players man. Always rooting for you!

POWERFUL

Thank you for creating a platform where we regular people can see what life is like as an NBA player, what its really like from the other side's perspective

Powerful conversation. Great job my brothers.

Demar love the things youre doing. Mental health in boys and men isn't talked about enough and I love how you are just expressing yourself and having other men express themselves so openly. Hope this blows up

Ahh it’s always nice to see my favorite player 💙

DeMar The Real Diamond in rough

Thank you DeMar ❤

DeMar! You will always be my favourite Raptor. I appreciate this conversation and your vulnerability in general. Lots of love and continued support to you in all your endeavours. Lots of love to your family and loved ones. Cheers

2 of my favorite players having an honest and deep conversation! Thanks DeMar. I hope you know you're loved here in San Antonio. I know it was a dark time in your life, but you honestly gave me some hope in those days post Kawhi. As you know the Spurs are a part of the city and the culture here and you helped a lot of us get through a tough time. So for that I thank you.

crazy love to deebo man..

Beautiful episode. As a combat vet from 2003 invasion of Iraq (amongst other traumas/PTSD), I've been avoiding therapy for years. I never gave it shot. Not against it, it just seems to be inconvenient...but everyday I feel a little closer to something worse. Really open to getting this started. If only the VA here in ATL wasn't so packed all the time. Always an excuse. See Red Etc.

Sorry bout your dad u one of my favorite players keep going stay strong demar

You are still a Toronto guy & always will be Demar!

Draymond a real one

DeMar is a very unique player love you Deebo forever my favourite player💙

I feel better after watching this video. Thanks guys!

So proud to have you in Chicago as our star. You stand for the right thing man, having struggled with mental health basically my whole life (up until the last few years where it’s gotten way better) it’s super amazing to finally see role models like you teaching people how to push through their struggles in life. You ain’t gotta do this but to go out of your way and make these videos to help others is awesome bro. Can’t tell you how much I personally appreciate you as a human. You got huge value demar, and all of Chicago looks at you as a brother, much love man

Thank you for this DeMar. Watching this from Ethiopia, father of 3. I've never seen something this inspiring on youtube... I'm learning to deal with my stress, especially traumatic stress recently. I'm looking forward to seeing your journey through this 🙏

Well my life just got a little bit better because of Delmar Derozan. What a great example of the potential uses of celebrity/success. He’s the right guy for this. I’ll be tuned in. 👍🙌🙏

New favorite podcast, fr. No nonsense & REALLY real. West coast stand up. & peace to world

Deebo this why you’ll always be one of my favorite nba players of all time , on and off the court! Demarvelous fr

This is a good episode..I hope this show gets more sport figures on for sure.

DeMar likes to say "you know what I mean?" & "you see what I'm sayin?" a lot. lol

I LOVE the Black And White format! I APPRECIATE the topic! 'Got To Get The Word Out". Heatwave. And now, Mr. D. DeRozan!

This is why DeMar is one of my two all-time favorite players. He is down to earth, genuine, honest, loyal, humble and kind. I’m so sorry for the loss of your father. You’re a great man, teammate & a representative of the NBA. I look forward to the next podcasts. God Bless.🙏🙌🙌🙌

Dray would excel in therapy. You can just tell. He'd open up so much

As a black mother of a son I love this for you brother 💪🏾

Definitely needed to hear this I'm glad i watched this today on the ride to work

As a basketball player, as a speaker, a human demar you have helped me so much in life. I’m going through a lot right now and watching you play and hearing you speak gives me an outlook on life that I can truly appreciate. Thank you for this I can’t wait for futures episodes.

UR a living legend Demar. So inspirational

Debo you've got a whole country behind u! Thank you for being open and vulnerable. Men go through things too. 🇨🇦❤️

An amazing way to use the platform! This helps a lot.

The new media is changing the world for the better. Can't express how impactful it is to see two people of this calibre having an open conversation like this, would love for it to be fully uncut in the future, god bless you both.

8:34 was the realest shit Demar. appreciate all your talk and bringing this to light. we need this yo

I have mental health issues nobody noticed til I told/tell them I've always opened up about it because most people who look like me don't have someone they can trust

Sis is proud of you. 😊

bro this is fire , the setting , the food , love it bro , 💯keep it up dawg .

You guys didn't sugar coat anything. Really appreciate the breakdown about getting to therapy, how long it took to find the right fit, and how therapy continues to benefit your life. I'm excited for the next episode!