Draymond Green Explains Why He Lost Confidence With His Jumper | Podcast P 

It's interesting to hear Draymond talking about his sacrifice and how it was difficult, but ultimately worth it because of all the success that his sacrifice brought about. And on the flip side, Evan Turner was just on JJ Reddick's podcast and was talking about how he was asked to sacrifice, and it ultimately screwed him and his career because it didn't lead to championships and accolades and individual success.

This is the realist shit. Im a soccer player. Was a d1 player and now one division below professional level in spain. Just turned 23 years old. My first year in spain for the first time ever i lost confidence in myself and my game. The year sucked , circumstances sucked , had toxic teamates who could speak in lingo i didnt understand . Nobody can understand until it happens and its easier said than done to “never lose confidence” but long story short, take risk in your sport and life and realize life still goes on and do it again. Its why i honestly hate when ppl nack on ben simmons, ppl rly dont understand n he cud easily bounce back n become an allstar , its just mindset.

Just to give some context, the Warriors in the regular season and playoffs are 159-31 (.83%) when Draymond hits 2+ threes in a game and 60-9 (.87%) when he makes 3+ three pointers. Him getting this back in his game, like it was 2015-2018, makes the Warriors close to unbeatable. This was the case even before Kevin Durant got there.

Mans had 27 w 5 threes in the first half of an NBA FINALS GAME 7 and ppl act like that just never happened

The insight that these players give, the vulnerability to be CURRENTLY playing and tell of lack of confidence, the chill atmosphere they got going. This is a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 video and thanks for the amazing content!

Real talk about D Lee...quality pro. I like how Draymond opened up with PG......Real recognize real.

Wow, appreciate Draymond more now. Great conversation so insightful. Just wow

Draymond is not only the ultimate overachiever based on the limited basketball skills that god has blessed with but he is such an intelligent basketball player too. He understands his strengths and weaknesses and doesn’t force bad decisions. Too many players in the league are terrible shooters but will still force the situation by dropping up a lot of bad shots. A smart basketball player like Draymond will only shoot it when he has confidence or is in rhythm.

He gonna ride those summer league clips to the end of time

Will be interesting to see if Chris Paul can be a boost to Draymond's offensive confidence, since he can take over ball handling and playmaking loads and set Draymond up on the floor with some nice shot flow as well as boost his morale in general.

It's cool hearing about D Lee. Drayomnd usually talks about Bogut when talking about his growth and learning his role.

Naw everybody forgets about that 2016 32 pt game in the finals that shit underrated Asf

Draymond lost a 3 point contest to Kevin Hart

Take a drink every time Draymond says confidence

It's scary how well articulated Green is. Also props for PG for conducting the talk.

I still maintain if Dray shoots and makes a 3 in a game, i don't care how big the lead is. You are losing the game against GSW that night.

Real warrior fans remember in 2016 Dray was knocking down 3s and the story was he going to be the new addition to the splash brothers. He waa good! And yes KD came and he stopped shooting. He aint lying i literally remember it and seen it. 2015 he was ok but 2016 he was knocking down atleast 2 to 3 a game and over 35%

* i want Dreymond to Coach the NYK when he eventually retires because his energy is crazy for NYC* 😂

Everybody needs to give mark jackson more recognition

It's like when you keep calling a kid stupid they stop trying to think for themselves

Imagine not only having to worry about Steph and Klay, note you have to worry about arguably the smartest dude on the floor hitting shots as well as facilitating.

Last game of 2016 Finals, Draymond popped off

on of the greatest defensive players ever, he is the main reason for golden states elite defensive rating(per 100 possessions ) all these years.

Crazy to come back to this while he's shooting over 40% from 3 this season... and had a 4-5 game almost hitting the game winner against the Clippers. Great to see it! This has been a great season for Draymond so far, he's playing very well... and even with the suspension he didnt lost his touch.

I was rooting for the Cavs in that 2016 finala and i witnessed Draymond scoring crazy slashing,dunking and shooting threes. I don't forget that and i still say this to this day that if he didn't get suspended in that finals they may have won it and he maybe the finals MVP game 7 Draymond as i remember he scored 30+

That's just insane but I saw basically in Michigan State scoring around 20 points per game overall.🏀

Listening to Green talk basketball is always nice he is got that IQ

When you loose confidence in the same shot you been shooting your whole life go in a local rec ppl be like he can’t shoot come in the next hoop sesh ninjas be like “oh he got better” nahhh cuhh ik finally getting more than 3-5 shots getting reps an my confidence came back

Let’s go cant wait for Draymond backpack 3’s.

Very intelligent piece from Draymond. Open and intelligent.

Best basketball content out there right now, many thanks 🙏

Appreciate my man Draymond. Start taking open shot and stop shooting half court shot in clutch time.

Remember y'all, Patrick Beverly averaged 39ppg in high school. He was an ELECTRIC scorer. But in the NBA, his best skill is defense. So he doesn't take the shots, his job is to play point of attack defense. The warriors work BECAUSE we have a guy like Draymond. You have Steph and klay, but Draymond is the hub that allows both to work off ball and run around all those screens. For the last decade, damn near the most efficient play in the sport has been a steph curry-draymond green pick and roll with Draymond as the roll man. Cause you collapse on steph and he kicks it to Draymond, who then gets to run 4-3 offense likely with klay on the perimeter, a slasher, and a wild card who could be another shooter or a big. Draymond Greens ability to make reads with the ball while rolling to the basket is as good as it gets. And same with him as the guy with the ball in a pick and roll. One of my favorite things that Draymond does is, ESPECIALLY when Steph or Klay is cooking, he'll leverage their gravity and do a fake handoff. Basically always gives us a wide open dunk or layup. Cause everyone jumps at Steph or Klay, and Draymond never gives up the ball and often just gets an easy dunk himself

Ron harper had to do it, Mike miller to a small extent

gonna be a great ep .. cant wait

Honestly I think if that’s true Draymond just needs to shoot and not think about it for a bit. Hell realize that it’s not the end of the world if hr missed and that’ll help his confidence more than anything.

2015/2016 was the last time he really shot the ball definitely lost confidence after 2016

Before lee got hurt even in dray rookie season I was running dray at either 3 or 4 straight drop 3 point shooter

Mark Jackson drafted all 3 of the GSW core smfh CRAZY 🔥

As an MSU fan, i got to watch Draymond with a serviceable 3, a really good mid range and obviously defense and playmaking. If Dray would've kept his mid range throughout the years, he would've been DANGEROUS!

Imagine if Dray did not lose confidence in his shot? That's like 2 more 'chips!

Pat Bev same thing avg 37 abs now just elite defender

Dray was amazing in each of the game 5s in the Kings and Lakers playoff series.

Sounds like dray has rehearsed this convo a million times. I bet the story gets better every time he does it too

Mark jackson was a big part in draymond green, gave him the confidence Steve Kerr gave him the playing time 😂

Boy they should build a statue for mark jackson in the bay area. He never gets enough credit for building that team even tho i feel like every knows he is the true architect of that team

if he's confident he's not confident but when he's confident he's confident

The thing that irks me about Draymond is that 'confidence' is 90% about putting in the work to have confidence in that shot. When Durant showed up, Draymond stopped even pretending to practice shooting, then after injuries to Klay and Steph he took two years off of doing anything to improve, or even maintain, his game. So when the team got good again, all he had left was defense and passing. It was enough for another championship, but I can't help thinking about how much more awesome his career would have been, and how good the team could be even now, if he had taken the time to maintain his 3 pt shooting (near 40% on open looks in '16) or bothered to develop even say an average level post game (a reliable hook, floater, drop step, etc). But since he didn't, the team is now forced into playing as one of the few teams with two non-shooter starters even as the rest of the league has gone to 4 or even 5 out. Steph and Klay in a 4 out offense would be unstoppable, but instead they have to run this complicated motion offense to use multiple screening actions by non-shooting bigs to free them up. Much easier if Draymond just bothered to practice enough to hit a wide open practice 3. And I swear to the gods of basketball if I have to watch Draymond throw up another airball floater from 1 foot away on a slip action I might break my TV. I think the GS dynasty revolves around Steph, but rose and will likely fall with Draymond.

GREAT SEGMENT

Dray basically gave us the inside track to Markell and Ben

I haven’t watched this yet but I’d lose confidence myself if the 2 best mfs ever are on the floor how tf I’m supposed to keep up

Kd changed the trajectory of draymonds career

Marc Jackson was such a damn good coach for the Dubs

Glad he finally said it

Do interview with kd

confidence in basketball is key as soon as you get a nagging of i hope this goes in your shot might as well miss

Simmons would never admit this, respect to draymond

i don’t buy what draymonds saying, if you got it, you got it. I think he simply found his niche among the best shooters in the league. He couldn’t beat then at their game, so he made his own. If you can’t shoot, you wont. If you can, you will.

If only deaymond gets back his confidence shooting those 3s warriors unbeatable for sure

Draymond might have the greatest NBA Finals game 7 performance in a losing effort in NBA history

Bro is cappin 😂😂

I don-t know but i can listen to Draymond for hours. Doesnt matter the topic man ...hehe

Draymond is the only player who open shot ability decline over time usually that get better over time

Draymond is the real PG of the warriors

We need to count how many times this man used the word confidence.

Ben Simmons lost his confidence as well.

15:20

just by listening Dray you realize the great player Lebron is !! and people are always throwing hate on him !! and we will miss him when he is gone !! Lebron IQ, passing and scoring ! is always on top and Dray is basically explaining how hard it is ! plus if you do not have confidence !

don’t feel the same missin one of the members

2k mobile also has Draymond hitting threes. Keep building your confidence man

Take a shot everytime PG says like

Ive always said that 2K doesn't lie...

2016 finals game 7 even they lost draymond was sparkin from 3

Confidence is Key

Mr. Green On your summer league you did your best and we like you continue doing and help your Warriors win a championship this year bro

Finally David Lee getting credit. He was a borderline superstar, just off of scoring; as a white dude

the quickest way to build that confidence back is by pretending to be confident

Most expensive backpack ☠️

I mess wit draymond tough but he ain’t been the same since that all star Saturday night when Kevin hart almost beat him in a 3 pt contest

Draymond never was, never has, and never will be considered an offensive player, nor a shooter, or scorer. Even at MSU, he was just a very good basketball player that could play, but never like, "this guy is the next two-way great." If he was that guy, he would've been that. He can rationalize it however he wants to, but his super power is his playmaking, leadership, IQ, toughness, and defense.

Take that backpak off Dray your shooting % going up g

🔥🔥

Omg PG just gassed this guy for a 18 minute clip

2016 finals what he do 6-6

I definitely could tell he lost confidence in his shot cuz they was leaving him open and he didn’t even look to shoot😭

Top 5 role player of all time 🤷‍♂️

He needs to ask Russ the same question,

ben lost respect for the game he aint lost his confidence

Any "confidence" counter here?

If the Warriors had Paul George instead of KD during those championship runs then they still get 2 championships. KD just put them way over the top.

Remember when he lost the 3 pt contest to Kevin hart 😭😭 that had to be his lowest point

Shout out Mark Jackson

CP3 can help

Hey should have never let Jordan put a hump in his back, then try to act like he didn't like in practice.

Do yo homework on Pat Bev 😤 buckets before the NBA

at the 7:20 mark i think is a great example of why it doesn’t always work whenever a lot of these trans get these high scoring 3s or 4 options

To save you a few minutes. He basically meant " my jumper ugly asf and steph and klay kept clowning me for bricking shots".

Dray STILL TO THIS DAY LOOKING FOR HIS JUMPER

There are very very few players who can give a better insight of the game than draymond,Bros iq is Just off the charts

Draymond and Bench Simmons needs to hire #RussellWestbrook as a personal confidence coach. 💪