Warriors power forward Draymond Green is convinced that he has reached a new level in these playoffs, writes Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.
Youngmisuk notes that, as the main defender on a Mavericks shooter in Game 2, Green limited Dallas players to 4-of-15 shooting from the floor. That stat also includes those Mavericks players going 0-of-9 from long range against Green. The Warriors currently lead the Mavericks 2-0 in their Western Conference Finals series.
“[Opposing players] had a hard time dealing with me before,” Green said of his performance in prior playoff runs, which include three titles. “[But] I’m in a space now that’s a totally different, better space. Not even close. Much, much better than I was in before.”
There’s more out of California:
- Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins, dealing with a sore left ankle, will suit up for this evening’s Game 3 contest against the Mavericks despite the injury, per Marc Stein (via Twitter). “It was just a little tweak, I just came down on it wrong,” Wiggins told reporters in remarks this morning, per Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter video link).
- The Kings saw several top draft prospects during some recent agency pro day workouts, per Sean Cunningham of Fox 40 (KTXL) (Twitter link). Cunningham reports that LSU forward Tari Eason, Mega Soccerbet forward Nikola Jovic, Duke center Mark Williams, Milwaukee guard Patrick Baldwin Jr., and Iowa forward Keegan Murray all participated.
- Michigan head coach and former All-Star big man Juwan Howard turned down recent interest from the Lakers to interview for the team’s vacant head coaching position, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Howard intends to remain in Ann Arbor to coach his two sons next year. Howard last interviewed for the gig in 2019, before the Lakers ultimately hired Frank Vogel.
Draymond is the best triple single player of all time
I don”r buy Draymond thing
He is supposed to be April Fool but not May Fool
He expertises on stupid fouls and unwised turnovers
I take Looney over Draymond any day of the week
Looney means wisdom
Sillivan if you ever wrote a book I’d buy it.
“The Scattered Collection Of Excellent Basketball Thoughts.”
2,748 pages, by Sillivan A. Baller
Included is a bonus chapter detailing the salary cap and free agent breakdowns for every NBA team, with highlights of each player’s actual salary versus Mr. Baller’s real world value.
GWRS…. see article tomorrow on 20th anniversary of LBJ 11th grade/Cavs
Baldwin and top prospect don’t go together after that season he just had
Draymond is a special player, but he should let others do the praising instead of himself especially in the middle of a series. Wait until you win the series and nba title to boast. So far, a lot of Warriors are equally cintributing and deserve a shout out.
Otto Porter Jr is made of glass. I’m not sure if he’s going to get a substantial contract after this wonderful season he’s had.
He really can’t be a full-time player anymore, if he ever was. He is exactly how the Warriors are using him, and that’s spot Duty, no back-to-backs, and good production for the time he is on the floor. But you have to expect he’s not going to be available for 82 games.
So is that minimum or $5m per yr? Hopefully, he will accept min with 2 yr guarantee. He’s made plenty money already in his career.
Give him Iggy’s money as a raise
Porter already stole a huge contract once in his career lol he will be fine.
C’mon refs, stop letting Doncic call the game! This is ridiculous. Reverse the roles on the initial call of the Wiggins dunk and the GSW player probably gets called for a flagrant 2 on Doncic the whiner.
Worse was Luka pretending he was hit in the face. He should have got a T for that.
The space Dray was talking about, in previous years, eventually involved matching up against Lebron… So even Doncic is a little easier.
Dray is a cut above out there… I like black ace’s phrase above… Best triple-single player ever.
But why did the refs let him go on about the over-and-back?— He did not establish on the offensive end when he slapped the ball. His actions indicate he was aware of the line and the threat and where he was… he just didn’t get back in time. Although, the tv guys missed that detail too.