Chris Paul on rivalry with Steph Curry, becoming Warriors teammates | Draymond Green Show

Chris Paul on rivalry with Steph Curry, becoming Warriors teammates | Draymond Green Show

So I come into the league warriors were the life and stock of the NBA and I walk in the locker room and I meet Steph Curry and Klay Thompson and I’m working out with these dudes and I’m like yo these dudes are special man I’ve never

Seen nobody shoot the ball like this you came in year after Clay’s rookie year yeah okay right after the lock yeah yeah and I’m like these two dudes are special let me figure out what I can do to help these two like and that was my goal from

The beginning as you come in you start to see the lay of the lane you start to realize there’s prior relationships there’s this there’s that this guy know him this guy know that and so I learned through the gravine that CP and steper close I’m like okay cool that’s cool

Nice yep they saying these dudes is the next youu hung dudes out the West I got to figure out how to change this relationship if I can because what I learned is you know y’all both growing up in North Carolina families knew each other y’all knew each

Other um had had a really good relationship me being the young call me dumb if you want I I would say I was young and dumb you come into the league you don’t know what you think you know and so you come in young dumb and I’m

Like oh CP is going to definitely use knowing him and being the big homie against him let me see how I can get in between this and CA some arguments and break this up um in a weird way kind of not really but I said all of

That to say what’s it been like for you to watch Steph like you get drafted you take him under your wing y’all working out together all of those things he come into the league uh ankle injuries the whole nine again me knowing you now I’m sure you was texting him hey man like

Stick through it like because I just know who you are he young he coming into the league I know you were offering that stick through it gets Healthy Starts to come up come up obviously become who he’s to come y’all have battles and all that talk to me about the relationship

Like the steps and along the way with you and Steph it’s crazy man cuz um I didn’t known Steph for a long time right coming through North Carolina and Seth like don’t even leave that out and then uh Dale you know what I mean so my

Agent when I first came into the league was Jeff Austin okay I didn’t know that you didn’t know that no I didn’t not know Jeff Jeff Austin was my agent when I came into the league Jeff Austin and Lance young I was with octagon um then Rudy Rudy Gay was too

And then obviously Steph so um I ended up leaving after uh my fifth sixth year in the league when I went to CAA but uh I kept my financial advisor guy named Frank Zer shout out to Frank Frank is me and Steph’s Financial guy or whatnot but when Steph got

Drafted um I used to have my Camp I used to have my camp or whatnot and so the very first year I had my Elite Camp Steph came to Camp he was nice Eric blo nice nice as hell and so my family went to Disney World in Orlando my wife like

L Chris my parents everybody and Steph went with us Steph went to Disney World with us and we worked out and all that so our relationship was always cool and I mean just like I mean you know I got 13 of my kids that play in the in the

League and I say St as a kid but you was from North Carolina you just tried to look out help whoever whoever it was and so it was crazy to see I mean I I forget about the ankle injuries cuz I just remember how damn good he been you know

What I mean and it’s it’s crazy the battles start happening our teams or whatnot draft King sports book an official sports betting partner of the NFL is bringing you yes an offer that will help you win money in the NFL playoffs new customers bet five bucks

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Willie right you remember when Willie became one of Y coaches absolutely Willie is my family when Willie became one of y’all coaches me and Willie stopped talking you know what I mean like for real for real so um I mean Willie Green don’t know but just kept getting better and better and

I mean like it wasn’t like it was a surprise to me you know what I mean cuz he always worked like that and he could shoot it and then the way that you guys team like y’all played with a edge we did the same yeah and obviously like you say you wanted to

Build this riff what what it is what it is the game was the game obviously people blew things up I mean when Steph when was when did he hurt his hand he hurt his hand in 2021 uh 2020 21 season yeah yeah that’s when I was in um in U

No I’m sorry I’m lying he heard his 1920 trust me I suffered through that year we were miserable I I was suck I was miserable that’s when I was in uh that’s when I was in Oklahoma yes cuz I remember I was at my condo and as soon

As I saw he heard his hand I sent him a message to put him with my hand sir I didn’t have four hand circles really yeah so I hit Steph to try to make sure he got with Dr Shen and and tried to get with Mo the same person i’ had four hand

Surgeries I met Mo I feel like he used Mo right yeah yeah he ended up using mo mo so Mo did all four of my hand surgeries and my rehabs okay you know what I mean and that’s just trust me we done battled battled like hell like I mean you know like my

Wife was at his wedd and they was at my wedd and whatnot but to see um him become the player that he is is dope man obviously I’ve been on the wrong side of some of them them losses and I’m mad as hell I was mad I mean big mad you know

What I mean but now getting a chance to to be teammates and play alongside each other uh has really been Fun

Chris Paul tells Draymond Green about his relationship with Steph Curry, the importance of their North Carolina connection, why he was “big mad” before joining the Golden State Warriors, and what it’s like being teammates now.

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