Baron Davis on Kobe vs. Linsanity, “We Believe” Warriors, Clippers drama | Draymond Green Show

Baron Davis on Kobe vs. Linsanity, “We Believe” Warriors, Clippers drama | Draymond Green Show

welcome to the brand new Draymond Green Show YouTube channel hit subscribe so you don’t miss out on any of our content what’s up everybody welcome back to the Draymond Green Show I’m honored to have this next guest uh third pick in the NBA draft something I’ll never know anything about 1999 I was also nine he’s old um two time Allstar one time all NBA two time NBA steel leader uh but this one go way deeper for me and I’ll tell you why this goes way deeper for me because obviously I was drafted to the Golden State Warriors in 2012 and the Golden State Warriors had just come you know in the last five years of that had just come off the most success that the organization has seen since 1975 and so I really came in living through that and I always tell people like one of my one of my Fondest Memories or not even necessarily fondest but like one of the memories that’s like ingrained in my head was always being an Oracle and everybody saying and they would ask the Golden State Warriors fans dub Nation what’s your favorite Warrior moment and everybody’s favorite Warrior moment was always the Baron Davis dunk on Andre Carol Linko and I heard that so many times and I saw that video so many times are you I feel like I was there for a video nonetheless um I am honored to have you on so welcome to the show myci you my dog absolutely you know the beautiful thing about being a sports fan there’s only like two days the whole year without a game two with so much happening and so much action that makes just about every day game day at draftking Sportsbook it’s super easy for first- timers to get started try betting on something simple like picking a team to win go to the King Sportsbook app select your team and place your first bet it really couldn’t be any easier or any simpler baseball golf UFC there’s something for every fan of every sport to bet on DraftKings and I know it’s early but football season will be here before you know it and the Kansas City Chiefs are currently the favorite to win the Super Bowl on DraftKings at plus 550 and if you’re new to DraftKings you got to check this out new customers bet $5 and get 150 in bonus bets instantly download the draftking sports book app now and use code Hoops that’s ho o o PS that’s code Hoops for new customers to get 150 in bonus bets instantly when you bet just $5 only on DraftKings the crown is yours a lot of love and respect man I think uh you know for me um what I want to get into first is like growing up in La uh you obviously grew up in South Central and obviously Crips and Bloods is originated here you know this this is the heart of it yeah growing up in La growing up in that how was it to navigate the the Crips and the Bloods and trying to play basketball and trying to go to school how was it growing up in that I think uh well one you got Crips in your family and you got bloods in your family and so they are your cousins you know what I mean and at Family reunions is kind of awkward you know cuz they miss each other but they can’t you know [ __ ] with each other or hang with each other but they grew up together so like dealing with that just in your family alone you automatically like forced to like who you you know you got to pick a side in your all right I I’m GNA [ __ ] with my blood cousins cuz they cooler you know what I mean my crib cousins they wild I don’t want to you know you don’t go that way but just in La I think basketball if you if you stick to the game you feel what I’m saying somehow some way like you it it’s it’s around you cuz you know hoopers hoopers come from more inner city [ __ ] just as much as rappers you know what I mean absolutely and we more visible but like you can navigate your way through it you know and I think for me basketball was like almost like an instrument bro that I remember playing you know we play every day outside the courts at the elementary school sometimes it’s shootouts sometimes it’s fights we see it all but like we was still we were still hooping you know what I mean and then you start playing in different Parks uh I was just telling the story I um my first time really playing on a aou team we had K swis red K Swiss harthon High School Jersey so his red and go he had a red K swis back we pull up and at the time I don’t know the jungles you know what I mean South Central I don’t know nothing but maybe five or 10 blocks so we pulling up to the jungles and I’m like damn D it’s a gang of dudes outside you know I’m telling my a coach like hey bro you you sure we about to get out like this you feel what I’m saying and I’m in there nervous as hell I ain’t even really because I’m like you know I’m as a kid you thinking like oh I’m from this too absolutely man we get out the car we’re in the junos you know what I mean so it’s nothing but Bloods and bro they lined up and they were slapping our hand going through the these little fools hard you know and we went and bald out but it was just like um you you start to learn through your teammates because a everybody come from different places and then you start to see like dudes who are good enough to make it who ain’t gonna make it like you know who the kids who gonna fall in the gang Bank you know what I mean and so for me I was just like it was so much bad [ __ ] happening in my family you know what I mean it was like so much negativity and where I live it was so much like trauma Anda and traumatic [ __ ] that it was like I just didn’t want to like get in trouble yeah you feel what I’m saying like I ain’t never been arrested bro I ain’t never been I ain’t never been caught doing no goofy [ __ ] you know what I mean and it was all because my grandmother like it was like I’m seeing it all come through the house you know what I mean or outside the house and so I was just like I just was like [ __ ] it basketball is my thing and when I get here I’m never going to let I’m never going to tell people where I come from or or my story or none of that I just be a funny dude and a silly dude and you know trick them so I can stay you know what I mean like that [ __ ] was like survival you know it’s like how do you how do you how do you stay somewhere where like it’s just you you ain’t got nowhere else to go you know what I mean you ain’t got nowhere to fall back that’s interesting and then to make it as a pro then how is it to navigate it because the whole dynamic changes yeah yeah now now it’s like uh oh ain’t he a blood or ain’t you know ain’t his cousin Chris you know it’s like now you starting to get identified at a higher level you know and whoever now you Guilty By Association I used to always tell people like yo be careful you know how you move who you move with because you gonna be guilty by association so you gonna be moving with them dudes in a space where you don’t know they funky funking with them dudes over there you know what I mean and so you you can be the cool athlete innocent bystander but like you you the first Target they going to hit mhm and so for me it was like I’m Public Enemy Number One bro every time I come home I’m Public Enemy Number One they want to rob me they want to Jack me you know it’s just all kind of [ __ ] and it wasn’t a lot of La wasn’t like la la dudes you know dudes from LA but they wasn’t like you know big in La you know what I mean big in their Hood went to you you know uh so it wasn’t a lot of that and so I was like [ __ ] it man I’m just gonna stay focused on basketball you feel I’m saying but at the same time you can’t let nobody push you yeah right and it had to be a decision where it was like all right dude I see how this go this ain’t going to never happen with me you feel what I’m saying and so I like had to go and start thinking three four five steps ahead and just like all right man I’m just going to bring my family together you know what I mean and if I can do that then ultimately I can help bring La together but if I bring my family together you feel what I’m saying then I ain’t worried about nobody we can move how we move and then we just start really like moving through the city collecting family and I and and La became a bigger place yeah you know uh you know you got the jackers and all like the haters and [ __ ] and back in the day I I say this when I came up bro they shot at Jaylen Rose why jayen Rose you know what I mean like he the nicest dude remember you know what I mean incredible dude Hooper you know they was shooting at people bro they was shooting at it didn’t matter rob you coming out the club you know it’s all the Jack boys out there when I was in college you know I used to hang out cuz I couldn’t get in the club so I be hanging outside I see all the dudes you know getting ready to bust their moves and [ __ ] I’m just you know out there trying to get in so you grow up through all that and you just know when to leave yeah I always say be smart know when to leave you know what I mean know who to shake hands and keep it pushing right and then no discussions right it’s like I don’t know nobody I respect that that’s the way you keep it it’s like man I I don’t know nobody cuz you know La is like a Vortex and we all come from something we all come from the hood we all come from these people and it’s not like uh something to be afraid of yeah because they’re your friends you play dominoes with them they remind you of your uncles and it’s like but at the same time you know uh the channel they live on you feel what I’m saying ain’t the channel you live on or supposed to be you feel me that’s a fact yeah that’s Public Access abolutely you got to live you on cable you know what I mean so you got to know how to navigate that so being a la guy and I think we’re living in the or I mean just the last few months um with the rap beef Drake and Kendrick I wasn’t there in person but I saw online the concert cracking but being a la guy and to see all those guys up there Crips Bloods United like that and then I was talking to Demar a couple days later he like yo it’s been two and a half days there’s been no shootings no fighting and compon yeah he’s like see this the piece people ain’t talking about right he said so it’s been number one two and a half days this CRA yeah he’s like say two and half days it’s like it’s been two and a half days yeah and ain’t nobody that thing and and ain’t nobody fought yeah ain’t nobody shot at nobody a nobody been killed been two and a half days he was like what that meant for the city like it’s hug huge for you as an LA guy what was it to see that and and what did it mean you know from your perspective I I say maturity right because like the basketball DS we do that abely and then I think you starting to see like the RAP Community all these D is just maturity you know what I mean when you see the G Paro J worthy you know what I mean um you know the whole meet the whoops coming out like you got Bloods you got Crips you know and and and for that for that to be at the form in La like how it was it just show a level of maturity in La it show a level of appreciation for like and separation for music you know what I mean CU we all artists we should all be kind of like pushing this movement and our sound and our music because it is a a character of LA and we all characters and play a part of the storytelling and in the streets to be like this is what’s needed you feel what I’m saying so I just give a shout out to all the OG’s I give a shout out to k. top you know people like Jay worthy gpro for showing you know people like these dudes they they always [ __ ] with each other you know knickknacks and [ __ ] like that but a lot of these dudes really [ __ ] with each other rest in peace to nip cuz you know you know I always felt like nip was was going to be the person to bring everybody together you know what I mean and it take that level of self-respect you know what I mean and respect for your city and I think seeing all them dudes on the stage was crazy because I wish I was there I threw my back out bro top dog was like meet me at 4:30 and my back went out H so I was watching it on the [Laughter] floor I would have been on stage too [Laughter] bro you imagine my [ __ ] would have went out St I already got hurt you mean CED off on a [ __ ] uh now I’m cool my [ __ ] I was stand I’m going stay here and watch this [ __ ] so it was really perfect timeing Fe it was perfect hey bro about to slip if I tried to bust one one of them moves and would have slipped oh it would have been over ah that would have been bad that have been two won the league now two career in the injuries wow so and that but then speaking of navigating that navigating the Crips navigating the Bloods just growing up in this then why the choice to stay home and go to UCLA for that reason specifically like you know I wanted to go to Duke um I thought Duke was gonna be like a place where I can get out of La I don’t have to worry about none of this [ __ ] and I can go who and I wind up being like one of the greatest hoopers ever you know what I mean or the responsibility was like yo you got got young poo you got young Tre you got you know all these young pgs that’s coming up in LA and they going to artisia and CA and losing you know what I mean it’s like man I they need to see me you feel what I’m saying and I need to stay connected because I need to I need to revamp this whole UCLA as point guard University and so that’s what it was it was like where do I want to live for the rest of my life where do I want to be comfortable and at that point it was like all right d i want you know do I want to be the top five greatest point guard to ever play or do I want to walk in a room and [ __ ] be like damn that [ __ ] C I can’t [ __ ] with him do you think you [ __ ] with him no no no no no you know what I mean and so I rather put on for my city and I was just thinking about like the Next Generation it’s like man if if they can come watch me play how I’ve been coming here getting recruited and that’s I’m giving tickets to all the little homies to come you know while we rock out at UCLA mhm so when when you look back on that decision do you think It ultimately panned out the way that you wanted it I mean you know uh I don’t regret it you know I always say like there’s always a what if Moment Like if I would have went to Duke um I don’t know if I would have went to Kansas I’d have been a different type of player and [ __ ] you know what I mean but if I would have went to Duke what that would have done you know what I mean cuz I just I’d have been in and out you feel what I’m saying I’ve been in and out all the East Coast love all the flavor you know what I mean all that [ __ ] in my game fit with all that that was cracking and I would have just had to focus on basketball you know what I mean but who knew like deep down in my heart I always felt you know Ricky price went there he got hated on Cherokee Parks wind up getting hated on yeah Chris Burgess hated on so I was like man I’m from LA and it’s something about like La dude that dke that and where I’m from like they think I’m a nice dude but when I snap like they going to send me home yeah you know and so I always felt like Coach K had like with hate on you know what I mean and I was right about that you know what I mean so I wasn’t shipping why do you say you was right about that uh because he hated on me when H during the Olympic try outs I was coming off of 238 and didn’t get a try out so I feel that bad B ha you know what I mean bro I can’t get a I can’t get a tryy out like name 30 people better than me okay name 12 name four guards better than me okay cool now can I practice against them now ask them [ __ ] that all right enough said you know what I mean I don’t got a try out but Coach K a hater I ain’t tripping do you think that stems from you not going to Duke and going TOA ABS absolutely absolutely that’s all he wrote about it in his book H yeah I always had like that was my whole and they can blame it on like the USA team and [ __ ] like that but every sorry every [ __ ] that was in front of me or that got invited well sorry guards you know you ask me they sorry who were the guards L got invited he weak as [ __ ] no knock on him you know what I mean but like you know this is my hurt talking I respect this game I think L written hour is a good player but like you know we talking as hoers it’s like are you [ __ ] kidding me you’re like start there now I go to the top top guard and be like damn I I don’t get a shot mhm this is ill homie but I wasn’t chipping dude I knew what it was I was like this result this you know this is this is coming back you know uh to Rus from college so Kyrie Kyrie recently just said that Kyrie recently was like uh the the team came out they asked Kai about it and Kai said I’ll be cheering them on yeah but I just remember the days when we had to go play prove yourself bro like and it’s not even that it’s like there’s aund dudes in the league that deserve to all be in the gym together if y’all really want to know who the cream of the crop yep you can’t just handpick just some popular like you know what I’m saying like I don’t know if you G have a child you gotta have like once you have one child out you got to have them try out every time because it’s also showing like a level of chemistry dedication and who fit you know what I mean who’s a real glue dude got all these Superstars but who going who going who going to be the glue yeah who going to be the Central Intelligence who quarterbacking the defense you know what I mean who making the ultimate sacrifice to make sure everybody sacrifice you know what I mean and so you know I’m rooting for them I know they can do it because [ __ ] we got superpowers but absolutely there’s on a team everybody is a superstar in they role yes and in order to have a team you gotta have those dudes who are super superstars in they role and you gotta let them try out like how the [ __ ] Kyrie don’t can’t get a try out yeah yeah it’s a fact no I get it and speaking of Olympics green don’t get a try out you feel what I’m saying I think I should have got you know the thing that really pissed me off about it um I haven’t said much about it but the thing that upset me about it was a 41 name pool came out how you not on theol and I played in the last I won the last two gold medals right you got two gold medals and and with winning those two last two gold medals I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m at the absolute best no you was killing but I but right now today I am still got to reckon with me BR you at the top you at the top and at the peak of who you are absolutely like I like this means so much more you know what I mean because it’s like I don’t understand bro I don’t understand I feel that like I said I’m I’m cheer and when are you not qualified to like keep usually people when go medals they keep playing for sure so that’s why you need to try out like some of these dudes gota go they gotta go take and say Hey Big Dog I got to retire you to be like you know what damn got but you got to get you got to give you that chance you got to get that them that chance you got to get a whole history of the legacy of the game in the storytelling that chance CU like dudes ain’t retiring ain’t nobody retiring nobody ain’t nobody getting retired it’s just like everybody walking away like hey like thanks for the service you know what I mean yeah no I feel that and I said for me I I am going to cheer for them as hard hard as I would if I was playing on the team because I know how it feels to be on that team and everybody in the world cheering against you and by the way when I say everybody in the world I mean everyone in the world Americans Americans to like Americans be cheering like I know how it is we was in Tokyo locked in a hotel we couldn’t leave a hotel couldn’t go outside wow unless we were going to the gym because they was hating well we no we was locked down because it was 2021 they were still on lock down from and so damn we we’re in a hotel for 22 straight days not leaving the hotel and so in turn that’s nuts you see everything everybody saying now and then we lose the first game to friends mind you D book who end up being the critical piece Drew holid who end up being a critical piece Chris Middleton who end up being a critical piece on that team they all arrived the day of the game yeah from the finals from the finals y we lose the first game and the rest of the Olympics you turn on like ESP anything and like the way they were talking about us they let they let us celebrate rooting against I couldn’t believe it I’m like yo these are Americans and I talked to dwade about this cuz D way tweeted like uh good luck to Rudy Gober and and I talk to him because we we all sitting over there and we like what’s going on BR you I guess you just brought into the team that’s cool but if you don’t tweet that nobody G to be like damn dwade ain’t say good luck to Rudy in the play and in the Olympics and it was I think it was one more player on their team that buudy was was the bigger name for sure yeah uh and then we lost to France the first game and I’m just like we all over there like yo bro you one of us like you were this jersey and you know how it feel to be on this island like so between that and all the people talking you like y this is this is crazy and so I said like I know that feeling yeah and I know how it was sitting over there with my brothers like yo it’s us against the world the world for real and I don’t want to be a part of that world I I want them to know like no like the support bring the gold back like do that flying colors we got to eliminate all everybody else is close to us we gota make sure we the best by far I’m rooting for them but then speaking of that team um it’s been a lot of talk it’s been a lot of talk about who should be starting on this team uh Ant-Man just came out yesterday and said now I’m the top I’m I’m the number one option they got to learn how to fit in to play around me out say that yesterday crazy with a roster bam book Steph ad KD Ant-Man Joel Tyrese halberton Drew Brun kawwai and JT who’s your starting five if you’re putting that starting line up together uh start with the easy one LeBron first absolutely no question second easiest one Steph Curry no question uh third KD um then I’m gonna then I’m gonna rank them by Meritt based on previous Olympics some Drew holiday so I like the Drew holiday Stu LeBron KD and then bam bam playing the last Olympic then bam oh yeah this is Joel’s first also has played in the Olympics he was young you got ad too so young ad or bam ad probably 80 probably because 80 gotta get off to a good start and we gotta get off get off to a good start defensively so I would go ad8 over bam but have bam come in with Joel embiid because bam can he’s mobile at the four you feel what I’m saying and then put shoot put out all offensive players around the next group like book all them those so you’re you’re of the mindset though that you can start small because FEA different you know that France will go France lineup could possibly be go Rudy goar wimy they could move wimy to the three if they want to for real because you can go high like and then they got a couple other bigs porier I know they they got a but so you’re of the mindset that you can start the game small with Braun or KD at the four h i mean G no knock on Rudy G he is guardal you know what I mean like you just got to rebound against him and keep him off the offensive glass and don’t let him get close to the rim to shoot you know what I mean so I’m not worried about Rudy Gober I’m not worried about wom Yama in that setting you know what I mean because he going to be more perimeter oriented you know what I mean they not playing down like I think that he going to be shooting more thre so having a KD or a LeBron or someone like that kawwai you know someone out on the perimeter with wimy he gonna be trying to do all the [ __ ] yes you know what I mean he ain’t going in there he ain’t gonna mix it up and getting dirt get dirty so I would say a lot of jumpers a lot of Mis layups if you playing against fres and then you got baton he can’t get his shot off by itself who else they got over there France forier he called he get off if he get off he get off he that’s the one you got to worry about but think you got Drew you put a Drew holiday on that’s going to disrupt his magic you know what I mean and so his playmaking ability and then the rest like not that I’m I’m not worried about the rest of the French guys but I just think fornier is like they’re Michael Jordan you know what I mean during the Olympics like you see a whole different dude but you put Drew on him everybody else ain’t you know they gonna get TW you know you looking at people getting 12 a points you know what I mean Superstars so it’s like who has the highest cap like who has the most impactful 15 points you know what I mean facts and I don’t think it’s gonna be Rudy gobear or wmy at you know what I mean it being his first major Olympics yeah no doubt and moving on uh to our next topic obviously I started off with this this one is very close to me as I know it is to you the Warriors organization um organization that I think quite frankly is the best organization in the league um but as I said in the beginning uh coming in off on the hills of the We Believe team and you being the the leader of that team um I Heard ton about you um that team in general that team it’s largely celebrated in Warriors history yeah um but like let’s start at the beginning that uh when Don Nelson gets hired what are your immediate thoughts um thank God thank God Lord have mercy you know I Mike Montgomery the year before and you know he he he coached like you know like we stupid he talk like we stupid he talk to us like we’re stupid bro like you know examp like’s like he’s basically like he you know a coach like just keeps coaching and telling you everything to do and then when you like do something he’s like no don’t do it I’m like whoa homie like you know like people who coach every play and don’t understand that that dude this is a performance you know what I mean like y you gotta chill yo you gotta chill like it got to a point with Mike Montgomery where we had a team meeting and you know everybody was just not saying nothing and he was doing all the talking and he was like you know because everybody is saying this about you and I’m like man who we all right here who got a problem who got a problem who got a problem with who like on the team and so I had to address it you know what I mean and I had to get people to start speaking up saying what they had problems and what they had issues with and when it came out and dudes were speaking up about their problems and their issues what they was going to the coach for it was some petty [ __ ] that’s why we suck and so I had to tell Mike Montgomery don’t talk to me for the rest of the Year bro don’t say nothing to me that coach you you you cool if you need to translate a message please send it to them you know what I mean because the signal is disconnected bro I have disconnected this line there’s you’re telling me nothing to help me out here bro you ain’t telling us nothing to help ourselves out here you just out here coaching you know what I mean like you just coaching bro you just coaching like every game you come prepare you ready to coach you ready to coach more than you care to see us play well it’s all about I hate coaches like oh my God because it’s all about you you’re going to over prepare us which we don’t need like all of that and it’s ultimately just so you can feel good about yourself bro I don’t remember nothing this man has told me that’s why I couldn’t give you no scenarios I cut him off bro I had to cut him off when I first got there when I first got to Golden State I walked into you know you walk into the uh you know dudes on the uh uh the the bosou ball on the Little M part and I walked in it’s like you know practice like probably like 101 15 you know I guess they started practicing that little film was going to start but like nobody was on the court dudes was like still in the chaining room one dude was lifting couple dudes on the court and I’m talking to Chris mull I said God damn what’s wrong what’s wrong with Y it’s like a damn funeral like every day you walk in it was like a funeral like damn man somebody don’t want to be here today I was like yo we can’t keep doing this dog I can’t keep coming to the gym and it ain’t cracking like why are we depressed like we who and it was really because of like how we was practicing you know what I mean and like when I first got traded I was like uh backtack player of the week and that was because I was like all right man look this what we going to do going run one play other than that we we hoping mhm like man don’t look to the sidelines like we going to get cracking and I think that kind of like start giving us life we had a great we finished like nine and two to finish the season Sim we believe but we was way out the playoffs then the next year man we came back man and from the first day he start coaching again and it was like godamn dude about to have a whole about to have a whole season of this [ __ ] like you can’t you can’t perform when you just constantly someone’s trying to like tell you what to do and like then is condescending you know what I mean facts and so I just kind of like rote Mike Montgomery off and just was like you know if I see him today what’s up coach like but he is not to me a basketball mind you know what I mean and some people get credit for being highly intelligent in our space you know what I mean that is a fact where we have to be of the most intelligence when our sensors got to be connected you know what I mean we got to make the decisions or make a decision to make a decision you know what I mean and like you getting credit for this bro you better knock it off yeah get out this shut up get out the way so that was kind of like walking into that corpse and then when Don Nelson came it was like oh man hell yeah all I can think about was Run TMC okay we out he called me he was like man get in shape you know uh this going to be the type of game I’m going use you in the post how you play below the free throw line you know just kind of use you all over the space and I was like all right [ __ ] I’m with that you know what I mean like [ __ ] I get I get to fly up and down the court and like and play free I’m with it and then when uh when the season started we was we was good but we wasn’t good you know what I mean we just like we couldn’t beat no we could we could beat people we couldn’t beat nobody we couldn’t put it together and um we were missing something and I didn’t you know what I mean it was like I didn’t I didn’t I wasn’t there with what I was in New Orleans you know what I mean like I damn near you know New Orleans had to trade me and I had to get out of New Orleans because I was too it was too fun it was cracking it was culture but I was just there to play basketball so the culture part was like that’s what was missing so when they make the trade was stack and and out they bought they they kind of like woke everybody up like no it’s it’s cracking like we gonna have parties we going out we gonna hang out we gonna go to the mall we gonna go eat we gonna have fun because before that nobody on the team [ __ ] with each other and so that just kind of changed the dynamic to where we was like all right man we like a new we like the new rap group yeah and we just took on that Persona everywhere we every city we went to and we was like we going to we going to party on the court is our club if we win we going out you know and it’s up and it’s up and and what you know it’s up and so that’s that’s kind of like how that energy started because we was like uh D we was winning going on the We Believe run but them fools go out all the time once we start winning like all this is way before the playoffs we have one like you know you win well you don’t know that because you you’ve only won championships before like you win three or four games in a row as the Warriors oh it’s sold out in Oracle it’s cracking yeah D we was winning like three in a row go out to the club it’s cracking oh we won six out of eight go to the club it’s crack the whole We Believe run we was just out yeah and so like the fans was like damn like these [ __ ] real you know I mean like they partying with us like we don’t know if this [ __ ] is Gonna Last so everybody was getting it in so you Embrace yeah everybody it was a big party it was like a big party dude I heard a story about y’all partying before I don’t know if it’s true not but I heard the story um one night was Snoop yeah that was that night is real that was uh I think that was the night we beat Dallas yes yeah that was how we beat Dallas and uh Snoop we went to go [ __ ] with Snoop you know Snoop was uh at the Ritz or whatnot and then we was all [ __ ] with Snoop of course you know Snoop we smoking so he smoking and Snoop like Hey cuz like you know let me show you one of these cartoons right did they tell you this no I a hear this Snoop Dog had a cartoon like music videos right and I I think it was to his to his album hey bro hey bro we was sitting there no [ __ ] watching the cartoon D for like 45 minutes I was like hey bro I gotta hey it was nothing but music videos and it was Snoop it was like a Snoop Dog video album of cartoons bro we was sitting there talking who B and all I was playing was was the cartoon and I was like I was like damn is this [ __ ] on the loop bro is this the same song or is this the same three songs and I I was over there [ __ ] I was like yo I gotta go yo I’m done I can’t do this you got me Snoop he smoked yall out man big [Laughter] time that’s Snoop good it was cracking what what was it like uh um y’all be Dallas and then going into that next round was it like man we done like or or did y’all start to really believe like no we can keep We believe We we believe we could beat Utah it was all predicated on like it was almost like we um before the series we start tripping with each other but not so much like the team it was just like when we start talking dudes was like all right how much you got left bro it’s like man I like bro honestly I ain’t got much left but you know like we had we was just like pretty much depleted and so you know like in that next round it’s just like four good minutes of mental focus and plays that can turn the series you know and I think you know the time like we didn’t get game one I missed some free throws Mike Mel Peters missed some free throws and then we wind up going the overtime so we we had game one we didn’t get it game two we thought we had we didn’t get it game three we boo him out dunk on them it was like all right we we finally over the hunt we back and then game four they get they they they snatch it from us then we was like God damn 3-1 going back to Utah n is like man you know Monte wasn’t playing in this series stack was guard m oore al wasn’t matched up with Boozer it was just like all our matchups was right for Dallas all our matchups for Utah was all the way off bro yeah yeah you know what I mean and dudes is like you know if you ain’t got that matchup you want it’s hard to like mat be effective people don’t understand matchups and the playoffs are everything you get the wrong matchup you [ __ ] Ste Stephen stag Jack was like yo bro I I want he wanted to guard Carol Linko he coming off you know guarding Dirk you know Carol Linko Big Time defensive player stack like man put me on Carol Linko you feel what I’m saying because Carol Linko going go stack and then Al and Boze like they had a little battle thing but Co like we didn’t we didn’t use it we didn’t play our talent to our advantage in that series you know what I mean we were trying to like figure it out when guys were convicted you know what I mean like man I know how to you know I I need this match up you know what I’m saying and it was just like man we was just arguing every game about the matchups or what you know and it was just it wasn’t that same oh we gonna beat these fools so for y’all then having that level of success and then five years later I’m drafted which which puts it eight years later we win the first championship what’s that then like coming back man I just wish I had one year on the team to get one I should have joined Matt like Matt man tell him plug me in yeah that was straight by then uh for me it felt incredible because the day I left the bay you know what I mean I kind of like knew I I knew I had to leave for bigger reasons you know what I mean because like it wasn’t never going to get no better the owner that was there he was never goingon to do right by the dudes and then at the same time it was just like if I’m not valued here yall not gonna never value nobody here you know what I mean and like we’re not trying to win a championship like we was close you know what I mean or we was close to like being close you know what I’m saying and we didn’t take that step and it was just like the fans deserve better and they struggled the next year they got Steph M and when Nelly drafted Steph Curry I remember watching the draft I said oh [ __ ] he got he found this guy I was like he found his guy he found his next Steve Nash you know what I mean that potentially could be better and with him and Monte and stack I was like oh [ __ ] and so I used to always dial in drill in watch The Warriors and [ __ ] because I was like man if this kid can do what he you know what I mean what Nelly want him to do or what he can get you like they they gonna be tough so I always rooted and then when you came and then clay you know what I mean and then you got and then y’all start bringing back you know older dudes you know what I mean from the Legacy and I was like man this is y’all rocking our jerseys to the game bro all that [ __ ] y’all was turning it up like how can we not be excited yeah you know I would say like when y’all won the first one I didn’t go you know everybody’s like come out to the parade come out to the man I was out there partying my my my damn self me homies I ain’t go to the parade but we was in the city oh man we was up that was a good time that was a great time great time and it was deserved and it was just like man it was 17 years to when we had we believe and then another what eight or nine to y’all and I was like man this is like all the people who are a part of I’m glad I’m glad y’all want it so fast yeah so people can feel like that connectivity because it was a lot of people that when we got there for we believe they was like older people like man I we never thought that we’ll win again you know what I mean and that [ __ ] was just crazy to see how everybody came out and showed out for the uh for y’all but how y’all showed out for the city and then like y’all just start embracing each other yeah absolutely nope you know what I mean like and I’m like d that’s what we was on you know what I mean like that that’s what we was on like we didn’t know all the songs and [ __ ] but we was you know what I mean absolutely but y’all was like yeah it had it it it became one yeah you know Mr Fab he got him a championship Too Short you know all of bay and legends y 40 like E40 didn’t really come to the games like that when we played you know what I mean but like that’s how you know like the Warriors had evolved in some new cuz now he 40 at all the games yeah you know he 40 like a juggernaut feel I’m saying so for him to start making that a thing it just the bay just start Rising you know what I mean more I always tell I start telling this story love marshan of death that’s my big bro Mar when I got drafted to the Warriors he laughed in my face he like y’all suck like you going to the Warriors Warriors ain’t never been good I’m like all so to your point the way they rally behind was crazy it’s crazy it’s crazy no it’s dope you then Le the warriors uh you go to the Clippers what was your experience like with the Clippers uh terrible man was it ask answer me was it hard for you growing up being so la hey South Central it was you see then you go to the Clippers and not the Lakers was that hard for you it was very hard like I always wanted to play for the Lakers and go and and be a Laker like my entire career every time I tried you know I tried and then uh I was like well [ __ ] it I guess I’m the underdog guy so I go to the Clippers in three years I’d be able to create a We Believe type of magic with the Clippers if we can get the right you know people involved and [ __ ] and then like going to the Clippers bro was like the worst it like the worst I thought the Warriors was bad like it was like a bad soap opera The Clippers bro was like a a bad soap opera in prison what it’s like it’s it’s like imagine going to art class and they take all your your paint and your tools you know what I mean and all your paint brushes then they give them back to you when you when you painting they be hitting your elbow say no you ain’t doing it it’s like they they it it was you walking you know you walk into the warrior facility like all right cool I can hoop you walk in the Clippers facility you like man who is about to snitch on me now where are these [ __ ] cameras at you know what I mean and who’s crying today somebody is crying today somebody somebody is pissed off crying and it’s all because of the owner you know you walk in community service uh community relations lady she boohoo and [ __ ] like what’s wrong like I’m like oh man now before I get to the gym bro I gotta have all kind of diplomatic conversations you know what I mean this is Donald Sterling this is Donald Sterling and and the Clippers with Mike Dunley coaching so I I leave Nelly then I go Mike dun Le who’s like a little bit like Mike Montgomery he just got more personality and he you know what I mean he tell he got more stories to tell but Mike done leave you tell you what play to call who to throw who you supposed to throw the ball to where you supposed to go all in the game that’s just like the old school way of coaching because the van gundies were like that weren’t they bro I I don’t know I ain’t never to play for I heard they were like that pushing break I’m pushing the break we get to Ste I’m pushing the break I’m just about to cross half court he like man pass it all you hear is going pass it pass it and I don’t see nobody you know what I mean so I’m like pass and I keep here man pass the ball and I see somebody over here so I’m about to go you know what I mean and I see somebody run I’m like okay so somebody must be hauling ass so I dropped it by the half M man it was no offense it was Paul Davis he coming off a knee surgery bro it it took him like seven JS to get to the rim from there and so you know it’s like you look at the coach like the [ __ ] yo like leave me alone y you know so that’s how it was with with d Ley but then with with Sterling it was like you know he used the team as like his uh like almost like his duck off like his little duck off business you know what I mean so like his PR everything all the [ __ ] that he did was all through the team okay you know and then he was just a weirdo bro he was just hella weird with weird people around him and I felt like anybody who hung around that dude had to be a weird [ __ ] you know what I mean cuz like he was like beyond weird you know what I’m saying and not that he was racist he was a hate every body is so it wasn’t even that he just hated black people he hated everybody BR he hated everybody he probably hated himself like he just he was delusional and hateful so he would say anything to anybody Woman Man black brown man he brought some old ass ladies in at the end of the uh one of the games and was like man uh we get leave alone no you cannot tell me now hey bro they walk in bro it’s like seven old ass white ladies right and he walked in the locker room we had won and then he had walk out he was like man you wait for them to get in the shower and then he point he pointed at uh me and he was like especially him like you should and this lady was just s hanging out out my locker room talking I was like hey hey yeah and you know sitting there just like she a reporter something respectful and [ __ ] but she just talking like where you from oh you went there likeit so so waitting for me to get up you know what I mean like H it was it was foul bro it was like it was hella fou so you’re so when the thing happens in 200 I could have sue for sexual harassment facts that’s what I was just thinking like bro trauma all that [ __ ] that’s hey bro it was the worst it was and I’m from La so you got to think I’m from La I ain’t hooping I ain’t playing the way I normally know how to play they uh they plotting against me every day you feel you feel me and every day I leave this place I’m trying not to I’m just trying to come here and work and who y’all about to make me turn into somebody I don’t want to be so I’m struggling with that and then you got the homies like EG why you play like that man you a bust you let you know what I mean it’s like yeah I used to think about it every night like man am I gonna walk in here and lose my mind am I you know I used to tell people on the team they was so scary yo I used to tell dudes man run down the sideline you know what I mean so I they like no man no I was like I throw them ball on the side like d i used I used to go to the game thinking like that like Draymond run down the left when you pass the owner I’mma throw the ball as hard as I can and try and pop him in the face and the dude be like no man I’m not doing that I’m not I’m like just one time just but that’s just one time when nobody would do it so when this story comes out in 2014 you’re not at all shocked no hell no like I I was more surprised that they were like I couldn’t do it bro I was struggling with so much my identity who I was where I was from all this [ __ ] bro like is this dude racist like what the [ __ ] like I i’ never been in no [ __ ] like I’ve been in some bad [ __ ] I ain’t never been in no [ __ ] where I feel depressed you know what I mean and so I had more admiration for those dudes because I was like they must have figured out how to like win for themselves and not include him you know what I mean and not think that they winning he you know it was it was hard cuz it was like man if we win he win and then it’s more of that [ __ ] and it’s like you like that [ __ ] you don’t know what you winning you don’t know what you playing for at some point you know what I mean and we didn’t have enough like we wern’t we wern’t like crystallized you know Blake was a rookie and all that and so everything was catered to Blake so Blake wasn’t really aware like at some point bro they G they gonna pit people against you too you know what I mean like the more attenion you get definitely this ain’t the type of tension you want but I was I was I admir the fact that them dudes were able to play like that and build a team like that and I was like damn dude like you never thought that they would get the talent and once you got the talent and start winning it was like he did matter you know what I mean yeah and so when they when they I was at that game too really yeah I went to the clier locker room okay I was at that game crazy man because I needed to ride back on the plane with the uh the dude who was like the at the time like his right like the right-hand person of the owner okay and I need to ride back on the plane I need I needed him to see us on this private plan you know what I mean and it was just four people and I need to sit there and saying have you watched the show clip absolutely not hell no I watch that goofy [ __ ] that even hey bro that’s i’t watched it I don’t know what but then I think like by the time all that [ __ ] came out it was like uh that [ __ ] was already happening so people took you know it’s and then you you turn you take your jersey off and throw it at half I went in the locker room cuz doc was was like man go talk to him I was like man what y’all going to do man [ __ ] I’m waiting for them to be like Bey what you think man whatever y’all think if y’all don’t want to play I stand beside you I was gonna go over there and be like yo D D D D D them fools did not look like they was shook it was just like what are we supposed to do you know what I mean like that was the energy like they didn’t know they were caught into something that nobody on that team was prepared for or had an opinion of you know what I mean or was really privy to you know because they hadn’t maybe they hadn’t had to deal with it yeah you know what I mean at that time like that was just some whole other [ __ ] that uh his his girlfriend snitched him out you know what I mean Y and ratted him out so it wasn’t like we don’t know his Dynamic and effect on that team you know um we just know like who he was and what he was doing you know how he was talking [ __ ] about magic and people like that speaking of magic so being from La also played with the Clippers it’s my last question on the clippers but I need to know this I think I know the answer to this if the Clippers were to win a championship what does that do to the city of La uh nothing no I’m [Laughter] just nothing you think do you think the city wouldn’t care if the Clippers want to change no no no I think the city would care I think like the Clippers have their own fan base I don’t think it would be uh I don’t think it would be as big media coverage as the Lakers okay right I would I I would I don’t think it would be you would get you get a like a local city turnout yeah yeah you know what I mean cuz the Clipper fans are great the Clipper fans are incredible you know you go all the way from the South Bay to the valley and I would say you know what I I I would say I take that back because now the Clippers are actually putting in the work in the city with the course you know bomber new owner they doing a good job man and can they do a better job of course you know to just establish more like they got to tell a better story yeah and they can’t be afraid to tell a story of they pass of a losing story you know what I mean because they so accomplished now that they have to cuss of winning which I I’m not going to say the city you ain’t going to turn the city you know what I mean but you got players on the team that’s from the city that’s a fact that can bring the city out that’s a fact so the Clippers got to do a better job of like bringing the city out you know what I mean because when you look at the Lakers Lakers is a la team people got tattoos you know uh yellow bumper stickers and [ __ ] on green cars like they don’t care you know what I’m saying like it’s it’s a city thing M and people don’t remember like when the Lakers back when I was a kid they used to have TRS for everybody in the city Tri out for the Lakers that’s crazy really yeah so it was always like a la legend or like some La High School Legend Who wind up on the Lakers that’s pre season that’s crazy that’s dope though that’s super dope right because it’s like La is the basketball town Dr bus respected that and he respect you know like you look around like all the kids a you like this is a real basketball City M and so like for them to embrace that at that time you know but I think the cers had the same chance to like really dive into like all these dope all this dope local talent and local talent that’s been in the league that live here to like bring build build their own culture and then they can turn the city no doubt no doubt a few more questions before we get stars are uh like sideline stars are getting old like you know what I’m saying yeah like they hly like the Hollywood [ __ ] ain’t sticking no more you know what I mean like I mean if Denzel is here that’s Denzel but like who else who else is moving the needo it’s like oh you know what I mean like if Denzel okay Denzel at the game but I who else is a like the Lakers ain’t refurbished they updated they yeah star and Legacy roster for them to be no I never thought about that facts I never thought about it like that that’s yeah yeah they need to that’s an interesting thought need to rotate them seats brother get some new St like Kevin Hart he ain’t no Laker fan he not Philly you know what I mean but he don’t be at the game and they kick Lil Wayne out he was going to the games now they uh didn’t they ban Lil Wayne yeah I heard so cers can do all that [ __ ] yeah and they can actually turn the City by with the young Hollywood stars and rappers and you know just piggybacking off like really the City Vibe I I want to talk a little more about you and who you were as a players I think there’s a lot of guys from this Young Generation that don’t know who you were as a player how nice you were and I go back to one person in particular um of saying that you was his tough guard and that’s Ai and I think AI for all of us man like what AI meant to the culture man like how good he was is one thing but what he meant to the culture was crazy was crazy and for him uh to say about you like this this is my toughest matchup what was that like for you coming from AI at that time you know you look up to AI you know what I mean cuz there was a part of Allan Iverson that everybody wanted to be and I was like 100% themselves 10000 and not what the league wanted them to be you know what I mean and so anytime I play against AI it was like a moment for you know what I mean a moment cuz like you watch him at Georgetown you know it’s like he was the dude that I was rooting for all the time and now you match up against him you know what I mean and it’s like I was just trying to I was trying to catch him on the island like he caught Jordan it just never happened you know what I mean like like you see that [ __ ] it’s like damn dude you know like that was that Ivon Jordan that was a moment like AB at the top of the key hold on let me back up let me make sure everybody’s watching like I never got that moment when AI you feel what I’m saying and so it was just like I was just going for broke you know what I mean and I I feel for me like passing was the thing that I love to do and then like making moves you know what I mean it it wasn’t it wasn’t a move it wasn’t like a killer crossover it was like moves you know what I mean like this dude got a thousand moves and a and a thousand counters to those moves you know what I mean yeah and so it was really about like can I get to the front of the rim and drop a dawn but you know if I can dunk or lay it up I’m I’m cool but all I did in the summer rest in peace to my dude his name was Mitch mad moves we just work on Combos and counters Combos and counters you know what I mean with Rico Combos and counters with dart Combos and counters so it be like in and- out in like in and- out in and out Inn out head up heesy push through high crossover Euro Step reverse layups like what and it’s like you got to do all that [ __ ] when you tired you know what I mean so like a boxer so it was always like do the Steve Smith you know Smitty Smitty you know what I mean go down low Elijah one dream Shake step through step under it was like all these kind of call outs and so when my game it was just like I was unpredictable you know if I was going to post up or come out shooting threes or you know going to ho you know what I mean or if I wanted to try to embarrass you m and so that’s just kind of like for me it was just like I want to be that Maestro I want to be that painter basketball is Art it’s when I’m coming to the game I’m thinking about man how can I get this crowd going how can I get my teammates to look good you know what I mean and like I’m going to have a moment you know what I mean I hope that moment is at the end of the game where I get the last shot you know what I’m saying like I don’t mind that that’s the moment but it’s going to be some moments and I’m going to be a curator of that you know what I mean and so you know with the Young Generation I’m starting to get like a lot of they dads like yo bro got my son watching your highlights and [ __ ] but like when you watch the highlights you just really see me dunking on people so like you think like all he do is dunk it’s like Noah bro you gotta go you know you got to go dig in the files cuz I love to pass and I love to like make play for my teammates I think I think the P like you like like what you do bro is just like like you have to be so smart and intelligent you know what I mean to be a great passer facts you have and to be able to play defense right because I I love playing defense get the rebound so I I am my I am my own engine yes I’mma stop you get the rebound push get the assist and I know who to pass to win the Past come on yeah that’s you know what I mean that’s kind of like what you live for to see to see your teammate be jogging back after he hit a shot and know like I just said I did all the work F you what I’m saying I got I did all I feel great about it at school I’m moving on do what you got to do I’m going to do all the work I got you exactly that’s that’s kind of like was my joy at playing was like I live to make i l it get my centers paid any Center that I play with watch look at their numbers they got paid because I’m at The Rim but drop you know what I mean here you go make you look good you see any of the young guys any of the young guys in the league today that remind you some or some similarities to you yeah I would say uh I like Jamal Murray you know I feel like because he post up yeah I like him because he post up and he he know how to he he bigger than everybody so he kind of know how to use his body to you know to get into a shot and [ __ ] like that so I do like Jamal Murray um I love halberton game um just from like his playmaking ability His science Jaylen Brunson is nothing like me but like God damn I wish I was like him I wish I wish I was like that he get busy you know what I mean he get super busy um and then Kyrie I would say just from I think I got top five handles all the time but I ain’t on people list but I ripped like four of the people on the top five list you feel me so how can you be on the top five handle list if you get ripped that’s a fact all right that’s a fact you know what I always think about when people get ripped like that like man when I was growing up I used to watch this document like crazy shout out to Bassie Bassie oh yeah Bassie was go to me through the fire yeah when his brother told him you get ripped at half court you tired yeah because there’s no way and what he was pretty much saying was like there’s no way you just got ripped yeah so if you just got ripped you must be tired must be tired like or you ain’t or your handles ain’t all the way there facts you don’t get like people with handles don’t get ripped for sure so now that’s a fact I I can agree with [Laughter] um before we get out of here uh on your journey with the New York Knicks ly sanity um and and playing through that uh first off what was your point of view just on that whole thing like I went to Mike dantony and I was like yo I need another week to come back so that’s how it started cuz I couldn’t he was supposed to get cut maybe was supposed to get cut and I was supposed to get activated but my back was messed up and so it started with that and then we lost to Houston and I was like coach you gotta play Jeremy Lynn he was like you out your mind he’s the only guy that goes north and south in your offense Tony Douglas this way Aman Shumpert this way and so if they go this way nobody Dives so when Melo come up Melo frustrated I don’t care who it is you gotta find somebody to go north and south you know what I mean and he played Jeremy Lyn in the Houston game I think the F had like six points for four rebounds like an a steal assist but we got beat by 30 and I was like see coach like if you can get four in a reg if you can get this just in a regular game while we’re losing by 6 and eight we’ be like we got enough you know what I mean M and so Jeremy ly Locker was next to mine so I got to witness the whole entire thing bro from the first game he bought to the next game he bought like it was like we got we his locker here we had an empty Locker here and this my locker to where like I was getting dressed bro and like the damn near uh in the bathroom in the handicap star I had to hang my [ __ ] up bro it was like a thousand people in the locker room I mean you was hooping right yeah so you w you you I don’t know how y’all was looking at it but he was on CNN MSNBC uh it was crazy MTV BET The Weather Channel VH1 they was all in there cuz I kept having to move my seat out I’m like damn what’s the weather channel doing in here it’s like Jeremy Lynn Make It Rain chines bro so many China media it was crazy they had to move him to a press conference like granted yeah this is like maybe like three weeks before Allstar Weekend he is doing press conferences yeah in a full room of people uh Kobe came in town hey Kobe don’t let this dude bust your ass he hot you know what I mean he he hot don’t don’t let him get you bro you know Co like come on BD not worried about none of that I’m like hey yo he is going to kill you guys tomorrow and I’m telling you this now bro just so when I come in here after the game right you not mad at me so me and him at dinner and me and this is all I’m talking about no matter what Kobe is talking about all I keep coming back to like hey dog he’s going to bust y’ ass tomorrow and I’m going to show up in your locker room and I’m gonna be laughing bro Lakers come in town hey dude he served the Lakers and after the game I went right down he was tight hey dude Kobe was so tight he was so tight he was hot cuz he didn’t you know what I mean he didn’t you didn’t know what to like this kid had magic it was just like it was just some [ __ ] that you only see the greats have you know what I mean but you see people have these moments on 10day contracts or like filling in for somebody like you see somebody have a great one or two weeks but like the attention and the level he was playing that was like ridiculous and then we played Miami and LeBron then was like all right we done with all this [ __ ] it’s over they ended it they ended it what you being the veteran point guard on that team what was y’all relationship with Jeremy l oh we were super cool super cool cuz remember I supposed that’s supposed to be my spot I’m supposed to start but now he balling so I’m like oh [ __ ] I’ll come off the bench and Lead Me Jr Shum you know what I mean no back so we had a we had a nice little bench mob that complimented it so I was just I was for him starting because I couldn’t really I didn’t know how long I was going to be able to make it through the season if my minutes were to increase and so me playing 20 minutes a game right now you know for the second half of the season and get myself all the way right for the playoffs that’s all I was banking on and so I needed him you know what I mean and we would work out together cuz he was trying to get me right right to come back to play mhm yeah so had a great relationship with him you know um and you watch a lot of people uh see an opportunity and a lot of people was trying to help him and it was just like I just think all that [ __ ] was just overwhelming you know what I mean it got real overwhelming and you know for a dude who’s never had media attention like bro I don’t like I don’t think you could have handled it like I couldn’t have handled I definitely couldn’t have handled it I mean but like you get a lot of media I don’t think you could have handled it because it was just like where are these people coming from yeah you know what I mean and it was like in the middle of the season and it was just at some point this [ __ ] was gonna have to die out but the media coverage wasn’t dying out you know what I mean so it was a little dissension whose team is it you know what I mean like all the goofy [ __ ] like fo is Melo Amari everybody team but Jeremy ly you know what I mean like we going to rock with this Lin sanity and you know we going to write that way but it definitely ain’t his team you know and there was a little bit of confusion in that um I talked to I talked to Melo about the podcast cuz they had a had a breakfast all fols and I we was in Milwaukee and I passed by I was like what y’all doing he was like man you know we trying to you know figure it out I was like figure it out show team show team show team you come come over here with us you balling you balling you about to get paid but it’s not your team bro this is you ain’t built for what these dudes is built for you know what I mean but the type of year you having we going to rock with you you know what I mean ain’t going to be no hate we going to love you we you know what I mean we going to protect you we going to learn we going to grow together but these are your guys it’s yeah it I don’t think people understand the mentality but also what it takes to be a superstar in this league he was getting Superstar attention Superstar treatment to but to really be a superstar in this league like how different you got to be to have to do that on that level every single night it’s a totally different ball game and you got to be wi different yes you do you got to be completely wired different and you not wired like that you know what I mean like you got to be like the world revolves around me all the time me only and everything that I do tonight is about us you know what I mean my performance is a win yeah you don’t want that pressure on yourself as you start now as a point guard you want that pressure because if you got these three people okay I like my chances with my Superstars Y which makes a the point guard a superstar because of your value you know what I mean 100% that’s fact that’s a fact um was there any misconceptions about Melo like how Melo because you just started this off you said yo we need somebody to get downhill for Melo rolling up so if he’s then getting downhill then it sound like Melo would appreciate him as opposed to the way it was it was built out during that time was like you got to think Lyn sanity happened when Melo was out yeah so whoever was rolling like the offense is rolling now because it’s spots to field and there’s no melow around and Melo want to post you know what I mean Melo W to get into Melo gotta get into his rhythm for end the game [ __ ] absolutely so when Melo came back it was more so like Melo just didn’t want to stand in the corner bro you know what I mean so rightfully so heo car and so when Melo came back our bench was align like we was smacking people but it was the bench that was running up the score yeah so people were like relating that to like they weren’t really like working and clashing in together but it was a different offense too it was Woody’s offense yeah so it went from Dan Tony to Mike Woodson in the same season a totally different that’s a two like listen is like hey this is my guy this is my guy my point guard does this and I’m gonna let my point guard eat and however but like this is how my point guard plays so Woody was the worst thing that could have happened to German no woody was the best thing that could have happened to Jeremy ly because he was going to save him from like walking out there by himself so from the false sense of what everybody else was trying to you would have had to maintain ly sanity and and go this way yeah with Dan Tony uhuh which means yeah if we winning and we rolling like dude you the next Steve Nash Luca you know what I mean but like at some point people ain’t gonna believe that [ __ ] yeah that’s a fact you gotta make people believe it every day and it’s not just two weeks you dig what I’m saying so when Miami went in and locked it you know came and was like okay we locking everything up MH you know what I’m saying if Force if force is you and then D will came back New Jersey had a great game we lost to them you know what I’m saying so now it’s like are you a superstar okay how do you feel about superstars you know what I’m saying now you was loved now you hated Superstars are hated hated that’s a fact you can’t can you play being the most hated person on the court that’s a fact and so so that was like Woody coming in was like yo man you can be a starting point guard with you know Melo Amari STM Tyson Chandler and I think it was maybe like Landry fields or somebody like that uhuh you can be in this starting five and wind up being a good point guard growing into the guards he had bbes and te’s and you know what I mean and then I’m coming coming off the bench so I can stabilize you you know what I mean so like all we got to do now is just play for wins but you ain’t about to be getting these 25 sevens 10 15s like those days are over yeah you know what I mean because we’re actually pretty good we got we deep we got 10 we go 10 Deep and you’re a good fit with these guys but if you want to come off the bench and rock with them like you may have a little bit bit more freedom but you’re not because you got Jr you got sha like we all clicking and rolling and I think what Woody was trying to do for Jeremy was get him in so like you got a name bro so people be like okay you know how to flute you know what I mean you’re starting point guard in this league yeah you dig what I’m saying and so I I I don’t think what he hurt I don’t think what Jeremy Lynn got hurt yeah and he didn’t come back I think that’s ultimately what what what what hurt his how people looked at him you know cuz when you went to Houston you know what I mean now you got got a big deal now you’re the man yeah and there’s no l sanity you know what I mean and so sometimes you got to realize when you are of a moment in a moment and how to take the moment and like create something bigger than yourself for other people you know what I mean but I don’t think he could have kept up that frequency you know and so as it was dying off I think him being established solid point guard would have been the best thing for him Melo was trying to help like him and Melo was cool only thing they were trying to figure out was off like the offense but everything else like melow was trying to help him get marketing deals with his team like cu the dude was like it was it was crazy like Hollywood actresses that I knew I ain’t gonna say no names they was like uh so like yeah what’s happening how you like New York like good what’s happening how you doing like what’s up with Jeremy Lynn like huh Jeremy Lynn like well how is he I’m like like who’s asking like is that the word it was like yeah we had a couple friends want to meet him come to the game I’m like dude wow I’m like Jeremy you have no idea bro like everybody he was the most famous person in the world for like two weeks that’s crazy man that was a Cra Crazy run uh last one before we get out of here as a former Warrior your thoughts on Clay uh clay going to the m a damn you know what I mean like you hate to I hate to see it because you know y’all was babies yeah you know what I mean and it’s and you know it’s similar to how we feel about Kobe here in La yeah cuz you watch watch y’ go from young young young men to men to Superstars to like Legends you know what I mean and so you know I wish clay the best CU I’m a clay fan I’m a I’m the player fan first so whatever the player feel like is best for them I’m always rocking with a player but as a warrior fan and what he meant to the Warriors I just hope like they do the documentary to welcome back like let me direct the video or some [ __ ] like that like just honor the man the way he’s supposed to but um [ __ ] man the Dynasty is over you know what I mean and I don’t know I I I want to ask you how you feel because I I asked you on my podcast but like the like I don’t know how you just kill my D you know how you kill a Dynasty without let you know letting your guns Slingers right off in the sunset bro like you know I’m a movie dude I’m like damn like who did this who took who took the who took my guy out where storybook ending that this is not the storybook ending that is supposed to happen but you know the league is a business uh I think it’s good for clay you get to go to a team that he can help yeah Help win I think it’s good for the Warriors because the Warriors are going to get better you already got you know Derek Jones uh is it Dereck Jones Jr no it’s uh DeAnthony Mill Kyle Anderson I thought Jun went to the Clippers Anthony Melton and Anderson yeah yeah my fault yeah y’all got better too you know cuz you replace clay with some shooting you replace you add some playmaking shooting you know what I mean and like I I just think that y’all the way y’all play y’all gonna be there you just need one of them young dudes to figure out that [ __ ] easy out here for them you know what I mean like JK yeah yeah hell yeah no doubt I appreciate you brother thank thank you absolutely that’s a rap peace [Music]

Baron Davis joins ‘The Draymond Green Show’ to discuss growing up in Los Angeles, the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake rap beef, why he chose UCLA over Duke, Coach K being a “hater,” the “We Believe” Golden State Warriors team, partying with Snoop Dogg, Donald Sterling’s Los Angeles Clippers, Jeremy Lin facing Kobe Bryant, and more.

00:00 – Start
10:00 – Kendrick vs. Drake
17:00 – Coach K a “hater”
30:00 – “We Believe” Warriors
38:30 – Partying with Snoop Dogg
48:00 – Donald Sterling’s Clippers
01:10:00 – Linsanity

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