By HoopsHype | March 22, 2025

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Draymond Green: There are things that go on throughout the course of an NBA season that should give you a chip on your shoulder. What I hate is when guys act like it didn’t happen. And I’ve actually played against Karl before where some things were said, or you hear this, that, and the other, and he didn’t come out and act like he knew what was going on. And I hate that.” “I love the way he came out. First play, they give him the ball. He gets me on the pump fake. Guess why he got me on that pump fake? Because I’m thinking the same thing he’s thinking — ‘It’s me and you right now. What’s up?’ He shoots the pump fake. I want it so bad — ah, I go for the pump fake. He drives. Bro, I’m like, ‘Hey, guess what? Guess what?’ I’m like, ‘Okay, here we go. It’s time. Let’s go at it.’ And so I love that. I applaud him for the mentality he came out with.” -via YouTube / March 21, 2025

Draymond Green: “I’m not the guy that’s going to say when someone does something wrong and not say when they do something right. That mentality that Karl-Anthony Towns came out with — it’s the exact mentality that he should have come out with, and I loved it.” “So here it is. He gets that dunk. Now, vice versa, I get the first block on Giannis, Karl gets the dunk — you’re feeling a little different. Now he’s feeling good about himself, right? He gets a couple open threes, you know, in the flow of the offense, he’s making shots — it’s good. So I need to put this fire out. So now, at that point as a defender, I have to do whatever I need to do to put this fire out.” -via YouTube / March 21, 2025