"I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I'm going on about my summer and we lost the NBA Finals because we couldn't meet force with force" - Draymond Green on on the importance of physicality in the series, says he "can't let my guys down"
“We’re looking at dudes that could be acting in 'Top Gun' for crying out loud” - NBA analyst believes flopping and the officiating in today’s NBA makes the game look "soft"
“Don’t put Draymond Green on this list, that’s an insult to these 5” - Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo picks Michael Jordan as the toughest player to ever play in the NBA, includes Kobe Bryant in his list for the top-5 toughest players in NBA history
“I never even knew who Kendrick Perkins was until recently” - Draymond Green’s mom Mary Babers-Green says she couldn't care less about Kendrick Perkins’ criticism of her son
“He should’ve been thrown out of the game when he get into that altercation with Jaylen Brown” - Chris "Mad Dog" Russo believes Draymond Green’s behavior is the biggest worry for the Warriors
"Draymond, ask your daddy who I was, okay?" - Boston Celtics legend fires back at Draymond Green for his comments on players getting "bullied", recalls his own fight with Charles Barkley back in the day
“Adam Silver is huddling up with the officials at the NBA league office” - 1-time Super Bowl champion shares his views on Draymond Green attracting a lot of attention with his comments
“He fought Michael Jordan, he will fight all of them dudes… He will go off on Draymond” - NBA analyst says 1-time COTY is not worried about the feelings of the Golden State Warriors players
“Some of the guys that be talking weren’t the guys that were punching people… Y’all were getting bullied” - Draymond Green throws shade at Cedric Maxwell, says he’s baffled by players from the '80s & '90s talking about physicality
“I would love to get into a pi***ng match with Draymond, I love when somebody cuss me out” - LeBron James picks the Golden State Warriors as the playoff team he would love to play for
“He loves it when you talk trash, but he loves it even more when you talk trash when you’re behind” - CJ McCollum on why the Boston Celtics can’t afford to get caught up in Draymond Green’s antics
“Green is not Bird, Magic, Jordan… But Draymond Green is one of the two or three most identifiable players in the NBA Finals” - Doug Gottlieb says it’s harder for Draymond to foul out compared to a Payton Pritchard
"If he had kicked him in the nether region, that would have been it" - Rich Eisen believes refs were right not to eject Draymond Green in Game 2, says you have to call the finals differently
“For anybody to say that he didn’t make people around him better is beyond disturbing!” - Former NBA champion takes dig at Colin Cowherd’s comments about Russell Westbrook, cites his credentials as 3x assists leader
“He just keeps bringing it up and bringing it up, like ‘now we’re this and Steph starts our offense not KD’” - Skip Bayless says Draymond Green is obsessed with exorcising the ghost of Kevin Durant
"I think we're perfectly capable of winning games where Steph doesn't have a huge night" - Warriors' coach Steve Kerr on reliance on Steph Curry, Draymond Green's impact, and the road ahead in NBA Finals
“Westbrook has never made a teammate better, Draymond Green has made every teammate he’s played with better” - Colin Cowherd cites Draymond Green's importance to the Warriors dynasty
“Do you really, really wanna find yourself in a position where this could cost us the title?” - Stephen A. Smith says Steve Kerr has to sit down and talk to Draymond Green about his technical fouls
“Draymond Green is going to be thrown out of one of these games, I think he’s guaranteed that with his behavior” - NBA analyst says he is anxious after picking the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Finals
“You can’t put your feet on somebody’s head.… The onus should be on Draymond” - Shannon Sharpe believes Draymond Green’s reputation helped him avoid a second technical foul vs the Celtics
“Irritant, agitator, you talk about provoker, gets people engaged, that is the epitome of who he is” - Jay Williams believes Draymond Green played his role to perfection in Game 2 vs the Celtics
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