“I’m going to go home and sit on my podcast and talk, because I can pause that and cry if I need to cry,” Green said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green is the heartbeat of this Warriors team. It’s noticeable, then, when his heart is broken.
Before the Warriors’ Game 4 tipped off on Monday, Green heard devastating news that his Michigan State teammate, Adreian Payne, was shot and killed early Monday morning in Orlando, Fla. “My emotions are kind of all over the place,” Green said after the Warriors’ 101-98 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. “I’m going to go home and sit on my podcast and talk, because I can pause that and cry if I need to cry.”
Green then said that he and his wife, Hazel, will donate $100,000 to a fund in Payne’s name. He urged his fellow Michigan State alum in basketball to do the same, including coach Tom Izzo, Magic Johnson, Miles Bridges, Jaren Jackson Jr.“Whatever it is, I call on my Spartan family to do something in Adreian’s name,” Green said.
Payne, who died at the age of 31, and Green played together during the Spartans’ 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. Green wrote “RIP AP” on his right shoe and “Long live 5,” a reference to Payne’s number at Michigan State, during the game.“He’s our emotional heart and soul,” Brown said. “And for him to get hit with something that impactful for him and we felt it. We felt it as a group.”
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