Warriors forward pans current NBA, while Oakland’s Damian Lillard and Santa Clara’s Jalen Williams enjoy coming back to Bay Area
Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green answers questions from the media during the NBA All-Star practice session at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. OAKLAND – In the same building where his Warriors won three NBA championships in the 2010s, Draymond Green pined for the officiating and play-style of those days during Saturday afternoon’s press availability at Oakland Arena.
His 11 technicals are third in the league, and Green was ejected against Memphis after receiving two techs early in the season. Green later added, “In any world you go to, you start Year 1 and don’t get something the people in Year 10 get. It’s spread a lot of entitlement, and with that, a lot of disdain from the fans.”The former all-star also panned the current three-point-centric playstyle employed by most teams. The league is averaging a record-high 75 three-point attempts per game.
“Every possession is a chess move, and you don’t get that in the NBA today very often,” Green said. “It’s about who can run faster, who can hit more threes. It is no substance, and so I think it’s very boring.”Milwaukee Bucks’ Damian Lillard shoots from half-court during the NBA All-Star practice session at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.
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