Draymond Green is one of the most polarizing athletes in all of sports and he’s often in the headlines for some new beef that he has with a player, coach, or member of the media.
Well, he currently has beef with a former player who has become a member of the media.
Austin Rivers, who’s currently on his “second act” according to Draymond, took issue with what Green said about Steve Kerr “hindering” his career as an offensive player. Rivers responded to that comment and claimed that Draymond was never really an offensive weapon nor was he a scorer.
Rivers essentially said that Draymond’s only real gripe with Kerr was invalid because he wasn’t an offensive player. Draymond obviously took exception and fired back with a rant.
Draymond’s response was that Rivers and him averaged the same amount of points in high school. He didn’t say it, but he also averaged 16.2 points as a senior and Rivers put up 15.5 in his only season at Duke. The Spartan legend scored over 1,500 points at Michigan State. I’d say that’s a pretty good scoring option and offensive weapon.
The former Michigan State star went on to say that Rivers couldn’t cut it in the league and Draymond is still on his “first act” while the former Duke star had to find a second career.
Rivers obviously took exception to that and unloaded on Draymond. He called him the luckiest NBA player he’s ever seen because he got drafted into the right system and said that Draymond also can’t compare college careers because Rivers was only at Duke for a season.
This beef likely isn’t going to be resolved any time soon.
Draymond Green was an offensive weapon in his day
Although I don’t necessarily agree that Kerr hindered Green’s offensive career, I do think he slid into the role that the Warriors needed and that just didn’t require much scoring. The Warriors needed a Swiss army knife to complement one of the best offensive teams in NBA history, and he was a perfect fit and became a Hall of Famer because of it.
However, he was a legit weapon when he left Michigan State. He improved as a 3-point shooter, finisher, and mid-range specialist. He could do everything well on the offensive end of the floor, so I’ll admit that I was kind of surprised to see him kind of abandon that in the NBA.
Draymond averaged 16.2 points and shot nearly 40 percent from three as a senior at Michigan State under Tom Izzo, but his game changed with the Warriors.
Rivers was wrong but that’s something that Draymond shouldn’t worry too much about.
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