Former NBA player discredits Draymond Green’s ‘lucky’ basketball career

Draymond Green has worked hard for everything he’s achieved in his career and yet he’s always fighting off the allegations that he’s a system player with Golden State.

Despite being a four-time All-Star, nine-time All Defensive team selection, and winning four rings and a NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, Draymond gets a ton of hate and receives seemingly endless disrespect. Unless he’s on your team, you’re probably not going to like Draymond, and that’s just OK with him.

But when you disrespect him by saying that he’s never been an offensive-minded player (he very much was entering the NBA) and that his critique of Steve Kerr wasn’t valid, you’re going to be on Draymond’s bad side which isn’t exactly where I’d want to be. So when Austin Rivers called Draymond out for his only critique of Kerr as a coach, he had to respond.

Draymond basically said that Rivers wasn’t good enough to cut it in the league and got a gift of a $30 million deal with his dad, also claiming that both guys were on the same level offensive in high school.

In true offseason sports drama fashion, Rivers, who’s now an ESPN analyst, has returned fire again.

Rivers called Draymond “the luckiest basketball player I have ever seen”.

Rivers has a right to fire back and I don’t totally agree with Draymond’s attack of Rivers as a player because he carved out an 11-year career, but I also don’t agree with the whole “lucky” accusation. Discrediting his entire career by saying Kerr made him and he was only as good and as successful as he was because he played with several legends.

Oh, and he ran Kevin Durant away.

Lots of shots fired and people are already taking sides, but it doesn’t look good for Draymond here. He can’t be taking analyst takes personally, especially since Rivers didn’t mean any harm by it.

It’s OK to disagree but it’s Rivers’ job to give his opinion — even if Draymond thinks it’s wrong. Say “I disagree” and move on. There’s no reason these guys should be taking personal shots.

Draymond Green wasn’t “lucky”

I have a tough time saying that Draymond’s basketball career was “lucky”, especially since he was a major glue guy for NBA title teams as well as several good Michigan State teams. He also wasn’t a highly-ranked recruit, battled his way into the rotation at Michigan State, became a starter and a triple-double machine, and then fell to the second round.

Obviously the Warriors were a good fit for his skillset, but he wasn’t a “system” player. Draymond would have been a great defender, a plus passer and rebounder, and a leader wherever he ended up, but he just so happened to play with some legends who helped him win some rings.

Green wasn’t “lucky” and Rivers isn’t some bum who couldn’t cut it in the NBA. Both guys have had some misfires in this beef, but everyone loves good NBA drama.

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