Players these days are just to buddy-buddy. Players these days have been at all of the same camps and now they work together both on and off the court. These are just a few of the complaints that have been levied against the current era of the NBA, led by LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry. But Curry’s teammate Draymond Green, who is also represented by Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, believes that history shows a few of those myths to be untrue.
While it is absolutely a fact that players these days have benefited from the league’s increasing financial power, many of the trappings of the NBA remain, as laid bare by the first episode of “The Last Dance,” a documentary about Michael Jordan that aired this weekend on ESPN. In the first episode, Jordan, known to the basketball world as the greatest competitor its ever seen, plays golf in-between playoff games with Boston Celtics guard Danny Ainge. This struck Draymond as a hilarious part in the story, given Jordan’s reputation and the projecting often done on Draymond’s own era by players from the past and fans who won’t let go of it.
Draymond was a guest on UNINTERRUPTED’s After Party show, which followed “The Last Dance.”
Draymond on MJ golfing with Danny Ainge before a playoff game pic.twitter.com/qZqtILvcFF
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Nobody is questioning Jordan’s competitiveness, but just because we are more aware of the friendships that NBA players have with each other that are made in competition, doesn’t mean it’s more prevalent now than it ever was before. Everyone gets paid more, yes. But it’s not as if everyone is more friendly now just because of the money.
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