Tag: Rico Hines

Watch: Warriors’ Draymond Green going to work in offseason run

Draymond Green was back on the court for some pick-up during the offseason.

After adding his fourth championship ring to his already decorated trophy case that includes multiple nods to the All-NBA defensive team, All-Star games and a Defensive Player of the Year award, Draymond Green is back in the gym getting ready for the 2022-23 NBA season.

The Golden State Warriors forward was recently working out and playing at Rico Hines’ offseason run with fellow NBA players. Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Lou Williams and Kenyon Martin Jr. were on the court playing with Green.

During the offseason run, Green showed off his full bag of skills. The four-time champ hit a few jumpers from beyond the arc along with some buckets at the rim. Green also flashed his passing ability, hitting players all around the court. Watch highlights from Green’s

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This is Hines’ first season with the …

This is Hines’ first season with the Kings, but he is hardly new to working with the best basketball players in the world. His sessions at UCLA over the past few summers have become where players need to be if they want to get in some serious work in the offseason and not settle for random pickup basketball. James Harden, Kevin Durant and Pascal Siakam are a small sampling of players who work with Hines. The Kings’ Marvin Bagley III and Buddy Hield are also among those who take part in this generation’s famed UCLA runs, ones which were once dominated by the likes of Magic Johnson.

Now Hines is one of the most respected …

Now Hines is one of the most respected names in basketball, and one the Kings are happy to have on staff. When the Kings went from perennial playoff team to regular lottery participant, one of the biggest knocks on the organization was its poor track record with player development. One reason prospects and agents did not want any part of the Kings was young players rarely seemed to improve in Sacramento. Their use of the G League wasn’t ideal, as the distance between the Kings and the then Reno Bighorns made it tough to coordinate player development as well.