Draymond Green has a lot of things that haven’t changed since 2015, such as defense and candid personality.
However, the player who raised the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the first time seven years ago is not the same as the player who is now the fourth, Green told reporters after Wednesday’s practice.
Now 32 years old and having three young children at home, the three-time NBA champion lives a completely different life than his third year professional life. This helped me understand the little things in this final. Around it.
“No. When asked if the Warriors would be grateful for the moment they entered the finals in 2015,” Green said, “It’s all just a blur.” flow. My life in 2015 was completely different than it is now. I essentially didn’t have my own family. Children, wives you know. I was like a boy who was still growing up. “
For example, Green didn’t like to take pictures, but was immediately indignant at all the cameras that appeared on his face as the first young star in the final. Now he jumps at the chance to save these precious memories.
“… When you grow up and understand them, they aren’t promised, you don’t take these things for granted, and you’re probably closer to the end than the beginning. I try to understand, “he said. “In contrast to those days, what you have at these moments now is a completely different gratitude.”
Green has played in his sixth final in the last eight seasons and took a two-year winding break before this year’s match, but realized that he wasn’t always given the chance to win the title. .. The finals are the pinnacle of basketball excellence, and it’s an honor to have a hard time achieving it.
After the Warriors Defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 4 At TD Garden, Green’s family met him on the courtside to congratulate him. His children Olive, Draymond Jr., and Cash wore matching jackets on their backs with the name of their beloved dad.
2022, Family is everything for Green..
“It’s very important to share with your two daughters, wife, mother and friends, not just your son,” Green said Wednesday. “If you ask me during a five-year run three or five years ago, I think it’s normal to get to this position. And two years later, you guarantee it. It’s not done, and you realize that something can happen in the blink of an eye that changes everything.
“So you just understand that these opportunities aren’t frequent. And when you do, you have to enjoy them, accept them, and share them with the people you love. Must …
On Thursday, the Greens and Warriors will attack TD Garden Court with a three-game vs. two-series lead.
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Dubnation can be relieved in the golden state You can finish the final When you lift the Larry O’Brien Trophy again, Green takes a lot of pictures.
“This is the pinnacle of basketball. It can never be bigger than the NBA Finals,” Green said. “I just share these moments with my family, especially my kids. They are 7, 5 and 1 years old. You want pictures. Remember this when they were 15 years old I hope.
“But just having these moments at the top of our career is hard to describe in words, it’s great.”
