Why Chris Webber Would Love to See Draymond Green Return to the Warriors | The Rich Eisen Show

0:00 Aaron, did you hear what Draymond Green had to say on Inside the NBA last night?

0:03 Chris, did you see that?

0:04 Uh the part about uh Barkley not wanting to be him in a in a Rockets uniform.

0:10 What what do you what do you make of that about talking about the end

0:13 of cuz you know Barkley was talking about the end of the Warriors run.

0:17 Um and Draymond had a had a fascinating

0:20 appearance sitting in Shaq's chair last night.

0:22 Yeah.

0:23 What what do you make of that comment in Charles's direction?

0:26 I mean, well, to me, I love watching both of those guys together

0:29 cuz Draymond is one of the most entertaining, you know, guys in the game.

0:32 And so, uh when when I heard him say that, you know,

0:35 I looked at it as a joke, you know,

0:36 cuz I'm sure if we look at some of his statistics uh during those games,

0:41 I'm sure Barkley had some monster games.

0:44 But, one thing Draymond has correct is that I think, you know,

0:47 maybe it compares to an old boxer looking

0:49 at his self because I know a lot of, you know,

0:52 my peers when we look at that last year, uh you know, it's it's kind of hard.

0:58 Your body is different.

0:59 Uh sagging in areas it wouldn't.

1:02 Uh your recuperating time is different.

1:04 And so, you can't have bounce back games

1:06 like you used to after back-to-backs, you know.

1:08 And so, I think what he was saying about Barkley wasn't

1:11 necessarily just the skill cuz Barkley was still killing on the court.

1:15 I'm sure he averaged 18 or or something like that at least.

1:18 Uh but, you know, the the body tells a lot.

1:21 And for Draymond, it was really good to see him, you know,

1:24 kind of reminisce in real time about um the great team,

1:27 you know, that he's been on.

1:29 But, I I I truthfully love the back and forth between him and Austin Reaves.

1:32 So, it's been an entertaining week when it comes to the certainly has.

1:36 No, I know that.

1:37 And and Draymond's going to have a an excellent

1:39 uh second career when he gets there.

1:41 And then that's the conversation right now about the Warriors.

1:43 We'll get to the playoffs in a sec.

1:45 Is, you know, again, how he kind of recalibrated what success might mean if

1:50 everyone does stay together if Steve Kerr does in fact resign.

1:53 And obviously, Curry's not going anywhere.

1:55 And he if they if they continue to run it back

1:58 he said quote whether we win a championship or not I

2:01 think as you get older you have to redefine what is

2:03 success success may not be for us at this point a championship

2:07 he started talking about sellout streaks and he talked about other

2:10 metrics that weren't raising a banner which is something you would

2:14 never have said before um so that that to me was

2:18 the more you know obviously he was trying to have fun

2:21 at Barkley's expense the joke didn't really land but that's the thing

2:24 that jumped out at me from what he said last night

2:27 No I hear you and let let me state this first

2:30 championships matter okay championships matter whether

2:34 you're uh lucky enough to play

2:37 with the best center in the world or whether you're lucky

2:40 enough to have the best coach in the world championships matter

2:44 and and it's so hard to get a championship and I

2:49 think that's where the discussion you know where it kind of goes

2:54 off the rails because the focus should be a championship but I've

3:01 never had respect for championship chases and so Draymond and meaning

3:08 going to any team to team up with anybody to get

3:11 that championship because most of those guys I talked to are

3:13 empty because they're like damn I really didn't contribute the the city

3:16 doesn't even remember that I was on that team because

3:18 I wasn't part of the core and I think what Draymond

3:21 is saying is that if I'm a Golden State fan I know

3:25 the heart that Draymond has I know the heart that uh

3:29 Steph has I didn't want them to trade Klay cuz what

3:32 happened they didn't get better for it and actually when you

3:37 don't get better um off the court you don't get better it's

3:42 like what are you accomplishing and so for me I would

3:46 love to see Draymond retire there that would be a wonderful moment

3:49 I mean you damn near teared up when you saw him

3:52 and um Steph and Steve Kerr getting together in their little semicircle.

3:57 So, I I I really agree like what is that success?

4:00 Is it number of sellouts?

4:02 Is it impacting the community?

4:03 Is it all this because you're going to split

4:05 it up and they won't win a championship next year?

4:07 And 2 years ago Curry probably had, in my opinion, an MVP caliber season.

4:12 So, are you wasting his years trying to go find somebody

4:15 that doesn't fit into this offense that doesn't play that way?

4:19 And so, again, it was interesting to watch Draymond in real time.

4:23 You know you're going to get that honesty.

4:26 Championships matter, and he has the luxury to look and say,

4:29 "Now that we've won our championships, what are are we doing?" Because really,

4:33 if he leaves and other guys leave and they leave it in disarray,

4:36 then it's going to be like a lot of teams

4:38 that have no connectivity to those greats in the past that helped

4:42 set what the tone was in the locker room and how

4:44 to be in that community and and all those things.

4:47 And I think that's what you're seeing from him is is is is the total impact.

4:52 And truthfully, with those guys being together,

4:54 they can pass it off and make sure that whole

4:57 environment is ready for the next generation to come in.

5:01 They're part of, you know, team development.

5:04 They're part of showing the the younger guys what it's

5:07 about cuz when you have that example in real time,

5:09 when they get to practice, how to handle yourself,

5:11 how to get through the tough times.

5:13 That's more player development than any coach can ever do.

5:16 And so, it was really cool hearing him say that.

5:20 why, truthfully, I'm glad that Dame went back to Portland.

5:23 What did Where is he going to go?

5:24 Chase and get criticized in New York for not doing anything.

5:27 So, uh legacies matter.

5:28 Championships matter.

5:30 But, you know, legacies matter.

5:32 Hey, you made it all the way to the end.

5:33 Thanks for that.

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