Warriors Champion Reveals Unseen Side of Draymond Green
From the outside perspective, Draymond Green has a pretty negative reputation. He's known for fighting on the court, hitting his teammates, dirty plays, and technical fouls. Off the court, his teammates know him for something different entirely.
During an episode of the Run Your Race Podcast, Green's former teammate Jordan Bell revealed what Green is actually like as a teammate. Someone who was actually caring enough to buy a young Jordan Bell five suits in China.
"We went to China and I'm sitting in my seat and he's upstairs on like, you know, it's a big plane," Bell said. "So he goes, 'Come up here, rook.' I always loved doing the rookie sh*t so when he called me, I went running and was like 'Yo, you need something? Can I bring you a water or anything'" and he just handed me a laptop, an iPad, a remote control, like to games, you know, he put games and stuff on there. I was like, damn, like, this dude don't know me and he's just taking care of me already. We got to China. We have to wear suits to like the events and I was like, I didn't, I don't have anything. I came from college, we didn't have to do that. He bought me five suits in China."
The moments that Jordan Bell describes are the moments that fans will never see of Draymond Green. They're the type of stories that need to be told in order to see what his character is truly like. In fact, Draymond Green still checks on Jordan Bell to this day.
"Like, Draymond always took care of me and even to this day, he still checks in constantly even now for my son," Bell said. "Like, when I had my son he was like, yo, like, make sure you touch them and pick them up and you know, skin to skin. Before I didn't know what that was, like I had heard about it but I'm thinking that's when you first give birth, but no he's giving me details on like life, basketball."
Stories like these are why it's so important for players to have podcasts and interviews. NBA fans will always only see one part of a player, and the whole picture will be painted by those who can actually see the other perspective.
