Draymond Green Reveals Untold LeBron James Story

Draymond has had some great battles with LeBron

Joey Linn | Jun 7, 2022

USA Today

Business partners off the court, LeBron James and Draymond Green have turned their rivalry into a friendship. The Warriors and Cavaliers faced off each year in the NBA Finals from 2015-2018, with of course Draymond and LeBron being on opposing teams for those battles. While their rivalry was seemingly one of the more contentious in the league during those years, the energy has since shifted. That said, there are still some untold stories about the peak of their rivalry, and Draymond recently shared one of those.

When asked about some of his trash talk to Grant Williams, that referenced an answer Williams gave about his personal Draymond Green fandom, Draymond told the story of a similar situation he had with LeBron James.

"LeBron James, when I was wearing LeBron James sneakers in my first 1, 2, 3 years and playing against him, he didn't throw it in my face like, dude you got on my sneakers. Because it's just not something you do. But once he start going at me, and it got chippy... then you just go wherever you gotta go."

Draymond seemed to indicate that LeBron never threw it in Draymond's face that he was wearing LeBron's sneakers, until the two got chippy with one another, making the remark fair game. The story from Draymond was to provide context into his exchange with Grant Williams, where Draymond said, "You're not me, you want to be me." This trash talk from Draymond came after Williams said he grew up a fan of Green, even bragging to his friends at school following Golden State's 2015 title.

As Draymond also mentioned, he didn't break out that trash talk against Williams in Game 1, since Williams himself wasn't talking trash; however, much like the LeBron James story Draymond shared, the veteran forward felt it was fair game once Williams engaged in some trash talk of his own.

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Published Jun 7, 2022

JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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