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Draymond Green is one of the most reputable minds in the NBA; his game knowledge is off the charts. During the 2020-21 NBA season, Draymond was seen on ‘Inside the NBA’ dispensing his knowledge about the game.

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Notably, he spoke about his own team, the Golden State Warriors. He talked about how the two guys on his team, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, have the green light to play however they want, and the rest of the roster has to play their role.

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Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are arguably the greatest backcourts of all time. During their dynamic run in the past decade, the Splash Bros’ have established their role in the team. The duo has the greenest of green lights to pull the trigger on any shot that they feel is right. Steph and Klay are not alien to taking deep and contested threes. Another player in the league would be questioned for the shot quality, but the Splash Bros have earned it. The 2021-22 season saw players adjust to different roles, and that is exactly what Draymond spoke about.

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Clutch points tweeted out a Draymond take on Curry, Klay, and role players. He spoke to a bunch of amateur basketball players at a camp about the importance of the other 13 guys on the roster. The 2021-22 season saw Jordan Poole, an up-and-coming starter, assume a bench role, and Andre Iguodala, a former FMVP, took an Udonis Haslem-like veteran coach position in the team. The Warriors found success in their role players like Gary Payton Jr and Juan-Toscano Anderson. 

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Draymond Green rants about Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and role players

Green understands the importance of role players. When KD was playing for the warriors, his shot attempts were significantly less than they were during his Thunder days. Green essentially said that when you play with two of the best shooters in history, everybody on the roster should assume their role. This is exactly what he explained to NBA aspirants in a recent video.

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Green said, “At the end of the day, motherf**kers gotta play a role in the NBA. It’s 2 motherf**kers on the team that can do what the f**k they wanna do. And 13 other motherf**kers that gotta play a role.”

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Clearly, Green understands how important it is to round, screen, and support your star players.

Klay Thompson once told Green why he gets paid by the Warriors

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An average Warriors game would probably see a few bizarre and deep shots from Klay Thompson. At times, Green would pester Klay about his shot quality. However, Klay Thompson once reminded Green why he has been given the green light to do whatever he wants on the team. 

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Green once said, “Klay, stop taking those dumb shots; why would you take that shot?’  To that, Klay replied, ‘Dog, they pay me to shoot the ball.”

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Klay and Steph are two of the most lethal shooters ever. It only makes sense why Green feels that the other 13 players must learn to play their roles around a generational duo like them.

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Shrey Gupta is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. He is currently a third year undergraduate student at Krea University in Andhra Pradesh earning his degree in Economics, while also creating content for ES and gaining his first experience in the field of sports journalism and writing. An avid basketball fan, his current favorites are Stephen Curry and D'Angelo Russell. Shrey's hobbies include a love for music and playing the guitar. He is also a published author and poet, having published a book called Sixteen: The Fall and the Rise.

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