The reigning NBA champion Draymond Green sat down with Eugene “Big U” Henley to discuss his early upbringing, discovering that his mother only made $17K/year, how the young Warriors reacted to Mark Jackson’s firing in 2014, and why this Warriors’ has never viewed the Los Angeles Lakers as a threat.
Among the topics discussed was how the 32-year-old forward, who is now viewed as one of the pillars for Golden State, became a starter for the Dubs.
“I started some playoff games my second year because David Lee was hurt,” Green said on Checc’n ~ In Podcast with Big U by Caffeine. “But I didn’t really start until my third year. David Lee got hurt in training camp and he was still hurt when the season started.
“I started. I think we started that year 16-2…something like that. When David Lee came back, Steve Kerr said [that] we were going to keep starting the way we were starting. But that’s when I ended up starting.”
