Draymond Green and Darius Acuff Jr. both break down their viral preseason chat, as the veteran’s advice lands with the Kings rookie.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Matisse Thybulle (26) defends Sacramento Kings guard Darius Acuff Jr. (5) in the first half at Crypto.com Arena.
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During the Lakers-Warriors preseason matchup, Draymond Green and Darius Acuff Jr. shared an interaction that has gone viral on social media. The interaction was positive: Green gave the Kings' rookie some tips before he returned to the game. Green spoke about the moment on his podcast.
“I saw something in that game: he had the ball the entire possession…my advice to him was just, ‘Hey man, you remember that possession? … who else touched the ball that possession?', he's like ‘nobody' and I was like ‘don't have many of those' because you can end up having a bunch of those with the Sacramento Kings this year and a few things can happen, you can get guys start plotting against you, guys that don't really wanna see you do well, guys that start bickering on the side to other guys…you can get guys that get upset like ‘aahh man they wanna give this rookie this, they wanna do that, f*ck that!'… and so for me when I saw that, I just wanted to give him a little game about that,” Green said on a recent edition of his podcast, The Draymond Green Show.
When asked about the cup in the moment, he didn't have much to say publicly about the conversation, but Green's message as a veteran was heard loud and clear.
“Yeah, he was telling me to read the game a little more. He's seen the possession. He was like…I'm going to keep it between us, of course…but Draymond, he's my dog, man. He looks out. He's playing against, but he's also watching the game, trying to teach me. I was listening to him. We were having a little chat back and forth. He saw something, he told me, and I agreed with him. Like I said, that's my dog, the Michigan connection, and it was great to be out there to play against him and compete.”
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During the Lakers-Warriors preseason matchup, Draymond Green and Darius Acuff Jr. shared an interaction that has gone viral on social media. The interaction was positive: Green gave the Kings' rookie some tips before he returned to the game. Green spoke about the moment on his podcast.