Draymond Green Quotes

I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it.

The advent of so much dribbling has created a different kind of player, and it starts at a very early age. We have so many gifted ball handlers. Everything is pick-and-roll. Unless he's a catch-and-shoot guy, a player is going to put it on the floor and attack. Kevin Durant is a wonderful ball handler.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

There's a lot of bad habits a lot of guys have now in the NBA and in college, so there's only one way to get them started right and that's to go back to the roots.

You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.

I have really good legs for jumping. I have terrible ankles for landing. I wasn't as good fundamentally as John Stockton or Steve Nash, so I had to play like an athlete, in the air all the time, coming down in vulnerable positions.

Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don't work on it - at least get some shots up or dribble the ball.

Everybody in the NBA works on their game. I just tried to follow that lead when I was in high school, college - and now.

Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.

Really I can do everything on the court: pass, shoot, dribble, score.

Growing up, a lot of my shots came off of me dribbling and shooting it.

Besides shooting, I think I need to work on everything. I need to get stronger, quicker, work on my ballhandling, and develop a go-to move.

I can play three positions - five in college - but realistically three in the NBA.

Your big has to be able to make 'em pay from the perimeter.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

My dream is to play in the NBA.

It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.

I want to go to the NBA and be an All-Star, to be honest with you.

I'm so excited to play with Udonis Haslem.

In high school, AAU, even prep school, I didn't really know how to play basketball. It was kind of like, 'Let's throw the balls out, go get buckets, just score, and go play.'

LeBron is one of the greats. He's going to hit tough shots. You have to be able to live with them and limit everyone else around him.