As fans across the Bay Area settled in for the start of the NBA offseason, the Golden State Warriors dropped a video clip on Saturday that highlighted just how far Draymond Green has come since entering the league.
In the short video, Green reads aloud a pre-draft scouting report from his college days at Michigan State.
Evaluators labeled him a "tweener, undersized for a physical four, yet lacks the athleticism of a wing," and concluded he offered "minimal upside" and was "vulnerable defending quicker guards on the perimeter."
By the end of the video, Green couldn't contain himself, simply laughing off the doubters.
As a senior at Michigan State, Green earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors, was named a consensus first-team All-American and led the Spartans to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2012.
That season, he also won Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year and NABC National Player of the Year.
Yet despite all of his collegiate accolades, Green slipped to the second round of the 2012 NBA draft, going 35th overall to Golden State.
What followed was a transformation that few franchises enjoy.
Green quickly cemented himself as the defensive leader of Steve Kerr’s Warriors, whose identity shifted in 2014-15 toward a small-ball, high-pace attack.
Green’s versatility, capable of guarding all five positions, and his playmaking as a "point forward" became hallmarks of Golden State’s so-called "Death Lineup."
Between 2015 and 2022, Green helped the Warriors capture four NBA championships and set a league record with 73 regular season wins in 2016.
Individually, Green is a four-time All-Star, 2017 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, nine-time All-Defensive Team member (five First Team) and led the league in steals in 2017.
