Warriors Green: Basketball used to be a game for the poor, but now it is a game for the rich children

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green agrees with LeBron James, believing that basketball is swallowed up by too much wealth.

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green loves basketball that he will criticize it forever. In February this year, Green called the NBA All-Star Game "boring", which attracted sharp criticism from NBA legend Oscar Robertson.

Now, the outspoken Greene has made a sharp analysis of the sport from a socio-economic perspective. In his podcast show Barron Davis’ Draymond Greene Show , Greene responds to LeBron James’ recent comments about young basketball players relying too much on coaches rather than their own skills.

Draymond Green agreed with this, stressing that he believes that the basketball game is now like the reverse Robin Hood.

"Basketball used to be a game for the poor...it's now a game for the rich...it's a lack of imagination. Everyone is doing the same thing. I think it's largely because of the existence of the coach."

Green just finished his 12th season with the NBA and the Warriors. Last season, he averaged 9.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.

The Warriors lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals. In addition, Green was shortlisted for the final match of the year's defensive player.

Recently, Green disagreed with James's plan for the playoffs, which will give the team a month offseason. However, on the view that "the game is condoned and deceived", the two agreed.

The most exciting basketball stories originate from bottom-up thinking

Some of the most moving basketball fables are set in a difficult environment. Players see the game as their ticket to get out of trouble and lack of resources.

Draymond Green is one of the children raised in poor families in Saginaw, Michigan. His single mother, Mary Barbers-Green, raised him. When Green was young, he had to work in car washes and restaurants to make a living.

For him, basketball is his exit to a better future.

As for James, his story is full of legend. He was raised by his mother, Gloria James, and lives in a poor area of ​​Akron, Ohio. James was a basketball genius at St. Vincent St. Mary's High School in high school.

Finally, he announced his participation in the NBA in 2003.

And Larry Bird, who grew up in a small rural town in Francelik, Indiana. His parents worked almost day and night. Unfortunately, his father, Joe, committed suicide in 1975 for defaulting on child support.

Basketball is his shelter, accompanying him from place A to place B. These players, and many others, have found their own path through basketball, even though they do not have the basketball equipment they are now at their fingertips.