Draymond Green Discusses How His Life Was Negatively Affected by Public Backlash

Draymond Green has frequently attracted criticism on social media because of his numerous on-court theatrics, but many athletes receive criticism for subpar games. However, he now seems to be starting to realize how his actions might affect people more broadly.

Although his family has been worn down by his emotional inclinations and their ramifications, the former Defensive Player of the Year has never been scared to be himself. Green acknowledged that because his games generate worry, his mother no longer watches them. He emphasized that although his mother would stop at nothing to help him, she feels she has already seen her son achieve all of his goals.

Draymond Green talks about the public backlash affecting him

After 13 years of working, Green is more worried about the impact it has had on his family, particularly his wife.

As said by Green on The Pivot Podcast: “People attacking my wife because I got into it with somebody on the court,”

 “She got to cut her comments off. People telling her, ‘I know you getting beat at home.’ All this stuff … And I saw the weight that it was putting on her. I could see it, her carrying it. And she gonna ride, so she riding it. But I’m someone, if I’m in your life, I take on your s**t.”

“When I realize that, d**n, I’m causing them s**t and I ain’t able to take it on because I caused it, it was crushing me,” Green continued. “Because I don’t put my s**t on nobody. I take my s**t on the chin, and I take your s**t, and your s**t, and your s**t on, too. I’mma be there for you like that.”

“Because now, you know, my kids going to school, my kids coming home, like, ‘Daddy, they said you did this’ and I’m like, d**n. I work my whole life so these kids can have the best. So that they don’t have to experience what I experienced,”

“Like, I go to work. I work my a** off so that I can provide something for them that was never provided for me. And I’m affecting them negatively,”

The four-time champion emphasized that he never takes on the struggles of others, but rather the other way around. He asserted that he is suited for that role and seldom need the assistance in return, but the consequences are now weighing heavily on his conscience.

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