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NBA Courtside: Danny Green says if Kawhi Leonard won the 2020 bubble championship they wouldn’t call it a Mickey Mouse ring “They would give them way more respect because it’s Bron because of the Lakers people going to find a way to hate on it. If we had to play them in the playoffs like that series everybody wanted to see. We matched up and they beat us they’d be like oh that’s would have happened in regular season it’s fair and square. Even if Miami would have won like oh they the best team that year. Because the Lakers won even though we’re the best team in the fu*king league that year it was like we’re gonna discredit it”
Danny Green on Paul George: The defensive side, that's what's most impressive to me. Like even though he's not putting up big numbers, there's plays he's involved in where he's getting a deflection or a steal, starting the fast break… For him to still be locked in… because there's a plenty like a ton of guys out there that we know if they're not getting the ball or scoring, they not gonna be playing defense. So, for him at this stage of his career to embrace that role and still be like, ‘All right, I'm cool. I don't need to score’, to still find ways to make winning plays or play defense I think that's big for them. And he's going to be clutch for them in the playoffs if they match up with certain teams. That veteran leadership is going to help a lot.
Danny Green on Lakers COVID title: They called it Mickey Mouse ring, but somebody had to win and we had to play and beat teams four times regardless if it was a bubble or not. And it wasn't easy and regardless of the fact we were the best team in the league that year, the Clippers were the only problem that we had honestly. So even if it wasn't a bubble year, I feel like we still would have won. Q: I think the Clippers were favored to win in the bubble, weren't they? Green: I think they lost the 3-1 series. Denver came back. But Denver again! The teams that people saying got lucky, these were good teams. Denver went to they won a championship after that. Miami went to the finals another year after that. So like it wasn't no flukes.
Danny Green on Kawhi Leonard: Do I think he surpassed Kobe Bryant? No. The body of work that Kobe has done and again… I think he had the tools (to surpass him) if he had stayed healthy. He was one of the best two-way players I've seen play the game. He had injuries that that definitely hurt him. He hasn't played a lot of years. Started focusing more on off court stuff and didn't do as much taking on the challenge defensively. Hasn't won as much. Kobe's got five rings. He's played for 20 years. Kawhi's played probably half that time. As a body work, there's no comparison at all. Now, if you're looking at skill work, Kawhi is one of the most amazing improvements I've ever seen in my life. Like a guy that you'd never seen coming was when he came in to San Antonio, I didn't think he'd be great. Like, he had big shoulders, big hand. I didn't think he would develop into what he is now. So, what they developed him into, unbelievable.
Danny Green: If I'm Giannis Antetokounmpo, I'm looking where I can extend my career and will play the longest and also win. He should really be taking San Antonio into consideration. If he's alongside Wemby and company, they have a lot of pieces and picks to be able to do it. I know Miami is one of the teams that's looking to get him. It's a good city where kind of fair on the State taxes, so you're going to save more of your money there. And it's a major market. I know Toronto is another good city for him that would fit. And some people play with the idea which I would hate to see this, but they could do it. I mean, OKC could do it. They have everybody's picks. They have a lot of pieces. It would make them an unbelievable super team, but nobody wants to see the Durant-Warriors thing all over again. I would think for him like to make his own or have his own path and not just jump on a championship team. He should be considering like San Antonio, Miami, Toronto, like those three teams could be and also Detroit, him and Cade Cunningham could be a nice little mix if they can keep Jalen Duren.
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Oh No He Didn't: Danny Green on Cade: "I'm thinking SGA. He's looking like the SGA of the east to me, playing at his own pace, taking his time. What's more impressive to me is how they've gotten wins with him out of the lineup. Question can they win 28 (in a row)? That'll be impressive. If they do that, Cade Cunningham, he might be MVP"
Danny Green on Cade:
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) November 19, 2025
"I'm thinking SGA. He's looking like the SGA of the east to me, playing at his own pace, taking his time. What's more impressive to me is how they've gotten wins with him out of the lineup. Question can they win 28 (in a row)? That'll be impressive. If they… pic.twitter.com/nez3KPKNMm
Dan Woike: Danny Green will be filling in for Stu Lantz tonight as he continues to recover from a medical procedure. He’s doing well and should be back by the season opener.
According to former NBA player Danny Green, he decided to leave Denver despite not having a specific team interested in him because of the Nuggets game plan for him this year. "From what I heard is that they were not planning to play him at all this year, even behind certain guys that he should be above," Green said on his podcast, Inside the Green Room.
Danny Green on 2020 title: “We enjoyed the time, but said also was short-lived because the next season circled right around the next six weeks. We won in like mid October and then early December was like, "All right, we got to get back to work because we got to get this thing rolling by Christmas… (…) It was more relief than celebrating it, finally we're done, we can get out of here. I couldn't imagine losing and having to go that far, be there for that long. I'd be highly upset. It was more of a relief winning it than it was like a celebration of like, "Oh, we achieved something." It was like, "Damn, we get to go home finally."
There’s a conversation that Stephen A. Smith started. He’s saying that people don’t want to go to Memphis because it’s dangerous — like it’s a gang-gang over there, right? Danny Green: Yeah, I mean, he’s not far off. I don’t think that’s the reason why, though. I just don’t think it’s a destination city. Nashville is one of the cities that people enjoy. Memphis — it is in Tennessee, so you get a tax cut. Like, it’s good on taxes. But it’s just not a city that’s pretty, I guess. Host: You played there. Do you get that danger vibe? Danny Green: Nah. In certain areas, you’ve got to be careful. But I didn’t think it was the most dangerous. I also played in Philly. Exactly. There are so many cities in America. Like, I think — yeah, if they know you, they respect you. If you know what you're doing, know where you're going — obviously don’t do silly things. Don’t go into certain places by yourself at certain times of day or night. But the city usually respects the players.
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Which isn’t to say Green doesn’t also appreciate Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Canadian who won league MVP this year. “I love the fact that he still, he reminds me of Kobe (Bryant). He still does a lot in the mid-range and a lot of footwork and fundamentals,” Green said. “A lot of people are not happy or disappointed with how many threes are being taken and that we don’t have traditional back-to-the-basket games anymore, post-ups and go with big men, and have mid-range games. And it was kind of being pushed out of the game and becoming obsolete. “So the fact that (Gilgeous-Alexander and others), they mix up their game and they make sure that they continue to not only improve, but show how important it is to be able to score on all levels, to be able to defend and to do all the other little things that matter, outside of shooting the ball from the three-point line.”
“All these guys have a chip on their shoulder and exterior motivations from people that have always doubted them and criticized them,” Green told Postmedia on a recent video call. “So to see (the Pacers) kind of shut those people up and make it to where they are, I couldn’t be happier for the group,” he said after also comparing them to his Raptors team that wasn’t expected to even make it to the final round, let alone win the championship. “Because I was one of those guys that was always doubted as well. So I know the similar criticism that they’re getting.”
“It’s great,” Green said of Siakam getting back to the biggest stage six years after Toronto’s win (Green himself went five years between going twice for San Antonio and his return with Toronto, then also made it the next year with the Los Angeles Lakers). “A lot of people were, I wouldn’t say doubting him, but they just were so quote/unquote disappointed that he was not becoming the No. 1 option they expected to be when he went to Indiana (in a trade from the Raptors), and for them all to beat the odds.
"We had LaMarcus Aldridge on the show last year. He kind of detailed—low-key—the falling out between Pop and Kawhi. Did you see that up close and personal? What was your take?" Danny Green: "I saw some of what was happening. I never—till this day—asked Kawhi, between me and him, what happened. I’ve heard from other people about things that went down, and I can give you my version—my mathematics—of what I think happened." "I think his uncle had a lot to do with what was going on. A lot of influence. And I think once his uncle saw some things he didn’t like—it was like, 'Alright, we’re not doing this. We’re not going to deal with this.' You know, in San Antonio, they don’t treat anybody like superstars. And I think Kawhi’s uncle—rightfully so—believed he should’ve been treated like one. But Timmy didn’t care. Timmy never asked for that treatment, so Pop never had to treat him like a superstar."