The Warriors’ victory against the Hornets on the night of Wednesday to Thursday was marked by the reframing of Draymond Green to his own coach, Steve Kerr, in the middle of a game. After the game, the two men returned to the episode.
Soul and lung of the Warriors locker room, Draymond Green is an outstanding leader who is never afraid to speak his mind. In this little game, no one is immune to criticism or pitbull rants, not even… Steve Kerr! During the match finally easily won by Golden State against Charlotte (114-92), Steph Curry and the clique took a long time to get under way, especially in terms of turnovers.
Multiplying the losses of ball in the first act, the men of the Bay ended up disgusting Kerr, who did not hide his dissatisfaction even his disillusioned side in front of so many errors. And if you didn’t notice it in the game, know that Draymond did see it, and he didn’t like it.
Draymond Green hands over ideas to Steve Kerr
Without further ado, Green therefore went to reframe his coach, as he explained:
I had the impression that because of his attitude, we were starting to look like players who have lost the ball too much and who above all don’t want to lose it anymore, rather than playing normally. I went to the coach and said, “Coach, we need your positive body language. You look towards the bench, and it looks like you’ve just buried someone. It’s demoralizing ”.
He said to me, “I’m trying to support you, yes. What am I supposed to do with so many turnovers? I said to him: “Coach, insult us if you want, but if you lower your head, it kills us”. His energy changed after that, and that of our whole team with it, and we won.
An express reframing on the part of the All-Star, who is one of the rare players in the league to be able to behave in this way towards his coach, with whom he has a great relationship of trust. In fact, Steve Kerr echoed his thoughts when asked about the subject:
I was so disgusted with what we were producing on the pitch that I kept complaining, and my body language was not good. I was a little embarrassed when Draymond told me that. I was like, “You know what? You’re right “. It wasn’t my greatest moment as a coach, and it’s good that Draymond reminded me that the players need my energy too ”.
Getting scolded in the middle of a match by one of your players? Not a problem for Steve Kerr, who considers that he was wrong. A dynamic rather rare in the NBA, but which has proven itself in the Bay …
