Draymond Green Credits LeBron James For Opening Doors For Athletes

LeBron James is one of the greatest basketball players, and his influence extends outside the basketball court. King James has been successful in many off-court areas. Draymond Green knows it best.

“It has a lot of people talking and obviously that’s a huge and large credit to Lebron James,” Green said. “You know, with what he’s done in his career that’s kind of shown everybody else the power that you have as a player. And that’s, you know, that’s why you saw the movement this year is because the athlete, the basketball players have taken control of their own future. We’ve taken control of our destiny. And I think a lot of people hate that but I think that’s one of – you know, everybody celebrates Lebron for his basketball career and the things he’s been able to accomplish. I think the doors that he’s opened for athletes and especially basketball players is his biggest accomplishment.”

Green became part of Klutch Sports, and he doesn’t hide his reasons to sign with LeBron’s agency.

“It’s impossible to say LeBron played no part in me joining Klutch, simply because he has been Klutch since the beginning,” Green said. “He’s essentially a founding partner. I’ve already had a relationship with LeBron for years, so it’s always good to be able to do business with family that’s going about their business in the right fashion and getting things done. But as far as recruiting me — no, LeBron didn’t recruit me at all.”

“Klutch is a cutting-edge company, it’s a pure environment, and I’ve grown to know Rich over the years. We’ve become very close. When you really take a step back and actually study what is going on, he checks every box that a player would want in an agent. So, why not? Some are afraid of what people will think or what will be said. That’s not the case for me.”

Green was one of the many athletes who felt bad for not seeing LeBron in the finals.

“It’s just weird,” he said at the time. “More as a basketball fan than anything: ‘Damn, Bron not there.’ It’s super weird. You always relish the opportunity to play against a talent like that. It’s just weird to look over there to know that you’re going to play someone completely different. It’s kind of a mindf—.”

Green and LeBron may be playing on different teams, but he is well aware of LeBron’s dominance on the field.

…. “I think you should say that,” he said in August. “I think you should believe that. And you should definitely let the world know that. I think Bron over the last four years became LeBron James. And it wasn’t nothing to do with winning and it wasn’t nothing to do with stats. He found himself.

“People didn’t start to view him as they view him now, until he became that force, that man to say, ‘I’m here.’ I feel like for years, he shied away from saying ‘I’m here.’ And when he started to say, ‘F*** you all, I’m here.’ That’s when he became who he is, and no one would ever said that until he did it himself.”