ESPN- (Draymond Green) also dropped more than 25 pounds after a midseason intervention from Golden State general manager Bob Myers.
"Bob said, 'If we're going to win a championship, you have to get in shape,'" Green says. "I was like, 'Oh, I know. I'm fat as hell right now. Give me two weeks. It will probably take 10 days, but give me two weeks for sure and I'll be good. "'My birthday is March 4, so I want to enjoy my birthday, but right after, on March 10, my diet starts.'" Green cut out all his vices. Chips, red wine, fast food. All gone. He ate exactly what his chef told him to. He lived in the training room, lifting weights and doing extra cardio. And then when he got the weight off, he decided to stick with the diet. "When I went on this diet, it's like a sense of control, and it's confidence because you feel like you're conquering something," Green says. "You're defeating something every day." "Having that control, it carries over to other areas in your life. We all love to eat. We all enjoy the things that we enjoy. If I can conquer that and not do that, why can't I conquer my emotions, too? Well, maybe I can f---ing conquer my emotions! Maybe I can conquer anything else! And so I think honestly that has really helped put me in a different state." ------ I don't want to completely dismiss the mini, late-season makeover that Draymond Green was discipline enough to undergo in getting himself back into the type of shape required for him to showcase his full skill-set. Twenty-five pounds is twenty-five pounds, and in dropping them so suddenly the lynchpin to what Warriors are able to do on both the offensive and defensive end made himself back into the type of versatile, impact player that has enabled his team to endure a postseason injury to a back-to-back Finals MVP. That being said, I do wonder exactly how much credit I should be giving to a player who has made it well-known that he eventually intends to sign a max contract, yet had to be told to his face by his boss to mix in a salad and act like a pro 5 months into the season. The picture that's being painted is of someone who, quite literally, let himself get so saturated off 'Ships and chips that the pounds quickly melted off once he put an ounce of commitment back into his craft. That's probably a bit of an exaggeration, but I don't know that I should be bowing at the feet of a professional athlete for being "fat as hell" (his words, not mine) a little over a month prior to the playoffs and STILL allowing himself another cheat week because he's a basic bitch when it comes to celebrating his birthday. Draymond Green went on a goddamn wedding diet and did the hard work necessary to make an undeniable difference when it has mattered most, so credit to him for that. That said, the biggest takeaway from this story isn't him cramming in his conditioning prior to the big test, but rather that he spent well over a semester treating his body like that of a college kid because the regular season is that much of a complete and utter joke to the Golden State Warriors.
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