Bob Myers on Draymond Green: 'You've made your mistake in Game 10, so now you can't make any more'

“The best thing about Draymond and the thing people may not know, at least my relationship with Draymond, he will listen,” Myers said. “He does listen. If I ever felt like he wasn’t listening, I wouldn’t waste my time. But he will listen. I think that’s the misconception with Draymond — (that) he doesn’t listen to what anybody says, just does what he wants. I think he listens, but he still makes mistakes. And so if I ever felt like in my relationship with him he stopped listening or I wasn’t getting through or he felt like he knew everything, then I would have said years ago, ‘It’s not worth my time, he’s not going to listen to me, he’s not going to listen to anybody.’ -via The Athletic / November 18, 2023

“What I would do is keep trying and just say, ‘Look, I know who you are and I think you’re better than these things that happen; that’s not you.’ And many people against him would say yes. And I would say you don’t even know him. I kinda know him. … I always try to approach it from, ‘I’m not going to abandon you now. I’m not going to dump out of it now.’ … “This is where you lean on your relationships. This is where Steve having coached Draymond for as long as he has (is valuable), and Steph and Klay having played with him (for so long), where they just say, ‘This is not who we are, that’s not who you are. Let’s be a proud brand, let’s represent the team in a way that it deserves.’” -via The Athletic / November 18, 2023

Barry declined to respond when Mail Sport asked if candidates included current analysts or players.  However, TNT Sports has previously used controversial Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green in an on-air role, and New York Post sports media columnist Andrew Marchand previously named the suspended 33-year-old as Barkley’s ‘heir apparent.’ -via Daily Mail / November 18, 2023