Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green recently made news when by signing on as an analyst with Turner Sports while he is still an active player in the NBA. The 10-year veteran is currently rehabbing from a back injury but when he isn’t on the court, he hosts his own podcast, The Draymond Green Show, for The Volume.
Green was recently a guest on The Old Man and the Three with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter podcast. During the conversation, Green mentioned that one of the toughest challenges in hosting a weekly podcast has been scheduling.
“Scheduling I found is the toughest thing because our schedule is strenuous and you become accustomed to the way things work,” said Green. “We have the crazy schedule and everyone works around that to make things work outside of that. Now, you are the one making it work outside of that.”
While Green enjoys doing TV, he feels that podcasting allows him to get his point across much easier because he doesn’t have to worry about condensing his answers into a specific time frame.
“One of the things I have learned in doing TV is it is so different from podcasting,” explaied Green. “Podcasting, you can go on-and-on with your answer and there’s no time limit and it’s fine. On TV, the producer says you got 20 seconds left, you got 10 seconds left. As much as I love and enjoy that side of things, I am very long-winded.”
As both a player and podcast host, Green has learned that as he prepares to interview a guest, he has to look at such conversations from a different perspective. Just because he can be a great interview for the media, it doesn’t necessarily make him a great interviewer:
“I’m a very curious person. I’ll ask you a million questions,” Green said. “You will probably get sick of me, but I’m going to ask the question until I get the answer. One thing that I have done is watch a bunch of different interviews and not watch it from my perspective, which is the guy doing the interview as a player. I have to watch the interview from the perspective of the person who is conducting the interview.
“The one comparison I came up with is just because you are a good interview doesn’t mean you will be a great interviewer. It’s very similar to just because you are a great basketball player doesn’t mean you are going to be a great coach. That right there alone made me dive deeper into it and want to get good at that because I realize I’m not that good at hosting an interview and I’m trying to get good at it.”
Draymond Green update on his health last night on @NBAonTNT. Said he got shots up yesterday, will see specialist early next week.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 28, 2022
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Green is one of the most entertaining players in the NBA for his personality and has done great work with Turner Sports whenever he has been a guest analyst. It can’t be easy to balance a playing career with being in the media, as well. However, with his injury rehab, it allows him to work his best while also continuing to improve on what should be a good second career for him when his playing days are over.
