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Draymond Green: 'I became a man at Michigan State'

Not once, but twice, has a career curveball turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to Draymond Green.

His fall down and out of the first round of the 2012 NBA draft -- and into the Warriors' waiting arms -- is the best-known example.But a comparable situation arose in high school, when Green was a four-star prospect from Saginaw (Mich.) High seemingly bound for Kentucky. Then Wildcats coach Tubby Smith abruptly resigned, and Green's future was in doubt.Out of the chaos came a decision that would change his life forever.Smith gave Green a courtesy call before the news broke.