RIO DE JANEIRO – Go back a couple months and the Draymond Green story is one of inspiration, of a four-year college player and second-round NBA pick with a championship ring, All-Star appearance, enormous contract and community-service award to his name.
Throw in some groin shots (actual and pictorial) and a late-night scuffle and the story changes. Of course, the guy living that story can always think back to five years ago when NBA success and a spot in the Olympics would have been laughable suggestions.
Amid some tense moments Thursday as questions came about Green’s recent Snapchat gaffe — a picture of his private parts, shared publicly rather than privately as he said was intended — he pointed to the larger story that will continue after this rough patch is behind him.