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Draymond Green plays every basketball game with a chip on his shoulder, like every head-to-head battle will be the last one on Earth.
And perhaps on Tuesday, we got a small glimpse, or at least one event, into what has shaped Draymond's mindset into becoming one of the NBA's best players.
In a revealing profile written by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, there's an anecdote from his assistant coach at Saginaw High School, Bruce Simmons, where Draymond called him after a game against Ohio State his freshman year and told him he intended to leave Michigan State and transfer to another school.