--- title: Draymond Green Learns More From WNBA Than The NBA description: Draymond Green revealed in an interview with 'Sports Illustrated' that he learns more from the WNBA than his own league. canonical: https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-19T19:07:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:34.072Z og:title: Draymond Green Learns More From the WNBA Than the NBA og:description: Here's to the ladies. og:url: https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5bc0eb3ceae1411/69889402ab6d7742866a9c35/draymond-green-learns-more-from-wnba.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Oklahoma City Thunder v Golden State Warriors - Game Two og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Draymond Green Learns More From the WNBA Than the NBA twitter:description: Here's to the ladies. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5bc0eb3ceae1411/69889402ab6d7742866a9c35/draymond-green-learns-more-from-wnba.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NBA Star Draymond Green Learns More From the WNBA Than His Own League  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2016 7:07 PM UTC  OAKLAND, CA - MAY 18: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors talks to the media during a press conference (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images) OAKLAND, CA - MAY 18: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors talks to the media during a press conference (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)Layne Murdoch—NBAE/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2016 7:07 PM UTC [Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green](http://time.com/3923874/golden-state-warriors-nba-champions/?iid=sr-link4) has discovered the secret to upping his game on the court — and it’s by watching women’s basketball. In a new interview with [_Sports Illustrated_](http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/16/draymond-green-warriors-michigan-state-stephen-curry-steve-kerr-nba-playoffs)_,_ Green shared that he learns more from the ladies of the WNBA than from the counterparts in his own league. “In the NBA there’s always a guy who is only around because he can jump,” Green said. “He doesn’t have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake.” Green’s remark parallels a soundbite from when fellow NBA baller [Blake Griffin](http://time.com/3934759/blake-griffin-uber/) guest starred on Comedy Central’s [_Broad City_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUARot98zQ) earlier this year. Griffin played himself on the show and told main character Ilana that the WNBA was “so good. I literally steal moves from them all the time.” He then goes on to tell her, “Some of the moves they do, I can’t even — like — I can’t even think of in my head. It’s just like the best version of basketball there is.” The ladies of the WNBA were already killing the game before two of the NBA’s biggest stars gave them shout-outs, but here’s hoping that it leads to giving these women the recognition that they deserve. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/"},"headline":"NBA Star Draymond Green Learns More From the WNBA Than His Own League","datePublished":"2016-05-19T19:07:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:34.072Z","description":"Here's to the ladies.","url":"https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","NBA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5bc0eb3ceae1411/69889402ab6d7742866a9c35/draymond-green-learns-more-from-wnba.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5bc0eb3ceae1411/69889402ab6d7742866a9c35/draymond-green-learns-more-from-wnba.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oklahoma City Thunder v Golden State Warriors - Game Two","caption":"Oklahoma City Thunder v Golden State Warriors - Game Two","creditText":"Layne Murdoch—NBAE/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/","name":"NBA Star Draymond Green Learns More From the WNBA Than His Own League"}}]}] ```