Don't give face! Wiggins and the other three politely refused Green's lobbying To chase dreams: Their failure to play in the dunk game made me angry

The roster for the 2022 All-Star Dunk Contest was announced, and Warriors player Juan Toscano Anderson was one of four contestants, along with Cole Anthony, Jaylen Green and Obi Topin. Draymond Green broke the news on his podcast that he had lobbied four Warriors to compete, but 3 of them refused.

"My little brother Tuscano Anderson is going to the dunk contest this year, which is fun because a few days ago he was still hesitating if he should participate," Green revealed, "I told him, if you don't go, it's really silly, because there's almost no bigger stage than this, and only the Finals stage is bigger than the All-Stars, and you can't guarantee that you'll play the Finals." So, why not take part in the dunk contest? Everybody will watch All-Star Weekend, everybody will watch your performance. ”

Green revealed that he also lobbied Andrew Wiggins, Cumminga and Gary Payton Jr., all of whom have staged blockbuster dunks this season, but they all rejected Green.

"Wiggins obviously has athletic talent, but he doesn't want to participate, and he told me he wasn't in the right shape to play in the dunk contest," Green said, "and I said to him, 'Please, a few weeks ago I saw you dunk over the basket, and you're telling me you can't dunk now.'" ’”

"I also talked to Payton Jr. and I asked him why he didn't play in the dunk contest, and he said he only had regular dunks that he could bounce that strongly. I told him that if you bring in your dad Gary Payton, you can get 40 or 50 points, and then you have a perfect dunk. If Old Payton throws you an empty pass that smashes the rebound, it's a perfect dunk. Stephen Curry also went to the All-Star Game anyway, maybe you can help Rakuri, which is another perfect dunk. However, Little Payton refused, and he did not want to participate. ”

"Then I texted Cumminga and said, why don't you, the rookie, participate in the dunk contest. I talked to him about the significance of the stage, but he told me that he couldn't play fancy dunks, and his bounces were really strong, but he couldn't play fancy dunks. I told him, you go find a dunk coach, you can do some dunks that you can do and you don't know you can do. ”

Green was "grumpy" about being rejected by three teammates, joking about the show: "I want a few of them to listen to the show because I'm angry that they refused to play in the dunk contest, we could have had 4 Warriors players in the dunk contest." ”