Draymond Green is a self-proclaimed “New Media” champion, referring to athletes who use social media and podcasts to manage their narratives. However, the Golden State Warriors forward believes only certain athletes are eligible for the exclusive group. According to Green, younger athletes are not yet established enough to be entertaining podcast hosts, according to Jeff Teague’s “Club 520 Podcast.” “For some of these guys, they be in year three, still trying to figure it out, with a podcast,” Green told me. “I appreciate that you’re doing it, that you’ve discovered something you want to do, but you’re in your third year and you ain’t done s***. “Nobody wants to hear from you.”
Green believes that players should stroll before they run. Lasting
Being a professional hooper is difficult enough on its own, but attempting to ascend in the podcast space makes it virtually impossible. “When I see guys doing it now, I have two thoughts,” Green stated. “A, I admire what you’re doing; I think it’s really cool. But, B, make sure you have the necessary space to do it first. I see some guys starting today, and if you’re trying to make it your main job, that’s fantastic. Go for it. But you’re not in a position right now to try and make it in basketball because you haven’t yet.”
Is Green correct, or should he give the young lads
Draymond Green may have never been a podcaster if he didn’t win rings with the Warriors
chance?
Green went on to say that he believes everyone should be free to express themselves, but his feelings are motivated by concern.
“I’m so happy to watch everyone doing their thing. “I think it’s dope,” Green stated. “But at the same time, I get a little worried that people be trying to do too much too soon.”
Green, who is regarded as a pioneer in the active athlete/podcaster realm, may never have launched his program if he hadn’t first established himself as a future NBA Hall of Famer with the Warriors. In the content business, it’s all about standing out, and the former Defensive Player of the Year’s resume does just that.
However, do all hoopers have to reach that level of excellence before they begin their podcasts? If this is the case, the “New Media” could consist of a small group of elites.
According to Brendon Kleen of Awful Announcing, one writer covering the matter seems puzzled about Green’s criteria.
“For a guy who invented the phrase New Media built around the idea of athletes taking the microphone away from old media, Green’s comments here set a strange boundary on who qualifies to do so,” Kleen said in an email.
Green may have a point about focusing on one thing at a time, but where does the line between qualified and unqualified fall?
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