{"id":476669,"date":"2025-12-31T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=476669"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:54:51","slug":"dray-green-calls-christmas-day-games-a-double-edged-sword-playing-on-christmas-also-fcking-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dray-green-calls-christmas-day-games-a-double-edged-sword-playing-on-christmas-also-fcking-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dray. Green Calls Christmas Day Games a Double-Edged Sword: Playing on Christmas Also F*cking Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over his 14-year NBA career, Draymond Green<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has become a familiar presence on Christmas Day, having played in 11 games on the league\u2019s most high-profile holiday slate. While acknowledging the prestige that comes with those matchups, the four-time NBA champion made it clear that the experience is far from entirely positive.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the latest episode of The Draymond Green Show<\/em><\/a>, the Golden State Warriors<\/span><\/span><\/strong> star did not hold back when describing the downside of playing on Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo play on a day where everybody\u2019s watching, it\u2019s incredible. All of those things are great,\u201d Green said. \u201cBut two things can be true at once: playing on Christmas Day also f*cking sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green explained that the issue goes beyond basketball, touching on the emotional toll of missing out on time with loved ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason it sucks is, number one, it can affect your mood,\u201d he continued. \u201cNumber two, we are human beings and just like everyone else, enjoy Christmas Day with our families. That kinda gets messed up for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

While fans celebrate at home or travel with their families, players are often locked into game-day routines, missing moments they can never get back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in their homes or on vacation with their families, making memories. We don\u2019t get that opportunity,\u201d Green added. He also pushed back against the narrative that players should feel nothing but gratitude for the assignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate when people are like, \u2018Oh man, it\u2019s an honor to play on Christmas Day.\u2019 People should shut up,\u201d Green said. \u201cLike, no \u2014 you should shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI hate when people are like, \u2018Oh man, it\u2019s an honor to play on Christmas Day.\u2019 People should shut up,\u201d Green said. \u201cLike, no \u2014 you should shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":367745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-476669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/01\/Schermata-2024-01-16-alle-08.19.30.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476669"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=476669"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=476669"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=476669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}