James Worthy Says Draymond Green `Wouldn’t Last 20 Minutes With Dennis Rodman’

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00:00I'm Melissa Rowland with Sports Illustrated, and we're here with Jill Painter-Lopez.

00:07Now, Jill, in a recent interview, James Worthy was asked to compare different generations

00:12of players, and he had some choice words.

00:14What did he say?

00:15Well, Melissa, I always love the debates, Michael Jordan versus LeBron James, and when

00:20you get players who played in different eras, 70s, 80s, 90s, to compare now, it's always

00:26very interesting, as everybody thinks their era was the best.

00:29Now, what James Worthy said in this interview with En Fuego was, he said, you know, I heard

00:33Draymond Green say he was one of the toughest power forwards, and he's like, he wouldn't

00:37last 20 minutes with Dennis Rodman, so he said, or the Anthony Masons, or the Charles

00:44Oakleys.

00:45So he said, you know, why don't you go and enjoy your era and don't leak back?

00:50So he also said he's keeping it real, and James Worthy always does that.

00:55But, you know, you covered Draymond Green.

00:57Melissa, what are your thoughts on Draymond Green saying he's one of the toughest power

01:00forwards to play in the game?

01:01I think he's right.

01:03He came into the league completely undervalued, underrated, and he really made a name for

01:07himself.

01:08He turned himself into an all-star, focusing on defense.

01:10He was a huge, huge piece of all of the Warriors' championship team.

01:14So I actually think Draymond Green earned the right to call himself all of those things.

01:19It's interesting because, obviously, Draymond Green and Charles Barkley have had a longstanding

01:23feud, and now James Worthy looks like he's fanning the flames a little bit.

01:27He sure is.