Comparing Luka & Draymond: Ethics in Professional Sports

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00:00I'm gonna give you two guys, and then I'm gonna give you a question about the guys, right?

00:04I want to see if we're on the same page, and I'm gonna give you information that might change your mind, okay?

00:08Okay.

00:08So let me just start randomly with two, I don't know, let me think of high-profile guys, okay?

00:13Okay.

00:13So I'll give you Luka Doncic, arguably the best player in basketball.

00:17I think he and Tyrese Max here are one and two right now for points per game, all right?

00:21They are.

00:21And I'm gonna give you Draymond Green.

00:23Okay.

00:23All right?

00:24So Luka Doncic here, Draymond Green here.

00:27Which of those guys would you say is a better guy?

00:30Just better dude.

00:31Better dude?

00:31Yeah.

00:32Luka.

00:33Luka's a better guy.

00:34Yeah, because I'm not gonna get kicked in the groin hanging with Luka.

00:36I'm with you.

00:37You might get rope-and-dope punched in the face.

00:38Right, when I'm not looking, like he did the pool.

00:41We talked about him.

00:42So we agree, Luka's a better guy.

00:43Better guy.

00:44All right, that's number one.

00:45Who would you say, all those two guys, we just used the same two guys, is a better teammate?

00:50Luka Doncic or Draymond Green?

00:52This one's different.

00:53Okay.

00:54You gotta put everything in.

00:56Take it all in.

00:57Let's go Draymond on that one.

00:59Okay, better guy Luka, better teammate Draymond.

01:02Only because what they said about Luka and Dallas being lazy and stuff, they never questioned

01:06the effort.

01:07He had Steph's back.

01:08Fair enough.

01:08He had Klay's back.

01:09Now I'm gonna tell you the story, and let's see if your answer changes, okay?

01:12Okay.

01:13So Luka Doncic went home.

01:15Yeah.

01:15To, what is he from, Latvia or something like that?

01:17Yeah.

01:17Slovenia, whatever.

01:18Slovenia, I think it is.

01:19All right.

01:20And Luka Doncic's gonna miss some Laker games.

01:22Mm-hmm.

01:22He went home because his wife, who apparently is still in the native country...

01:26She is.

01:27...is giving birth to their child.

01:29Yes, it was a doctor-related.

01:30That's where their doctor was.

01:32Okay.

01:32So the doctor's there.

01:33Prenatal doctor, yeah.

01:34Obviously, they want the child to be born in their native country.

01:37Yeah.

01:37Totally understand that.

01:38Mm-hmm.

01:38I think it's wrong, but I understand why you want to do that.

01:40Right.

01:40You should be born here, get all the benefits of being an American citizen.

01:43And you still get the dual citizenship.

01:45You get the dual citizenship.

01:46Why do you want to be born in some third world country?

01:48I don't know.

01:48We got great doctors in L.A.

01:50We got the best doctors.

01:51They got great doctors.

01:52But they decided, we're gonna give birth in our native land.

01:54They like their doctor.

01:55Okay, great.

01:56So Luka is taking a small leave of absence from the Lakers to be there when his wife gives birth.

02:02Right.

02:03Okay.

02:03Mm-hmm.

02:03Okay.

02:04Now, many people might say that makes him a really good guy.

02:07Some people might say that makes him a bad teammate.

02:09Because we've had this conversation a million times over.

02:11You know, you're a professional athlete.

02:13You only have a certain amount of days you have to work.

02:15Mm-hmm.

02:15You know, as much as it sucks, makes you a bad husband perhaps, you know, we're paying you a lot of money to play.

02:20A lot of money, yeah.

02:21The flip side is Draymond Green just had another child with his beautiful wife.

02:27Mm-hmm.

02:27And he was on a road trip with Golden State Warriors.

02:30Yeah.

02:30And he made the decision, I'm playing basketball.

02:33Yep.

02:33I'm on a road trip with the Warriors.

02:35They pay me to play.

02:36And he went on a podcast and said, it sucks.

02:39I hate it to have to have done it.

02:41But I've got a responsibility to my team and my teammates and the guys that pay me to play basketball.

02:47Yeah.

02:47And I was on a road trip.

02:48So I lived up to my professional responsibilities.

02:52Mm-hmm.

02:52So now I ask you, Draymond did not go to the hospital with his wife to give birth to another child.

02:59Uh-huh.

02:59Luka Doncic did go.

03:01Who's the better guy?

03:02Who's the better teammate?

03:03Draymond.

03:06Draymond.

03:07This is pro sports.

03:08Right.

03:08This is pro sports.

03:09Right.

03:10This isn't your accountant job.

03:11It's interesting.

03:12You go to work.

03:12This is pro sports.

03:13And you can't, you know, criticize either of them.

03:16But it's interesting.

03:17Yeah.

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