Friends and Enemies, a tip of the hat to Draymond Green here. A toast. No, not for a little thing like two consecutive triple doubles in the conference finals; not for the block on Lillard in game 4; not for the hilarious three that won that game in OT. Small beer, that. All of that. No. A tip of the hat, a toast, to Draymond Green in game 3. I mentioned in a post on that game that Dray was obviously trying to help a young kid with an Afro. The kid’s name is Jordan Bell. Now watch this:

You can have your metrics of the measure of a man. I have always used the same one: how does a person with power treat someone over whom he has power? Amy Klobucher is off my list of presidential candidates for one reason: how she treats her staff. I used to like the late Senator John Heinz, until I read an article that is seared in my memory of how he cruelly treated a starry eyed job applicant. Watch that clip and see young Jordan miss a break away dunk and how he hangs his head in embarrassment afterwards. Watch and listen to Draymond Green standing around the foul line sticking up for Jordan to “Blazer” players talking smack about Jordan. Listen to Draymond, like the best little league coach, telling Jordan in the timeout that it’s gonna be okay. And watch the result on the ensuing possession. Jordan’s young voice “ArREW” as he makes no doubt about this slam, fed to him by Draymond Green.

Mr Green sir, you are a great man. God bless Draymond Green.