Lance Armstrong on Draymond Green: 'He comes off like an a**hole' / News - Basketnews.com

Lance Armstrong labels Draymond Green as an on-court "a**hole" but also says Warriors forward is a different person outside of basketball. Ex-cyclist also admits that athletes sometimes have to be bad guys to be the absolute best.

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Following his doping confessions, former cyclist star Lance Armstrong has shifted gears to host a podcast named "The Forward with Lance Armstrong." Recently, he had a conversation with 34-year-old Blake Griffin on his show.

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Griffin, currently a free agent after parting ways with the Boston Celtics, joined Armstrong to discuss the competitive nature of athletes' careers and the sacrifices required to achieve greatness, sometimes at the expense of being perceived as a "good guy."

"I got accused rightfully so for a lot of my time career for being a complete a**hole," Armstrong admitted. "I mean that a lot of times to be the absolute best, you just kind of have to be an a**hole sometimes, if not most of the time."

Griffin chimed in, pointing out the misconceptions that ordinary people have about certain NBA players, accusing them of being "a**holes" when they are simply "ultra-competitive." Armstrong echoed this sentiment, singling out Golden State Warriors veteran forward Draymond Green.

"He comes off like an a**hole," Armstrong said. "But I've communicated with this guy, he's different in person, there's just some switch that goes off when he gets on the court. I'm like, 'Dude?'

"He's done some nuts stuff. But if you met the guy on an airplane or at a dinner party, you'd say this guy's great," he continued. "He's smart, he's great conversation, I want to hang out with this dude. He's got like some tick, it's a little issue."

Throughout his career, Green has faced multiple suspensions, including two this season: a 5-game suspension for escalating an on-court altercation and forcibly grabbing Rudy Gobert around the neck and a 12-game suspension for striking Jusuf Nurkic in the face.

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