Watch Draymond’s Green Mom Inform Him He’s Made the All-Star Team

“Guess what?” Mary Babers-Green exclaims as the camera zooms out to show her in her Saginaw, Michigan home surrounded by family.

The Warriors will have three All-Stars for the Western Conference, with Draymond Green and Klay Thompson earning votes from the coaches to be reserves. Recounting the story to the San Jose Mercury News, the star forward explained that he had no idea what was going on when he heard his mother’s voice. I don’t think he would have gotten TOO much grief for an emotional reaction to the news.

Later on in the night during TNT’s “Inside the National Basketball Association”, they asked Green how he found out he was selected to the All-Star Game. The only real difficulty was Babers-Green not letting any hints slip to her son.

There he revealed that it was hard to keep his emotions in check, but he knew he had to do it because-I shit you not-he didn’t want to end up a meme like Crying MJ.

National Basketball Association players typically express gratitude and appreciation after they’ve been chosen to play in the annual All-Star Game, even if they’ve been there many times. “This has been one of his lifelong dreams”. But his mom definitely gets the assist.