Some bonds run deeper than blood. It’s a lesson Draymond Green had to encounter at a very young age. During The Draymond Green Show, the Warriors’ defensive stalwart spoke about having two father figures in his life. Until the age of 13, he grew up with his stepfather, unaware of the relationship. It was later that he found out who his biological father was, and it wasn’t easy to give him the disposition to be a father. In short, he was “embarrassed” to do so.

Everyone in his district knew about his “daddy.” Now all of a sudden he had to tell everyone that was never his real father. It was a bitter pill to swallow. The truth hurt so much that Green refused to form a relationship with Wallace Davis, his biological father until his sophomore year in college. Once basketball began shaping his life, the former DPOY embraced his story and began to make amends.

“As you know, like through basketball, we can gain confidence in who we are as men. We gain an identity through that. And so I became comfortable enough with who Draymond is that it’s like, oh, this is my story. It is what it is. Let me embrace this. Embraced it,” he told his former teammate DeMarcus Cousins.

Playing for Michigan State, Green became a household name, at least in his own district. He grew beyond his stature and achieved staggering success while playing basketball. Likewise, when feeling such a rush, confidence is bound to increase. And so it did for Green. It helped him take steps to reconcile with Davis.

Sadly though, Draymond Green never could form a stable bond with either him or his stepfather Raymond Green. As he recalls, “it went left” with both of them. However, a recent event with his son might make him revisit and improve his relations.

Draymond Green feels his son might want a grandfather

Until a few days ago, Green might not have realized how vital it is to amend his relationship with the two father pillars of his life. When talking to Cousins, Green revealed a touching incident when his son asked him, “my son said, Daddy, who was your daddy when you was my age”

The question startled him. He couldn’t comprehend why his son asked him about it, but Green had some suspicions. One of them was the fact that maybe his son desired to have a grandfather-grandson bond. But due to the limited appearances of Wallace and Raymond Green, he never knew for certain who his grandfather was.

Hence, Draymond Green decided he needed to give his son the bonds he deserves. Since he knew how vital it was to have commanding and vital men in his life. In an interview with Andscape, Green explained how his mother and the men in his life taught him to take responsibility and stay strong, no matter how vicious the storm.

He can’t come to terms with the fact that his son could possibly be devoid of such lessons. So Green might take conscious steps to ensure both Wallace Davis and Raymond Green are more involved in his life.