Draymond Green finally answers the Tyler Hansbrough question UNC fans have long asked

Tyler Hansbrough was one in all the most dominant gamers that school basketball has ever seen, however his manufacturing at North Carolina did not translate over his seven-year NBA profession.

For years, Tar Heels have puzzled why which may’ve been the case, given how elite Hansbrough was over his 4 seasons carrying the Carolina Blue uniform. However, little did we all know, Draymond Green, the former Michigan State Spartan and present member of the Golden State Warriors, would supply some logical suggestions.

Who would’ve guessed!

Green offers his sincere tackle Hansbrough

On his podcast, The Draymond Green Show, Green acquired into some UNC speak, even diving into who he thought ought to be the next head coach of the Tar Heels. When the subject of Tyler Hansbrough got here up, Green summed up fairly nicely why he was so dominant at the school degree in comparison with the skilled degree.

Here’s the full quote of what Green needed to say:

“He was really good on those UNC teams. I had the opportunity to play against him, he was unstoppable. They went to him every time; he was extremely strong. Tyler Hansbrough, he was relentless and in college, that relentless type of attitude works. In the NBA, you kind of got to have a little more skill and I just don’t think Tyler Hansbrough had the skill.

He also didn’t have the athleticism that the bigs had that he was going up against. And so in turn, I just don’t think it translated as well. Don’t get me wrong, Tyler Hansbrough still had a respectable NBA career, It just didn’t turn out to be who he was at North Carolina.

​No one in the NBA was just going to throw Tyler Hansbrough the ball and say, ‘Go get us a bucket.’ It wasn’t fluid enough, it was too rugged. It was, ‘Ah, I’m going to go through you.’ Just ultimately, he didn’t live up to what he was in college and maybe people were expecting from him. But in this NBA, you have to play a role. Unless you’re Steph Curry or LeBron James, you must play a role and that’s kind of what happened.”

While we hate to admit it…

Green assessed this topic pretty spot-on.

No, this shouldn’t be taken as Green throwing shade or disrespecting Hansbrough in any which way. He clearly notes how dominant he was in North Carolina and what made him so effective in college, but also cited the reasons why the production didn’t ultimately translate.

Nothing Green said here was particularly wrong, and as a guy who has embraced being a “function participant” for his entire career, he definitely knows what it takes to not only produce at the NBA level, but what it takes to stay there for a long time as well.

Speaking of their college matchups

Green spoke about how he played against Hansbrough in college, but didn’t mention how Michigan State lost both of those games!

In the 2008 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Green played just six minutes before fouling out in what ended up being a 35-point loss to the Tar Heels. The second meeting with Hansbrough and the Tar Heels didn’t go well either, as Hansbrough’s 18 points and seven rebounds helped North Carolina claim the 2009 National Championship title over Michigan State.

While Green went on to have the longest NBA profession, Hansbrough has the upper-hand when it comes to school resumes and head-to-head conferences!