Watch old rivals Draymond and CP3 team up for offseason training

Watch old rivals Draymond and CP3 team up for offseason workout originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

It will take some time to adjust to seeing former rivals Draymond Green and Chris Paul play together on the Warriors. But the first look at these new teammates won’t have to wait until Golden State opens training camp on October 3 in San Francisco.

The two players were seen working together Monday in a video posted to social media by Travis Walton, Green’s former college teammate at Michigan State.

Green and Paul became bitter rivals during the Warriors’ dynastic run over the past decade when they met three times in the postseason. Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers eliminated the up-and-coming Warriors in the first round of the 2014 NBA playoffs, and Golden State returned the favor in 2018 and 2019, when Paul was starring for the Houston Rockets.

“Chris and I have had our differences throughout my 11 years playing in this league since Year 1,” Green said shortly after the Warriors acquired Paul in a trade this summer. “Chris is who he is; I am who I am. He’s not going to change who he is right now, I’m not going to change who I am right now. And I think it’s very important for people to understand that.”

Green recently highlighted Golden State’s biggest goal for the upcoming 2023-24 NBA season: getting Paul that elusive championship ring.

“We have new faces and I’ll be frank about that,” Green told ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk last week. “My goal this year is to help Chris Paul get his first championship. That’s my goal. It’s not to redeem anything about Draymond. My goal is that we can help Chris Paul get his first championship.”

The first steps towards that goal began on Monday in a private training session.

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