On the latest edition of The Draymond Green Show, Green described a lighthearted moment following the team's 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets. Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg and Kevin Durant had a touching moment that Green says made Lendeborg look like a “big a** kid.”

Draymond Green says Yaxel Lendeborg got a signed jersey from Kevin Durant and was so happy he was trying to wear the jersey out of the arena:

“That’s when you get to see like Yax is still a big a** kid, you know, and moments like that where you get to see like, yo, this rookie… pic.twitter.com/witpDB3eCZ

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Green described the moment after the game when Kevin Durant asked Yaxel Lendeborg for his jersey and signed one for him.

“It was dope to see KD and Yax [Yaxel Lendeborg] have their moment last night. They went at it a little bit in the game, but then after the game, KD mentioned to Yax he wanted this jersey. Yax was happy as hell. Like, he wanted KD’s jersey. KD signed a jersey for him. Yax was trying to wear the jersey out of the arena.”

He said the moment showed that Lendeborg is still a kid at heart, despite a strong rookie season.

“That’s when you get to see, like, Yax is still really a big a** kid. It’s moments like that where you get to see, like, yo, this rookie is killing everybody. Still really a big a** kid and maturing and coming into his own. And he was happy as hell to have that moment with KD.”

Green recalled that Lendeborg started talking about a jersey exchange on the bench while the team was trailing late.

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“We’re sitting on the bench and he’s at the end of the bench at the end of the game, and he’s talking about doing a jersey exchange. And I’m like, ‘Yo, doing a jersey exchange with who?’ Like, ‘You don’t wanna just get it signed and sit in the back?’ He like, ‘Nah, man, I want the picture with it. I want the…’ And I’m like, ‘Yo, but we losing by 20.’ I’m like, ‘Do a jersey exchange with who?’ He like, ‘KD.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, I get it. It’s Kevin Durant. Your first time as a rookie playing against KD, and KD asked him for his.’ I’m like, ‘You definitely gotta do the exchange. It’s Kevin Durant, bro.’”

Green said he stayed quiet because it was Durant, and he added that earning Durant’s respect says a lot about Lendeborg.

“By the way, if he was talking to anybody else and we [were losing], I’d be like, ‘Yo, come on now,’ but it’s Kevin Durant. I shut up. I zipped it up, threw the key away. I zipped my mouth. So that was a super dope moment to see, and happy Yax got to have that moment. One thing about KD, KD ain’t just giving you no respect on no basketball court. To go gain that respect is big time, and it says a lot about Yax.”