EAST LANSING, Mich. — The entryway to Breslin Center had been transformed into a Draymond Green monument.
A massive Michigan State Spartans logo was emblazoned with his No. 23. Pillars holding up the ceiling were adorned by LED displays projecting pictures of his college years. A wide banner in the “Tom Izzo Basketball Hall of History” simplified all of the hullabaloo: “23. Draymond Green.”
On display was the mutual admiration between Green, 29, and Michigan State, the school he grew up dreaming to play for, before becoming the rare four-year college athlete who used his lessons learned to string together an even more impressive NBA career.