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The NBA has an age-old tradition of veterans giving a taste of the business they are in to young rookies as a welcome gift to the league. Therefore, players from different eras often find common ground in bonding by revealing their \u2018Welcome to the NBA\u2019 moment to each other.<\/p>\n
Former NBA star Baron Davis, who is the new co-host of The Draymond Green Show<\/em>, revealed that his welcome moment came from John Stockton. He then asked Moses Moody, who was the guest on yesterday\u2019s episode, about his.<\/p>\n The fourth-year shooting guard said,<\/p>\n \u201cMy welcome to the league moment, probably before the season started, guarding Steph in training camp. When he hits you with that same move, yeah that\u2019s probably my welcome to the league moment. And that\u2019s the thing too, you be thinking you playing good defense cos he not going past you, but it\u2019s like he ain\u2019t trying to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Guarding Stephen Curry can be a hellish experience. Matthew Dellavedova had to visit the hospital just out of sheer exhaustion while guarding Steph in the NBA Finals. So Moody would be counting his blessings that he got off easy.<\/p>\n However, Moody\u2019s initiation didn\u2019t stop there as he described a moment he had with Klay Thompson as well. After recovering from his torn Achilles tendon, Thompson returned to practice in Moody\u2019s rookie year. Therefore, the Dubs\u2019 sharpshooter pretty much saw the new rookie as a punching bag to get back into rhythm after a long hiatus.<\/p>\n \u201cKlay\u2026when he first start getting back on the court, they got me working out with him. When I first started working out with him, I\u2019m like, \u2018Man this dude out for two years, he been hurt and all that, he coming back, I ain\u2019t trynna be the one to hurt him,\u201d <\/em>Moody said.<\/p>\n But the rook would soon find out that it was not Klay who was in trouble of getting hurt. \u201cBut he ain\u2019t hooped in a while and he went straight to it, and he killing!\u201d <\/em>the 22-year-old added.<\/p>\n Moody\u2019s first experience with the Splash Brothers might be a little intimidating, but the more time he spent with them, the more he improved. As vets to a young guard, they helped mentor him into the player he is today.<\/p>\n The mentoring seems to have paid off well, as Moody has become a solid rotational option for the Dubs. In his 4 years, he\u2019s averaging 6.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n However, his shooting stands out the most. Moody has tallied a career average of 46.4% from the field and a respectable 37.1% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n With Klay having left the Warriors this season, it\u2019s the perfect time for Moody to lock in, and prove that he can be a 6th Man for the Dubs, or even nail down a starting spot next to Steph in the lineup. However, he has some competition with the way Buddy Hield is playing right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GSW’s Moses Moody recalls his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moments, recounts how he guarded both Steph Curry and Klay Thompson in practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n