In his 12 games with the Warriors in the 2022-23 NBA season, Ryan Rollins scored 23 total points.
In last Thursday’s game against his former team, Rollins scored 32 points for the Milwaukee Bucks, handing Golden State a shocking 120-110 loss.
Draymond Green praised his former teammate’s performance on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show.”
“Ryan’s game, I’ll actually say, it was beautiful,” Green declared. “Like the pace that he played with, he never got sped up, he never got rattled.”
Green recounted how, after Rollins ‘levelled’ Steph Curry off of a screen, he tried to get into Rollins’ head by giving him some hard contact in return. Rollins was not affected, and continued to torch the Warriors.
“You’d be surprised at how many guys, once you do that, once you go there, go by the wayside,” Green said. “And he just stayed the course, kept having a game, made another big shot, made two or three more big shots. And it was a beautiful thing to see.”
Rollins’ success this season isn’t just limited to his performance against the Warriors. In six games played this season, he is averaging 18.2 points per game with a 50.9 field goal percentage and a 40.0 3-point percentage.
Drafted No. 44 overall three years ago, Rollins averaged 1.9 points in 12 games as a rookie for the Warriors. Following his first NBA season, Golden State included him in the trade with the Washington Wizards that brought future Hall of Fame guard Chris Paul to the Bay.
Last season, Rollins signed a two-way contract with the Bucks in February after he was waived by the Wizards a month prior. In the offseason, he signed a multi-year contract to stay with Milwaukee.
“You talk about a guy who hasn’t had the easiest path that’s found a home,” Green said. “Yeah, he won’t average 32 points or [get] 30 every night or every other night. But, I think he’s found a home and I think he’ll be able to consistently play well there. Which will be great for him, and it will be great for Milwaukee.”
The Warriors are next scheduled to play Milwaukee on Jan. 7, 2026. Green and the Warriors hope that he doesn’t have another ‘beautiful’ game.