Draya Michele, 40, packs on the PDA with much-younger NBA boyfriend Jalen Green, 23, on courtside date night

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

Draya Michele and her NBA boyfriend Jalen Green enjoyed a date night on Tuesday as they attended a WNBA game together.
Michele, 40, and the much-younger Green, 23, have been linked since 2023 and share a child together.
And the parents had some fun on Tuesday as they sat courtside for the LA Sparks' matchup with the Indiana Fever.
The couple could be seen holding hands as they walked around Crypto.com Arena during the Sparks' eventual win.
The hosts beat a Caitlin Clark-less Fever squad 100-91, with 25 points apiece from Rickea Jackson and Kelsey Plum.
While Michele and Green looked to be in good spirits during their date night, the influencer has previously spoken of the ill-effects of social media trolls criticizing their age gap relationship.
'I mean, you try to get to that point (where you don't give a f***), but I mean you're still human and you still have feelings,' she told the New York Post.
'Sometimes, you know you can read things that are hurtful and you want to just let it roll off, but it doesn't always work like that.
'It also depends on what type of day you're already having when you read the message… I take it because it comes with it, with the limelight, like I said. But I'm human and I have feelings.'
Green and Michele recently experienced a major life change as a couple, as the guard was traded to the Phoenix Suns from the Houston Rockets, as part of a deal that sent Kevin Durant to Texas.
'This was my first time experiencing a trade,' Michele said. 'I just think, you know, as his girlfriend, my main responsibility is to support him wherever we were going.
She said they haven't found a home in Phoenix yet, but added: 'Phoenix is an amazing city. We were not disappointed with Phoenix at all.
Green was recently traded to the Phoenix Suns as part of a deal for Kevin Durant
'But I just need to be supportive of him and of the change and then just try to make things as smooth of a transition [as possible] for him, and not stressing him out with the worries of moving and all that.
'He's not gonna have to lift the finger. I'll handle all of that so that he can just relax and play basketball. Once he gets there, he won't have anything else to worry about. And that's just really what I try to focus on: keeping things convenient and easy for him.'
Green played in all 82 games for the Rockets last season and averaged 21 points per game as the team went 52-30 and secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.
But he struggled in the playoffs as Houston lost the the Warriors in a seven-game, first-round series, as he shot just 37.2 percent from the field and scored a little over 13 points on average.
In Phoenix, Green will team up with Suns star Devin Booker, newly-acquired big man Mark Williams and rookie center Khaman Maluach.