Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20181127020807/@comment-5536445-20181201204004

Stryzzar wrote: Diaz isn't Richard Dragon though. Dragon was never a drug dealer or a mob boss. He still is a member of the Longbow Hunters, and he still has some crazy martial arts up his sleeve.

The drug dealer/mob boss thing isn't his real game. It was used to play the audience's mind into thinking that he's simply a foot soldier for Cayden James. Obviously, he had to keep those traits to legitimize his further presences, but he's still ultimately who he was in the comics...to a certain degree, as will all adaptation.