Draymond Green has been slammed for playing the 'victim' aft claiming helium is being portrayed successful the media arsenic an 'angry achromatic man' connected the court.
The Golden State Warriors superstar received his 5th method of the play successful a nonaccomplishment to the Timberwolves past week, and exploded astatine the referees successful the aftermath.
Speaking to reporters successful the locker country postgame helium claimed helium is 'sick' of the 'ridiculous' attempts to represent him successful a definite way... but helium is receiving plentifulness of disapproval for his comments.
'Oh, God. You cognize what? Go away, Draymond,' ESPN hoops newsman Tim MacMahon said connected The Hoop Collective. 'Shut up, dude.
'Do not play unfortunate here. Don’t play the unfortunate here. Stop doing flagrant stuff. We’re sick of it. We’re sick of you doing stupid, flagrant crap connected a regular basis. It’s not an agenda, Draymond.
'You get interruption aft interruption aft interruption aft break, and you support connected pushing the line. It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you punched your teammate successful the face.
Draymond Green was penalized for an evident elbow to the look of Minnesota's Naz Reid
The Golden State Warriors prima exploded astatine the officials implicit the determination connected Thursday night
'It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you grabbed Rudy Gobert and enactment him successful a sleeper hold. It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you punched oregon smacked, oregon immoderate you privation to telephone it, Jusuf Nurkic upside the head.
'Draymond is afloat of crap. He’s conscionable truthful afloat of crap that his enactment stinks. Like what are we talking astir here, dude? Please.'
The 35-year-old is 2 method fouls distant from a one-game suspension. That would correspond a immense stroke for the Warriors, who are already without the injured Steph Curry.
Head manager Steve Kerr warned Green that helium indispensable beryllium 'careful' moving guardant but the guardant believes helium is the unfortunate of an 'agenda'.
'I'm not an aggravated achromatic man, I'm a precise successful, educated achromatic antheral with a large household and I'm large astatine hoops - I'm large astatine what I do,' helium said, per The Athletic.
ESPN's Tim MacMahon (left) called retired Green for his comments connected The Hoop Collective
His Warriors teammates including Stephen Curry were forced to measurement successful and calm Green down
Draymond Green conscionable wanted to springiness 1 speedy postgame statement: “The docket to proceed to support making maine look similar an aggravated achromatic antheral is crazy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.” pic.twitter.com/ay7TLFhjWL
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 9, 2025'The docket to proceed to support making maine look similar an aggravated achromatic antheral is crazy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.'
Only 1 subordinate successful NBA past - Rasheed Wallace - has much ejections than Green (23). In December 2023, the 35-year-old was fixed an indefinite suspension by the NBA for striking Suns prima Jusuf Nurkic in the face.
It was his 3rd ejection of the play and the NBA said the punishment took into relationship 'Green's repeated past of unsportsmanlike acts'.
After the decision successful Minneapolis, Kerr told The Athletic: 'He's going to person to beryllium careful… he's going to person to enactment composed and I'm assured helium volition due to the fact that helium knows the circumstances.'