[Wright] “There is no player in NBA history who is given more leeway than - and this is an important qualifier - Draymond Green after getting one technical.”
I’d take one tech Dray over Goku
One tech Dray vs Jackie Chan who doesn’t want no trouble.
OTD vs Bruce Lee after they killed his Master
But would you take him over Chuck Norris…
How many techs does Norris have?
Norris doesnt get techs, techs get Norris
Still a classic lol
It’s an older meme sir, but it checks out
Jackie Chan who doesn’t want no trouble
relevant Pablo Francisco
One tech Dray vs. Marty McFly after being called “chicken”
He can’t beat Superman though
Are we talking Dwight, Shaq, or Giannis here?
Yes
Tatum got that commercial tho
my sub has bacon
the anomaly for sure
Nah that’s Clark Kent, completely different guy who wants to work his nice office job.
Don’t matter to 1 Tech Dray. He’ll take em all at once, one on 3.
none of the above; Tatum
Tatum, obviously (ignore 2022).
100 men vs 1 gorilla tech Dray
OTD Dray can take 100 gorillas
yo this is facts lmao draymond be acting like he got plot armor with these techs 💀 refs be letting him cook and still stay in the game
He damn well knows it too which is why he acts up so hard. He knows he’s invincible.
One tech dray vs 100 gorillas and it’s not even close.
Dray in 4.
One tech Dray or Kal-El? Invincible supermen.
Idk man. If he was better at throat chops i mighta been cool with it
One Tech Dray has insane plot armor.
I’ll take dray over an auntie you just talked back to
One Tech Dray > One Punch Man
He’s right, Draymond got a tech in one of the Houston games and the guys calling the game said he has to be careful now with the one tech lmfao I said in the game thread at the time, no he doesn’t, if anything he knows he can do whatever he wants because the league never gives him that second tech
Whether or not Warriors fans want to admit it or hear it they have been one of the most protected teams in the league
Warriors fans love to complain about Steph not getting fouls called and they are right, he does get fouled a lot. What they neglect to acknowledge, though, is that those fouls occur because the other 4 guys are running 700 moving screens to get Steph open
All Cavs fans know this. Bogut and Green made moving screens as common as pnrs those championship series battles
This has been my #1 gripe with the nba for awhile (besides the games not starting on time, but that’s a non-gameplay issue). You want less scoring and more defense? Properly call moving screens, or at least call the more egregious ones. It’s so so simple and I don’t get why the nba doesn’t go this direction
It’s frustrating and sadly funny to have watched Tatum get numerous techs for literally a single clap, while we can see, on camera, Draymond literally screaming profanity into an official’s face over and over, and they’re too afraid to be consistent. But it happens regularly, so they clearly don’t care and don’t plan to fix it.
Ant got a tech for looking at someone. If Draymond was held to that standard he’d play 10 games a year.
They’ll give him the second tech during regular season but never ever in the playoffs. It’s referee sacrilege
Draymond with 5 fouls and 1 tech will ascend to one of the greatest players of all time. Most just have to give up at that point. Not that dude he gets unlocked in that situation.
5 foul, one tech Draymond can kick players in the balls, fuck the refs wife or husband and the whole crew would just go 👀🤷♂️
How dare Rudy’s groin get in the way of Draymonds leg!
Should have given Rudys sack a flagrant, the audacity!
Blackball him immediately
That’s what Draymond was doing!
Then the ref’s wife threw her tits in OTD’s hands.
It was weird.
Steven Adams’ johnson shouldn’t have been kickable, if it didn’t wanna get kicked.
SVG, is that you?
not just them, this sub too, sure jokes are funny but people are borderline ignoring the clips and making jokes. Seeing him be so aggressive in a sports game of basketball makes me angry
this week has been bewildering. felt like i was being gaslit reading comments
‘b-b-but his peers respect him and people usually dont get injured by his BS!’
get the fuck ALL the way out of here with this. you try taking an elbow to the face and watch as I tell you ‘yea you had to play through an elbow to the face, but since you didnt miss any games it doesnt matter!!’
ive NEVER seen so much defense for draymond and his wackass podcast. it felt like I was in the twilight zone seeing people bringing up hockey enforcers to defend whats happening in a basketball court
Foreal lol.
Its amazing the slack they give him after one tech.
He was literally cussing out the ref point blank to his face during that stoppage for a good 10+ seconds and then comfortable walked away.
I feel like most other star players would get that 2nd tech aside from maybe LeBron and Steph just because of the respect they’ve earned over the years.
I’m convinced LeBron couldn’t do that. He has class and is always in control so i’d never get to that, but LeBron is getting thrown out of the game if he cursed out the ref. He doesn’t have the built in fear Draymond has instilled in these refs.
Thats nothing compared to 5 fouls 1 tech 1 flagrant dray
God forbid someone has an alternative playstyle. some players drive to the rim, some players shoot 3s, some players fuck the ref’s spouse on the court during an ongoing game. accept it or watch another sport smh my head
Don’t forget a rear naked choke
And yet, Luka trashtalked back to a fan and because the ref was in the way then he got the 2nd tech and tossed
Tell me about it
Remember when Draymond was given a 2nd tech during the 2017 finals?When the refs remembered it was his 2nd tech, they changed the tech to Steve Kerr to protect Draymond from ejection: https://streamable.com/a1cthm
I totally forgot about this. What an absolute crock of shit that was.
Stuff like this is why the NBA is so hard to enjoy sometimes.
Every single American pro sports league is rigged to the effing gills. You gotta be completely blind or a Trump voter not to see it. They don’t even try to hide it anymore.
After watching the video it sounds even worse than that
He got his second tech towards the end of the game, after he got it the announcers said they changed the first half technical he got to Steve Kerr even though the stat sheet at halftime already said “technical foul: Draymond green” or something like that
So they changed a tech that already happened earlier in the game that was already recorded on the stat sheet from Draymond to Kerr on the spot to keep him from getting ejected
Respect to Mike Brown for looking like he said “that’s on you, you need to be better.” To Draymond
Funniest part is that after the debacle he immediately elbows Shumpert on the jumpball lmao
A common complaint is that refs eject star players too frequently. Refs are somewhat conscious of that. Especially when there’s more eyes on the game instead of some random game during the week.
But I’d argue that everyone has a longer leash on the biggest stages. Dray may still even have a longer leash on top of that.
Still blows my mind that Nick Wright went from being the shittiest host on local Houston sports radio to now being a national TV personality
And he goes from the biggest clown getting owned by Tom Brady year after year to one of the more respected sports TV debate guys just based on how awful his competition is.
I love him in the nba space, but hate him in the nfl space
watching him be a good sport this past NFL season when they got a marching band and confetti and singers in his ear singing Tom Brady still the GOAT after Eagles gave belt to ass to the Chiefs was peak entertainment
Agreed, I love Nick, Wildes, and Brou, they are all awesome.
Nick Wright is also basically always on the right side of social justice issues and by all accounts seems like a good dude, he’s just playing a character on the morning talk shows and playing it well.
A couple of weeks ago he popped into the bar I was at in NYC. He was just a totally normal dude spending time with friends. To be fair, I don’t know that I would have expected anything different but it was still kind of nice to see this on-screen personality be just a guy.
Once you get past the obnoxiousness of chiefs fandom and accept the bit that he plays, the back and forth with him, brou and wildes is pretty entertaining imo. Reminds of like like classic ESPN talk shows I use to watch after school 20 years ago.
was he bad on houston radio? Live here now but never listened. I used to dislike him a lot but I’ll watch parts of First things First on youtube sometimes, He’s entertaining and has good chemistry with the other hosts
Yeah he was bad. Always had to be contrarian about every topic. Could tell he had no idea what he was talking about most of the time and was trying hard to be the local Skip Bayless or something.
I was thrilled when I heard he was leaving the station. Then when I found out it was to host a TV show on Fox Sports, I couldn’t believe it.
What do you think about him now?
It’s almost like he was doing a bit and doing exactly what he needed to do to climb the ladder lol
They found the right show for him. Nick on his own is hard to listen to, but when you put him next to Kevin Wildes and Chris Broussard who make it their entire mission to make him as miserable as possible when he’s wrong about something, it makes for a lot of fun TV.
He’s a lot like Charles Barkley that way actually. Chuck’s personality works best because it’s contrasted with Ernie Johnson who anchors the show and Shaq and Kenny who balance him out.
Yeah, i think FTF is the best not cause of the sports accuracy, but because it’s 3 guys who clearly get along very well with each other who just have so much fun together
I remember when Brandon Marshall was on there. Man that was rough watching.
That’s why he became famous - being a controversial personality. Not for his analytical, reasonable takes.
Television sucks.
Him and Kevin O’Connor just spam themselves into popularity. Everything I know about them is against my will, and their content is on every platform imaginable except an actual NBA broadcast. They have forced their way into being successful somehow.
Tbf, he mostly talks basketball, and he’s on Fox sports who doesn’t have a broadcast contract with the NBA. Of course he isn’t gonna cover an NBA game.
He’s clearly a smart guy. Can he go over the top at times? Sure, but I think he’s probably more correct than the typical r/nba user
It’s better to think of radio/morning TV hosts as instrument players where their voice is the instrument. Wright plays his instrument very well.
Draymond is probably never going to get suspended again.
The move by Klutch to involve Adam Silver in Draymond’s latest suspension was genius.
Draymond admit in his pod he threatened to retire, and Adam Silver begged him not to.
That dynamic gives Draymond the upper hand, making it unlikely he’ll face another suspension for the rest of his career.
Seriously? He threatened to retire?
Should have called his bluff.
Yeah no way he was going to do that, especially since he makes a lot of money and loves his job.
The same as when LBJ lost a few years ago and said he had to think about it with his family and stuff.
We all know he was coming back and we all know he’ll be back next season as well.
Everyone knows he ain’t going out unless he has a season long retirement tour.
He said the same thing like a week ago and he’s probably said it the last few years as well.
I say the same thing when my hater family members ask me what I think about LBJ “probably retiring soon”. He loves attention way too much not to have a season long farewell tour, and I say that as a fan of his lol.
Adam really needs to get a grip. I think Steph would really hate him if he would do that and Draymond is too competitive to do that. He should be calling his bluff
Silvers whole mantra is to be a doormat to the players and maximize revenue. It’s how players won’t issue complaints and everyone gets paid extremely well-while he retains his position indefinitely. Good for business, but be damned about the product for fans
Stern placed the integrity of the game above the players. He was despised for it at the time, but you see with retired players looking back at it now, they have a lot of respect for him. I don’t think Adam silver even gives a shit about the game.
Adam Silver doesnt get enough shit for how awful of a commissioner he is.
Where have you been? He gets dumped on non stop.
What’s confusing here? It’s still not enough.
He’s a terrible commissioner. Player empowerment runs rampant to the point where it hurts the game. Stern rolling in his grave.
He’s looking up in disgust
Stern would’ve banned Draymond if he tried that shit 😂
I would watch every Warriors game if Draymond did not play for them. I love Steph and I like this new big bro lil bro thing that Jimmy and Buddy have. I just cant watch Draymond Green play. Its like watching Kansas City in the NFL. I have only watched parts of the Warriors games this post season when its the only game on that night and I didnt even watch until half time before I turned off that trash tonight.
That’s some revisionist history about Stern there.
Stern fr would never
Stern would have personally thanked Draymond for retiring and helping clean up the league’s image in doing so.
Stern would say something snarky and smug to Draymond threatening to retire like “Well, I don’t know how the NBA will survive without you and your triple singles.”
Yeah, like he did with Bruce Bowen lol
Bad boy Pistons were under Stern with Bill Laimbeer going out there trying to injure people and the NBA suspended him for a grand total of 2 games in his career.
After Stern died people are so determined to pretend he was something that he wasn’t.
Also likely to have been behind a few of the most obvious and egregious examples of playoff game fixing in sports. And likely behind at least 3 rigged draft lotteries
Right, this David Stern worship has always been weird to me. Dude was not viewed like this back in the day, people hated him for how he treated AI and was against players wearing what they wanted to press conferences, amongst a lot of others.
I spit on his grave as a Laker fan.
lol. As a laker fan, you should worship him. Without him, your team doesn’t get past Portland or Sacramento, and the almost 4-peat turns in to a one off.
These dudes are insane 😂😂, people act like we didn’t have ron arrest and Rasheed Wallace during the stern era. If anything Draymond stands out more because there’s less of it in silvers game
I dont even like Silver but Stern was a huge piece of shit. All these people worshipping him like definitely did not watch the NBA when he was alive lmao
sounds like you don’t know what Stern actually did for the NBA and basketball as a whole.
Stern singlehandedly saved the NBA. one of the best sports commissioners of all time.
I think even GS fans want him gone and frankly a large faction have wanted him out for a while now
He has no backbone. Stern is tossing in his grave
I hate Adam Silver so fucking much
the biggest cancer in the nba
Adam Silver is so clueless with what Fans really want.
It feels like the NBA and NFL have drifted apart so much in stature and reputation. The NBA doesn’t have a defined audience and Silver caters the league to player-fans, which inherently are young people with no money. He’s let team/market rivalries die out while player contracts mean nothing as to which city foots the bill.
If there’s any truth to this, Silver needs to step down; clearly biased commissioner
It’s true, the story is coming from Draymond himself.
Klutch mafia really pulling out the big guns for us. Thank you LeBron!
You listen to his pod?
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this reminds me of the r/nbacirclejerk picture of Draymond with his arm out lmao
Draymond is Adam Silver’s golden boy
i’ll bet my entire life savings he never gets suspended again
Remember when he told Silver he was going to retire and Silver talked him out of it?
Thanks Adam.
Wild how Draymond still cries about the refs all the time despite this.
I think he’s getting suspended next game. Goes from talking about how in control and poised he’s gotta be to whatever the fuck that was tonight and now this. Unreal dudes a psycho
They’ll probably review and rescind a tech or two mysteriously if the Warriors advance
I mean there’s a point system for suspension and he’s going to get to it. He will be suspended once he does
1 tech before auto suspension Draymond is going to be a sight to behold.
The problem is he’s only a few techs away from being suspended for getting 7 Playoff techs.
So what I’m hearing is he’s a few techs away from his final form?
Such a weird pick for a golden boy. Nobody likes him
I don’t get why lmao. Is it because of the ratings? Idk.
Blame the klutch mafia that’s holding the lakers hostage
Well I wasn’t expecting a guy I usually categorically disagree with to just be out here telling the god’s honest truth but here we are
When the Kings played the Warriors in the 1st round a couple years ago, Nick Wright and Bomani Jones were genuinely the only 2 members of NBA media I could find who thought it wasn’t horrendously unreasonable and unjust for Draymond to have gotten suspended for the chest stomp. He’s got some decent Draymond takes for sure; one of the only people seemingly not scared of him or blinded by his team’s success.
Wish warriors fans knew what it was like that EVERY game they had to be worried a person on the opposition was a complete psycho who could potentially punch curry in the face every game.
Warriors fans give off that bill laimbeer, ‘he’s just playing hard’ energy when it comes to draymond
He’s wright
The other guys a cowherd
100 Draymons vs 100 Gorillas. Who would win?
The 100 Draymonds easily win if you tell them to pretend that the 100 Gorillas are Jordan Poole.
I haven’t found it in the official rulebook but I think double jeopardy applies to Draymond with techs
Never beating the rigged allegations. I mean whats the difference between this and the astros banging trash cans? Warriors gain a competitive advantage by the protection of their second best player who should have ejected and suspended more times than one can count.
One tech Draymond is invincible. Entire league’s refs are afraid of him
What about in the Houston series - Dray with one flagrant, kicks another player in the face - gets a tech instead so he can stay in the game.
No, he was called for a technical earlier in the game. If he picked up another technical, he would’ve been ejected. He was assessed a Flagrant 1 for the knock in the head.
Oh yeah I misremembered - but should’ve been a tech for the jersey grab etc
The first time Nick Wrong has recognized the truth and spoken on it properly
Steve Kerr is just as much at fault for allowing this to continue.
Wish I could deny this
He’s not wrong.
Dude wanted to duck another Curry-less game, and the refs didn’t let him, smh.
This wasn’t a hot take it was and is a fact
He’s given more leeway, period.
Draymond after getting a technical is like Israel after bombing a hospital, he knows he’s untouchable
It’s not just Dray, the Warriors Dynasty has overall been helped by massive favoritism in calls from the refs. Particularly moving screen no calls. The “no ejection of Draymond” rule is just the icing on the cake.
Dude got kicked out of one game for kicking the best player in the league in the nuts and the league deadass said “Never again”
Why do they both have almost the same terrible voice.
It’s really simple.
Curry is one of the biggest nba draws, he’s what makes the league money. Draymond is a great player, but dirty as fuck, but it’s part of what helps curry win.
If the nba even were half way doing their job, he’d be suspended a lot (including probably missing half a season for assault, maybe more). Curry would lose a lot more and they’d have made less money/views/shirt sales.
At this stage they’ve painted themselves in a corner, they never punished him properly before, how can they start now. Even green is so used to getting away with it that he now thinks being called for it is him being targeted.
Exactly. It’s a Warriors/ Curry thing, on the Wizards he’d be done.
He yelled “FUCK YOU! THAT WAS BULLSHIT! That’s a tech for any player in any league, period. Braymond is given more leeway than any player in the history of leagues.
After seeing the tech shown he’s acting all innocent. He’s not crazy. He knows what he’s created. Now he’s doubling down trying to get people to feel “sorry” for him.
Probably not a finals tech…
why does cowherd keep shaking? hope he’s ok
I don’t necessarily like Wright but he’s right on this one (lame pun intended)
NBA is very inconsistent in general on calling fouls/techs on players especially star players based on their current fouls/techs.
Instead of calling things like they are, they definitely call it based on the situation. I remember the 2021 Finals, Booker was at 5 fouls and got away with a couple more towards the end of a crucial game because they just simply didn’t want to foul out Booker and impact the end of a close game.
NBA has always been this way as long as I can remember. As a Portland fan I remember them trying to get Shaq in foul trouble and it backfiring. Same with Jokic. Such a dumb strategy to try and get a star big man in foul trouble… which is too bad because it should be a great strategy.
nick wrights a wangerang
When Draymond gets a tech is like he just got the ⭐️✨in Mario Kart
Nick Wright looks like the dude that does that sloshing pasta frying pan flip thing
Evil Tom Green is at it again
One tech Dray has one fatal weakness though. Its passive aggressive Lebron
1 Tech Draymond > 100 Gorillas
Draymond Greene on the night: 17⁄20 crack downs. 8 peoples elbows, 6 in the first half. 6⁄9 on fast-hands swings aoe, but drew a tech on the ninth. Immediately Used up all three ref shit talks free of charge. 3⁄3 for complaining at fault.
I don’t understand it. Is it just because he’s on the Warriors? Would he get this look the other way treatment on the Wizards?
That’s insane. Why Adam Sliver still has his job is beyond me.
It’s the Players Union’s fault. They should have kicked him out of the league long ago.
Some of you guys act like these two are Hitler and Stalin reincarnated Jesus christ
Agree .. 99 percent of time, what Dramond did after the 1st technical would be called for a technical. Maybe they just be careful for the 2nd.
Imagine Joey Crawford reffing a game with Draymond.
This is spot on. It’s absolute insanity how scared nba refs are of him.
what were these two injected with?
Kyannada eh?
Draymond’s relatives have to be running the NBA
Bill laimbeer
The NBA not issuing a technical for flagrant 1 fouls is another loophole he exploits.
It’s true though.
I think everyone should cause more techs. It would make the game more interesting
Dray is your favorite if he’s on your team and hates if he’s not. He’s a nutcracker, would flail his arms/feet to hit someone. but let’s not get it twisted like he’s going to injure a player like what Brooks or Bowen did.
Right. When he stomped on Sabonis that was probably just an accident?