Draymond Green On Magic City Night: “I don’t know if you’ve ever been, but if you see it in action, it’s actually a form of art”
In a statement, the Hawks announced the promotional night as a “collaboration to celebrate the city’s iconic cultural institution Magic City,” an Atlanta-based adult entertainment venue. Kornet pleaded that the NBA should “desire to protect and esteem women” and labelled the allowance of the collaboration as “being complicit in the potential objectification and mistreatment of women in our society.”
Kornet received support from his former Boston Celtics teammate and current Warrior Al Horford for his statement. Horford’s current teammate, Draymond Green, pushed back on Kornet’s criticism on his podcast “The Draymond Green Show.”
“I think to point out that they have esteem issues because that’s the line of work they chose, I actually think is less protective of women because you’re condemning something – it’s actually an art,” Green said. “I don’t know if you’ve ever been, but if you see it in action, it’s actually a form of art – that some choose to indulge in and some choose not to indulge in.
“But to say that because a woman decides that that’s the art that they want to partake in and that the customer wants to take in, I think is reflective on society’s thoughts and how they once view things.”
Cardi B is] selling out stadiums and her background would be that,” Green said. “I don’t think Cardi B has esteem issues. So, I think that’s actually a negative vantage point on these women that are in this line of work; that because they choose this line of work that they have esteem issues.
“I actually wholeheartedly disagree.”
Aside from the ethics of adult entertainment, Green states that the establishment is an important part of Atlanta’s culture.
“To say that a huge part of Atlanta culture reflects poorly on the NBA as a community, I completely disagree because the NBA as a community is a very inclusive community,” Green argued. “So why this particular night is bad for the community, I don’t quite understand it in a very inclusive community.”
Green shared his support for the collaboration as an inclusive measure by the NBA by highlighting a piece of Atlanta’s culture.
“I respect how Luke Kornet feels. I respect that he made his feelings known, but I disagree with them wholeheartedly,” Green said.