Draymond Green: “We’ve seen Steph get guarded differently than anyone in the NBA. You’re talking people grabbing him, holding him, sending 2 or 3 people at him no one draws that type of attention in the NBA when they don’t have the ball.”
Was it last year where Steph literally got speared going to the lane and had to leave the game and no foul was called and then the second part of the double header was SGA shooting 25 free throws because the defender wouldn’t stop making eye contact with him?
Reminds me of Shumpert hitting Curry’s wrist in the 2017 finals so that “the next time you shoot that jumper, you’re going to feel that I just chopped you.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdqg-V8IsM
LeBron also went after Curry’s hand in the 2016 finals (volume up): https://streamable.com/vp90
Well I’m old enough (and Curry is to some degree) where after the 4th shot a guy knocks down on you - you put him on his ass so he thinks about it next time.
But Curry seems to be getting the same whistle he got when he came into the league (or even before that) while everyone else is getting 2026 foul calls.
It’s like refs just grew up with the understanding that Curry is rag dolled but all the other wing players get 2 shots if they get bumped on their 3rd step.
LOL cracked me up on the last part lol
We had tickets to see the Warriors play 2 days later - which Curry missed due to a bone bruise from being speared so just remember having a disappointing conversation with my son - who only wanted to watch Curry while the refs gave SGA the type of protection that would make the secret service jealous.
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Damn someone softer than SGA
Thunder fans
When thunder fans get it out of their mouth.
Gotta get it out of your throat first.
sga represents the foul baiting of this era, and even if luka or others do it more the media has created that narrative. yes sga foul baits but not much more than others in this league. when old heads say 3 pt shooting has ruined the game they say it’s cus of steph because he represents 3 pt shooting even though players like harden dame and klay shot 3s at a volume similar to curry. same thing with sga
Players are constantly being hugged trying to chase him around those screens. It goes both ways
*illegal screens. Ftfy
Steph is the most efficient and ethical scorer ever btw. He scores the more (minus free throws) than anyone else in history, he should get more calls
He gets millions of calls by them allowing those screens.
This narrative is so boring and ignorant.
Every single team uses moving screens, every one, even yours.
The only difference is every other team didn’t have the greatest shooter ever benefiting from them so it just hurt more when he got that space.
Quote from the Warriors’ center Bogut-
One thing that was crazy about that run was the shit that I used to get away with screening, man it was all time. I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I’d foul out in the first quarter, but playing in Golden State…I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown…I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn’t call it…it was crazy. Then I get traded to Dallas to set those same screens and I’d get 3 fouls in the first quarter, It was just crazy with the stuff I used to get away with there.
Well if he said it on a podcast…it must be true.
Then you can go look at the stats and see his PersonalFouls/36 were actually higher for GSW than his entire time in MIL or the last year in GSW vs first year in DAL, in which he played 26 whole games.
What a sad “gotcha”
I never said Steph couldn’t shoot, obviously he’s one of the best. Those screens were illegal af tho
Tim Duncan leaning on screeners for a decade to get Manu and Tony open must be why you’re so upset about them? The irony is hilarious.
Every team has used moving screens forever, downplaying Steph’s shooting over it is pretty hilarious, ngl.
I know this is semantics but “one of” feels very unnecessary lol. He’s the best shooter ever bar none, no discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBAVibes/s/gUhnYS3Qpj
the hugging kind of implies they’re illegal screens
Also sliding feet lol
Well your defender ignoring you is a big reason why Draymond.
a lot of people ignore me. and dont call me draymond
i miss 2016 draymond look at his highlights if u get a chance he was nasty now he’s a great defender but his scoring is pretty shit and also curry has scars on his arms bleeds once a game from how forceful he’s being grabbed
Pre kd dray was awesome to watch. Backpack on, swish.
he was athletic too and could pull the luka trick shots out of nowhere to get an and 1
Thats always been my argument great defender but its insane looking at him in an actual game an not think a team honoring a scorer with a little less impact would open up that offense up.
I always catch flak about Gobert but even his offensive game in comparison is light years better and thats saying something
Playmaking is offense and Gobert has absolutely nothing on Draymond there.
This is a crazy bad take. Dray is a great playmaker and a decent scorer back in his prime. Gobert’s offensive game is limited to put backs and bobbling lobs.
ITT people who refuse to admit he has a point because they hate Dray lol.
“IlLEGal sCrEEnS” like the whole league doesn’t do it lmao. Nephew just repeating the same shit over and over again
You’re being naive if you don’t think GS gets away with more bad screens than most teams lmao
Not naive just delusional homerism. Their very own center even talked about how egregious it was:
Quote from Bogut-
“But draymond” is /r/nba’s “but her emails”
“IlLEGal sCrEEnS” like the whole league doesn’t do it lmao.
Could say the same thing about flopping. Or kicking nuts, stomping on chests, yelling at referees, and getting away with it…
… But it’s the level to which it is done that matters, my friend.
Dumbass “nephews” like you keep repeating golden states screens are just like everyone else. Bogut himself said he got reffed different on screening when he left golden state. Yes Steph gets shafted on calls, but that’s not mutually exclusive to golden state getting away with other things such as the worst screens in the nba and draymond being draymond.
And Richard Jefferson said they fouled the fuck outta Curry off ball because they knew the refs wouldn’t call it.
And you can say they aren’t mutually exclusive, but it’s one of the most common counter points brought up Steph’s lacks of fouls are mentioned. You can literally see comments in this sub mentioning them.
He’s right, but this thread will be filled with comments about Draymond, not what he said.
I wonder how much Steph would average with a superstar whistle
he’s being clawed not grabbed his arms are bleeding and scars and scratches every gzme
I went to the game Sunday and can confirm, saw big scratches on his arm up close lol
Also saw him get absolutely mugged a few plays with no call, then Mathurin just let out his frustration and shoved Steph
I could tell Draymond wanted to run out there like Beef Stew
Gotta guard Steph like this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U75MZgOjOzg
OH WELL
you HAVE TO defend him differently because he’s the greatest shooter we’ve seen AND the nba decided that during his era illegal screens are now perfectly legal screens which completely changes the game.
We’ve seen you set illegal screens to get Steph open.
this doesn’t invalidate what he said lmao
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/8dz89f/oc_in_light_of_how_the_cavs_are_trapping_victor/
We’ve also seen them legalize the moving screen for him
If the NBA hadnt legalized the moving screen for them things are much different.
He right
And Draymond knows a little something about playing defense differently than everyone else
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Opb2cNI69N
Obligatory
Literally lots of people get guarded like that
literally not. See, i can say that with utter conviction too.
Idc what you saying, jokic was by okc just a year ago
right cuz all the screens are legal and clean 🙄🙄
Illegal screen says what?
Warriors would trade every illegal screen call for Steph not being hugged and grabbed (actually call defensive foul).
I’ll spell it out for you. That would benefit the Warriors if Curry could actually move without the grabbing even if there were no illegal screens.
The screens is a result of all the grabbing that prevents him from running normally.
Bullshit
Gotta offset the MMA moving screens somehow
to be fair, it does make up for all the grabbing and illegal screens
Jokic is fouled on every possession.
welcome to every decent player above 6’5. any remotely tall guy gets fouled constantly, more so the better they are.
Agreed
Draymond, I watched you do exactly that to Vic my guy.
Roll the Draymond/Bogut/Looney getting away with illegal screens tape
The lee/klay/bogut one comes to mind from the 2015 finals
Thankfully Boston won so I can look back fondly but when Draymond did his best Brian Dawkins impression in the middle of the court when the Celtics beat them in 2016 is one of the funniest no calls ever
You’re memory holing the reason Draymond was on the ground in the first place: the Celtics slide tackled him while he was trying to set the screen.
https://streamable.com/frg4
Lmao that’s one way to cope with Draymond performing a WWE move on Smart