[Highlight] Draymond Green shoves Wemby in the back as the Warriors trail by 23 in the first half (flagrant 1 on review)
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This guy legit hates playing when Steph is not there.
It’s insane how it happens like clockwork every time
The therapy is working wonders though!
Fuck those therapy threads where warrior fans talking like therapy did wonders on him… as if he didn’t make an Amazon series called the Sessions where he took anger management therapy a month before knocking out Jordan Poole
Warriors “fans” (who didn’t know basketball existed until 2016) whine about Curry’s officiating - when their team employed the two dirtiest players in the league at the same time (Draymond and Zaza).
These people are zero self awareness.
Two things can be true. Draymond is dirty as hell AND Steph gets no respect from the refs
Rudy Gobert saying that he gets himself ejected when Steph isn’t playing gets funnier every time
If Steph is out and Warriors play the Wolves Gobert should sit out for his own protection.
Or at least have his boxing coach in attendance again so he can talk about what he would have done
personally I want to see Draymond Green put Gobert in a headlock again
Draymond then headlocks Gobert on the bench
People don’t understand that Green actually makes the team worse even when Steph is playing.
Draymond Green makes everyone worse.
When Green is injured and Curry is playing Warriors are very good
Yeah pretty sure his mentality is somewhere along the lines of “We’re gonna lose this shit anyway”, without Curry.
We saw the same thing happen last year lmfao
Last year? This has been a trend almost his entire career.
Anyone got an excel spreadsheet with data on Draymond getting himself ejected when Steph/Klay got hurt over his career?
It’s like Harden and strip clubs at this point.
It’s beyond that. Some one did the data work on the likelihood of a Draymond ejection given Steph is out, a year or so back, and the results were staggering.
Edit: As of two years ago, he was about 3 times as likely to be ejected in a game Steph was out vs. in. https://www.reddit.com/r/nbadiscussion/s/oHgPiUi5Ad
The one exception being Rockets on Christmas
We saw an entire season of that in 2020. You would think the self-proclaimed leader of the Warriors would express his leadership skills with the rookies and at least bring the team to a respectable defense. Nope he was just outright terrible on both ends and dared the refs to eject him every game. Biggest loser in the NBA and probably the biggest Steph merchant of all time. Jordan Poole got punched because calling Draymond 30’s backpack was too accurate of a blow to the ego
He’s a loser. Picks on players who aren’t physically strong. Dennis Rodman would have whooped his ass.
And, as in this case, almost always goes after them from behind, because he can dish it out but can’t take it.
Bus rider mentality. Doesn’t even believe in himself to carry.
sore ass loser i swear
Maybe it’s like he feels the responsibility to step up when Steph isn’t there and is frustrated that he isn’t really able to, especially at the offensive end.
I wish he’d just retire. I’m so fucking tired of his antics.
Then we’d be saddled with him every night on Inside the NBA.
Luckily I watch the German broadcast and I don’t watch that show. I would be freeeee.
No one would even know who he was if it wasn’t for Steph.
Well that’s just a lie.
No, he’s been riding on Steph coattails for 10 years now.
Won Defensive Player of The Year 10 years ago btw, but sure he’s riding off of Steph.
He acts like it’s true though
The league should just pre-eject him before the game when Steph is injured, would avoid risking injuries for no reason
I think Draymond is a great player, and one of the best ever at what he does.
But if it wasnt for Steph, his main legacy would be being like the 5th highest answer in an offseason thread titled “What great role players from previous eras have been completely forgotten?” And he clearly knows it.
Great at being a classless p.o.s.
I’m not even sure he’d be a great role player if he didn’t have Steph and Klay. A career on the Wizards or Charlotte Hornets or Jazz and I don’t think we see much of a Draymond Green all star career at all .
look at draymond stats…dude is a bum
If I’m passing to the greatest shooter of all time plus Klay and KD. I’ll have atleast .. atleast 6 assists.
There’s also no team in the league that is going to give primary ball duties to a non-shooter that has to play around the perimeter. Steph has given Draymond an incredibly specialized role that would leave him offensively useless on every other team. He doesn’t even have to play heavily off ball, if Draymond didn’t exist he’d just shift to a more on ball game and we’ve seen this in the playoffs (2022 Boston finals was PnR spam with non Draymond players).
He’s also an insane offensive liability in the playoffs (against the good teams) and exclusively the reason why teams can double and triple team Steph so easily.
tbh you wouldn’t even be able to get a pass off
He created massive space for curry and it paid off, I can’t say that would have happened with any other shooter he may have come across. Hes got decent iq for passing at the top of the key and beyond but he early on benefited from having good passing bigs like David Lee and Bogut. Defense he always would have brought it, can’t really see that not happening
Yeah but just defense and some passing chops as an undersized 5 on a less forward thinking team and his career could have ended up like Jeremy Sochan or something lol
Yeah I wonder if he would even have gotten an all star of he got drafted by the Hornets or Kings. Defensive intensity is great but offensively pretty limited, although he did develop a 3pt shot for like 3 seasons. Without it he would be a better passing Vando with slightly better touch.
How many games did they win with Dray leading?
15
How do you even only win 15 games in a season?
draymond averaged double digit scoring 4 times in his career…his best year 14.0…never once double digit in rebound or assists. and only reason he got decent amount of assists was he played with three of the greatest shooters of all time curry, klay and KD.
if would have gotten drafted by any other team then the warriors…he maybe would have played for 4 seasons
He’d be out of league as a role player if he didn’t luck his ass in getting drafted by the Warriors
didnt even make it a single game before pulling some shit like this lol
How romantic
Yup, the first game after Curry is out and he called in sick to get his Paid Time Off
This man is going to get in the hall of fame riding the coattails of Steph Curry.
He wouldn’t be in the hall of fame much less an all star without Steph.
I wouldnt want to play w/temu steph either
Especially once the Spurs had lapped them.
Green is probably the luckiest player in NBA history. If he hadn’t been drafted into the Warriors franchise he’d have been out of the league for lack of production alongside his horrific behavior.
Backpack
Draymond just jealous because he and the warriors will never sniff a title again. Their window has closed
the refs thought the obvious punishment was to let him finish playing the game
Steph out, you know what time it is.
He’s getting treatment on his elbow now, probably going to sit out with an injury. Young Dray would have gone back in and finished out the ejection. Sad to see the stars fade.
No choke, groin kick, or stomp? My man is washed.
Lmao
He’s complaining why is it only flagrant 1
Dude already walked out and realised it’s only flagrant 1. Bad night for Dray
He crossed his fingers in his podcast about not doing dumb shit too lmao so predictable
I swear Draymond only goal is to get ejected when Steph is out
Is there a stat out there for how many times he’s gotten ejected when Steph is out?
Somebody made a post a few years ago with stats and pretty much confirmed it
Something like 12 ejections in 800 games with Steph vs 11 ejections in 155 games without him lol
Literally like 5 times more likely to get ejected when Steph is out
Not sure, but he recently broke the record for total career ejections.
There’s obfuscation in the numbers because he gets ejected so much more than other players regardless, right?
But it’s 3x higher rate w/ Steph not playing.
Maybe if you ask u/grokbot nicely
Grok would probably say some bullshit about white genocide in South Africa
Nah, it’d just call Draymond a bunch of slurs.
He spend his whole career carried by Steph, KD, and Klay tbf. He isn’t a star unless he’s surrounded by all nba players
He isn’t a “star” at all
Famous for being a goon ig
He’s a violent bum. Being able to pass the ball to Curry isn’t really an impressive skill. Anyone can do that.
He is just bad straight up
Not a star period. Proven by the fact he is totally without the ability to lead the team to wins without Steph there. He’s Steph’s henchman dude. That’s the only reason he’s still there. He’s the enforcer. The basketball is a side hustle lol
Sure seems like it
Sarunas would never
Sarunas was and is a prince
He fail doing that due to his friendship with all refs, so only flagrant 1
Idk how that wasnt an ejection. Huge potential for injury on that and it was on a make so no chance for a rebound. Cheap and dirty all the way. It sucks that Steph gets hurt all the time and warriors miss the playoffs cause we get stuck having to watching this jackass on inside the NBA.
Aside form the fact it’s Draymond, he sped up to run into Wemby’s back, and while he was looking up at the ball, he put his forearms out forward. He had no intention of making a play on the ball and was just trying to pretend like he was by looking at it.
Agree. Incredibly dangerous. Blindside hit into traffic. Fuck him
Dude should be kicked out of the league by this point probably
The league doesn’t care about players, hell the Warriors don’t care about players. They let him punch Jordan Poole and Poole was the one that got sent away. Awful people all around.
The Spurs have it coming after what they did in the WCF. Wemby encouraging Plumlee to blindside truck McCain (Clip), Carter Bryant blindsiding Shai on b2b possessions (Clip). To say nothing of the Wemby elbow on Naz or his dirty plays against the Knicks.
BTW somehow none of the plays against the Thunder were even called flagrants on the floor. This Draymond one at least was.
But yeah, you guys are very inconsistent with when you care about dirty plays. The answer is usually “but {player} has a history!!” The Spurs in one playoff run had more dirty plays than anybody we’ve ever seen lmao. When does it count as a history?
🤣 bro has been holding onto this one since May
You won a title a year ago have some self respect
it wasn’t “into traffic” just because other players were in the general vicinity
Warriors and taking out the Spurs next star…. Name a more iconic duo
If nobody else is gonna say it I will
Fuck Zaza
Warriors fans on this sub downvoted a Rockets fan for saying this. Something along the lines of “read the room” AKA don’t interrupt our circlejerk about how the Rockets are dirty and we aren’t
Warriors fans and complaining that their team is definitely not dirty and yours is
Warriors fans bitching about steph getting mauled as if dray doesnt get away with murder in broad daylight + offense built on moving screens.
It actually was crazy how many warriors fans were talking about the rockets being dirty and trying to injure steph as if they havent had draymond on their team for years stomping and kicking people left and right.
Steph’s out. Dray will make the next one count
As someone who has defended him in the past, I think this should have been an ejection and a 2-3 game suspension. This was pure Dylan Brooks BS.
No. This was classic Draymond donkeyin’. Anybody else commiting bullshit bitchass fouls should be compared to your boy.
Dylan Brooks is better than this tbh
Should have been. Wind-up, follow through, potential for injury, not making a play on the ball, etc.
Yeah I agree, this should’ve been a flagrant 2
I agree it should have been an ejection. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it only merited a flagrant 1.
Draymond is trying to get ejected, making him keep playing is more of a punishment.
Wait he wasn’t ejected?
I saw the clip this morning and assumed he was ejected a d will get a multi game suspension
If Jokic on Morris was ejection worthy (it was) then this is too
It’s assault and Draymond should be arrested. It’s so weird have professional athletes can get away with that during games.
Because it’s a contact sport… Do you think Wemby should have been arrested then deported for elbowing Naz Reed in the head?
If it’s intentional like what Draymond did in this clip. Plus what he has done in the past. Then absolutely
Idk how that wasnt an ejection.
mccain literally did this exact same move to deni advija a few games ago and iirc they didn’t even call anything. just lowered his shoulder and rammed right into his back so he couldn’t react at all.
When Carter Bryant did it to Shai on b2b possessions in the WCF, it wasn’t even a flagrant somehow.
Clip
NBATalk post where people were celebrating it, even
Same with Plumlee on McCain after Wemby told him to get hard fouls in. It was only called a flagrant after the game which is INSANE. Clip
This is such a joke at this point with Draymond. What a donkey. NBA looks like a joke with this guy constant childish behaviour year after year..
I truly don’t understand how he is still allowed in the NBA. Dude has a legit mixtape of flagrant 1, 2s and Ts.
The way you hear Warriors fans talk about it, he’s totally not that dirty actually because he’s never injured anyone
Should’ve been banned from the league when he put Gobert in a chokehold
Should’ve been arrested when he punched JP
Sabonis?
There were dumbass Warriors fans seriously saying he was asking for it and that he flopped being stomped on the chest lmao
Not all of us defend Draymond’s bullshit. I genuinely wouldnt complain if he got suspended over this. It’s always such a bitch move too like accidently on purpose kicking, shoving, or elbowing people.
It’s been a decade of dirty play by now, the denial is insane
I know its not hockey - but I don’t understand how some opposing role player hasn’t crushed him a la Charles Oakley.
There are no Charles Oakley’s left, the NBA killed them all. Remember Stoudemire and Diaw getting suspended in the playoffs for walking four feet away from the bench.
Because the league is soft as baby shit now and they don’t let players police each other anymore thanks to the Malice in the Palace.
Because NBA players opinions of Draymond are significantly different than NBA Reddit?
Is that so?
I mean he “only” has 21 flagrants across his entire career. Which is obviously a lot but given Draymonds reputation you would think the number is like 50 given he has played 14 years in the league. The number would probably be closer to 50 if he got called for all the bullshit he has done though, seems to be getting away with a lot aswell.
First time i ever seen a flagrant in a 2k game was when this mfer smacked the shit outta myplayer tryna “block” my shot i kid you not
C O N T E N T
This is the top post on r/nba right now. Everyone hates him, but when he does typical Draymond shit, everyone runs to these threads to talk about it and the networks have a new discussion topic to keep viewers hooked.
I remember hearing some statistic years ago that suggested part of Howard Stern’s radio dominance in the 80s & 90s came from people who vehemently hated him but would still listen to his show to see what he would say next that they could complain about.
The NBA is professional wrestling and Draymond is the heel.
“everyone hates him”
Only on Reddit, most of the coaches and players are good with him
I can’t wait until this imbecile retires
We shouldnt have to wait. Someone in the nba needs to be an adult and ban him from the league already. We dont want to watch basketball with this shit in it
Hopefully he doesn’t seriously injure someone before he does.
Yes but then we’ll have to see him on TV year round
Thank God I’m watching the German broadcast and won’t have to deal with him after he retires.
Who’s really to blame? The NBA or the Warriors?
Draymond.
Warriors and the League have been enabling him for years
Kerr with the stupid save faces like blaming “the leaker” of the JP punch video
It’s not only Draymond to blame, even though he’s the perpetrator
At some point you stop blaming the toddler for acting out when his parents keep rewarding him for it.
A toddler isn’t expected to have personal responsibility.
Both. But the NBA could easily suspend him when the warriors do nothing.
NBA for allowing him to continue playing
The NBA
Disgusting behaviour, should have been booted from the league a while ago.
Yeah but he’s gonna be the new Shaq talking head, dreading that day. What a joke to basketball.
Rabid donkey
Literally no one cares. Especially casuals.
I don’t think you have any idea what “literally” means.
Literally can be used as an intensifier. Definition has been modified for years even in the dictionary. Love when people get on a high horse about this just to be completely wrong.
Your entire argument is irrelevant. Everyone across the league despises Draymond Green
Fucking king of tone deafness over here lmao
I mean people in here do so your use of the word literally here is wrong
Every single person predicted this was going to happen, to the point where the refs were keeping an extra close eye. Draymond is not out there to play basketball, he’s out there to hurt Wembanyama. Fuck this guy.
Even Yaxel made a comment about playing Wemby rough. Fucking hilarious seeing Warriors fans complain about Houston playing Curry physical then Draymond doing this bullshit
I mean there’s playing someone rough, which is valid, and then there’s your Draymond shenanigans.
Playing someone “rough” is not valid according to warriors fans if you don’t let Curry waltz to the basket for an uncontested layup though
nah you guys definitely foul tf out of that man lol. but fuck draymond as well
Theres a difference between playing wemby rough and this bullshit. I dont think any warriors fans would defend this play by dray.
I’m already preparing myself for Kerr excusing it somehow
Excuse what? He didn’t see the play.
Kerr’s got a code!
“We need Draymond.” –Kerr
I live in the Bay Area, and the amount of “fans” that would celebrate this play would shock you.
I wore my Kawhi Leonard jersey to game 2 of the ‘17 WCF at the warriors, the game after he got injured by Zaza, and a group of warriors fans pretended to trip me and laugh while me and my wife were walking to our seats.
wouldn’t shock me at all actually.
I can’t believe that moron has 130 upvotes for saying “Warriors fans don’t defend dirty players” lol.
Does this sub actually not remember Warriors “fans” defending Dray and Zaza with their lives in 2018-19?
Warriors “fans” (who didn’t know basketball existed until 2016) whine every game about Steph’s officiating when their team employed the two dirtiest players in the league at the same time. These people are zero self awareness.
It hilarious not because warriors fans would defend it.
We know they don’t.
But also warriors fans should 100% expect this to happen. Literally everyone else did.
It’s hilarious when they accuse Houston when it’s not even a surprise when they do something worse that’s 10000% intentional.
Fr buncha fucking crybabies who live in the most glass house possible throwing stones lol
Didn’t even have to wait a week to be vindicated lol
New here?
GSW since 2015 says otherwise
Listening to these clowns for the past few days has been pretty annoying. For some reason this fool’s actions dont ever count in their minds.
The Code exemption is annoying for sure. Im curious tho about examples of a team/coach publicly calling out their own dirty players, whether its simply not denying it or actively shitting on the player for it. Coach K is the first that comes to mind. And Kerr that one time when Dray tried to choke Rudy out.
Shoulder checking a defenseless player in the back isn’t “playing rough.”
I literally said “this bullshit”
Literacy has been on a downtrend
Of course if you don’t play Wemby physical he goes for 50⁄25 and 10 blocks
i don’t think Dray’s bullshit was the kind of physical Yaxel was talking about, at least I hope not.
Nah you’re right, Draymond takes it too far, especially on a night where Curry is out. It’s like he wants to be out of the game as soon as possible
That really seems like it
Sad part is people eat whatever Yaxel says up because he’s “authentic”
Playing Wemby rough is like, hard fouls so he doesn’t get and-1s. It’s not shoving him from behind when the shot has already gone up and Wemby is nowhere near the shooter
I wish you had the reading comprehension to finish 2 sentences
If you can’t beat em, beat on em.
Draymond genuinely trying to take out the NBA’s #1 asset. What a complete dumbass. Should be flagrant 2 given it was from behind, and since Wemby is a tall ass MF vulnerable to injury.
There’s enough stars getting hurt just randomly; league really doesn’t need Dray’s help.
I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say this should be a 10+ game suspension. He legitimately can’t help himself from trying to injure other players.
10+ game suspension, but only games where Steph plays count for those 10.
You tryin to get other players hurt??
No he’s still suspended the whole time it just starts counting down when steph is back
Considering his history yeah, he should not be allowed to play. Disgusting manchild behavior
This isn’t even a top five Draymond cheap shot, at worst this would be a two game suspension.
Oh brother
relax
that is beyond hyperbolic my guy
There had to be a bet on sportsbook for this, right?
nba teams should hire some nhl enforcers
Thoughts on the elbow to Naz Reids throat?
One time thing. Draymond is a repeat offender. Wemby was frustrated. Draymond does it just because
I seem to remember the spurs taking cheap shots on the thunder during the WCF. Wemby called in a hit on Jarred McCain of all people. Honestly wemby deserves a bit of this back.
There was a lot of that going back and forth (Caruso drag down on Castle, Hart hair pull on Castle, etc), so while I don’t think Wemby should have put a hit on McCain, there was definitely some frustration going around from both teams.
My irritation with the Draymond play today is not necessarily that it’s on Wemby – him doing this against any player is ridiculous – but that everyone was just waiting for it to come.
Even if you think that, Draymond has no right to do it - his rap sheet is way too long
Oh I am a certified Draymond hater. He should have been banned from the league long ago.
Don’t dish it if you can’t take it
Steph out, European big? You already know what drays doing
Here I go killing again
doesn’t dray just hate white euro bigs
Specifically French ones
Lowered his shoulder, no ball in sight, why not an ejection?
Same people complaining about this glorify the “physicality” of the 90’s
Players who played like that got their asses kicked. See Bill Laimbeer.
Honestly I’d like Draymond more if he leaned into the Laimbeer vibe. Laimbeer was a shitbag but he would absolutely take a revenge shot and make jokes about it afterwards.
I can’t see Draymond saying something like “If I wasn’t me I’d think I was an asshole too.”
Anyone else see him go to the tunnels? His plan to get tossed didn’t work?
He literally doesn’t care when Steph goes out
He 100% cares, he just doesn’t want to get exposed playing in a scheme without Steph lol
The first time this happened, the narrative was that he needed to shoulder more of the load without Klay/Steph, and he said hell naw and got himself kicked out immediately.
I think he might’ve injured himself? Lmao
Yeah hes got a pad on now for his elbow, think he hurt himself tryna hurt wemby
Draymond Green is confused. It hurts himself in confusion.
exactly this. didn’t want to play.
he needs to go. he’s gonna injure wemby at this rate
insane that was only a flagrant one, he makes absolutely 0 attempt at a basketball play. just lowers his shoulder with full intention of knocking the dude down.
its embarrassing how much the league lets this dude get away with so consistently with barely a slap on the wrist.
It was also when the ball went in so it wasn’t like he was trying to rebound it.
It’s not Draymond specific
Between Wemby encouraging Plumlee to blindside truck McCain (Clip), Carter Bryant blindsiding Shai on b2b possessions (Clip), none of those 3 plays were ruled flagrants on the floor.
Not even a flagrant 1.
So would you say the league lets Carter Bryant/Mason Plumlee get away with so much? They didn’t even get a flagrant during the game, Draymond did
This is like the third time I’ve seen you post this exact thing and it’s super weird to make this about something else lol. Those dudes do not have anywhere close the reputation and repeat offenses dray does and some part of you knows that.
I think the Spurs in one playoff run did more than any Draymond team in any playoff run of his career (yes including 2016)
What I wonder is, when they stack more playoff runs like that, when will you start recognizing it? Like when will it be enough?
Were you telling people in 2016 to leave dray alone btw?
He’ll keep being himself wherever he is.
Wemby needs the elbow weapon
He needed to go like a decade ago. He’s earned himself a lifetime ban like 10 times over at this point.
But the league loves him and must keep him in games at all costs, for some reason.
I mean we all saw this bullshit coming right? Steph is out and we all know draymonds a bitch and tries and gets ejected
But why hasn’t anybody punched him yet?
When does anybody get punched in the nba
November 19th, 2004 in Detroit. I don’t think there’s been a legitimate fight since, just shoving and cheap shots.
Charlotte + Detroit threw down last year but it’s so rare. Guy responded to me as if there’s punches getting thrown all the time. Nobody’s trying to get suspended a bunch of games it’s all pushing and shoving and shit talking
You’re joking right
I hate gambling but if there are prop bets for draymond getting ejected after a Steph injury I will open an account right now because it’s a sure thing
He’s just a Steph Curry merchant.
Fr saw plenty of people calling this exact behavior. Dudes gotta go
Typical bitch move by Mr Triple Single, especially when no Steph
Just like clockwork
Doesn’t want to play without Steph.
To be followed by the Kerr apology/excuse…
Spurs genuinely need a goon if their own for stuff like this. What’s James Johnson up to these days?
seriously, people hate on Wemby for doing his own gooning whenever he gets roughed up but what is the alternative?
There is no alternative. You just look em in the eyes and goon.
Well shit, if that’s what needs done, sign me to a contract.
Wait, you meant… nevermind.
Living the dream
Phrasing
Hard screen but idk wemby seems too skinny for that.
Steven Adams had a great one on pat bev a few years ago. https://youtube.com/shorts/E3ODH5XhcRU?is=MH7zptJe9wQvgrsv
Wemby needs to find his own Marty McSorley.
Ironically, Draymond would be perfect for the role lol
input Wemby tongue gif
You make it sound like Wemby was forced to elbow Naz Reid in the head. What’s the alternative???
I’m thinking Bill Lambier would actually fit the team really well. Let’s make it a real fiesta.
Put the prince of darkness on the coaching staff, he’ll be fighting players
Honestly they tried it last season with Olynyk and it didn’t play out. Better to just eat it and get the benefit
Olynyk is not James Johnson. lmao even. Kelly is a super nice guy.
Johnson grew up in a legit gladiator house.
Kelly.. the same guy who purposely dislocated Kevin love’s shoulder in the playoffs?
You’re right.. he’s such a nice guy. Plays the game the right way
Kevin love is a bruiser too. Thanks for reminding me. Real Lambier type.
I’m sorry, what??
When has Olynyk ever been a tough guy once in his career? A couple dirty plays but never has he ever acted tough or been ready to fight someone. Lmao what a pathetic goon.
He’s also about seven shades past toast.
Spurs were desperate for help at the 5 behind Wemby and he barely played
It’s crazy to me the spurs had like 20 centers on the bench last year and wemby was the one elbowing people
Robert Horry wanna come outta retirement
What happened to Plumlee? That’s who Wemby got on us when we were beating that ass.
The answer is Dylan the Villain.
We used to have players like Stephen Jackson
hi from uconn. didn’t you guys just get tarris reed? he would bully anybody lmao his only problem is he seems genuinely nice unlike Draymond so his physicality is sometimes less menacing. but he would body almost anybody in the league lol
Maybe they should trade for…..Draymond Greene
That fucker is going to have enough and put on 40 lbs of muscle next offseason
You may not have James Johnson. However, I’d be happy for him to get some minutes with us when we play the Warriors next.
Really not to go all badass on everyone but how is no one from SA getting in Greens business here? There should be some kind of scuffle at least
Bring back Ben Wallace.
Wemby acts like the goon when he struggles to dominate freely
Why does he do these kinda things I don’t get it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
Thanks, keeping this one in my back pocket, it’ll come in handy.
ofc it originated in Russia XDDDDDDDD
This is why I still come to Reddit, good stuff.
don’t want to play without steph. he does it a lot when steph’s out.
This. Whenever Steph is out he’s fucking useless, so her overcompensates by doing this shit.
He’s also a total dick.
It sucks because this also adds no value in a trade or even returning
He is past the point of a super valuable trade. If he is ever traded, it will be with about 2 other players, some salary cap BS, or a lower level draft pick. He is still legit, but not that valuable.
This is like daunte culpepper. Was only good cause he had Randy moss. No Randy moss=ass.
He’s a 4x champ, and he doesn’t foul to injure somebody, he just wants to give a hard foul… That’s part of the game if you know basketball, which you evidently don’t… He’s the defensive anchor of that team, that’s his job.
Whoa whoa, he doesn’t foul to injure somebody? Myb I’m crazy, but I feel like I can remember off the top of my head at least a dozen dirty plays he’s made in the past decade where he had no intention to play basketball. What are you rambling on?
I did some quick research (with the help of Google for full transparency)…across his career, Draymond has been ejected atleast 7 times and suspended for 3 separate incidents when Steph was out with injury.
He’s been suspended 6 times in total, and half of those have conveniently happened when Steph was missing time.
Really? Thats your reason? Not because he’s a piece of shit?
both can be true
It’s both. He’s a POS, but I’m willing to bet, if you look at past times Steph has had to miss games, Draymond will always find a way to get himself taken out of as many games as possible.
Because he knows he isn’t much of anything if he doesn’t have the greatest shooter of all time on the floor.
there was a post or tweet that he does this when curry is out and they’re getting blown out. He’ll go for 2 techs or a flagrant 2 for the early shower.
“because they’re a piece of shit” is not a reason lmao it’s a conclusion. Here’s an example to clear it up for you:
why does luka flop and then cry every 3 seconds on the court? Because it’s an effective strategy for winning games. That Luka is a piece of shit and a manbaby for using that effective strategy is incidental.
Two things can both be right.
How does what they said excuse him from being a pos?
no one’s making an excuse for him. Green’s a menace
oh suddenly he’s not a piece of shit when steph’s on the floor? both can be true buddy, but we usually see this draymond when steph’s out.
Bad person
The dudes got emotional issues clearly. Grown man that can’t control his anger.
While true, when Steph gets injured he pretty much always tried to get suspended / ejected. His version of hibernate mode, while still meeting contractual obligations.
Yeah that’s whack as hell. You’d think for someone so emotional he’d be a bit more competitive than bitching out when his star player is out.
It’s definitely a business decision. “I’m old, don’t want more mileage when we’re prob going to lose, but can’t refuse to play, so I’ll just get ejected”
He’s done this 10-15 times that I’ve seen and I don’t even watch the NBA like that
That coach just lets Draymond do whatever, if Hannibal Lector ran a 4.5 we’d call it an eating disorder as they say
Risking injuring other players to get ejected is actually worse than him just being emotionally out of control. That just makes it sociopathic.
Yes, it’s coached. Yaxel literally admitted it in a pre game interview
Stepharation Anxiety be hitting
He didnt get angry, he literally been waiting for this game all season so he could get Wemby, for all the suspect BS Wemby got away with last post season.
Absolutely, this ain’t a basketball play, it’s an emotional little bitch play.
Obligatory, showing emotion is positive masculinity, however Draymond is toxic masculinity.
Do you think Wemby also has toxic masculinity, given he was ejected for elbowing Naz Reid in the head?
With Draymond, it’s a pattern. If Wemby ends up with more flagrants than any other active player in his career, maybe you can call the two comparable.
He always tries to get ejected/suspended when Steph is out.
Yeah the game was over in the 1st and he clearly wanted out
Because he’s a piece of shit.
To foreigners, specifically.
His matchups with Giannis he never really tries anything dirty tbf, and he bigs him up a lot in press conferences. Same with Luka, not sure about Jokic but I think its similar also
I haven’t seen him try anything with Giannis, Luka, or Jokic. I think he likes Luka, doesn’t wanna mess with Giannis, and doesn’t wanna mess with Jokic’s brothers.
I think with Wemby, he sees him as young and someone who won’t retaliate and doesn’t have an enforcer teammate. He is probably annoyed that he’s so tall and good at 22. Maybe being French has something to do with it as well, wouldn’t surprise me.
i thought draymond was a fan of wemby for being legitimately talented on top of being physically gifted, unlike gobert who he hates for being physically gifted but untalented
From the back too, if he played in the 90s where enforcers really existed, he wouldve been layed out
Klutch sport signed player are cancer
He has to compensate being mediocre somehow
Draymond is an asshole but he’s definitely not mediocre.
He definitely is now. His prime I’ll give you that. But last couple years he has not been great
Draymond is the epitome of right place right time. He gets drafted by any other team he’d be as big of a name as Montrezl Harrell
that applies to most players? it really depends on how a player fits in a rotation. look at how Yaxel is playing without Steph’s gravity.
Stupid comment. Four rings bro
Carried. if he spent his entire career in Charlotte he would’ve been out of the league within 6 years.
Cuz rings are an individual stat. Understood.
They don’t win then without him. Nope. You don’t understand
“rings bro” god fuck off
Everytime he does stuff like this he immediately turns around and pretends to be looking and focusing on something else
Cuz he can get away with it
because hes a dummy
Because he gets away with it
As a Warriors fan, whenever Steph is out, he has a tendency to try and get himself ejected from the game.
He’s getting old and losing a step. He was always like this but didn’t need to be like this as much to win. Now Hes too old and it makes him angry and lose what little control he has.
No real consequences
He’s a bitch. Damn, that was easy
Curry isnt in the game. He’s actually sad he only got an f1
And literally one of the nicest ‘celebrities’ I’ve met. Granted it was just a photo and a quick chat, but super down to earth and completely chill. You also don’t hear about him doing this stuff outside of basketball (off-court and a team mate!) which you would expect if he had anger issues in general. He’s just seems to completely lose his mind when he plays basketball. It’s so dangerous.
Because he is terrible at the actual game of basketball.
I love digging this off. this is the best time to remind how he backed down to Meta/Artest https://youtu.be/Mh1wjGzNuQA?is=_8zQAuRZGXm_1Yf0 , sometimes you know you ain’t the craziest.
It’s ALWAYS when Steph is out too…..
He’s allowed to. It’s that simple.
No emotional regulation…and he’s a little bitch
Because while he’s a good basketball player, he’s legitimately stupid and he’s doing what stupid think is tough
This behavior doesn’t belong in the league, pathetic lil boy
Because y’all loved it when he started doing it. And he’s obviously low IQ special ed.
he is empowered by the league and rarely disciplined in accordance with his actions.
Because he’s a c***t.
PEDs probably
His coach told him to?
He’s the defensive anchor for the team, this is exactly what he should be doing. Steph isn’t playing so of course we are going to lose to a finals team, but you act like he just shot somebody… relax man. At least when Draymond fouls, he’s not trying to hurt or injure the other player, he just wants to make the foul count. If he wanted to hurt someone, he would be throwing punches like Marcus Smart last game. You guys are so soft man. Tell me your team and I can find a player that did the same exact shit. Grow up and move on…
Why has Wemby had about 3 Draymond level issues in his short career? Why do we ignore it?
He’s gotten the superstar version treatment iof Draymond. Víctor has pretty well shown when Victor can’t get easy paint shots, gets bodied, and thus can’t find his J he has outbursts to say the least.
Add it to the lowlight reel
Is there enough room? Reels should be under 5 minutes
Could fill an HBO mini series worth at his rate
Draymond is a fuckwit, get him out of the NBA
He will just become a mod on here shortly so watch ur words
But how will the Warriors replace his 3ppg?!
The audacity of warriors fan to call us dirty when they have this doofus
Calm down
Draymond Green has been the biggest bitch in the league for more than a decade now.
Sad that Kerr + Framchise enable this behavior for over a decade. They love being the victim , SOFT fanbase
Kerr’s an even bigger bitch imo
It makes Kerr look worse than draymond at this point
I’m convinced their fan base is made up of 12 year olds who don’t remember 2015 and adults who take their announcer’s biased words as gospel. Their announcers would make North Korean state media blush
Remember a few days ago when warriors fans were crying and saying Alpi was playing too rough?
Let’s go example for example
Didn’t your team submit a 180 page paper to the league office on why you were losing because of the refs
Is that not a soft franchise and fanbase too?
Whataboutism isn’t a valid defense. More of an acknowledgement and attempt at deflection.
I’m not the franchise, and I obviously know Draymond is dirty.
Whataboutism is completely valid in this case, Rockets love to play dirty too so no one is holier than thou
This behavior is so predictable, I legitimately don’t understand how the league allows players like this to take the court.
Because it’s a contact sport. The league let Wemby play the next game when he elbowed Naz Reed in the head, a very a dangerous act
People were convinced it was Dort lol. Not even close
Dort is no Draymond, but he’s still a POS
Dort will take over when Draymond retires. Second place for now
This rage baiter always farming for ejections when Steph is out.
should be banned from the NBA by now honestly fuck this guy
He’s on a one year deal. I’m pretty sure he’s gone after this year.
Problem is he’s done this every year and the moron Warriors FO keep bringing him back - this time paying him the most ever at nearly $30M.
His stats aren’t even good - I don’t think he’s crossed 10pts all season.
Draymond is a bitch.
Always was and always will be.
So funny watching this after the reactions Warriors fans had towards Rockets fans with the Steph injury.
which wasn’t even a dirty play mind you. Delusional ass fan base
Fucking Draymond
Flair checks out.
Imagine, FO paid $30M for this output. No other team would call this a great deal.
I can’t believe people said he was the anchor or beating heart of the team. I don’t see no anchor on that court.
No Curry.
No chance in the game.
“Eject me.” - Green
Ok That was bullshit Dray, for fucks sake what are you doing
Business as usual with Steph out
pretty much
i love the guy for helping us win so much but this stupid shit is … way too predictable
Warriors fan over here, acting surprised
That’s why I prefer the spurs play GSW with steph, even if it means the game will be tougher. With steph in the game, draymond somewhat behaves himself. Without steph, he just doesn’t want to play. He’ll do things to get ejected.
Piece of shit human being
Dudes been a piece of shit, yet so many defend him. One of the most over rated players ever. Without Steph, klay, KD we wouldn’t even know his name.
He’s not a star in my opinion. A star has to be able to carry a team. He can’t.
Draymond is the furthest thing from a star in the NBA.
Dude is a fucking piece of shit. Anyone who defends him is a golden state glazer, or piece of shit themselves.
I mean, up there as one of the greatest defenders ever, undeniably top-3 of his generation. Also can hold his own offensively (as we saw on the 2016 finals).
He has done enough to be praised, but he is also just a complete cunt coupled with all that, and at this point of his career is much more of a negative than a positive for the team.
A lot of people would disagree with you. He lucked into his situation. Put Steph on any other team, he still is great. KD will be KD wherever. Draymond on any other team? We don’t know his name.
And he’s a ahitty person too. The dirty plays tells me all I need to know about him. Trash human.
I don’t know about that tbh. Yeah he was lucky, sure, but I don’t see him as just a random role-player. Like, Rodman would still be known had he never gone to the Bulls, sure he lucked out with going to that system, but individually he was still great, I see Green in the same way. He wouldn’t elevate a mid team to title contender, but put him in a well constructed team and he WILL contribute. He is a star in a role-player status.
Even though I think KD is the 2nd BEST (not greatest) player ever, we saw with the Suns that “being KD” wherever doesn’t always translate to winning. And Curry needs a very specific roster constructed around him to win.
he’s not a number one by any means but surely a starter on a championship team, defensive player of the year, and makes most of the right plays.
What I’m saying is a star is a star on any team. Curry is a star wherever. KD is a star wherever. If Klay didn’t get hurt, he’s gonna do what he does wherever.
Draymond isn’t.
I’m a Warriors fan and agree.
Thanks Draymond. Our team is trying their best and really needed some veteran leadership. As we start to slowly find our shot and get in somewhat reach, you decide to shove their best player in the back and completely ruin the mood. This is what we need. Fucking dumbass plays that are selfish and only hurts our team.
Tbf you should not be surprised, standard Draymond stuff
idk why yall think we are surprised every time he does this… go check the game thread on the warriors sub we are fed up gang
Incredibly counterproductive
pisses me off so much
Lol dawg, the game was basically over literally 5 minutes in from start when spurs was up 18-0. The game was never within reach at any moment.
Lol what? Dray is a genuine pshyco and deserved a flagarant 2 tbh, but we were nowhere back in the game. Spurs up 20 and double our score with no steph. 0 chance we come back with or without Draymond being unhinged.
He wants to get ejected I’m sure it’s not fun playing this way (without curry) when you were on the peak warriors.
As we start to slowly find our shot and get in somewhat reach
I didn’t watch the game but wouldn’t surprise me. He does it at the worst moments when his team is getting momentum back.
Also, Pelicans get a revenge opportunity next game (Monday) and Zion is back. So Dray is probably scared of losing to Jordan Poole on Monday - it could be possible.
So Dray looks like he’s trying to get himself suspended by nearly injuring a star player.
Just ban him before he ruins someone’s career
Like clockwork. Warriors fans spent the last 2 nights saying Sengun is dirty because of the Curry injury when they let this dude do whatever the fuck he wants and Kerr, his teammates, and the NBA all let him do it. Fuck the spurs and all, but they’re the team that gets the worst of this dirty ass team. The fact that warriors fans have the balls to accuse anybody else of being dirty is insane.
I’m pretty sure Warriors fans know Draymond is dirty as shit. Things are not mutually exclusive.
I’ve been getting messages left and right how Draymond isn’t as dirty as Sengun because he doesn’t make people miss time.
Idk whether Sengun has full on elbowed ppl or stuck his feet under ppl and done dirty shit line that…but in general he plays a bit over the line imo. Kinda like Sabonis, he’s always doing too much throwing his weight around and trying to knock ppl over
Sengun is either dirty or has so little body control that he looks dirty (see: Kat) but either way he’s no Draymond. Draymond is on the Mt Rushmore of dirty alongside Lambeir.
He’s a flopper but also plays physical. I get why people hate the way he plays. But he’s not a dirty player, and certainly nowhere near Draymond Green. And when he’s foul baiting, rockets fans get frustrated with him too.
Now they’re all like “we saw it coming” like it makes it okay. Literally shitting on Ime and Brooks (not even on the team anymore) yesterday to “well the guys Draymond hits never miss games”.
That’s the most infuriating argument. The guy literally air throws people like it’s fucking street fighter 6 and it’s pure coincidence no one gets injured.
Add to that some injuries like Dray trying to break Sabonis ribs and taking out Hardens eyes are injures that they could have missed time on if they weren’t playoff games
Yeah just like Bassey could have missed time because of a dirty punch and Dillon Brooks swiping constantly at Curry’s injured finger in the playoffs
Were both dirty, no one’s holier than thou
I was thinking the same thing: I like coach Kerr for his off-court decency and moral clarity, but he’s OBVIOUSLY enabling this kind of behaviour.
I think you misspoke. You meant to say fuck the rockets and fuck Houston.
Got my popcorn and lawnchair out for this saga
Sengun was dirty, Draymond is a habitual POS, Marcus Smart a dumb bitch for a throwing punch over nothing.
Not that hard is it (I am a Warriors fan). Rockets fans won’t admit the Sengun TORQUE MOVE FROM HELL was too much. Let’s see someone bigger do that to Sengun and see how much you clap.
Cracks me up seeing Rockets fans walk around with their head tilted high as if they are exemplary models of decency.
Dude most warriors fans admit it was Curry’s fault. He literally hooked on him. I can admit Sengun do be elbowing, but this instance wasn’t even remotely dirty and in fact it was Curry who was grabbing to create an illegal screen.
Two things can be true lol. In general I’d say fans of a team will always ignore when one of their guy is playing dirty or too physical. Remember when OKC fans were complaining about how castle was defending sga ? Or spurs fans complaining how wemby is being guarded by minny ?
I don’t believe Sengun is dirty to be clear but he does extend his elbows a bit too much at times on offense.
5-0
18-0
Warriors fans were crying about the Rockets all on my timeline as if they don’t employ Draymond
That shit was hilarious and this sub ate it up. Yeah, no. Sengun is not remotely close to as dirty as Green.
Buncha fucking crybabies fr. Never seen an entire fanbase act like immature little kids. Sorest losers and winners I’ve ever seen. Biggest wannabe victims lol
It’s crazy bc it’s been 10 years now so the little kids who bandwagoned GS on here back in the day are still acting like losers a decade later in their 20s lol
They’ve been the NBA golden child since they became fans and they have a fuck ton of bandwagon Curry fans that keep the bubble insulated. It definitely makes for a sore winner fan base.
For a team that has won as many titles as they have in the last decade, they sure have a huge victim mentality.
A couple of days ago, Warriors fans said that Draymond isn’t dirty
Wow how could the houston rockets do this???? ime udoka is a psychopath!!!! kerr would never allow shit like this!!!
LOL did you see the warriors fans crying after that game. As if they dont have the dirtiest player in the league on their team
Yeah it was crazy, especially how they talked about ime ‘enabling’ it, like yeah the rockets play like assholes but you guys have kerr as coach who backed draymond OVER HIS OWN OTHER PLAYER after draymond fucking punched him like wtf lmao
Bruh as a warriors fan it was so fucking cringe 😂 had to stay out of the sub for a couple days
I heard that Houston broke the code. Kerr and lil Draybitch would never.
Green has lawyers been a dirty player.