Draymond Green is known to go under his opponent’s skin from time to time. During Green’s 13 -year NBA career, with all the Golden State Warriors, he is labeled as an institution, an agitator and many times as a dirty player.
And despite Green’s animated style of playing, he is a winner above all. Green’s all-round play, seems to bring intensity to every play, especially at the defensive end, Warriors have contributed to all four of the NBA titles during their most recent dynasty.
Green, 35, 2025 continues to bring an anti -basketball style to the NBA playoffs. Through nine matches in this year’s playoffs, Green has raked five technical fouls and two flagant fouls. During the loss of Warriors Game 2, 117-93, his latest technical Minnesota Timberwells from a elbow thrown in the direction of Naz Reid.
Green, who feels that he is misunderstood as “an angry black man”, made a brief, powerful statement in response to the legend after Thursday’s game.
Draymond Green just wanted to give a quick postgame statement: “I am crazy to continue to look like a black man in anger. I am ill about it. It’s ridiculous.” pic.twitter.com/ay7tlfhjwl
– Anthony Slater (@Anthonyvslater) May 9, 2025
“I am not an angry black man. I am a very successful, educated black person with a great family, and I am great in basketball, whatever I do, I am great on him. I am crazy to try to make an angry black man like a black man. I am sick with it. It is ridiculous,” Green said, “Green said in the locker room after game 2.
Warriors Reporter for athletic, Anthony Slater posted this video at his official X account (@anthonyvslater).
Golden State Warriors Forward Drummond Green (23) appears against Minnesota Timberwells in the second half during the second round game for the 2025 NBA playoffs at the Target Center. Compulsory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imgon Picture
The incident on Thursday night was angry with Green, shouting on the referee to be a technical dishonesty. Head coach, Steve Kerr removed the green color from the game, and he stayed on the bench for about six minutes of sports action before returning to the floor.
Green now seats two technical fouls or two flagant foul away from receiving one-game suspension in this year’s playoffs.
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