Late NBA thread: Green still a mega pos
The Kings/Warriors series has been really good so far.
Green stood on a player's chest just now and keeps whooping it up. Such a bitch. Yes, his leg was grabbed a bit. But he stood on the guy's chest.
As a Celtics fan who saw this first hand in the finals last year, good riddance to that punk.
76ers and Celtics appear on a collision course. Lakers going to likely win that series if ja is out for good.
I expect Giannis will recover soon enough and the bucks will be fine
Wide open field this year!
Also different is the fact that football is an extremely physical sport and seeing someone grab someone else's foot, even after the whistle, is still not egregious.
Agree this is a most reasonable take. I wondered if he was trying to protect his face when he fell. Dunno. Hard to know what someone else's mind.
Seems like both should have gotten technicals. In NBA those don't offset, correct? Both teams shoot freethrows?
Sparty's gonna Spart
The first replay tells the story. Green’s weight is on his left foot, pushing off the court to get out in transition. He is picking up his right foot and feels Sabonis pulling on it. His right foot comes free and keeps moving upwards, and his weight is still fully on his left foot. From that instant, he decides not to jump off his left foot like a normal NBA player does hundreds of times a game. It was a split second decision but he could have avoided Sabonis and chose not to.
Agree, except not sure anything comparable happens to normal NBA players hundreds of time each game. It's seems rare to me that anyone's arms get wrapped up or interfere with another player's leg as happened here. It happens, but not too often, and is different that simply jumping off one foot or the other.
So glad that Sparty basketball players don't have helmets.
The hate Draymond gets annoys me to no end..
I'm a 43 year old Pistons Fan. I remember how hard we all cheered the Bad Boys. Hell I still have an autographed Bill Laimbeer poster hanging on my mancave wall.
I know he's a Spartan but the man does what he's paid to do so well.
I mean it doesn't take talent to dish out cheap shots, sucker punches, kicks to the nuts, etc. That's why he gets hate, deservedly.
Bill Laimbeer was a piece of shit on the court too. Oh hell, I remember in the 1987 ECF when Celtic Robert Parish sucker punched him and I was thinking “yeah, I understand”
And I forking HATE the Celtics
It hilarious that you'll literally call someone a piece of human excrement for something he did in a game.
Maybe he was dirty but he's still a 2x NBA champion
Draymond is also a multiple time NBA champion.
Maybe you're just against people who win?
Maybe he's just against people that are dicks?
April 18th, 2023 at 10:03 AM ^
Pretty weird hill you're dying on my dude, but sure go off.
Laimbeer was a championship caliber player and could definitely hack it in today's league, pun probably intended, as a stretch five, which was a skillset most centers in his time didn't have. While not a Hall of Famer, he's indisputably in the Hall of Very Good and definitely earned his 2x rings. But he also went out of his way to try and hurt other players. And while I get that was part of his arsenal and that there is a psychological aspect to the game he was leveraging, he was still a dirty-ass player who (again) tried to hurt others and, yes, the same applies to Draymond. He obviously doesn't have any qualms about being remembered that way and that's fine, but let's call a spade a spade
(Plus, he also played for Notre Dame)
Agree. I loved Bill Laimbeer and the Bad Boys. But he was a dirty (and very good) player, as is Draymond Green.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:04 AM ^
So if you are a 'winner' then you get a pass for being an extreme piece of shit.
Got it.
LMAO.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
So Im not sure if you've been paying attention but that is exactly how the world works
Like it or not
Donald Trump
Bill Cosby
Harvey Weinstein
Urban Meyer
Beyonce
....
The list is long and distinguished unlike my manhood
April 18th, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
It's funny how well GS did when Curry was out. Did you see Green lead them to that .300 record? He was amazing.
Green is a complementary player who is valuable when he has stars around him. He’s greatly benefitted, and his profile has been lifted beyond his actual abilities, from playing with Curry, Durant, Thompson, etc.
Are you saying that nut punches are the key to winning titles? I think I am going to need to see a source for your research on that one. I don't think anybody begrudges someone playing hard and physical. But you can do so without taking obvious cheapshots. He doesn't just approach the line to being dirty, he loves crossing that line and thrives on the hate. He is the perfect Sparty. And because he is an all-star, he gets away with way more than he should.
I hope he gets suspended long enough to cause them to lose the series. Sorry, JP, I am tired of Green and the Warriors.
Both were dirty players, what point are you trying to make exactly? I show my son clips of Draymond so he can see how NOT to act on the court, maybe I'll show him some clips of Bill too.
What point am I trying to make?
Wrestling is a sexy sport
Cool story bro
April 18th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
Hahaha, what a great show!
"the man does what he's paid to do so well" - do you think that the Warriors are paying him to be a cheap shot artist? If so, there's a newsworthy story,
I mean... Kind of? He gets paid for a lot of things, and the dirty/enforcer is part of that. He's basically the hockey rat of the GSW. I think that's fine, personally, but you can't be surprised when you get flagrant 2's now and then.
Oof thats a rough take.
Stood on his chest seems tame— he stomped on him and jumped off. Sabonis looked really hurt
It’s a shame too, since Dray was on his way to yet another triple-single.
Dude is washed af. He won’t be a Warrior next year.
He should've been cut the second he sucker punched Poole. There has to be some clause in the contracts about not punching your teammates, right?
I’m not even talking about that. I’m talking about the fact that he’s a complete offensive liability. He’s averaging a triple single for the 5th straight year. He can’t shoot and teams sag way off him, which is clearly hurting them against the Kings. And his defense, while still good, is not what it once was. Add in his general douchebaggery and there no way the Ws can afford to pay him what he wants next year. Good luck in Charlotte or Indiana next year Dray.
If you can't punch your teammates the Pat Riley Knicks would've never been a thing.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
The Pat Riley Knicks were a thing that never won a ring.
Video to me shows that Draymond stomped on then jumped off of Sabonis. That said, if you grab my leg as I begin a run up court as Sabonis did to Draymond here, something that could cause severe injury, you'd be lucky to not get kicked in the face.
Draymond is something of a tool, but he was not in the wrong here, in my opinion.
You have the eyes of a college football playoff ref when watching replays....
Truly the Chris Pronger of basketball. What an insufferable asshole.
If he's going to do the fake "I accidentally stepped on him but didn't purposely stomp on him" routine, he needs to take some notes from Suh. Don't look down at the player you're stomping on. Don't engage in hysterically theatrical, fake lunging like a European soccer player who just got a wet willy from his opponent. Just calmly, methodically place all your weight on the foot doing the damage and act like you didn't even know the guy was there.
Tunnels fault
Underrated comment
Not a Draymond fan but he makes that team really click and is the only "enforcer" on that team. he is much needed like Rodman and thr Bulls.
With that said, Sabonis doesn't have a great rep either. Let's watch the entire play. He already flop from Klays light shove, fails his legs to try and get Klay caught up, then grabs Draymonds leg. This all happened in the span of what? 1-2 seconds? What do you think he was doing all game? not supporting Draymond but with how easy he is to set off...this is no surprise. With that said, no suspensions should be given.
Green is a punk and that's all I have to say. Is this the worst he has done? No but just more icing on the cake.
Just the basketball gods bringing balance to the Sparty universe.
Draymonds soft as hell but nothing to see here. Sabonis shouldn’t have grabbed on like that. Hockey is so much better than basketball.
He’s a real douche
Dray is a victim of circumstances, over and over again. Some dude puts his chest where Dray’s foot is going. What can he do? It’s bad enough that guys keep putting their nuts where his legs and feet are swinging. How can he help that? Misunderstood. A victim of circumstances.
Light the Beam!
What would Draymond be if not for the Warriors?
I really don't even care about the non-stop trash talk. That's basketball. What makes him a selfish dick in my opinion is that he's now hurt his team in the playoffs multiple times by his actions and all the while paints himself as the ultimate team player.
That said, Cleveland says thanks for the boost in 2016.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:37 AM ^
Green's action is certainly despicable, but grabbing someones' leg under the situation was a dangerous dirty play too.
No fan of Giannis either, who probably is even dirtier than Green, just sneakier.