Draymond Green is back and the Golden State Warriors can’t be happier about it. He’s a very important player for the Dubs, their heart and soul and every time he’s on the court, Golden State has a bigger chance to win games. However, just like he is beneficial for his team, Draymond can be a real problem for his opponents and he reminded fans why he’s not loved around the league on Wednesday night.
During the 3rd quarter of the Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Clippers game, as Kawhi Leonard drove to the basket, Draymond pulled his arm, bringing the 2x NBA champion to the ground. It could have been worse than it was and both players were aware of that. Draymond apologized for the play but Leonard wasn’t so happy with him.
Draymond with the hard foul on Kawhi
(h/t @Dubs408) https://t.co/JhdHzbOJ8C
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) January 7, 2021
NBA fans reacted to that play, some calling out Draymond and others defending him. Some said it was a common foul and others actually criticized the league for not ejecting the player after that rough play.
https://twitter.com/lukamvp77/status/1347049118187868160https://twitter.com/Officialj0nn/status/1347049195023310848https://twitter.com/2xgocrazy/status/1347049078182600704
He better leave the REAL king of LA alone
— Bucks Championship SZN (@GoonToAnGoblin) January 7, 2021
Man, how does not a single teammate of Kawhi get into Draymond's face on that hard foul? Cmon man. Gotta set a tone; not allow other teams to think they can just body ur best player
— Mayo (@YDKI007) January 7, 2021
He literally broke his foul… cmon man stop tryna make him a villain. Proceeded to make sure he was ok
— Julez (@twosevv1) January 7, 2021
Lmao grabbing his arm and not going for ball 😂😂 it’s flagrant b
— Calvin Taylor (@calvins393) January 7, 2021
Donkey better hope ion run into him 👿 pic.twitter.com/H8PIZd4Cxs
— Ho🅿️eful Cli🅿️🅿️ers Fan 🧌 (@pete_2stax) January 7, 2021
Masked Kawhi has double the processing power he good
— AB (@ab_ab39) January 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/Mo_Da_Baller/status/1347083800321277953https://twitter.com/ClippersPlzWin/status/1347049148453801987https://twitter.com/Leafer85/status/1347049117818740738https://twitter.com/notGuru_/status/1347049138161115137
Of course homer Mark Jackson thinks it’s not dirty.
— Andrew 🍔🌴 (@AndrewW111) January 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/PeteClementine/status/1347049281698598912
Some say he taught zaza how to take out kawhi's ankle
— Milked Teet (@UdderAbuse) January 7, 2021
Kawhi going to Draymond’s hotel room pic.twitter.com/Eq1taHN7TA
— not 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕠 🕷 (@MAN0MAGlC) January 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/anthonyybuii/status/1347049064177623040
he really wasn’t trying to make that bad, tried to not let him fall like that… should’ve been common foul
— Nikko A Raftes (@Nraftes3) January 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/Meandmyfourfive/status/1347049460640182273
Kawhi Leonard has a history with the Golden State Warriors and injuries. Back in 2017, he was dominating them until Zaza Pachulia injured him in the Western Conference Finals. He surely doesn’t want to go through the same thing and his response to Draymond was expectable.
Green can be a great player for his team but he can make some messed up plays that ruin all the good things he does on the court. Fortunately, this wasn’t worse, but Kawhi wasn’t having any of that. And that’s a lot to say.
