During the last episode of his podcast, Draymond Green accused Karl-Anthony Towns of ducking Jimmy Butler due to their beef from their Timberwolves days together. However, it turned out that Towns actually missed the game between the Knicks and the Warriors because there was a death in his family, and he had to handle matters away from the court.
When informed about this fact, Draymond quickly offered a shallow apology and noted that he had no idea that was the reason Towns missed the game. However, Green stuck by what he said on the episode and noted that while he didn’t know the reason, he wasn’t going to shy away from being vocal and outspoken because of a mistake he made.
Reporter: “Have you seen the reaction to your KAT comments [that he ducked the game vs. Warriors]? Were you aware of the circumstances?”
Draymond Green: “No. What’s the circumstances?”
Reporter: “He was at a funeral for a family friend.”
Draymond: “Oh man, that’s unfortunate. I’m sorry to hear that. That sucks. What I heard was what I heard… I send well wishes to him and his family. We all experience death in one way or another, and we’ll experience it in the same way one day. So it’s unfortunate. I never wish that on anybody. But the Draymond Green Show must go on. I wish him and their family well. We all go through that, and it’s never easy for anyone.”
This is yet another in a long line of moments from Draymond Green‘s career that he has crossed the line. To go after Karl-Anthony Towns for missing a game, something many players do every night in the NBA, just to help prop up your new teammate and promote a game on primetime television, is a terrible idea.
It looks even worse when the circumstances behind Towns’ absence were as dire as they turned out to be. Green may not have intended to be so grim in trying to poke the bear and needle the New York Knicks. But his lack of knowledge about the situation put him and the Warriors in an uncomfortable position.
However, things were made even worse when Green showed no remorse for saying what he said. Your justification for saying something cruel or rude cannot be that you were misinformed at the moment. While that might fly as an explanation for why you made the mistake, it does not absolve you of wrongdoing, especially if you don’t admit to the wrongdoing after the fact.
Hopefully, Green will come out and issue a proper apology to Towns and his family, who are clearly suffering right now. The death of a close individual is a very difficult thing to handle. And during that time, to have an outside presence try and be disrespectful to you and the pain that you are going through only makes things worse.
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