NBA reporter slams Draymond Green after Warriors star's 'angry Black man' comments

NBA reporters shared their blunt reactions to Golden State Warriors prima Draymond Green’s plea to the media to halt coating him to beryllium an "angry Black man" aft Game 2 of the team’s NBA playoffs bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Green made his comments successful the locker room. He picked up what was his 5th method foul of the playoffs. He said determination was an "agenda" to represent him arsenic an "angry Black man."

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green warms up earlier Game 3 of an NBA hoops second-round playoff bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Saturday, May 10, 2025, successful San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

ESPN newsman Tim McMahon made pointed comments connected an occurrence of "The Hoop Collective" aft Game 2 was finished.

"Oh, God. You cognize what? Go away, Draymond. Shut up, dude. Do not play unfortunate here. Don’t play the unfortunate here. Stop doing flagrant stuff. We’re sick of it. We’re sick of you doing stupid, flagrant crap connected a regular basis. It’s not an agenda, Draymond," McMahon said. "You get interruption aft interruption aft interruption aft break, and you support connected pushing the line.

"It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you punched your teammate successful the face. It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you grabbed Rudy Gobert and enactment him successful a sleeper hold. It was not an docket to marque you look aggravated erstwhile you punched oregon smacked, oregon immoderate you privation to telephone it, Jusuf Nurkic upside the head."

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green reacts aft missing a changeable during the archetypal fractional of Game 2 of an NBA hoops second-round playoff bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, May 8, 2025, successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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McMahon besides pushed backmost connected the conception that Green had leaned into counseling disconnected the floor.

"Draymond is afloat of crap. He’s conscionable truthful afloat of crap that his enactment stinks. Like what are we talking astir here, dude? Please," helium added.

Green was deed with the method foul successful the 2nd 4th of Game 2.

"I'm not an aggravated Black man. I americium a precise successful, educated Black antheral with a large family, and I americium large astatine hoops and large astatine what I do," helium said aft the game. "The docket to effort to support making maine look similar an aggravated Black antheral is crazy. I'm sick of it. It's ridiculous."

He had 2 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals successful the Game 3 loss. He fouled retired with 4:38 successful the game.

Green has a agelong past of flagrant and method fouls successful the NBA. 

He enactment Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert successful a chokehold during the 2023-24 season. In the aforesaid season, helium swung and deed Phoenix Suns halfway Jusuf Nurkic successful the face.

Minnesota Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert, center, and Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) scope for a rebound during the archetypal fractional of Game 1 of an NBA hoops second-round playoff series, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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He punched Jordan Poole successful a Warriors signifier successful 2022. He was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James engineered a comeback to triumph the championship.

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