Steve Kerr condemns explicit chant toward Draymond Green: 'The guy has kids'

Draymond Green doesn't precisely marque galore friends with instrumentality bases, but a enactment was crossed connected Wednesday night, according to his caput coach.

Green, ever 1 to instigate, is presently nationalist force No. 1 successful Houston arsenic the Golden State Warriors are facing the Rockets successful the archetypal circular of the NBA Playoffs.

This is hardly caller territory for either team. It was their 5th playoff gathering since the 2014-15 season, which kick-started the Warriors dynasty. Golden State has won each 4 of those series, including 2 Western Conference Finals (one of which Houston led, 3-2 successful 2018).

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) reacts during the 2nd 4th during crippled 2 of the archetypal circular for the 2024 NBA Playoffs against the Houston Rockets astatine Toyota Center.  (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

So, everyone connected the tribunal is already hated arsenic it is. But, that's mean for Green anyway.

During Game 2 of the series, Rockets fans pelted Green with "F--- you Draymond" chants, and Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr was not thrilled.

"It’s not perfect erstwhile a assemblage is chanting, ‘F you, Draymond.’ It’s just, I don’t know," Kerr began. "I mean, they did it successful Boston a fewer years agone successful the Finals. It is what it is. 

"Draymond, he’s been astir forever. He’s an instigator; he’s ever going to beryllium successful the mix; and due to the fact that of his career, his championships, his fire, he’s going to beryllium a lightning rod, and that’s each portion of it. I would similar if fans could usage a small much discretion and retrieve that the feline has kids. I don’t know, I just, possibly I’m aged school. But I’m each for the fans cheering for their team, and if they privation to outcry astatine the opponents, great; but I don’t know, I conscionable deliberation ‘F you’ is, it’s a small much."

Green, however, seemed wholly unbothered by them.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) stands implicit Houston Rockets guardant Amen Thompson (1) aft a play during the archetypal 4th during crippled 2 of the archetypal circular of the 2024 NBA Playoffs astatine Toyota Center.  (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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"It's not original," helium said. "Been determination before, won a title portion it was happening. So, yeah, it's not truly original. 

"Can't bargain different people's (chants). That belongs to Boston. So, I kinda conscionable kept pushing."

Green has ever been known, arsenic Kerr said, to "be successful the mix." But it reached a caput past play erstwhile helium was suspended connected 2 abstracted occasions. 

The archetypal 1 was for 5 games aft putting Minnesota Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert successful a chokehold during a scuffle. Shortly aft helium returned, helium deed Jusuf Nurkic successful the look and was suspended indefinitely. In different crippled past season, helium was ejected little than 4 minutes into it, and helium usually finds himself adjacent the apical of the method fouls leaders list.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) and Houston Rockets guardant Dillon Brooks (9) tangle arms during the 2nd 4th during crippled 2 of the archetypal circular of the 2024 NBA Playoffs astatine Toyota Center. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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With the bid tied astatine 1, Game 3 is Saturday nighttime astatine 8:30 p.m. ET.

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