Jason Timpf reacts to the Golden State Warriors fight with the Minnesota Timberwolves that led to ejections for Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. Jason discusses Draymond putting Rudy Gobert into a headlock and breaks down why the action will deservedly result in a suspension from the NBA.
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Warriors are just not a great team this seaon, they don't have another guy besides Steph that can score consistently as the 2nd option. Klay is stll forcing shots but with very low efficiency, Wiggins is playing like someone that's about to retire and it's getting worst, Paul is just unable to put the ball into the basket, Kuminga is also struggling because of his lack of basketball IQ which is why he's even playing less minutes than last seaso(this will likely cause chemistry issue to the team down the line if it stays this way). They were 5-1 at one point but the no.1 guy of the opponents didn't play in 3 of the 5 wins and those games were still tight, the warriors could easily be 2-4 or even 3-9 up until this point. With Draymond out of the lineup for the next 5 games I won't be surprised if they go 1-6 or 2-5 in the next 7 games to finish November.
I say this as a Warriors fan – their window is closed. They have too many issues to win another championship. Wiggins is too much of a headcase, Klay is solid but nowhere near his prime, Dray will never stop doing shit like this, and now they can't win at HOME. Steph, meanwhile, has somehow gotten BETTER. He is simply incredible.
I thought Jaden and Klay should have been offsetting single techs or double tech on Jaden with single on Klay as Jaden escalated the situation initially. Yes Klay grabbed jersey first but he didn't yank and was attempting to box out, Jaden escalated which ripped Klay's jersey. I think Rudy should have gotten a single tech as he didn't get between the two but grabbed Klay around the neck area to pull him back. I agree with the call for flagrant 2 on Draymond as he kept holding on, had he just yanked Rudy off Klay then let go that could have just been offsetting techs. 5 game suspension is warranted.
I do think the NBA needs to address the fact that the player starting an altercation isn't getting a higher punishment than the one protecting themselves, if I was a head coach I would start telling my deep bench guys to start shit with opposing stars as it seems getting them ejected is pretty easy.
Honestly the only thing Dray did wrong was he kept holding on after he pulled Rudy away from Klay because from Dray's angle it looks like Rudy was grabbing Klay around the neck, I don't know how a ref can call a guy coming in and grabbing an opponent in the neck a peacemaker. Gobert should have gotten between or grabbed his own guy.
Green's a parasite and has been his whole career. Parasites can be very successful. Put him on another team and he's just another dude with a far less hospitable host. He's very clearly got serious emotional issues but seems to have zero self knowledge.I hope he's forced out of the league asap. Good riddance.
Dude, it was awful. He was dragging Gobert by his neck. Gobert isn’t a little guy. Ridiculously dangerous
Draymond deliberately stomped on a guy's chest…and he's constantly rolling up on people. There's compilation videos of it, my guy. You give him a pass, because he's contributed to championships. Not just you, a lot of people do.
GSW should fire Steve Kerr asap… his small ball line up is out of date. Dray/GPII/Wiggs/JK been left wide open all the time, Klay is not the threat he used to be, CP3 can't score. They still won some games all because Steph still being good and line-up of Steph/Wiggs/JK can defend and run the floor. Funny thing is they won't be a pure tanking team for Steph is playing, but there is no fun to watch GSW games no more. And could anyone explain why Kerr using Joseph like how he using Jerome again? 😂Jerome was not even in the Playoff list
The games the Warriors won the other teams' best players weren't playing. Warriors haven't made adjustments to win a title.
BS on Draymond. Gobert didn't pull his teammate away… he went after Klay thus provoking Draymond to defend his teammate. Draymond didn't punch or do anything excessive. Wolves started the fight and come out smelling like a rose.
I have to disagree with your title on principle. Gobert didn't go out. It was an unsuccessful attempt, Green should stick to his wheelhouse of kicks to the groin or go back to the gym to practice his chokehold.
Lakers lost again, there goes the win streak. 😅😂
Nick Young doesn’t think D Russ is a great dude
My worry about Dremond is that his greatest joy as a player comes after committing a dirty foul. He gets a Humongous smile and can't help but to yell YEAH, YEAH over and over again apparently in near orgasmic bliss. His greatest joy is to violate someone and get kicked out of the game. That's a cause for concern according to my limited experience.
Ok. I clicked on this video because it said you were going to talk about the Warriors, can you change the thumbnail to “lakers balls are on my chin”?
I’ll be honest the optics of what Dray did was bad, but, really? He didn’t choke him out. He was talking and he wasn’t even trying to pull him off the choke. Dray wasn’t holding it tight enough to choke him and that was obvious in golbert face.
He didn’t need to be suspended, god you guys are baby girls sorry
Next time keep your hands off my guys, simple
Rudy had a straight face, was able to speak & his face didn’t change colors or anything!! That was a chokehold it looked like that but as someone who’s put dudes to bed come on, that was a choke grab, without the choke part lmao it just looked bad, Rudy deserved that ish man get yo talll ass off my guys
Wiggins and JK need to step it up. I fully believe JK will be an all-star caliber player, but if he isn't ready to help the Warriors win now, it's time to move on. I'd love to get Jerami Grant from Portland!
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Jason ain't put much stank on it. He might be pandering.
"fight" lol
Did Rudy G tap? 😛
Of course Gobert should have been tending to his own players and should have been tossed as well. But Draymond has become a liability. His skills are only important if he's on the court and his demeanor and lack of emotional intelligence have deprived the Warriors of what he can give them on the court. No matter the suspension, Kerr should bench him until he's able to control his emotions. He's well ove 30 and still behaving like a 13 year old. And just my opinion, neither Klay not McDaniels should have been tossed. Totally overblown reaction by the officials.
Draymond's new nickname should be "Doing too much" Green 😂😂
honestly as a warriors fan i don't care about curry injury or green ejection or klay slow start that is business as usual for me what's new for me however is podziemski performance and how he completely changes the energy on the floor he reminds me alot of early rookies steph & green years before kd era before they were intimidating and how there energy were contagious and i really wish to see more of that beautiful basketball even if they lose all the remaining of 82 games
I don't think I'd consider Austin Reaves a historically good shooter. He's only been in the league for 2 full seasons and only one of those was he shooting well.
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The toughest matchup for the Warriors is "elite rim protectors that have good perimeter defenders…."
Um…….is that not the toughest match for any team.
LOL.
I love Jason and does a great job but this statement smashed the obvious button….
Every team can just throw some scrub at Draymond to piss him off and get him ejected. It's trash.
Kindergarten league. Dray was supporting his guy WHO WAS BEING CHOKED BY GOBERT. He def held on too long. Should have been ejected ALONG WITH GOBERT. Peacemaker my AZZ! Issue technicals and get on with the fkng game. The league is a joke anymore. Whistles are so capricious. Gobert is grabbing guys by the wrist, elbowing them, Kat is launching himself into the defenders, Steph is getting grabbed and fouled almost every time, crickets. I don't know what I'm watching anymore.
Breaking News. Warriors old men are not beating Denver Nuggets anytime soon.
How are people defending Draymond actions? In a fresh started game, in a situation he wasn't involved, to grab someone from behind in the neck and pull? Wow what part of professional basketball is about doing that