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48 Comments
Just ordered my Draymond Green Jersey
Draymond Green should be ban from playing professional basketball. There is no place for his antics in a professional environment. He assaulted a man in front of thousands of people, and because it’s a game he gets a pass. NO SIR! If there is no place in society for that type of behavior then why is there one in professional basketball. Anyone one else in their profession, who would have done what he has done, would have been immediately fired and arrested. That’s the reality of the real world that we live in, that does not exist for him in sports. There’s no consequences. Therefore the behavior doesn’t change.
Well, which one is it SAS? One day ago, it was “he’s the enforcer, the Warriors need him, everyone needs a Draymond on their team, he did nothing wrong, he was protecting his teammates.
As a warriors fan the stomp on Sabonis last season was way out of line. Drymond is hurting the warriors 😢
Stephen A is a clown. You can’t argue the league being soft and him crossing the line at the same time and avoid picking a side
Okay so basically I can beat up my co workers and other people And still get 100 mil?
nicely said
Kerr called Green out? That's new. Or that's rare.
#KermitWashington — this dude should not be in the league of gentlemen — PERIOD.
They should’ve kept Poole man..! Keeping Draymond was the wrong move…Poole is somewhere laughing
race? really? a goon is a goon. just stop
Bruh that was a slap on the wrist
Why is Stephen critique soft on draymond
As bad as he is, I would still make the distinction. In this case, he was protecting his guy. It’s the history more than anything. And why you drag Gobert across the floor all the way to the locker room? 😂
Stephen A literally can't do this show without everything race related it's the only way he sees the world
Of course SAS brings up race even if it doesnt have anything to so with this incident
He wouldn't be a 4 time champion if it wasn't for steph curry and Kevin Durant. Draymond Green ain't now champion he like nuts. That's why he always hitting people below the belt.
Fook Jordan Poole.
Draymond was setup.
Kerr was backing up Draymond for protecting Klay until someone got a hold of Kerr and made him speak all this politically correct BS.
Stephen A I expected more from you.
Coach Kerr has outgrown this team. He was able to coach this team 😊in its prime but seems unable to put the worn pieces together with the new blood.
I think the Warriors dynastic run is done. The Warriors are too old and too small for the younger elite teams…😮😮😮
So much for Golden State's legacy. Steph will be eclipsed by Draymond's idiocy.
Excuse me, Stephen A Smith Andrew Wiggins stepped up and won the NBA Finals Championship for the Golden State Warriors in 2022! Draymond Jamal Green is lucky to be on the Golden State Warriors team reaping the benefits off of Harrison Barnes (2015), Mr. Durant (2017 & 2018), and Andrew Wiggins (2022) hard work.
Like a record that just keeps getting played over and over and over again!!
Steve A is the black guy during Emerritt Till's murder….if u cannot form an opinion u get paid to push others opinion.
Yes , they're at fault , too many instances they could do better but choose to ignore and wait to be him the one who decided when and which disciplinarian action to take upon himself..and Steph too , he loves draymond but almost like his big brother ( because without Steph draymond doesn't have a chance to be hof) he could bring some sense to his sometimes knucklehead . Lacob for sure has entertained the idea to get rid of him but as long Steph is MVP form they going to keep him to maintain Steph happy..
They missing Poole right now
If you get technical from slamming the ball what do you expect when Jerseys are grabbed?
Poole never could score unless Steph and Klay were drawing defense on them giving Poole wide open looks.
Kerr even stated that.
Yall trying to get him to change after 10 plus years under his belt. He's almost done now. Might as well Be You.
It's funny how Smith has to pretend that he is not sitting across from a bald headed woman.
Kerr is a sham coach, like Bill Belechick.
why Ventress on TV
Warriors gave him a guaranteed contract last off-season. Good luck reigning Draymond in now.
They did nothing when he assaulted Jordan, absolutely nothing.That would've been the time to really do something.The org was more worried about the recording being released and missing ring night then Jordan's overall health and well being.They could've at least required him to go to anger management.
This is the first time I’ve ever witnessed Stephen A. not morph into STEPHEN A.!!!
As a Warrior Fan, Draymond has issues a big one at that.
Hope for the best of the bald lady.
Steve kerr and the staff know Draymond bipolar and crazy they dont want to get on his angry side 😂
Hes a criminal and i.will not see anything thet he takes part on
Absolutely no impulse control with emotional control of a teenage girl.
man i must recognize that stephen really good in this type of conversation
The flying knee on Austin is crazy 😂he covered it up well tho
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YES OF COURSE. HE'S A WORTHLESS BLACK MAN WHO THINKS HE'S ENTITLED
Bruh it ain’t about black people. He could’ve really injured Rudy lol
SAS saying this was bad but wanting to minimize a chokehold to 3 games
Ja morant owns a gun legally- 25 games
Draymond- chokes out another human being- 5 games
Yeah…no favorites sure
Stephen A Smith said "I know he can and he will…" fix the problem lol. Yeah right, we seen it many times, this man has mental issue. There is no fix and cure for mental disease. If the trend over the years doesn't tell you the problem with Draymond and you STILL constantly believe it can be fixed? Maybe the ones that believe in him has real mental issue and is the real idiots lol.
You can’t compare Jordan pooles situation to This situation
Draymond defender his own teammate
Where as to JP, he hit his own teammate but look at Jordan pooles attitude dude . Someone had to hit that foo lol there’s a reason why Jp got traded 🤣🤣🤣
Steph has been his biggest enabler. You should never enable a person in the long run you will cause more harm than good. To think there's nobody on that team that has EVER called him out it's just inexcusable.