Draymond Green continues to undercut Warriors, and somehow Stephen Curry continues to shoulder the blame

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Draymond Green’s act is wearing thin on even Stephen Curry, who was visibly peeved on Wednesday when Green got himself ejected barely three minutes into Golden State’s game at Orlando. 

Green launched into one of his trademark tantrums after a Paolo Banchero bucket and made contact with an official. That was one technical. Then, as he walked to the bench, he couldn’t stop yapping and got a second technical, which ended his night before it even started.

Here was Green’s nonsense:

Here was Curry’s reaction:

This is the look of a guy at his wits’ end. Curry has stood by Green as he has deteriorated into more trouble than he’s worth. Green has said himself that he likely cost the Warriors a championship in 2016 by getting suspended for Game 5 of the Finals. He more or less told Kevin Durant the Warriors didn’t need him. He punched his teammate, Jordan Poole, in the face. He was suspended in November for putting Rudy Gobert in an MMA chokehold, then again in December for round-housing Jusuf Nurkic.

He’s constantly apologizing (which Steve Kerr said he did again at halftime on Wednesday), constantly admitting fault (almost assuredly for the narcissistic credit he thinks he’s getting for this “accountability”) and constantly saying he’ll be better.

He made it 32 games since his last suspension. 

Well, 31 games and three minutes. 

It was only a matter of time. 

The dude is a ticking bomb, and the Warriors no longer have the margin for error to absorb his explosions. Entering Friday, they have a one-game lead over the surging Rockets for the final Play-In Tournament spot with just 10 games to play. Every game is huge. Which is why Kerr called Green’s ejection at Orlando “unforgivable” as the Golden State coach detailed his thoughts on Curry’s palpably frustrated reaction. 

“Every game being so important, us fighting for everything, and for Draymond to get kicked out three minutes [into the game], it was really unforgivable,” Kerr said on 95.7 The Game on Thursday. “And I think Steph may have even been a little upset with himself for not…

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Author : Brad Botkin

Publish date : 2024-03-29 13:31:10

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