It’s the playoffs, so of course, we have another on-court incident involving Draymond Green.
On Monday, the Golden State Warriors forward was entangled with the Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis. Eventually, while Sabonis had a grip of Green’s ankle, Green proceeded to stomp on Sabonis. Green called it a “solid basketball play,” while NBA stars like Damian Lillard came to his strange defense. At the same time, fans made the same Stone Cold Steve Austin joke.
But after the game, the other man involved in the play, Sabonis, had a different reaction. First, on the court, Sabonis said, “It’s playoff basketball; it’s the best.”
This is Domantas Sabonis immediately after the game when asked about the Draymond play “stuff happens it’s just basketball” now the narrative has shifted, classic https://t.co/fzPCfyJgcZ pic.twitter.com/WqIVvuNlWM
— Allen Stiles (@The_StilesFiles) April 18, 2023
Then, once he was all dressed up in street clothes in the locker room, Sabonis had a different tune. He blasted Green for the dirtiness of the play and said that it should have no involvement in the current NBA:
Domantas Sabonis talks about the incident with Draymond Green: pic.twitter.com/WadlLmCbxY
— Chris Biderman (@ChrisBiderman) April 18, 2023
I’ll take it a step further: Green’s stomp has no place in the game today or at any point in its history. Sabonis might have tried to play the diplomat initially, but surely he would share such a sentiment.
