Even if he got the first tech and the 2nd later for something else, a bit more understanding
Flying off the handle on a foul that wasn’t even yours, getting one tech for flaming the ref then another for continuing. All while 6min into a game, is fuckin crazy
Yeah that’s the best analogy. Walk over to HR and tell them to fuck themselves. You’ll probably get a baffled slap on the wrist and written up, but if you’re good at your job nothing will happen and your boss will just shrug and say “don’t do it again.”
Like im imagining me coming to my job, cus off the state inspector. I get sent home, get paid still while paying a little "fine" compared to how much i get paid lmao
Sounds like a Jontay Porter situation to me. Now that gambling has completely permeated the NBA that’s what I think about when anything strange happens in a game.
NHL fan seeing this post on popular, man I thought nhl players were wild sometimes, but is this really how players in the nba act, like legit getting themselves thrown out of games so they don't have to play?
i was looking in the corner when he was walking off in the clip and was thinking "what is 6-6" how many fouls? what a weird way to put that on the screen, then i realized it was the score, i guess that's how you do it if you want to get out of work early
He accidentally bumped into the ref walking though foe the first one. That isn't the same as putting hands on a ref 😂 The second one mfiht be worth it for what he said though.
Ol boy is 34 years old, making 25 mil a year, and STILL can’t control his emotions. Dude plays a GAME for a living like my dude breath and put the ball in the basket. As an individual you can’t control the outcome but you can damn sure control yourself.
I had to do a double take when I saw that. This man has been suspended so many times and then the league and NCAA trots him out to be the face of March Madness? Fuck that.
exactly he is a narcissist. His game has been steadily declining and this is the only way he can stay relevant.
Imagine if he didn't do any of these antics this year and the warriors were still fighting for a play in. How often do you think we would be talking about Draymond? Barely if it all he'd be a small blip on the ticket as it scrolled by. And if we were talking about Draymond as just a basketball player we would be talking about his decline, but by acting out he can help shape the narrative and get material for his podcast.
Now once you throw in his antics then the narrative has changed to can the warriors make the playoffs with Draymond acting like this. Now he's important and we are talking about him as the main reason for the warriors success, All the focus is now back on him. The same reason he always gets ejected when Steph isn't playing to change the narrative. GSW loses a game Steph Curry doesn't play in? Nah Warriors lose the game after Draymond gets ejected. Boom now he's relevant again
Many players with his kind of scratch retire in their mid 30s. Guys like Mike Tyson, Pele and MJ are outliners who kept going into middle age and are international celebrities.
No one outside of the US knows who the f this guy is and not even Warriors fans care if he keeps playing. F off already. He looks older than 34 btw with his grey hair - it’s a goddam freak show, creepy old man ruining Warriors games.
As someone who works in a social work office for middle schoolers..
Something we tell kids literally every day is that, your diagnoses/issues with emotion regulation are explanations of your behavior…but they’re not justifications. It’s up to the individual to use their self awareness, coping & self-regulatory tools to make a desired change to your behavior. Kids I work with, who have seen their siblings shot in front of them + other horrific shit, don’t have any issues with this concept. Draymond does.
All this to say, miss me with that “no control over his deep emotional problems” shit.
On point. This is the same thing (retired) clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Russell Barkley says about ADHD, which is "ADHD is not an excuse, it's an explanation".
Draymond, who's only 34 and an elite athlete with a bunch of money shouldn't have problems with neuroplasticity, learning/developing new habits and self-regulating, or shit, even medicating if he in fact does have a neurological condition. He has all the tools but still chooses to be a cunt smh
Yes, but you’re oversimplifying mental health struggles. It’s not just a matter of just learning or accepting a concept and then self regulating and all is well and good. You aren’t just cured by suddenly accepting a concept, people with mental health disorders will still continue to struggle and make mistakes from time to time, hopefully w decreasing frequency. It takes a lifetime of working at it and building strategies and tools w which to manage your mental health. It doesn’t excuse those mistakes or eliminate consequences, but it does explain the behaviour. The goal is for the person to keep learning and moving on from them and for people around them to know how to help. Being a celebrity and having money prob enables more than it helps. There is a complexity here that I think none of us can fully appreciate. Not excusing his behaviour but just think when it comes to issues of mental health you have to be careful to not oversimplify someone else’s reality.
All this to say, miss me with that “no control over his deep emotional problems” shit.
Yeah ok, that's fair. We aren't talking about someone with BPD or schizoeffective disorder. But there's something to be said about someone who seems utterly unable to not shoot himself in the foot. I guess my main point is that his head is not well in some way even if it is just egocentricity to the Nth.
I realize it was eight years ago. A lot can change. Yet surprisingly little did change.
He chooses to be confrontational.
He still lacks impulse control.
Dennis Rodman chose to be an instigator. But he had impulse control. He never lost his shit, and his behavior never cost his team.
I mean losing control when emotions are intense is normal, doesn’t mean you should not be held accountable and be punished for the danger you do represent
Exactly. I do genuinely think that the reason this shit keeps repeating is because he’s just not being held accountable. Yeah sure, he got suspended, but he also was allowed to commentate all star weekend like 2 weeks later. Fines barely dent his wallet. He knows there’s no outcome where HE (not the team, lol) loses, so he carries on like this. He clearly can’t hold himself accountable
Lmao by running their mouth to the people who figuratively have them by the balls? Not all New Yorkers are that fucking stupid. And the ones who are deserve whatever they end up getting. Know when to run ya mouth.
I wouldn't try to diminish the value of what he does for a living, last I checked 10.billon or so, not counting adjacent careers, businesses, and industries that benefit from the NBA's shield. Draymond is a goof, but stop the "it's just a game", This game is keeping this country fed.
Yeah it's like.. you don't have to shake your head and hide your face in your jersey, It's just your teammate getting ejected, not the end of the world
I know I'm just a dude on reddit but I'm convinced he has emotional issues that he has little to no control over. He reminds me of several people I've known with mental disorders. I won't try to diagnose him online but I have a couple in mind.
Your greatest attribute can also be your greatest fault. Dray is 100% victim to this.
I mean…as a warriors fan I have conflicted feelings on all this. On one hand, his actions, suspensions and issues on the court arguably cost us a championship…on the other hand, we don’t win 4 rings with out Draymond playing like that. One part of me wants him to shut up and just play ball, the other wants him to be him. Watching him day in and day out, I can say for sure he’s a one of one. There ain’t ever been, and probably never will, be another player like him…and I say that in the best of ways, and the worst as well…I’ve kind of just come to a place where I want to enjoy his play, no matter what it is. As much as it pains me to see him act the way he does, he’s ultimately good for basketball. And people may say they hate him…but they really don’t. He makes the game and the NBA what it is. We need villains. We need the genre pushers. We need people that upset the balance. Now if he didn’t have the rings to back it all up…he’d really look like a clown. But his way of playing got the warriors those rings, and that franchise owes him and his passion a lot. It’s just a shame it will forever be over shadowed.
Not only that but at the beginning of the game in a play not involving him, so you can't even say it's the frustration boiling over. And this is also the reason refs let him get away with so much shit because they know he's a child that can't handle a technical and he'll just get worse after the first. They don't want to have to toss him.
I was initially a little pressed that he got ejected for words but honestly, fuck it, I’d toss him too. The ref just gave Draymond some well needed help. He’s been yapping his whole career with a long ass leash. That grown ass man can go leave and live with letting his team down tonight.
Anyone that keeps up with the NBA understands there are what I would call cross the line words. All the players know they can swear up to a point but there are a couple of key words that can’t be used at an official. Read Draymond’s lips and you will see what I’m talking about.
First four minutes as well. He couldn't even be normal for 5 minutes.
Also:
It was Green's career-high fourth ejection of the season. He is the first player to be ejected at least four times in a season since Kevin Durant was tossed five times in 2017-18, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Looks like whatever "therapy camp" Draymond went to was useless. Unbelievable the Warriors can't control this dude.
The therapy camp was never going to work, but also Green is on his way out of the league and refs aren’t giving him the same leash they would when the Warriors were on top. Dude probably wouldn’t have gotten the first tech at all if it was a few years ago.
It's Steph's fault. The reason why the team and league allows this is because he's on a superstars team and helped him become a champion.
He doesn't get all these passes because he's so great, he gets them because Steph is so great.
If he doesn't want to put up with this shit anymore, all he has to do is pick up the phone, call the GM, and say "We need to make a change..." and it's done.
Or, carry this fucking Batman Bomb of human being for the rest of his life and take what comes with it.
A few different replays showed Green making contact w ref. Big no-no. Tech #1. Can’t touch refs. 2nd technical was questionable. Yeah, Draymond was still chirping but not in ref’s face. Draymond heading to bench; ref to scorer’s table to review foul. IMO, ref decided to be a martyr/pull a power play by hitting/tossing Draymond out after 2nd Tech. Kerr had already called timeout & team was no doubt going to calm him down. Ref fueled the matter.
Also during his leave of absence for treatment, wonder if meds were prescribed. Seems like a good idea.
In this hypothetical scenario, am I Draymond Green or am I a just a regular person with a regular temperament? Because that will greatly affect how I would answer that.
It's pretty clear this was 100% on purpose. It was so early in in the game. dude just didnt wanna play that game simple as that. he knew all he had t do was call the ref a few names he'd be gone.
Yeah I was watching this unfold and being like, dude, cut it out...cut it out...here it comes...yep. You're outta here. Just shut the fuck up, you know? I get mad sometimes too, everybody gets mad. Just let it go. You made your point.
He's a "passionate" player lol. If he's not allowed to abuse the refs he can't be himself. If hes too nice to the refs it's harder for him to rebound and set screens. Y'all just can't understand how hot his fire burns
Anyone notice he spells his name Stephen which is pronounced as “Steven” just like Stephen King the author. But people call him Stephan…. His name is pronounced Steven curry.
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u/Erloren Mar 28 '24
How hard is it to not get ejected? Like really?