Draymond Green loves to hear the sound of his own voice.
This week reporters asked the Golden State Warriors defensive player about Celtics player Cedric Maxwell, who recently said Draymond Green wouldâve âgot knocked the fuck outâ back in the day. Green responded by tearing into Maxwell and other guys like him from that era, basically saying they weren’t very tough at all.
âThere were a few guys back then that would lay you out, that would knock you out, that would foul you and get thrown out the game,â Green said. âBill Laimbeer. Rick Mahorn. But everybody running around acting like they were that.
âYâall were getting bullied. So it, baffles me when every guy â just because they played in the â80s, just because they played in the â90s â is like, âMan, if you played in our day, youâd get knocked out.â
âOkay, so youâre saying Rick Mahorn would have knocked me out? Rick Mahorn probably knocks you out. Bill Laimbeer probably lays you out.â
âYâall were getting bulliedâ
Draymond has a message for those who glorify the physicality of basketball in the 1980s and â90s đ pic.twitter.com/BRxU5Z0SS9
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 7, 2022
An absolute masterclass by Draymond Green on players from the 80's and 90's talking trash about much more physical their eras of the NBA were đ€Ł pic.twitter.com/ReW8etXS71
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) June 7, 2022
âTheir fine was also two dollars,â Green said. âItâs just not the same day and age. If I go knock somebody out, I probably get fined a million dollars.â
Green also thinks today’s players are more skilled, which means they don’t have to rely on their physicality.
âComparing the physicality of the game and everybody acting like they were just the most physical and brutal enforcers,â Green said, âitâs like everybody acting like they shoot the ball like Steph Curry today.â
There’s no doubt basketball evolves, and this generation of basketball is a lot less physical.
Just like the eras past were much different.
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