Seth Greenberg, an analyst for ESPN’s “Get Up,” offered his thoughts on Golden State Warriors star and four-time NBA champion Draymond Green in one of the show’s episodes.
But the analyst also voiced strong opinions about Steve Kerr, the head coach, and Stephen Curry, the 3-Point King and superstar for the Warriors. Green was ejected from the game during the Orlando Magic game after receiving two technical fouls.
Green has already served two suspensions and was involved in on-court altercations earlier in the season. He was involved in one of the incidents, in which he struck Phoenix Suns centre Jusuf Nurkic in the face, for which he received a twelve-game suspension.
Prior to this altercation on the court, he had already served a five-game suspension in November for placing Minnesota Timberwolves centre Rudy Gobert in a headlock.
The ESPN analyst, Greenberg, mentioned as per Awful Announcing, “I mean, look, he can say all he wants about he understands what he has to do. The problem is he’s like the boy who cried wolf. To me, I don’t only blame Draymond. I blame the organization. You can’t continue to say, ‘Alright,’ and put him right back in the game.”
“You talk about the dynasty of the Golden State Warriors. It’s over, it’s done. The coach who created it is in that locker room have to take ownership of what’s going on. Don’t play the dude. He’s absolutely killing your culture, your identity, and basically everything that you built.”
He further continued, “Your actions as a coach, as an organization, have to be a whole lot stronger. You can’t just say, ‘Hey I know it’s Draymond, we’re disappointed.’ If I’m Steph Curry, that’s your locker room. … You’ve got to take a stronger stand. Steve Kerr’s got to take a stronger stand.”
“The Golden State Warriors aren’t going anywhere. You’re going to have to blow this thing up. So why not make a strong statement saying, ‘You know what, we’ve got to move on.’”
The Golden State Warriors have recently defeated the San Antonio Spurs with a final score of 113-117 and are tenth in the Western Conference. In the season, they are 40-34. They will next face the Dallas Mavericks and then the Houston Rockets.
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