On the latest Dubs Talk, Steve Kerr said that Draymond Green is, “relentless on the sidelines,” as he ranks the PF among the best in-game trash talkers of all-time.
The energy Draymond Green brings to the game of basketball can be felt from afar.
And for his Warriors teammates or members of Dub Nation, that’s great. But for everyone else, good luck.
The Warriors’ veteran forward is notorious for his fervent trash-talking both on and off the court.
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SIGN UP HERE And just like where he stands as a top defender, Warriors coach Steve Kerr ranked Draymond towards the top among all-time trash talkers in the league.
“Trash talkers, he is right near the top,” Kerr told NBC Sports Bay Area’s Grant Liffmann on a recent Dubs Talk. “Michael Jordan was a big-time trash talker. Larry Bird from what I gathered was a trash talker.”
And as electric as Draymond is on the court, Kerr said his trash-talking is even more terrifying from the sidelines.
Draymond has missed the last 21 games (22 if you include the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in which he played seven seconds before leaving the contest).
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That’s 22 games of pure heckling from Draymond.
“Draymond is relentless on the sidelines,” Kerr told Liffmann. “I think especially when he’s not playing. He just needs to be engaged and involved in the game. So he will start picking on some poor guy out there, literally a couple of times I’ve turned to my coaches and said ‘Why is Draymond picking on that guy? Poor guy, he doesn’t deserve it’. But Draymond just needs to be involved. He loves it.”
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As one of the more openly passionate players in the league, the three-time NBA champion will be remembered as one of the game’s best trash talkers.
