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The NBA Western Convention semifinals have gotten off to a rocky begin for the Golden State Warriors, and if there’s one one who’ll specific their frustrations, it’s Draymond Inexperienced.
The NBA champ was chatting with the media after the 117-93 Recreation 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves when he was visibly upset with the technical foul magnet label he’s been given… with out revealing who gave it to him.
Draymond Inexperienced with a brief assertion within the locker room following tonight’s loss, it begins with:
“I’m uninterested in the agenda to make me appear to be an indignant black man…” pic.twitter.com/k27Om6aOC3
— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) Might 9, 2025
“I’m not an indignant Black man, and I’m uninterested in the agenda to make me appear to be an indignant Black man. I’m a really profitable, educated Black man with an amazing household, and I’m nice at basketball and nice at what I do,” Inexperienced instructed reporters within the locker room. “The agenda to maintain attempting to make me appear to be an indignant Black man is loopy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.”
Draymond Inexperienced has obtained yet one more technical foul
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Inexperienced was heated within the locker room due to a foul he dedicated with about 9 minutes left within the second quarter. Naz Reid was defending him and popped the ball out from behind, so Inexperienced dramatized the foul with a flailing elbow that hit Reid within the face.
Reid falls to the bottom, and chief referee Tony Brothers instantly alerts he’d overview the play, which he finally dominated a technical foul.
Steve Kerr needed to sub out Draymond Inexperienced so he didn’t get ejected…pic.twitter.com/gP1QgCmoN4
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Being down 16 factors whereas catching a foul set Inexperienced off, and he started yelling and cursing within the referees’ faces as he walked to heart court docket. Even Steph Curry walked over to the scorer’s desk to calm him down, as did assistant coach Jerry Stackhouse. Ultimately, head coach Steve Kerr pulled him out of the sport till he calmed down. He returned later within the quarter and completed the sport with 9 factors, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds.
Draymond Inexperienced was within the ref's face after receiving a tech.
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His actions after the ruling may have led to an ejection, however the technical is fairly damaging alone as a result of it’s his fifth flagrant foul, so he solely wants two extra —or a tech— to obtain a one-game suspension.
Barely into the second spherical, Inexperienced already has two flagrant-1 fouls within the playoffs, and with two extra of these or one flagrant-2, he’ll be benched for a recreation, too.
With Curry out for per week due to a strained hamstring, the very last thing the Warriors want is a Inexperienced suspension, so coach Kerr mentioned he’ll have to sit back out and regulate his feelings.
Q: Had been you dissatisfied by Draymond's technical foul tonight after being so poised the final two video games?
STEVE KERR: "It's a part of Draymond. The identical factor that makes him such a competitor and a winner places him excessive typically. The competitors is so significant to him that… pic.twitter.com/D4ZKYhsXBt
— KNBR (@KNBR) Might 9, 2025
“He’s gonna should watch out now. He’s gonna have to remain composed, and I’m assured that he’ll as a result of he is aware of the circumstances,” Kerr mentioned. “The competitors is so significant to him that sometimes, he goes over the road.”
See how social media is reacting to Inexperienced’s interplay with the media under.
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