Draymond Green has found a new gig as a commentator in the NBA 2024 Playoffs after his team, the Golden State Warriors, failed to make the playoffs.
The veteran forward joined basketball greats Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley in "Inside the NBA" as an analyst for the playoff games.
While some think he provides a different perspective, others believe his bias and deep-rooted hate for players prevents him from becoming an objective commentator.
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They thought he did not like Minnesota Timberwolves Rudy Gobert, with whom he had an incident earlier in the season, leading to a lengthy suspension.
He was particularly critical of Gobert's defense against MVP Nikola Jokic, suggesting the latter should guard the Nuggets star since he just won his fourth Defensive Player of the Year.
He also said the Wolves would not go past the Nuggets with Gobert on the floor.
Minnesota proved him wrong with a historic Game 7 win. Gobert played well.
The French center received a pat on the back from others, but he will have to wait forever if he wants one from Green.
The Warriors player insisted that Gobert's performance in the game was not that impressive and that it was more of a team effort.
"What's beautiful about what Minnesota is doing is that it's the ultimate team thing," he said in The Volume podcast.
"Rudy Gobert came in and played big basketball, but that was after getting bullied... Tip my hat to them."
Stats show Gobert is the best player on the floor
The eyes test shows how Jokic was dominant throughout the entire series, even if they did not succeed.
However, advance stats say Gobert, who was not Jokic's main defender, was the Wolves' most important player in the seven-game affair.
He is +111 on the floor for the Wolves this postseason, the highest mark for any player.
During Game 7, he was +9 before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
Gobert will be able to shut down his detractors as he and the Wolves are eight games away from their first-ever NBA title.
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