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The ongoing feud between Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green and Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić escalated further as Green made fun of Nurkić after the Suns were swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.
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On The Draymond Green Show, Green called Nurkić a “big softie” and believed he didn’t make a substantial impact in the first round.
“Unfortunately, that is all folks,” Green said. “The tweet may have spoiled even faster from the big softie. Yeah, that is all folks. So you know, you got to be really careful when you’re not that successful and you try to take jabs at people. When you don’t play a large enough role in your team’s success. When you can’t really affect the outcome of the game like you can have 20 rebounds and lose a game… The big softie bowed out.”
When he said “That’s all folks,” Green was referring to the X (formerly Twitter) post of Nurkić making fun of the Warriors when they were knocked out of the play-in tournament with the cartoon show Looney Tunes‘ outro.
After Green’s suspension, the matchup between the Suns and Warriors on Feb. 12 was circled on many NBA fans’ calendars. It was going to be interesting with how both players would respond when they saw and competed against each other.
Living up to the billing, both drove into the paint, traded the “too small” gestures after scoring on each other and argued. Phoenix would come out victorious, beating Golden State 112-106.
When responding postgame, the Suns center didn’t hold back as he thought that Green didn’t reflect on what he did to receive his suspension.
“It’s sad,” Nurkić said. “He didn’t learn anything. Just a matter of time, he’s going to hit somebody else again. Take back everything I said. He don’t deserve a chance.”
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