Feb 23, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
Even if Dillon Brooks is no longer around, Draymond Green still hates the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Golden State Warriors star Green was involved in a controversial play during Friday’s win over Memphis. In the third quarter, Green turned the ball over on a drive to the basket, and in an attempt to halt the ensuing fast break opportunity, hooked the leg of Grizzlies seven-footer Zach Edey. As a result, Edey crashed hard to the floor (video here).
After the game, Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins made no secret of his disgust over the play, saying that “there’s a code in this league” that Green had violated.
Grizzlies HC Taylor Jenkins on Draymond Green’s take foul on Zach Edey: “We were about to start the break, and (Edey’s) been playing really hard to try to outlet. Draymond grabs his leg and pulls him down. Doesn’t get reviewed. I know there’s a code in this league…
— Danny Emerman (@DannyEmerman) November 16, 2024
Green then fired back at Jenkins in a post to his Instagram Story over the weekend. “BOOOOOO!!!” Green wrote, along with a screenshot of Jenkins’ comments. “(I was trying to find a marshmallow emoji).”
Draymond didn’t like this comment from Taylor Jenkins
[via @Money23Green’s IG] pic.twitter.com/XxumC3cIMN
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 17, 2024
It appears that Green was trying to label Jenkins as “soft” with the above marshmallow comment.
Green also left a comment on the original Instagram post, about Jenkins’ remarks, writing, “Shut up!”
For what it’s worth, the NBA agreed with Jenkins. A day after the incident, they upgraded Green’s foul on Edey to a flagrant foul (it had initially been called as a transition take foul, which is a kind of common foul).
But there is some definite history here between the Warriors and Grizzlies that should be noted. The two teams have had a rivalry over the last few seasons, even meeting in the 2022 NBA playoffs. In that series, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was irate over a flagrant foul committed by Memphis, saying that it had broken “the code” of the NBA. Jenkins was likely issuing a petty callback to those old comments by Kerr, which in turn led to an equally petty response by Green.
