“Who cares what Draymond says?”
February 18, 2025 10:05am
Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts against the Chicago Bulls during the second half at the United Center on February 08, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
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Draymond Green ain’t feeling the new NBA All-Star format, and he’s got some words for the league.
With the new rules constructed by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, the All-Star Game was transformed from East vs. West into a mini four-team tournament. Team Shaquille O’Neal defeated Team Charles Barkley in the All-Star Championship on Sunday (Feb. 16), 41- 25, in a blow-out win. And while his Golden State Warriors teammate, Steph Curry, was voted MVP, Green was still rather unimpressed with the on-court product, opting to rate it a 0 out of 10.
“You work all year to be an All-Star and you get to play up to 40, and then you’re done,” the outspoken vet expressed during the festivities. “This is so unfair to Victor Wembanyama, who just took this game really seriously. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who just took this game seriously. When you talk about chasing after the points record, Melo, Kobe and all these guys that had great scoring nights, they don’t get the opportunity to do that with this game. All so we can watch some rising stars.”
“We about to watch the Olympic team, now we get the treat of watching the Olympic team play against a U-19 team. Come on, what are we doing? This is ridiculous.”
“You work all year to be an All-Star. And you get to play up to 40 and then you’re done… Cmon what are we doing? This is ridiculous.”
Draymond Green GOES OFF on the new All-Star Game format ?
Agree or disagree with Draymond? ? pic.twitter.com/OCJjn0H7et
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 17, 2025
The four-time NBA Champion then shifted his attention towards the NBA at large. Green, 34, explained that even regular season games are “boring” and lack any strategic nuance like old school basketball.
“Every possession is some type of chess move. You don’t get that today in the NBA often…You don’t just get that on a regular basis,” Green explained. “It’s just who can run faster, who can hit more threes. It’s no substance. I think it’s very boring.”
Barkley clapped back at the Michigan State legend, insisting that the league wouldn’t be in this situation if Green and his generation of hoopers took the All-Star Game seriously during their tenure in the NBA. The former Phoenix Sun player argued that Draymond’s peers “messed the game up,” saying, “I’m going to disagree with Draymond a lot. I use the analogy like when the kids mess up the house, you make them clean it up and they’re complaining.”
I think it’s more fun to complain about the nba than to actually watch it. Crazy, cancel all star weekend and let’s just give everybody a break since we’re so miserable around this time…
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 17, 2025
More legendary players hopped into the All-Star Game discourse to vent their opinions about Draymond Green’s stance on the league. Oscar Robertson asserted that he doesn’t care about Green’s view of the game and took up for the current generation of players in the Association. Big O also took some shots at the Michigan native in the process, calling him out for being a one-trick pony.
“Who cares what Draymond says? It doesn’t mean anything,” Robertson said. “This is what I mean, one guy can say this, another guy can say that. The game is what it is. Either people like the game or they don’t, and I think people enjoy the game, especially if their team can win.”
“And if you look at the basketball, it might be boring to him because if he’s not passing the ball to Curry, what is he doing?”
Kevin Durant took a more sarcastic approach, posting his rebuttal to his former Golden State Warriors teammate and other naysayers on X/Twitter.
“I think it’s more fun to complain about the nba than to actually watch it,” wrote Durant. “Crazy, cancel All-Star weekend, and let’s just give everybody a break since we’re so miserable around this time…”
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