Steve Kerr opens argument about Draymond Green after Magic win
On Monday night, The Golden State Warriors won convincingly 120-97 over the Orlando Magic at home to move to 15-15 on the season. While the Warriors clicked around the court, especially in the second half, the victory they earned didn’t come without some extracurricular struggles, with Draymond Green and head coach Steve Kerr get into a heated argument on the bench, which then led the former to rush to the dressing room.
But it looks like yes everything is fine it ends well for the Warriors, like Kerr downplayed his argument with Green, a player he worked with his entire career as a head coach.
“We need Draymond. He’s a champion. We’ve been together for a long time… It’s a shame it happened, but it happened,” Kerr said, via Brett Siegel, an NBA insider for ClutchPoints. “Obviously we got into it. We backed off a little bit and he made the decision to go back to the locker room and cool off. … That’s all I’m going to say about it. It’s all private.”
“We got into it, obviously … We backed off a little bit, and he made the decision to go back to the locker room and cool off. That’s all I’m going to say about it. It’s all private.”
Steve Kerr in an intense exchange with Draymond Green 👀pic.tvitter.com/slAKzVKSVAm https://t.co/CkDBiMvKGI
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The altercation occurred after the Warriors called a timeout with 8:31 left in the third and the Dubs leading by five, 71-66. Brandin Podziemski replaced Green and from that point Golden State outscored the Magic 18, 49-31. (Podziemski had a game-high plus-36 that night.)
The Warriors take the good with the bad with Draymond Green
The green always brings a spirit of grit, physicality and swagger whenever he steps onto the pitch. But he always had a short fuse, and whenever things didn’t go his way, he tended to lose his temper. It happened Monday night, and the Warriors know full well that it’s simply part of the experience with the future Hall of Famer and former Defensive Player of the Year.
It’s not entirely clear how this feud between Green and Kerr would affect the former’s playing status on Christmas Day, when the Dubs take on the Dallas Mavericks.
2025-12-23 06:19:00
