Warriors’ Draymond Green fired back at Kendrick Perkins for recent criticism
The The Golden State Warriors are back in the win column on Sunday afternoon with an impressive win over the Denver Nuggets at home. Despite trailing for much of the second half, the Warriors were able to turn up the heat late, and eventually cruised to a 128-117 win despite Stephen Curry be out of the lineup.
Most recently, ESPN personality Kendrick Perkins raised eyebrows during his appearance on the Road Trippin’ podcast when he stated that the Warriors should throw in the towel in 2025-26 and shut down Curry for the rest of the season, with Draymond GreenThe lack of production in the recent game against the Boston Celtics is why.
Now, Green himself has responded to those comments on the Draymond Green Show, produced by Audaci.
“We played a big guy, and we got clips from them. So you know a bad game happens every now and then,” Green said. “…listen carefully to this stuff for young kids trying to make it, because it’s often a bunch of garbage… You know how a bad game goes. I can promise you, Big Perk. I don’t care where you were at the end of yours.”
Indeed, Perkins had a lot of bad games toward the end of his playing career. Green, meanwhile, has seen a steady decline in production over the last few seasons, but remains one of the smartest players in the game today, and the anchor of the Warriors’ defense.
At this point, it’s hard to imagine the Warriors competing for anything meaningful this season even if Curry returns fully healthy, with Jimmy Butler already out for the rest of the season and acquisition Kristaps Porzingis already dealing with an illness.
However, at this point, it doesn’t appear that the Warriors are seriously considering taking Perkins’ advice and shutting down their franchise leader.
2026-02-23 23:20:00
