While fans of the Boston Celtics may not always love what Golden State Warriors vet big man Draymond Green does on the court, he also tends to be as even-keeled in his takes off the court as his play most definitely is not on it. On a recent episodeof his eponymous podcast, the Michigan State alum had praise for the Celtics after their win over the Philadelphia 76ers last week – as well as a critique of how former Celtics forward Jaylen Brown handled his first contest against his former team that may resonate with some Boston fans after what transpired before and after the tilt.
"I think a lot of people thought Boston (was) about to fall off," offered Green. "(That Paul George) doesn't have it anymore. And Boston has picked right up where they
left off at. PG is looking really good. (Jayson Tatum) is starting to look like JT again. They're shooting the ball well; they're playing their brand of basketball. They look good. They look really good."
Then, the Dubs vet shifted his focus to what went wrong for Brown and the 76ers. "JT tried to dap Jaylen Brown up prior to the tip off," said Green. "Jaylen Brown ignored him. I didn't really love that, and I didn't love it because feel how you want to feel (...)."
"I've got a ton of respect for Jaylen Brown. But I always say when things like that happen and you're not willing to speak, that says more about you than it says about the other person," said the Golden State forward.
"So Jaylen Brown not saying, not making eye contact with JT, JT comes, hits you on your chest, tries to say what's up, you don't make eye contact. I think that's part of the reason Jaylen Brown played bad. Because your aura ain't right, your juju ain't right. You've got your head down and then it carried over into the game. And so I don't really love that, man. Number one, like you know, I know he's upset that he got traded, and feels like JT could have stopped it or regardless, man. I've never really got off into that when guys do that when they get traded and take it out on a player. You speak to every player, but not him. I don't really love that."
"The bar is so high on the respect level for Jaylen Brown from everybody, and he's earned that respect. Just to see to see him do that, I don't love," closed Green.
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