After Draymond Green was suspended for punching Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic in the face during a game last month, many people didn't give him their two cents. did.
But it was Stephen A. Smith's comments about Stephen Curry last month that “destroyed” the Warriors star.
The ESPN star used the situation to question Curry's leadership on an episode of “First Take” overheard by Green.
“Where is the leadership? Where is he? What influence is he having?” Smith asked at the time.
Green addressed the matter in a podcast published Monday.
“Because Draymond did X.” [Curry is a bad leader]. It made me angry, but it devastated me. ” green admitted. “How does Steph endure being a bad leader?” This guy doesn't give us anything to let him down. This person is doing all the right things and he is going to be destroyed because of my actions? He crushed me. ”
This was the latest in a long line of questions about their leadership, which certainly raised many leadership questions in the wake of the Green incident last month.
Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA after hitting Nurkic with a spinning backfist in a game against the Suns.
This is Green's third physical altercation with a player and his second suspension since he was suspended after putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock during a game against the Timberwolves in November. Ta.
“I'm going to publicly apologize because he got publicly beaten down for it,” Green said on the podcast. “I sincerely apologize to Steph for my actions.”
Green was reinstated over the weekend after being suspended by the NBA for 12 games and is on the verge of returning to the court.
After a rocky start to the season, Green returns to a Warriors team that ranks 11th in the Western Conference with a 17-19 record.
Green also revealed on his latest podcast that he was considering retiring after the incident, but was persuaded by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to do so.
“I told him, 'Adam, this is too much for me.' … This is too much. It's all starting to weigh on me and I'm going to retire,” Green said. . “And Adam said, 'You're making a very hasty decision, and I'm not going to let you do that.'
