Draymond Green doesn’t care for Rudy Gobert. But it’s making his basketball analysis laughable.
Green was very vocal on “Inside the NBA” after Denver beat Minnesota in Game 5. He also declared that the series was over because the Timberwolves “don’t believe they can win anymore.”
What happened after that? Minnesota blew out the Nuggets by 45 points in Game 6, then came back from 20 points down in the third quarter to win Game 7, 98-90.
Green’s response? After Game 6, he scoffed at the idea that Gobert, Defensive Player of the Year, wasn’t guarding Nikola Jokic. This after Minnesota held the Nuggets to 70 points and Gobert grabbed 14 rebounds.
The DPOY award is always a sore spot with Green, as Gobert has won it four times. This year, Green also got a five-game suspension for dragging Gobert down the court in a headlock, which added to his Gobert resentment.
But the repeated criticism of Gobert looks petty. Green was even ripping Gobert on TNT Wednesday night when the Timberwolves weren’t even playing. On his podcast, Green claimed the Wolves only started their comeback when Gobert went to the bench, ignoring that they’d cut Denver’s lead from 20 points to six before that.
The result is that Green looks like he’s airing grudges more than he’s analyzing basketball. It doesn’t matter that his predictions were wrong, but his constant harping on Gobert makes him look dishonest.
Worst of all, it’s boring. The more Minnesota wins, the pettier Green looks.
