He might not officially be an on-court sibling of the #SplashBrothers yet, but Draymond Green could already be considered Stephen Curry‘s “Trash Brother”.
On Tuesday, media entered the gym with both Curry and Green shooting around:
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There was a bit of playful jawing back and forth between them from across the gym, then Green joined Curry on the near court during Steph’s final shooting routines, apparently offering “splash-pointers”.
Green later refuted the post on a KNBR interview with Tom Tolbert and Ray Ratto, “I wasn’t giving him any pointers. That was just a carry-over from messing with him during scrimmage.”
It was a scrimmage that featured the starters against the bench, then a mixture. Curry and Green were split for the second match, and Curry’s team beat Green’s by one point. Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle had the report:
The starters won Game 1, and then the first and second units were mixed for the second game. Point guard Stephen Curry, who returned to practice after being absent Monday because of a personal issue, led his team to the Game 2 win over power forward Draymond Green’s team.
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“If y’all talk to Draymond, ask him who won, because he was talking a lot of trash,” Curry joked. “I know it’s tough for him to be on the losing team, so it was a little different for him.…
Although Green told Tolbert he gets more reaction out of Marreese Speights than anyone, describing Speights’ as someone who’s “going to laugh and just keep laughing some more,” Green seemed particularly fond of engaging Curry in some smack-talk.
“Contrary to popular belief Steph will start backtalking,” Green said. “I can always get a reaction out of Steph because he’s gonna say something back.”
Who can’t he get to? Why, the Splash Brother, of course.
“I can’t really get to Klay (Thompson),” said Green. “He’s just like, ‘Shut up,’ and just keep it moving.”
At least in intra-squad scrimmages, Curry’s not the type of guy to let it go.
“He’s not going to keep letting me talk. Eventually it’ll get on his nerves,” Green said on KNBR.
It sure did Tuesday after practice, or at least Curry made it seem so, interrupting Green’s on-air interview with ESPN Radio by clapping as he walked by Green (at about the five-minute mark).
More in-depth features on Draymond’s trash-talking acumen:
- Draymond Green learned to talk trash from his mom, by Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports
- For Draymond Green, trash-talking is a family tradition, by Ann Killion of the San Francisco Chronicle
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