About a decade before Draymond Green patrolled the locker room for the dynastic Golden State Warriors, Kevin Garnett filled a similar role as the heart and soul of the Boston Celtics. Although KG never KO'd a teammate on-camera like Draymond did Jordan Poole, he did make Glen "Big Baby" Davis cry during a verbal exchange on the Boston Celtics bench during a regular season game against the Portland Trailblazers. Much like Draymond, KG is a former NBA Champion with a "Defensive Player of the Year" award and several well-documented beefs with other players. Some of KG's most famous rivalries were with Joakim Noah and Carmelo Anthony, while Draymond has engaged in feuds with current players such as Dillon Brooks.
The recent discord between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole was widely considered to be an underlining factor in the young combo guard being traded to the Washington Wizards this off-season for Chris Paul, an aging star several years past his prime. Shortly after the shocking trade, Poole unfollowed Draymond on social media. Since then, their friction has intensified as Draymond recently went public about why he punched Poole in the face. Draymond's commentary prompted a response from Jordan Poole's father, Anthony, via Twitter. Upon tweeting a rebuttal to Anthony's remarks, a "parody" account of NBA Central on Twitter (called NBA Centel) added fuel to the fire by publishing a fake tweet from KG, making it appear that he was standing up for Jordan Poole.
"Draymond punching JP is like a senior punching a freshman who's half his size and than walks around talking himself up as if he's like that. Come try me Dray."
Thinking it was a real tweet from KG, Draymond quickly responded with a settle jab at the 2008 NBA Champion.
"I tried you when I was a rookie KG, and you started talking to yourself like I wasn't talking to you. What's that like? The freshman picking on a senior citizen that's double his size?" Draymond wrote.
KG didn't respond to Draymond publically. Instead, the 6'11" power forward called out Twitter for allowing a parody account to misquote him.
"That's a fake tweet NBA Centel," he wrote. "[Elon Musk] see wtf is happening. Fix it."
The tweets from KG and Draymond both went viral, causing news outlets to jump all over the alleged friction. Shortly after that, the messages were deleted, but the screenshots have been circulating on social media ever since.
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Source: Twitter
