Draymond Green almost had to fight the entire Pelicans roster and NBA Twitter loved it

By Anthony On Mar 29, 2023

Draymond Green is king of the instigators and he put on full display as he mixed it up and almost had to fight the entire Pelicans roster.

If stirring the pot were an attribute on NBA2K, Draymond Green would be a 99 every season. The Golden State Warriors star is a master in the art of instigation and mixing things up. That’s especially true when the stakes are higher than normal, and such was the case on Tuesday night at the Chase Center against the New Orleans Pelicans in a crucial game for the Western Conference playoff race.

So it was no surprise that, with the Pelicans starting to build a lead late in the second quarter, that Green started raising the tensions with a hard foul on Brandon Ingram.

The New Orleans star took exception to what was eventually called a flagrant 1 foul against Green, got in his face, and both players ended up earning a technical foul.

Was Green done there? Of course not.

19 seconds after the flagrant foul, Green took off on a fastbreak and barreled through Pelicans wing Herb Jones, then stumbling over him clumsily, which got Jones angry, Ingram angry, and basically the entire New Orleans roster ready to fight Green.

The clapping after the fact is how you know that Green is Hall of Fame instigator.

Draymond Green starts chippiness in Warriors vs Pelicans, nearly starts fight

NBA Twitter watching the national game on TNT couldn’t help but get their laughs and proverbial shaking of heads out on social media.

Draymond committed an offensive foul, did a move from You Got Served on Herb, and got to stay in the game lol that’s crazy https://t.co/MRj8EnzPdp

— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) March 29, 2023

Malik Monk got ejected the other day for doing like 10% of what Draymond does seemingly every possession

— Very Nice Akis (@Aykis16) March 29, 2023

TNT spent that whole time carefully tip-toeing around the altercation to keep the broadcast kid-friendly and the two seconds they zoom in on Draymond that happens.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 29, 2023

I’m not sure precisely what Draymond’s trying to accomplish here, but he only gets technicals when he wants to, so I’m sure the 4D chess moves will become clear soon

— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) March 29, 2023

I think it’s a matter of when and not if Draymond Green picks up his 18th technical.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) March 29, 2023

Wrong dogs in him or not, Green’s antics didn’t help a bit. Prior to the flagrant and subsequent technicals, the Pelicans led 50-41. From that point, New Orleans went on a 13-2 run and went into halftime up 17 points.

The chippiness didn’t go anywhere in the second half, though Green’s first technical limited his overall involvement from there on out.

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