Everyone who’s kept an eye on the NBA over the past couple of years knows that Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green does not like Skip Bayless one bit.
The two outspoken have a well-documented history of saying mean things to each other and it doesn’t seem like things are ending any time soon. There’s something between the two that rubbed each other the wrong way and kept them talking about the other in the public space without hesitation.
The latest entry in their beef comes from the forward, and he makes a bold claim about where the two of them currently stand.
Draymond Green claims he’s at a better place in life than Skip Bayless
The moment Bayless called Green the dirtiest player in league history, he didn’t hold back in lashing out towards the veteran broadcaster.
The Golden State Warriors forward made sure to hit Skip where it hurts, claiming that he’s not as relevant as he wants to be.
Per Yahoo! Entertainment’s Marc Griffin:
“Everybody skipping past Skip Bayless since Shannon [Sharpe] left him,” Green expressed. “And he comes out and says he’ll have me eating out the palm of his hands if I come on the show. I am not coming on your show, Skip. I’m going to keep skipping past you just like everybody else skipped on you. Because that show is dead, no one wants to hear you talk anymore… In the words of Richard Sherman: ‘I am better than you. I am better than you at life,’ I am just better than you. Skippin’ Skip.”
The roast was unnecessarily ruthless, but everyone understands that’s just how Green rolls. He’s not afraid to speak his mind, and this rings true when his honor and the people close to him are under fire.
It seems like he’s not the only one with such thoughts, as Stephen Curry reacted in a very telling manner:
Will the Golden State Warriors keep Draymond Green beyond 2024?
While Green is in his All-Star form with his online jabs, the same cannot be said with his performance last season.
He averaged 8.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists, and 1.0 steals in his 55 games for the Dubs this year. While his Box Plus Minus was still at an impressive 2.4, it cannot be denied that the Warriors can’t hope to keep on being competitive for the remainder of Curry’s Warriors career if they’re simply going to dump money on a forward who cannot close games the way Curry does.
While the Dubs are likely keeping Green in the team for the foreseeable future, it remains to be seen if they’ll have him retire as a Warrior.
