As Michigan State fans know, Draymond Green is one of the most polarizing players in the NBA. You either love him or you hate him and chances are, if he's not on the team you're rooting for, you're going to take the latter stance.
Following yet another emotionally-charged playoff series with the Houston Rockets this time, Draymond has his fair share of dust-ups and technical fouls. You know, the usual.
On the flip side, however, Houston has a polarizing player of its own in Dillon Brooks. The former Oregon Duck has been known around the league to start scuffles and try to get under opposing players' skin by any means necessary. He is kind of out there just to be annoying and bait opposing players into technicals.
Sometimes it works, but not against Draymond. While those two did have their run-ins, Draymond was able to hold his cool for just long enough to help the Warriors past the Rockets.
After a Game 7 win by the Warriors in Houston, Brooks apparently ran off the court without speaking to anyone or cobgratulating the Golden State players on the win -- you see players congratulating each other after emotional series all the time because, in the end, they're all friends.
Not Brooks, though, and Draymond had some harsh words for the 29-year-old NBA vet.
"Dillon Brooks ran off the court... but that's who Dillon Brooks is, you know what I'm saying? You a sucka."@Money23Green GOES OFF on Brooks for how he acted after the Rockets lost Game 7 to the Warriors pic.twitter.com/YYNAhuR5Oj
— The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis (@DraymondShow) May 6, 2025
"Nobody on the court respects you."
That was the phrase that really stood out here. Draymond isn't liked by fans but he's respected by his fellow players. Meanwhile, Brooks is hated by many fanbases but he also doesn't have the respect of his peers, according to Draymond. And when you lose that respect, you're basically out of luck.
Brooks had himself a solid season, averaging 14 points and shooting 40 percent from three, but he struggled against the Warriors, averaging 12.3 points on 35 percent shooting from deep but one his worst games was in that Game 7 where he was completely neutralized.
If Draymond says that no one respects you, he's probably right.