Draymond Green continues to use TNT platform to criticize Rudy Gobert

Green responded to Timberwolves fans with a 'Rudy sucks' comment.

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) warms up before the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center in Dallas on April 5, 2024. / Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Draymond Green just can’t get his mind off Rudy Gobert. 

Green, the Golden State Warriors forward who’s been featured on TNT’s Inside the NBA halftime and postgame show, has been taking jabs at Gobert every chance he gets this postseason. 

Whether it's been ripping Gobert for his defense during big games from Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic — who wasn't even Gobert's matchup — in the second round to suggesting on his podcast that the Wolves should bench Gobert in favor of Kyle Anderson, Green has shown clear animosity toward the Timberwolves big man. It's beyond bordering on a personal vendetta.

Draymond Green believes Minnesota should increase Kyle Anderson's minutes and consider bringing Rudy Gobert off the bench.

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That of course continued following a 109-108 Timberwolves loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Friday night at Target Center in Minneapolis. Gobert was the center of attention as he was defending Luka Doncic as he hit a go-ahead stepback 3-pointer with three seconds remaining to win the game for the Mavericks and give them a 2-0 series lead.

Fans at Target Center rightly haven't been pleased with Green's comments about their beloved big man, so Green has been showered with boos and "Draymond sucks" chants throughout the TNT pregame, halftime and postgame shows. Green responded in kind after hearing the chants Friday.

"Rudy sucks, not me. What did I do?" Green said on TNT. "I didn't do anything."

That came after Green prodded Doncic during a postgame interview whether the matchup against Gobert was what the Mavericks were looking for in that final sequence. Obviously, a point guard will take a matchup against a center when he can get it, and Doncic made the most of it.

Draymond Green:
"When you ended up with Rudy Gobert, was that the matchup you were looking for?"

Luka Doncic:
"Yeah, I told D-Live [Dereck Lively II] to set a screen because they're gonna switch, we wanted that."

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But more and more voices are being irritated by Green's coverage on TNT. Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that TNT needs to get Green off of its coverage because his hate of Gobert makes for "awful television."

I love TNT and the Inside the NBA crew, but they need to get Draymond Green off coverage.

His hate of Rudy Gobert just makes for awful television. It isn’t funny, original or informative. He literally just yelled “Rudy sucks” at fans on live TV.

— Cody Westerlund (@CodyWesterlund) May 25, 2024

Please get Draymond Green off the NBA on TNT. We only got so many shows left. I don’t wanna see this guy.@NBAonTNT #nba #nbaplayoffs pic.twitter.com/1l4OCket6j

— VTMC (@matthewcoulter) May 25, 2024

Draymond Green’s involvement on the TNT crew slowly growing like a cancer. It’s awful.

— Shaun Johnson (@sexwithuruncle) May 25, 2024

It's certainly been overkill from Green. And of course, he's already writing off a potential Wolves comeback as they face a 2-0 series deficit with the series shifting to Dallas Sunday night for Game 3. Perhaps Gobert and the Wolves can quiet him with a convincing bounce-back victory.