Warriors’ Draymond Green reveals Paul Pierce’s trash talk

Draymond Green explained the origins of his trash talk with Paul Pierce that went viral. He then took Pierce and his fans to task for what he called revisionist history.

“I said what I had to say,” Green explained on his podcast with me, Uninterrupted’s Dray Day. “And he said no more after that.”

Green famously taunted Pierce for his unceremonious farewell tour, saying Pierce isn’t as beloved as he thought. It went viral because the microphones on the basket picked up his sharp “you thought you was Kobe?” jab.

Green said it began with Pierce screaming from the bench that he couldn’t defend Clippers star Blake Griffin.

“That got me so excited it probably led to me jumping on that pump fake and getting that foul,” Green said.

Green, during the free throw, challenged Pierce’s analysis that he couldn’t defend Griffin. Pierce retorted with a diss that drives Green crazy.

Green said Pierce called him a bum, said he would be nothing if he weren’t on a team full of All-Stars. Green has heard constantly through his rise to All-Star level that he isn’t good enough to carry a team, that he is a product of circumstance and not talent. So he fired back. Related Articles Draymond Green trash-talks Paul Pierce: ‘You thought you was Kobe?’

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“It’s nothing personal,” Green said. “I don’t hate Paul Pierce. But if you gone talk junk, I don’t hold anything back when I’m talking junk. If I’ma talk, I’ma talk. And I’ma take it where it needs to go.”

Pierce is a Hall of Fame candidate who in his prime was one of the best in the league. He is a legend in Boston, where he won a championship with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.

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But Pierce’s credentials didn’t stop Green. And he went further, questioning Pierce’s status as a legend.

Green pointed out that Pierce only has one title, just like him.

“People tend to forget he was struggling to to get to the playoffs … then all of a sudden Ray Allen and KG showed up. Let’s not forget that,” Green said.

“Just because you were scoring points don’t mean you were carrying the team. If you couldn’t get anywhere and you couldn’t do nothing, where were you carrying them to? … Pierce had had an amazing career. He was a beast. But how far was he carrying those teams? If you weren’t carrying them that far, I guess we’re in the same boat.”

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