Warriors star reveals eye-opening short-man complex admission, fueling rage on court

Just as Draymond Green was coming around on Dillon Brooks, the yearslong feud between two of the NBA’s most controversial players was reignited this week, when Brooks came to defend his teammate and Green, seething, grabbed him by the collar of his jersey.Green was ejected from the Warriors’ 116-113 win over the Suns on Monday night.Brooks said immediately following the game that he was trying to “de-escalate” the situation, which began when Green wrapped both arms around Khaman Maluach and threw him to the floor.Addressing the situation for the first time with reporters after Golden State’s 120-100 win over the Heat on Thursday night, Green called out Brooks’ point of view on their latest altercation.“He was talking.

He came in talking.Putting his chest on my shoulder.

That ain’t how you de-escalate,” Green said.“So I just wish he stood on the type of business he was on, instead of running to y’all.

Like, ‘I was trying to de-escalate!’ No you wasn’t, bro.”Both players like to play the villain, with their rivalry going back to Brooks’ time with Memphis.A year after their antics gained national attention during the heated 2022 Western Conference semifinals, Brooks took it to the next level, telling ESPN, “I don’t like Draymond at all.”Green this week, however, said that he “had started to turn a corner” on his view of Brooks.“Ah, man, he may be who he say he is,” Green said.

“But he not.”Brooks’ actions and response to the altercation only confirmed Green’s initial belief — that Brooks’ tough-guy persona only exists so long as the cameras and microphones are on.“The words you said on the side of me and walking up to me like that,” Green said.“When you’re de-escalating you usually go to your teammate.

But your teammate’s there [on the ground].So you’re not de-escalating anything. “By the way, there’s nothing going on.

He’s there, I’m standing there.There’s nothing really to de-esc...