Draymond Green Stands By His Harsh Words for Buddy Hield

Draymond Green Stands By His Harsh Words for Buddy Hield

Draymond Green could be heard on the Golden State Warriors broadcast yelling at teammate Buddy Hield in the third quarter of the Dubs’ 109-105 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. The win snapped a three-game losing streak. Postgame, Green defended his words to Hield.

The Warriors broadcast picked up Draymond seemingly saying "Wake the f**k up. Or go sit the f**k down" to Buddy Hield after a play in the 3rd quarter.

"I'll say it right into the mic I don't give a damn. It was needed… Buddy hasn't had the opportunity to play a bunch of… pic.twitter.com/T57pZE3P3Z

— KNBR (@KNBR) December 29, 2024

Full Transcript Available Below

“I’ll say it right into the mic – I don’t give a damn. It was needed, and we need Buddy Hield to play great. We need Buddy Hield to make shots, and we have all the confidence in the world that Buddy Hield will make shots. But we got a post feed [?] and you got a six-foot guy on you? Get the ball there. It’s simple. We’re 16-15, we don’t love this, so do we just keep doing the same thing and sit back on our hands like ‘oh, it’s gonna change at some point’ or do you make it change?

I know what it looks like to win. I know what it takes to win. So as a leader, it’s on you to figure out what it takes to help this team win. If that’s mixing it up with a guy every now and then, if that’s yelling, then you do that. Don’t be the guy that can’t be yelled at, and I’ll never be that guy. A teammate yelled at me? Great. I may say something back, oh well, guess what? Buddy said something back to me. We’re not dictators. What you say doesn’t go and everyone has to listen. No, he said something back. I said something back, he said something back, I said something back. Great, and we moved on, and that’s how it’s gotta be.

It’s not always gonna be all peaches and cream, whoever thinks that are idiots. Lost three in a row, and we have a turnover at a critical part of the game where we need to get a good shot. Let’s get that shot.”

Green References His Championship Pedigree

Draymond Green justified his remarks to Buddy Hield by referencing his NBA Finals experience.

“I’ve happened to play a lot of championship basketball, a lot of meaningful basketball. Buddy hasn’t had the opportunity to play a lot of meaningful basketball in this league. Guess what? It’s our job to make sure he understands what that means. And if people don’t like it, so be it. That’s why they don’t have four championships and I do.”

The Warriors are 16-15, tied for ninth place in the Western Conference standings.

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