Former Warriors guard accuses Draymond Green of targeting European players

“He’s more of a cheap shot guy. He tends to do that to a lot of Europeans. He messing with nothing but foreigners,” Young said of Green.

Does Young have a point? Only if you look at recent trends. Tuesday’s latest incident involved Bosnian center Jusuf Nurkic, which led to his indefinite suspension. Green was ejected and suspended for putting French center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold earlier in the season. Prior to that, there was his run-in with Lithuanian forward Domantas Sabonis in last year’s playoffs.

However, there are plenty of instances of Green going after American-born players, too. There was the infamous practice fight with Jordan Poole last year, but he has also had on-court run-ins with Donovan Mitchell this season, as well as Bradley Beal, James Harden and even LeBron James. History suggests that Green very much does not discriminate based on who he is up against.

One former NBA star had a very different theory as to why Green acts the way he does. As weird as that explanation is, it may make more sense than Young’s.