Timberwolves fan allegedly ejected for yelling racial slur at Warriors’ Draymond Green

“Apparently an incident happened where a fan was ejected for hurling a racial slur at Draymond. Perhaps more context behind his postgame statement,” The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson II wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

There is no place in the league or anywhere for racism, and it was a good thing that the fan was ejected to protect the players. Green was furious after the game, and that situation may have led to what he had to say.

Draymond Green speaks on how he’s portrayed after Warriors loss

During the game, Green was assessed a technical foul after hitting Naz Reid in the face. It was evident that he wasn’t a fan of the call, and he had to be held back by his teammates as he tried to go back and forth with the referees. After the game, Green spoke to reporters and had one message.

“I’m not an angry Black man,” Green said. “I’m a very successful, educated Black man with a great family. And I’m great at basketball. I’m great at what I do. The agenda to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.”

That technical in Game 2 made it Green’s fifth of the postseason, and if he picks up two more, he will be suspended for one game. Head coach Steve Kerr spoke about Green’s technical after the game and shared that the team has to make sure he stays poised.

“He’s gonna have to be careful now,” Kerr said. “It’s part of Draymond. The same thing that makes him such a competitor and winner puts him over the top sometimes. We know that. It’s our job to try and help him stay poised… Occasionally, he goes over the line.”