Draymond Green criticizes Jaylen Brown’s reaction to Jayson Tatum

Draymond Green is not really the type to shy away from beef with an opponent, but the Golden State Warriors forward thinks Philadelphia 76ers forward Jaylen Brown might have gone a bit too far in his interactions with former Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum.

Brown made something of a show of blowing off Tatum prior to their first NBA meeting as opponents on Tuesday (video here). Brown then proceeded to post just 13 points in the Sixers’ 123-101 loss, leading Green to suggest that Brown had been too focused on revenge and hung up on Tatum.

“I think that’s part of the reason Jaylen Brown played bad. Your aura ain’t right, your juju ain’t right, you got your head down and stuff, then it carried over into the game,” Green said on his “The Draymond Green Show” podcast. “I’ve never really got off into that, when guys do that when they get traded and take it out on the player. When you do that, the thing you’re upset at is haunting you, like it owns you until you break out of it.

“My word to Jaylen Brown would be ‘Nah man, talk to that man. Until then, that thing’s gonna hold you.’ Also, for him to not stand on it after the game, that just ain’t JB to me. That ain’t the Jaylen Brown that I’ve grown to respect and know.”