Wolves players did not appear on the TNT show after their Game 4 win over Dallas
after the team's 105-100 Game 4 win. Normally, a postgame interview with one of the stars of the winning team is a given, but that wasn't the case Tuesday night in Dallas. Now we know why., Wolves players chose to boycott appearing on the show because of one of the panelists.
Edwards was surrounded by a tight-knit team, one with such strong chemistry that it decided as a group that no player would appear on TNT’s Inside the NBA postgame show after their victory in Game 4 in Dallas, team sources told The Athletic. The decision was a sign of support for Gobert and Towns, who were the subject of derisive and seemingly personal criticism from panelist and Golden State forward Draymond Green.
Green's involvement in the pre-, half- and post-game shows for TNT during the Western Conference Finals was a source of derision for many Wolves fans, and clearly for the team itself. Fans notablyRudy Gobert and Green have a long-standing personal rivalry that has featured numerous verbal barbsbetween the two. The rivalry intensified earlier in the season when Green put Gobert in a chokehold during an on-court fracas between the Wolves and Warriors.
Wolves fans were not the only viewers who noticed an unnatural focus on Gobert from Green throughout the series. at various points during the series to criticize the normally beloved show for giving Green the time to voice his personal disdain for Gobert time and time again.
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