Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green have had beef over the years.
With the Golden State Warriors set to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals, Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert will face off once again. The two former Defensive Player of the Year winners have previously taken aim at each other on multiple occasions.
This began in 2019,, "I guess I should cry too... no Charlotte?" after Gobert got emotional when he didn't make the NBA All-Star Game that year. Three years later, Green punched teammate Jordan Poole in 2022, and Gobert tweeted, "Insecurity is always loud." Before Green and Gobert go up against each other again, Gobert remained complimentary of Green while emphasizing that his focus is on helping his team win. “To me it’s a team matchup," Gobert told reporters. "I’m really focused on trying to help my team win and be the best Rudy I can be and play basketball. Obviously he’s Draymond, he’s an all time great defender, it’s going to be really physical, he's gonna be himself, for me it's about being myself, also being physical and doing all the things I need to do to help my team win."“To me it’s a team matchup. I’m really focused on trying to help my team win and be the best Rudy I can be and play basketball. Obviously he’s Draymond, he’s an all time great defender, it’s going to be really physical”Timberwolves coach Chris Finch also notes that he expects the game to be physical, but that they need to remain focused on playing basketball. “I mean listen you just got to play basketball," Finch said. "I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of physicality, some of it certainly on the edge of legality. There's gonna be a lot of things said on the floor or outside the game itself, we got to focus and play basketball."“I mean listen you just got to play basketball. I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of physicality some of it certainly on the edge of legality… we got to focus and play basketball”Eva Geitheim is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in December 2024, she wrote for Newsweek, Gymnastics Now and Dodgers Nation. A Bay Area native, she has a bachelor's in communications from UCLA. When not writing, she can be found baking or re-watching Gilmore Girls.
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