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Draymond Green was ejected early in the second half of the Golden State Warriors' game against the Phoenix Suns earlier this week and has now shared his perspective on what happened with a message aimed at Brooks.
The Warriors star received two technical fouls, beginning with the first one for throwing down the Suns' rookie center, Khaman Maluach. After that, Dillon Brooks rushed over and got in Green's face, prompting Green to grab Brooks' jersey near his neck.
Green was then ejected from the game after the referees gave him a second technical for his clash on the court with Brooks, who later claimed he was trying to "de-escalate" the situation. Brooks also said Green was "tweaking" all throughout the game.
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However, Green fired back at Brooks' explanation of the confrontation, questioning the Suns star's attempt to distance himself from his "villain" reputation.
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"Plot twist! Dillon Brooks ran in to de-escalate the situation. However, there's nothing to really de-escalate, because I'm actually just standing there," Green said on his podcast, "The Draymond Green Show."
"He runs up to my shoulder spewing some things," Green continued. "When you're running in to de-escalate ... you don't put your chest on somebody's shoulder, and B, you also don't run up spewing the things out that he was spewing out.
"You would actually be a little more respected if you just stood on the time that you stood on," the Warriors star said to Brooks, disputing his claim that he was trying to "de-escalate."
"Afterward, when I'm talking about it in the media, I'm not going to go and say, 'Well, he was tweaking all game,' when nothing had happened all game, to try to get people to be on your side," Green said of Brooks' postgame remarks about the situation.
Green accused Brooks of trying to "play a different role" than his typical "Dillon the Villain" persona, saying it was "not really respected" that he attempted to "get people on his side."
"You got hemmed up because of what you were saying," Green said of Brooks during his podcast, adding that the Suns' Miles Bridges was actually trying to de-escalate things.
"You weren't trying to de-escalate. You were trying to be the villain," Green told Brooks.
The Phoenix Suns star has seemingly embraced that role both on and off the court. He's famously had interactions involving LeBron James in multiple games, and even attended a Los Angeles Lakers playoff game, sitting behind one of the baskets. That went viral, with some suggesting Brooks wanted to troll James during his free throws.
The Suns star also appeared in multiple commercials taking aim at, criticizing, or mocking NBA superstars. That included him helping to promote "Unethical Hoops," a game mocking how favorable the referees are to calls for Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Ahead of this NBA season, Brooks appeared in a promotional video for Kalshi's "King Blocker 9000," a remote control the company was giving away that would mute mentions of LeBron James on television amid all the attention surrounding his move to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Brooks and Green have a few more potential encounters on the hardwood on the way. The Warriors visit the Suns on Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. ET, and then play again on Apr. 6, 2027, at 11 p.m. ET on Golden State's home court.
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