Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green explains telling ref he’d have to give him a tech #nba #warriors #draymondgreen

12 May 2023 · 1 min

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Draymond Green clarifies what he said to ref Zach Zahra during a game. Zahra warned him about getting a technical for talking to the other team, not for speaking to the ref. Green says officials who understand the emotional intensity of the game manage it better.

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I saw people saying, "Oh man, Draymond asked for a tech and he didn't get a tech." The reason I didn't get a tech is because what Zach was telling me he was going to tech me for was for talking to the other team, not for talking to him. The conversation with Zach was about me talking to the other team. And so he said like, "Draymond, I'm gonna tech you." I said, "Zach, you're gonna have to." What he told me he was teching me for wasn't occurring at the time that he said he was gonna tech me. He said, "Draymond, I know it's a high emotion game." That understanding is huge. Like so many people don't understand that part of it. It's like, oh man, and every game's the same. And I always tell you guys, it's so cliché. Just to have a great official like Zach Zahra to understand that, it's like, the emotions in this game is extremely high. I understand that. That's huge. Yeah.