In this informal YouTube discussion, former NBA players Draymond Green and Baron Davis break down two recent on‑court altercations—a fight between A‑Man Thompson and Tyler Herro, and a scuffle involving Jusuf Nurkic and Najee Marshall. Green critiques the seemingly random aggression, expresses concern for the mental health of the aggressor, and questions the league’s disciplinary logic after Marshall received a longer suspension than the player he struck. The conversation then shifts to the Phoenix Suns’ decision to move Bradley Beal to a bench role, with Green weighing the short‑term boost against long‑term championship aspirations and Davis lampooning Suns coach Doc Rivers for perceived mismanagement. Throughout, the duo mixes candid player‑to‑player analysis, personal anecdotes, and humor while emphasizing the need for better handling of on‑court violence and strategic roster moves.
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Joe Mazzulla got what he wanted a couple weeks ago. He said we need to start fighting in the NBA. A-man Thompson got into it with Tyler Herro.
Yeah, saw that.
Nurkic got into it with Najee Marshall. I'm a 1-4 flat to this one. I'll take this one. Starting with the A-man Thompson and Tyler Herro.
I like that one.
Number one, why he swing Tyler Herro like that? Like he was just a little kid throwing him on the couch was crazy.
He was the—
Tyler.
He swung him like the doll that wasn't supposed to be sitting there. Get your ass. Whoa.
Whoa. The way he swung him was crazy.
That was sick.
Terry Rozier came and got involved the way he should, which I respected. The way he got involved for the young fella.
I didn't see, I couldn't see all the rest of it.
Oh yeah, Terry Rozier came and pince, like came right in. And you gotta do that. Tyler Herro's about to be the face of that franchise, you know? And so I respected that. I did not quite understand, well, they were about to play us the next day.
He ain't want no parts.
And he just out of nowhere, like, picked an argument and then swung. And I hope that brother got the help he need, um, because—
That was random.
Man, it was just like out of nowhere. Like, something's wrong in life.
Yeah.
Like, he must be going through a really hard time in life to just go back and swing like that. Or like, possibly maybe he didn't want to play against the team that he was going to play the next day. Like, that could be Maybe. It was just a little surprising.
That he would take it there.
To see him swing like that, but then to get pushed on the ground.
And cry.
And then start whining about it and grabbing his face. I was really shocked. Yeah, you can't swing and then get pushed on the ground and like grab your face and cry about it. Like once you swing, it was you that kind of said, this is what it is.
Yeah.
And so I was just a little surprised, but that brother needs some help and I hope he get the help that he needs.
Get better, get some help, come on, man. Get Naki some help, man. You know.
You can't just be swinging on people like that. You better stand up.
If that ain't the pot, you know what I mean?
You know what I'm saying? You just swinging out of nowhere, surprising everybody.
Oh my God.
I was a little shocked by that one, I'm not gonna lie. But they was gonna play against us the next day and sometimes people get Draymond-itis and I get it and it's all right.
It's okay. He was, he was—
I'll give you a pass.
He was definitely not thinking about it. He was like, damn, I might as well get up outta this one.
Let me— BD, I will say though, I'm very surprised that the guy who got swung on got suspended for more games than—
That's weird.
Like, That I did not understand. They said, oh, he tried to keep going in the back. Like, stop. He gets one more game suspension than the guy who swung on him. So like, what am I to do if I get swung on? Just stand there because I'm gonna get suspended? Like, that is crazy. And so I was a little shocked by, a little bit, I was a little shocked by that. Just Najee Marshall getting suspended for more games than—
Yeah, and he the one who got swung on.
Than the guy that needs some help. Don't take it. Stop it. Don't toss around that word enforcer like that. That's ridiculous.
He coming for you though, next.
Ah.
What if he was?
Ah.
Those of course said, man, I should have saved that one for Draymond Green the next night. Ooh, just kidding.
You don't want that. You don't want that smoke.
Hey bro.
I don't want that smoke.
Hey, I was watching the, The Mike Epps comedy thing when he said, "Like that." He said, "Go get him." I can imagine you outside the Phoenix Arena like, "Nah, he gonna have to see me." He gotta see me, bro.
You can't get outta here like that. You gotta see me. You got to see me, champ.
All right, man, continuing, the Suns asked Bradley Beal to come off the bench. $40, $60 million, he's a starter. As someone who's been asked to come off the bench earliest this season, bro, do you think this will help the Suns and does this make sense at all?
It may help in the interim, right? Like, it may help. If they wanna win at the level that they wanna win at, Bradley Beal is one of their best players. Tough to bring him off the bench, you know, and he had 25 the first game coming off the bench, which is great. But like that game when he have 6, it ain't gonna necessarily be as pleasant, you know what I'm saying? And so shout out to Brad of being a professional and going to the bench and coming off the bench for 25 and the first time he did it since 2016. But like I said, I don't, I think yes, it could help in the interim, but to win at the level that I think that team is expected to win at, which is to be contenders, I don't think you can necessarily be a contender with Bradley Beal coming off the bench on that team.
All right, man. You know how I motivated Doc Rivers this year. Whoever is the Phoenix coach, get your shit together, bro.
Boothoser.
Man, get your shit together. You know what I'm saying? Like, get your shit together, man. What? Like, how you gonna win in Bradley Bill Conley, man, if you can't coach the 3 superpowers, you know what I mean? Or superstars and figure out, like, that's your job. What the hell does him coming off the bench gotta do with the first 4 minutes anyway, 'cause he coming right in. You know what I mean? It's like, man, that's, it's fool's gold. You know what I mean? Because to your point, when he get 12 or he gets 6 and he can't really catch a rhythm, he got 25 'cause he was just mad. The way you start the game is the way you wanna finish the game. And that's the confidence in them dudes to figure that shit out. Now throughout the course of the game, you gotta sub. I'm bringing KD out. Bill, it's your turn. Booker, it's you and KD turn. Booker turn, KD turn. You know what I mean? And like, you gotta understand as a coach how to get them dudes in flow. You got 4 quarters. You know what I mean? They can all get they 15, 20 shots. Like, but I don't know about this coming off the bench. This dude make too much money to be coming off the bench. What is we doing, bro? That is the most disrespect. Like, who's starting in front of him?
Facts.
You feel what I'm saying? Who is starting in front of him? And I would like to understand what's the rationale, right? You put your best players on the floor. Ain't no way Bradley Beal coming off nobody bench to be no sixth man or none of that shit when he's bona fide and a proven playmaker and the piece that y'all went and traded for to go get.
