Draymond Green continues to wage war on the traditional media.
On ESPN’s “SportsCenter” earlier this week, anchor Zubin Mehenti was interviewing Nets reporter Nick Friedell about Kevin Durant’s trade request out of Brooklyn.
As the website Awful Announcing observed, after Friedell said that a resolution to the Durant matter “could take awhile,” Mehenti said, “It’s a good point. I mean, he’s an emotional guy, anything could happen.”
Green came to his former teammate’s defense in the matter.
“Just watched the anchor on Sportscenter with Nick Fredell [sic] discuss KD wanting a trade, and called him emotional,” Green tweeted. “Who are you to call someone emotional? What makes you comfortable? Talk BASKETBALL! Computers got y’all overly comfortable.”
Warriors forward Draymond Green ripped ESPN ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Zubin Mehenti over a comment about Kevin Durant. NBAE via Getty Images
Zubin Mehenti and Nick Friedell did a segment on Kevin Durant earlier this week on ESPN’s ‘SportsCenter’. ESPNThe Warriors forward concluded his tweet with “TNM” — short for the new media, which he has promised will usurp the prevailing standard.
This vow, at least as it pertains to the success of his own podcast, which is a constant topic of conversation all over the sports media landscape, has not been without some truth.
Kevin Durant Corey SipkinThe line from Mehenti, who is not a media member reputed to be a firebrand who goads athletes into confrontation, did not seem to be intended as a provocative shot at Durant, but that is how Green received it in this case.
