Draymond Green pushes back against critics: 'Rick Mahorn knocks you out too' / News - Basketnews.com

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Draymond Green is one of the most physical players in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors forward now decided to give his thoughts about the physicality in previous years of the league.

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"It baffles me when every guy – just because they played in the 80s, just because they played in the 90s – is like 'man, if you played in our day, you’d get knocked out'," Green said in the press conference ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

"There were a few guys back then that would lay you out, that would knock you out, that would foul you and get thrown out the game," the forward said. "Bill Laimbeer. Rick Mahorn. But everybody running around acting like they were that."

The Warriors star denounced the claims that today's players wouldn't have survived during the 80s or the 90s.

"Okay, so you’re saying Rick Mahorn would have knocked me out? Rick Mahorn probably knocks you out. Bill Laimbeer probably lays you out," Green confronted the journalists. "Their fine was also two dollars. It's just not the same day and age. If I go knock somebody out, I probably get fined a million dollars."

"Comparing the physicality of the game and everybody acting like they were just the most physical and brutal enforcers," the Warriors forward said, "It's like everybody acting like they shoot the ball like Steph Curry today."

Draymond Green is known to be the catalyst of the Warriors' offense. He's a 4-time All-Star, 4-time NBA All-Defensive First Team member, and 2017 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He's averaging 7.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 7 assists during the 2021-2022 season.

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