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Rudy Gobert is a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Draymond Green is a three-time NBA champion. Ever since the All-Star break, a beef between the players started with Green being the notable player in the feud.

Rudy Gobert

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The NBA All-Star game reserves were revealed on February 3rd on NBA on TNT show. The crew that usually consists of Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley invited Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green to join them.

Before the group started announcing the players that made it to the All-Star game, Green was asked who he had seen taking the All-Star selection the hardest.

"One thing I can assure you - if I didn't make it this year, I wasn't gonna cry, I can 100% assure you," Green started off without hesitation. "It has to be Rudy," Draymond continued. "I mean, he cried on national television when he didn't make the all-star team, thank god he's made the next three."

Ever since the initial Green's comment in 2019, the beef between the players started. Now, the Utah Jazz center sat down with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks to give his take on his relationship with Green.

"I'm not talking about him. When I see him in person, he's always nice and respectful. As long as that stays the same, things that are being about me on podcasts... it's not just Draymond, it's a lot of guys trying to discredit what I do every night, who I am as a player, it's a parody," Gobert started off.

"For me, I will always take that as respect. If I was an average player, an average defensive player, they wouldn't talk about me," Gobert continued. "I will always take that as respect. Guys on these platforms know that their voice can affect people's minds and people's opinions, it's their right to use it."

Draymond Green

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"Are they right, are they wrong? There's data, there're numbers. A lot of people that know this game, that watch this game that are neutral, that don't have anything to gain can make their own opinion."

"I respect all these guys. First of all, being in this league is already a great accomplishment. It's hard to be in this league and be consistent, they will tell you the same," the French center explained. "If you disrespect me in person, that's a different story, but you can say whatever you want about me."

"Once again, every time I talk about Draymond or anybody else, I show respect. If these guys want to disrespect me, I take that as respect. I'm a quiet person, but some guys are different, they're different personalities, they're going to express their mind and it's fine."

Why did the feud start then? Gobert has a simple answer. "People love beefs. Beefs generate more interactions," he explained. "Even me, when you watch a video of a fight, you want to watch it, it's interesting, so I get it, but I'm chill."

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