When the NBA season wraps, stars like Steph Curry head straight for the golf course, while others jet off to Cabo for some well-earned R&R. But Draymond Green? He's spending his downtime the only way he knows how—by stirring up a podcast feud.
This time, his target is Austin Rivers, the retired 11-year veteran and son of longtime coach Doc Rivers. On the latest episode of "The Draymond Green Show," the Warriors' defensive anchor didn't hold back, calling Rivers' $35 million extension with the Clippers in 2016—when his father ran the team—"the biggest bailout in U.S. history prior to President Trump bailing out the airlines."
Rivers fired back on Instagram, taking a subtle jab at Green's friendship with Lakers superstar LeBron James. "I think you maybe hang around your big bro (we all know who I am talking about) and you maybe start to think you him," Rivers wrote.
The beef actually started earlier, when Rivers criticized Green for saying that playing under coach Steve Kerr had "hindered" his career by limiting his scoring opportunities. On "The Dan Patrick Show," Rivers called those comments "ridiculous," praising Green's basketball IQ and his role in Kerr's system.
That clip found its way to Green, and he had to respond. "I don't like to get in these back-and-forths," Green said. "I just find it interesting that a guy who was the 10th pick in my draft—I was 35—who's on his second act—I'm still on Act 1—would say such things."
Green, who can famously recite every player drafted ahead of him as the 35th overall pick in 2012, then compared their high school scoring numbers. "I say high school because that's when you were at your best," he added, driving home the point that while Rivers peaked early, Green built a Hall of Fame resume defending the game's best and setting up Curry for those iconic threes.
