Austin Rivers Fires Back at Draymond Green’s ‘Disrespectful’ Comments
Their back-and-forth stems from Rivers criticizing Green for suggesting his NBA career has been "hindered" by playing for Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty; Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Austin Rivers took to Instagram on Tuesday (May 5) to settle his back-and-forth with Draymond Green once and for all. Rivers started off the three-minute video by explaining that he felt compelled to respond after hearing Green’s “disrespectful” remarks about him and his basketball career. “First off, Draymond, we weren’t the same players in high school,” Rivers said.
“I don’t care about our numbers being similar. I did it at the national level, the top level. Hence why I got the Naismith [Prep Player of the Year] Award, and I got pretty much every award you can think of in high school.
” On an episode of The Draymond Green Show earlier this week, the Golden State Warriors star chose to compare their high school basketball resumes because he believes that was when Rivers was “at [his] best. ” COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next.
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