Draymond Green thoughtfully claps back at ‘underachieved’ Kenyon Martin

Draymond Green thoughtfully claps back at ‘underachieved’ Kenyon Martin originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Draymond Green had had enough of Kenyon Martin’s disrespect.

Martin, a 15-year NBA veteran and co-host of “The Arena” podcast, has been taking several jabs at the Warriors forward for a while, but he most recently called Green “calculated.”

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“I think what Draymond does is calculated,” Martin said. “Draymond ain’t do nothing to somebody who’s going to do something back to him.”

Now, it was Green’s time to finally fire back.

And per usual, he didn’t hold back.

On his “The Draymond Green Show” podcast, Green initially discussed how it was “disappointing” and “confusing’ that so much hate was coming from Martin, given that they’re both from Saginaw, Mich. Green shared that growing up, he also rooted for Martin for the sole fact that he was born in the same place that he was.

“The constant shots have been a little confusing to me because I don’t quite know where they came from,” Green said. “And you think someone who was the No. 1 pick that didn’t quite have the career that I’ve had, but playing similar roles in a sense, would appreciate it, would show more love — especially when you go back to a kid born and raised in Saginaw, you think it’ll be a little more love. So it’s a little disappointing to see the constant shots. I just always thought it would be a little more love than that.

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“But when you were the No. 1 pick and effectively underachieved, I guess that would be the reason why. To be the No. 1 pick and make the All-Star Game one time, most would say it’s probably an underachievement. Being that I was the 35th pick and made the All-Star Game four times. Defensive Player of the Year. Kenyon Martin was a defender. I think he would consider himself a good defender, [but] never quite reached the pinnacle of that when you talk Defensive Player of the Years, or the nine All-Defensive Teams that I have, and he has zero.

“It’s tough to sit in a space of like continuing to speak on my name and call my name out as if I…

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