

Draymond Inexperienced completely put his foot in it when he ripped Karl-Anthony Cities for skipping out on Warriors vs. Knicks earlier this week.
Inexperienced mentioned Cities didn’t play as a result of he didn’t need to go head-to-head along with his former teammate, Jimmy Butler, who had a effectively publicised falling out with KAT when the pair had been teammates in Minnesota.
“Some will say he didn’t play as a result of possibly as a result of Jimmy was within the constructing,” Inexperienced mentioned on his podcast. “They mentioned KAT didn’t play as a result of Jimmy got here into city. Him and Jimmy had the notorious follow in Minnesota. I don’t know what was harm. I didn’t look that deep into it to see what his harm was.”
Inexperienced’s rumor backfired, huge time. The explanation Cities wasn’t enjoying was as a result of his girlfriend Jordyn Woods’ Aunt Sarah died of breast most cancers and he attended the funeral.
“That is a type of moments the place I needed to be there for my household and be there for the youngsters that misplaced any individual actually particular to them,” KAT mentioned, through the New York Submit.
Ian Begley of SNY weighed in on Inexperienced’s feedback.
“Draymond Inexperienced suggests on his podcast that Karl-Anthony Cities missed Tuesday’s recreation vs GSW as a result of he wished to keep away from Jimmy Butler. Inexperienced casually throwing this on the market on his platform with out researching the scenario is extraordinarily irresponsible,” Begley mentioned.
Different individuals on X additionally spoke up and positively didn’t maintain again.
“Draymond ignorantly/maliciously suggests KAT was ducking Jimmy Butler on Tuesday. 1. KAT missed the sport to consolation his girlfriend after her aunt died from most cancers. 2. KAT performed Butler in Miami earlier this season and hung 44 factors on the Warmth. Fellow gamers must name out idiots like Draymond for this (expletive),” Tommy Beer of Knicks Centric wrote on X.
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