Nurkić criticizes Draymond for using KD to criticize Suns roster originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The tug of war between Draymond Green and Jusuf Nurkić took another step this week.
While appearing on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Monday, Green threw shade at the Suns center and used his former Warriors teammate Kevin Durant to further back up his opinion.
“The Suns don’t have any big men,” Green said while debating Charles Barkley. There is no big man on the Suns! “KD is the Suns’ big man.”
Green’s criticism of the Phoenix roster was a clear criticism of Nurkić, who is the Suns’ starting center, but was recently criticized for his disappointing performance in their first-round playoff loss (a four-game sweep). against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
And it didn’t take long for Nurkić to applaud X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
Of course, Nurkić’s words come in the wake of Green’s indefinite suspension for punching the big man in the face during the Suns-Warriors clash in December during the 2023-24 NBA season.
“I don’t know what’s going on with him,” Nurkić told reporters on December 12. “That brother needs help. I’m glad he didn’t try to strangle me. But at the same time, he had nothing to do with it.” “I’m all about basketball. I’m just trying to play basketball and they’re swinging. I think we’ve seen that a lot. I hope everything in his life gets better.”
It seemed like the two briefly tried to make peace afterward, but that was short-lived.
And the heated back-and-forth exchanges continue, even in each player’s respective offseasons.