Draymond Green Scolds Cavaliers Fans Following NBA Finals Incident Involving His Mother
Draymond Green’s mood switched after he found out that Cleveland Cavaliers fans harassed his mom in the stands on Wednesday.
Green’s mom, Mary Babers-Green, was involved in an altercation following Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. Cellphone video of the argument showed police officers responding to the scene in an attempt to de-escalate it. A fan can be seen yelling at Babers-Green.
On Thursday, Green talked about how Cavs fans scoffed at his mother during the game. He mentioned that it was something that tends to happen whenever his mother comes to Cleveland to watch him play.
"Fans here are just rude," Green told reporters.
He said that his family was unbothered by the incident.
"They're fine, it happens every year. Fans here are just rude. My mom can hold her own, though, she's good," Green said during practice on Thursday.
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Babers-Green took to Twitter on Thursday to assure everyone that she was fine and that the banter was just harmless trash talk. She explained that both she and the fan made up and moved on.
She went on to say that the incident didn’t escalate until the police came and stepped in.
"Everyone apologized so it's all good! If they would watch the game and enjoy it instead of worshipping it. They would be fine," Babers-Green tweeted in reaction to a fan who had tweeted her. "...They trash talk and you trash talk back. They can't handle it and they start getting up in your personal space. We ALL APOLOGIZED-NO WORRIES."
Typically in most cities, like Cleveland, fans often save their most passionate heckling for Green. His physical play and fiery attitude tends to irritate fans on opposing teams.
There's no excuse for a fan to go out of their way to harass anyone trying to enjoy a game — especially the mother of another player. Babers-Green can probably "hold her own" as Green said. However, this just shouldn't be the behavior of any adult.
Family members of Warriors players are very familiar with issues at the Quicken Loans Arena.
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Ayesha Curry, Steph Curry's wife, was candid on Twitter all throughout the series last year concerning the Cavaliers and how the NBA officials were handling the game. She tweeted about what happened on the bus outside the Quicken Loans Arena.
Curry’s situation didn’t involve actual fans, but she tweeted her grievances about how the Warriors family bus was not let into the arena until Game 6 of the 2016 finals started.
Minutes before the beginning of Game 6, the Warriors’ families remained seated on the bus. There was a delay, and they would not let the team’s families into the arena. Curry also tweeted a picture of her view moments before the game was supposed to begin. The families were eventually let into the area in time to see the tipoff.
She then tweeted about how her cousin wasn't allowed into a Cleveland casino.
The Warriors will have to come back to Cleveland at least one more time before its all said and done. The two teams face each other for Game 4 on Friday.
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