Draymond Green discusses origins of Trae Young’s villain role, calls Knicks fans ‘f------ delusional'

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Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young became the latest player to have an adversarial relationship with New York Knicks fans when Atlanta defeated the Knicks during the 2020-21 NBA Playoffs. 

Young’s stardom elevated during the series as he led Atlanta to a five-game victory over New York, and Knicks fans let him have it at Madison Square Garden. 

Trae Young (11) of the Atlanta Hawks during Game 6 of the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics April 27, 2023, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.   ( Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images)

The series led to the perception that Young plays the role of the villain in the NBA, a topic Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green dove into with Young on the latest episode of "The Draymond Green Show." 

"New York Knicks fans are f------ delusional and miserable," Green told Young. "And I love New York, so don’t ban me from y’all city. But they’re hard. They’re a hard fan base. 

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"You go into The Garden, you hitting the shots, you bowing. Every timely shot you need to make, you make. You’re making every play. And what I actually think now, and continuing to watch and continuing to pay attention to it, is you are very much so a showman. But yet that’s been flipped. And again, talking agendas, into being this villain. And I’ll be the first to say it, being the villain sucks. It’s no fun. 

"But when it's up against you, you either fold or you stand up to it, you go into it. I've stepped right into it. And people have now made you out to be this villain, when in fact, the way you