Warriors' Green upset with 'agenda': 'I'm not an angry Black man' - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — After a Game 2 loss in which he received his fifth technical foul of the playoffs, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green expressed frustration over what he called an «agenda» to portray him as an «angry Black man.»

Green was fouled by Minnesota's Naz Reid while holding the ball with 8:46 to go in the second quarter of the Timberwolves' 99-80 win Wednesday night at Target Center. After being fouled, Green flailed his left arm at Reid's head and Reid fell to the floor. Reid was called for the personal foul, but Green was assessed a dead-ball technical foul after review. He is two technicals short of receiving an automatic one-game suspension.

After the game, Green gave a quick statement to reporters, saying he believes there is an «agenda» against him. He did not elaborate.

«Looked like the angry Black man,» Green said to reporters in the visitors locker room. «I'm not an angry Black man. I am a very successful, educated Black man with a great family, and I am great at basketball and great at what I do.

»The agenda to try to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy. I'm sick of it. It's ridiculous."

Adding to Green's night was a fan who was ejected for directing a racial slur at Green, Golden State team security confirmed. Green was on a stationary bike in the tunnel near the Warriors' bench in the fourth quarter when he had a back and forth with the fan. Authorities escorted the fan out of the arena.

Warriors forward Jimmy Butler said he agrees that Green's reputation often leads to calls going against him but said he isn't worried about Green drawing a suspension later in the postseason.

«No, I think he knows,» Butler said. «We all know. I thought he got fouled and was maybe trying to sell