Draymond offers sharp reply to odd question about Houston flood
After helping lead the Golden State Warriors to a decisive Game 4 win over the Houston Rockets following the loss of reigning MVP Stephen Curry to a sprained right knee, forward Draymond Green faced an awkward question from a reporter attempting to conflate the Warriors’ success against the Rockets with the dangerous flooding resulting from torrential downpours that has besieged Houston over the past week. Green did not appreciate the line of questioning.
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“Draymond, here is an interesting question,” the reporter began. “So, last year, you visit us. Game 3, there’s no flood — you win. Game 4, there’s flood — you lose. This year, you visit us. Game 3, there’s a flood — you win. Game 3, there’s no flood — you … uh, no, Game 3, there’s flood, you lose. Game 4, there’s no flood, you win, so …”
That’s where Green stopped him.
“Brother, you asked me about the flood in practice the other day,” said Green, who finished with 18 points on 7-for-12 shooting, including a 4-for-6 mark from 3-point range, to go with eight rebounds, six assists and one steal in 35 1/2 minutes in the win, and who provided an emotional spark after Curry’s exit to fuel the third-quarter run that buried the Rockets. “And I said I pray for the city of Houston, because you don’t want to see anyone go through that. I feel like you keep trying to get at, like, us hitting 3s or something, and you’re trying to get a controversial statement out of me. But you’re not, because I feel sorry for the people of Houston.
“People are losing their homes, losing their cars, losing their lives, losing loved ones. And you’re trying to get a controversial statement out of me about the 3s we’re hitting. I know what you’re getting at, but you’re not getting that out of me. It — it sucks. If I was from Houston, I’d do anything I can to help the city out, and I’m sure some of those guys [the Rockets] are going to do what they can to help the city out. You saw a donation the other night. It sucks.
“Stop trying to do that. That’s not cool, man. You keep asking me the same question about this flood — these people are losing their lives, bruh. Losing their homes. Don’t ask me that no more. Because it ain’t cool, and you not getting the statement you want out of me. That’s not cool, man. Stop doing that.”
Reporters often search for topical hooks to inform and differentiate their stories. When the news peg you’ve settled on, though, is a natural disaster that has reportedly left eight people dead, some 6,700 homes flooded throughout the county and more than $5 billion in damage from which to recover, it might be a good idea to keep searching.
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