Draymond Green says White referee’s gesture toward him felt disrespectful 'as a Black man in America'

Draymond Green received his 10th method foul of the play and the 209th of his career, including the playoffs. But this 1 successful peculiar rubbed him the incorrect way.

The Golden State Warriors guardant was T'd up connected Friday nighttime against the Detroit Pistons aft an speech with authoritative J.T. Orr connected his ain bobblehead night.

Green was upset that Orr, who is White, enactment his manus successful his face.

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green  reacts aft the Warriors committed a turnover against the Detroit Pistons successful the archetypal 4th astatine the Chase Center. (Cary Edmondson/Imagn Images)

"I volition archer you, though. I find it precise ironic that I got a method foul for telling a Caucasian referee not to enactment his manus successful my face. As a Black antheral successful America, don't enactment your manus successful my face," Green said.

"I said, 'Hey, don't enactment your manus successful my face.' And I got a tech. So I thought that was the astir absorbing happening of the night, adjacent to my bobblehead."

Green past criticized the authoritative and said respect is simply a two-way street.

Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors reacts aft making a three-point changeable against the Detroit Pistons successful the archetypal fractional astatine Chase Center connected Jan. 30, 2026, successful San Francisco, California.  (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

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"He said, ‘Draymond, this is your accidental to halt talking to me. (I responded) ’Bro, don't enactment your manus successful my face.' Oh, tech. Oh! OK. Everybody wants to speech astir holding a enactment of respect. That enactment needs to beryllium held some ways. So if the enactment won’t beryllium held some ways, past the enactment won’t beryllium held from my mode either, due to the fact that we’re each men and we each tin marque decisions and choices. So fto that beryllium the past clip that that happens," helium said.

Earlier this month, Green had his 24th ejection. He ranks 2nd successful vocation ejections among NBA players each time, conscionable 5 down Rasheed Wallace, who holds the grounds with 29.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green yells astatine the referee during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Orlando Magic, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful San Francisco (AP Photo/Justine Willard)

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Green besides leads each progressive NBA players successful method fouls and passed Anthony Mason for seventh spot connected the all-time leaderboard earlier this month. He needs 2 much to walk Dwight Howard and 60 much aft that to walk Dennis Rodman and participate the apical five.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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