{"id":430569,"date":"2023-07-21T04:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=430569"},"modified":"2023-07-21T04:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:38:19","slug":"draymond-green-slams-kevin-garnett-as-he-falls-for-a-fake-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/draymond-green-slams-kevin-garnett-as-he-falls-for-a-fake-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Slams Kevin Garnett\u00a0As He Falls For A Fake Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the era of fake news, everything needs to be verified many times. On Wednesday, Draymond Green discovered the hard way after falling for a false remark from Kevin Garnett.<\/p>\n<h2>Draymond Green Slams Kevin Garnett\u00a0As He Falls For A Fake Account<\/h2>\n<p>Draymond Green, a forward for the Golden State Warriors, has never been hesitant to speak up for what he believes in and to do it. As a result, when a remark from NBA veteran Kevin Garnett appeared on Twitter, Green responded bluntly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Garnett telling Draymond Green he really fell for a parody account <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuQuXFvfgg\">pic.twitter.com\/DuQuXFvfgg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAMemes\/status\/1681840175607955456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fake quote, offered up from a parody account, claimed Garnett said this about last summer&#8217;s incident in which Green punched Jordan Poole during practice: &#8220;Draymond punching JP is like a senior punching a freshman who&#8217;s half his size and then walks around talking himself up as if he&#8217;s like that. Come try me, Dray.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draymond Green fell for a fake quote believing that Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett was calling him out in regards to the incident he had with Jordan Poole \ud83d\ude2c <\/p>\n<p>KG responds: &quot;That&#39;s a fake tweet. &quot;NBA Centel&quot;\u2026 Elon Musk see wtf is happening \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnxSPXgify\">pic.twitter.com\/AnxSPXgify<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1681696704955916288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Green got defensive, retweeting the parody account and tagging Garnett in his response: &#8220;I tried you when I was a rookie KG, and you started talking to yourself like I wasn&#8217;t talking to you. What&#8217;s that like? The freshman picking on a senior citizen that&#8217;s double his size?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green reminded Garnett of the time the former NBA player treated him disrespectfully when he was a rookie when he quotes tweeted the article and even used Garnett&#8217;s official account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draymond Green Falling For A Fake NBA Tweet And Getting In A Beef With Kevin Garnett Over It Is Another Example Of Why Elon&#39;s Twitter Is Cooked <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hAAdljMOKE\">https:\/\/t.co\/hAAdljMOKE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkfcW0GGhk\">pic.twitter.com\/pkfcW0GGhk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1681847649048092676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the end, Garnett responded to Green, pointing out that the initial comment came from a totally false account and including a last jab at Twitter CEO Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Garnett&#8217;s response to Green: &#8220;That&#8217;s a fake tweet,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;[Elon Musk] see [what the (expletive)] is happening. Fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green ultimately decided to delete his tweet after recognizing his error.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Garnett claps back at Draymond Green<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou ain\u2019t never been a freshman you fat ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatBevPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatBevPod<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5JdELUpud\">pic.twitter.com\/p5JdELUpud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; McClung Muse (@MacMcClung_Muse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacMcClung_Muse\/status\/1681691988012441603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Garnett has already offered commentary on the Green-Poole affair, doing so professionally last summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get it. You have to be a little more patient. You have to be the big homie,&#8221; Garnett said shortly after the incident. &#8220;You have to pull a dude to the side and have a one on one and get a lot more from that versus doing it in front of everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draymond Green goes after Kevin Garnett after falling for fake quote <br \/>Even the greatest defenders fall for fakes. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has never been afraid to stand on what he believes in and to act on it, so when a quote from NBA legend Kevin Garnet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qpz1z2CYAg\">pic.twitter.com\/Qpz1z2CYAg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Let&#39;s Talk About Dis Shidd (@MrsBarnesII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsBarnesII\/status\/1681800365270810624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Musk, the CEO of Twitter, did exactly that, and TheNBACentel&#8217;s account has now been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Although Green later removed his quote tweet, the four-time NBA champion had already suffered harm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MLB Rumors: Yankees &amp; Cardinals Up For An Excellent Trade\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb-rumors-yankees-cardinals-up-for-an-excellent-trade\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MLB Rumors: Yankees &amp; Cardinals Up For An Excellent Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the era of fake news, everything needs to be verified many times. On Wednesday, Draymond Green discovered the hard way after falling for a false remark from Kevin Garnett. Draymond Green Slams Kevin Garnett\u00a0As He Falls For A Fake Account Draymond Green, a forward for the Golden State Warriors, has never been hesitant to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":380938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[11785,11784,3278,2215],"class_list":["post-430569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-draymond-green-fake-account","tag-draymond-green-kevin-garnett","tag-nba-2023","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}