Remember all that chatter from Draymond Green about how top players demand their full value while role players gotta make financial sacrifices? Well, it barely takes hours for that man to flip the script on himself. Josh Hart, bless his heart, wasted no time firing back at Green after the “geezer” , Hart’s words, not mine , went on a rant about Jalen Brunson’s hometown discount not making sense for a top player. Hart, with the patience of a saint, tweeted a clear message: “We got to normalize grown men not counting other peoples pockets.” And then, like clockwork, Green inked a massive $27.7 million deal with Golden State. You can’t make this stuff up.
The Hypocrisy on Full Display
Seriously, the timing here is just *chefs kiss*. Green, who’s 36 years old, signed that huge contract right after running his mouth about financial sacrifices. Let’s talk about that production for a second. This ain’t some young gun just breaking out. The numbers? Green ranked 155th in PER, 253rd in WS, 130th in BPM, and 227th in VORP. Is that the stat line of a top player demanding full value, or is that more like bad-to-mediocre role player numbers? Asking for a friend. Regardless, he’s now getting the 66th-highest salary in the entire NBA next season. The irony? It’s thick enough to cut with a knife. Josh Hart, meanwhile, is out here doing the lord’s work, even keeping Mitchell Robinson’s “It’s only right” tradition alive. Some things just hit different when they’re authentic.
Offseason Shenanigans and Big Money Moves
Elsewhere in the league, the Knicks are making some changes, though maybe not the ones fans were hoping for. If you were already fed up trying to find their games on a million different channels, brace yourselves: all Knicks non-national broadcasts are moving exclusively to DAZN for the 2026-27 season. Get ready for another subscription, I guess. The Clippers, in their never-ending quest for attention, also made some noise. SI’s Isaiah De Los Santos thinks the Knicks should keep an eye on them after the Clippers crowded their center rotation with Brook Lopez, Isaiah Jackson, Baba Miller, Yanic Konan Niederhauser, and Johni Broome. That’s a *lot* of bigs. And speaking of desperate, the Clippers reportedly put more than $20 million on LeBron’s table. Sheesh. What’s even wilder? LaMelo Ball is reportedly being sued for over $100,000 in unpaid rent in North Carolina. Wild, right?
GOAT Talk and Future Vibes
Finally, Allen Iverson dropped his perfect take on the GOAT debate, and honestly, you gotta respect it. For AI, Michael Jordan is always the GOAT. But when it comes to LeBron James? Iverson says, “I feel like if you go in the dictionary and you look up basketball player, you’ll see LeBron James.” He also made a point about how the GOAT debate gets out of hand, with folks trying to diminish one player to boost another. That’s a mindset we can all get behind. It’s summer, the offseason grind is slow, but stories like these definitely keep things interesting as we look forward to the season kicking off. What a ride this summer has been, and we still got more to come before tip-off.
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Originally reported by Posting and Toasting.
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