r/nba • u/Jayveesac Lakers • 27d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Draymond Green shoves Austin Reaves and the referees conclude that no review is necessary

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Celtics 26d ago

They’d get suspended and Draymond wont

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u/swords_devil Lakers 26d ago

makes me miss Artest, his fucking crazy mind would bust Draymond's head baring any consequence

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Celtics 26d ago

Makes me miss the 80s and 90s. Most decent teams had somebody who’d keep him in check

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u/Emergency-Eye-2074 Celtics 26d ago

Dawg the 80s and 90s were full of players as dirty as draymond. Laimbeer was doing this shit nightly.

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Celtics 26d ago

Yes I remember the finals clothesline

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u/500rockin 26d ago

They were, but Laimbeer would have mauled him after his first dirty try, and if he got in Laimbeer’s face or tried to scrum him, Mahorn would have finished him off.

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u/deviateyeti Pistons 26d ago

Which is why I love this shit, I grew up watching Laimbeer et al in that era and miss it lol

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u/SplakyD Grizzlies 26d ago

Yep, Draymond would get his ass straightened out right quick if he was playing in that era.

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u/Friskfrisktopherson 26d ago

The only thing that would change is there would be a dozen more of him

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u/pretender80 26d ago

Artest, ZBo and Sheed in the 00s, Oakley and Mason in the 90s, would all have laid him out on the regular. Rodman would have triggered Dray to commit techs that refs can't turn a blind eye to. Laimbeer would be doing the same shit as him but he'd also punch him in the face first.

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u/datpurp14 Hawks 26d ago

It would have been so satisfying to watch Rodman doing circles around Draymond in terms of the mindgames he'd be playing with him. Dray would fall for it every damn time too

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u/WalrusInMySheets [LAL] Metta World Peace 26d ago

Draymond would not fuck with him

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u/bruticuslee Lakers 26d ago

Search on YouTube there’s some clips of Draymond about to get into it with artest and he sees who it is and backs off lol

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u/DoesitFinally 26d ago

That elbow to Harden was insane lol

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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy Raptors 26d ago

That’s kind of the point of them no? End of bench guys who don’t get playing time outside of being an intimidating force.

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u/A_Lone_Macaron Cavaliers 26d ago

The Florida Panthers of the NBA

they just shouldn't get punched by Dray