Nick Young sticks up for Warriors’ Draymond Green, epically trolls Kenyon Martin originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The ongoing beef between Warriors star Draymond Green and former NBA star Kenyon Martin took another odd turn on Tuesday.
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Before the latest episode of Gilbert Arenas’ “Gil’s Arena” show, former Warriors guard Nick Young wore a No. 23 Golden State jersey into the studio in an attempt to rile up Martin.
While it’s possible Young is wearing Green’s jersey, the official “Gil’s Arena” social media accounts allude to the 2018 NBA champion donning the wrong jersey.
Whether it actually is a Green jersey or possibly a Jason Richardson No. 23 jersey, Young’s intention was clear: Get under Martin’s skin and stir the pot.
It worked.
The beef between Green and Martin came up again during Tuesday’s episode of “Gil’s Arena,” and the 2000 No. 1 overall draft pick again took shots at the four-time NBA champion.
Martin rekindled the feud when he addressed Green’s on-court antics.
Green used last week’s “The Draymond Green Show” podcast to respond to Martin’s slight.
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“The constant shots have been a little confusing to me because I don’t quite know where they came from,” Green said. “And you think someone who was the No. 1 pick that didn’t quite have the career that I’ve had, but playing similar roles in a sense, would appreciate it, would show more love — especially when you go back to a kid born and raised in Saginaw, you think it’ll be a little more love. So it’s a little disappointing to see the constant shots. I just always thought it would be a little more love than that.
“But when you were the No. 1 pick and effectively underachieved, I guess that would be the reason why. To be the No. 1 pick and make the All-Star Game one time, most would say it’s probably an underachievement. Being that I was the 35th pick and made the All-Star Game four times. Defensive Player of the Year. Kenyon Martin was a defender. I think he would consider himself a good defender, [but] never quite reached the pinnacle of that when you talk Defensive Player of the Years, or the nine All-Defensive Teams that I have, and he has zero.
“It’s tough to sit in a space of like continuing to speak on my name and call my name out as if I underachieved or am underachieving. When I was just simply the 35th pick in the NBA Draft, and somebody took a swing on me the second round and it just happened to work out to become one of the greatest players in franchise history.”
Green and Martin, both born in Saginaw, Mich., clearly don’t like each other, and time will tell how long they plan to keep taking shots at each other.
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But while Young regularly appears on “Gil’s Arena” with Martin, it’s evident he has taken Green’s side in this argument.
