Why Draymond Green believes Steph Curry gets unfavorable calls from NBA referees originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Warriors star Steph Curry doesn’t seem to get the same favorable calls other NBA stars tend to get.
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His teammate, Draymond Green, believes there’s a key reason why.
“Does his lack of saying things to the referee affect the whistle that he doesn’t get? I think so,” Green stated in the latest episode of “The Draymond Green Show.” “Not that Steph isn’t someone that’s going to stand up for himself. He just doesn’t on the court from a referee perspective. But I do think it ultimately affects him.”
Curry, unlike many other NBA stars, isn’t one to berate the officiating crew when he doesn’t get a call after contact. He will sometimes gesture or look towards a referee, but it’s not the same demonstrative lobbying that you would see from a player such as Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić.
Green assuredly is the opposite and will make sure the officials know his thoughts. Even though he ranks towards the top of the league in technical fouls along with Dončić, he says it works his way more often than not.
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“I think I get a better whistle than Steph,” Green noted. “A much better whistle than Steph, in my opinion. If something wrong, it’s wrong.”
Although it may be a reason why he doesn’t get more calls his way, Green says Curry’s calm demeanor is admirable.
“I think we all want to be like Steph Curry when it comes to that,” Green explained. “But I I do think ultimately him not saying much to the referees, they call less. And yet that’s who we would all want to be is to have that reaction that he has.”
Regardless, officiating will always have its inconsistencies, according to Green.
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“It’s human beings involved, which means there’s emotion and feeling and judgment involved — it isn’t robots,” Green said. “And so, just that thing alone — it being human beings — is naturally and automatically going to make it inconsistent because we’re human beings. We miss things we make mistakes.”
Unfavorable officiating came to the forefront in the Warriors’ 103-102 loss to the LA Clippers on Monday, in which coach Steve Kerr was ejected and Steph Curry fouled out in crunch time.
