Articles by Nickeem Khan,The SportsRush

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'We Need to Get Kevin Durant': Danny Green Reveals the Reason He’s Not a Knicks Fan

After several years of disappointment, the New York Knicks finally have a roster capable of competing for an NBA championship. Their fans sure are excited but despite being from the city, 76ers power forward Danny Green could care less. Before Green was knocking down three-pointers in the NBA Finals, he was just a kid from North Babylon on Long Island. He was hooping as a kid and it only made sense that would take up the sport professionally. One would assume, given his background that the Knicks would become his great love, but it simply wasn’t meant to be. Now, the New Yorkers famously love the Knicks, even when they are going through a lean patch, so much so that they would sell out Madison Square Garden for dead rubbers. That old world craze would lure most people in but it ended up pushing away Green. “I don’t have a gripe with the Knicks. I have a gripe with Knicks fans,” Green revealed on the Roommates Show. “Ever since I’ve been a kid, they’ve been like, ‘This is our year,’ and put so much pressure on y’all to win. And it’s never enough.” Green, interestingly, shared this on Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart’s podcast, who are, of course, on the Knicks roster. Neither of the Knicks star added to the criticism of their own fans but didn’t oppose Green either. After all, his criticism of the Knicks fans does stem from lived experience. According to Green, the Knicks fans cannot ever be happy, no matter what they win or who they sign to do it. “Y’all can get so many signings. I’m like, ‘This is a good piece, what more do you want?’ ‘Oh, we need to get Kevin Durant. We need to get Giannis. They’re just not happy,” Green proclaimed. Thankfully, Green didn’t let his opinion on Knicks fans steer him away from basketball as a sport. He didn’t want to join any crazy fan club. But what he did though shaped up the kind of player he would go on to be. “As I got older, I started just liking certain players. I didn’t grow up a Knicks fan, but I grew to appreciate the Knicks being from New York,” Green remarked. Green doesn’t hold any ill will toward the Knicks or their fans. After all, they cannot be blamed for loving their team.

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Paul Pierce Spills the Beans on Viral Draymond Green Trash Talk Moment

Paul Pierce has lived through some amazing moments through his 19-year NBA career. He went toe-to-toe with Kobe Bryant, won an NBA championship and received plenty of other accolades. However, arguably his most viral moment came during his final season in the NBA. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of his finest as Draymond Green was trash talking him. Several years after the fact, Pierce reveals his side of things. Paul Pierce will always be a Boston Celtics legend. However, the last four seasons of his career featured stints with three different teams; the Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers. In his final NBA season with the Clippers, he was far from his former All-Star self. Pierce announced the 2016-17 NBA season would be the last of his career. It would’ve been amazing if he were able to receive a farewell tour similar to Bryant. Of course, Pierce was at a different stage of his career than the Los Angeles Lakers legend. While Bryant was a starter in his final year, Pierce came off the bench, averaging just 11.1 minutes per game. Regardless, he still brought his experience and leadership to a Clippers team looking to compete for a championship. In a game against the Golden State Warriors, Pierce wanted to ignite a fire within his team, but could have never anticipated what would come from that decision. “Golden State Warriors were like the big brother to the Clippers,” Pierce said on Club Shay Shay. “I’m coming over there like the OG. Y’all ain’t about to be punking us.” At the time, the Clippers still had a core consisting of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Pierce understood that if Griffin got going, Los Angeles would be difficult to stop, so that’s what he tried to do. “I’m trying to put a battery in Blake because Draymond is trying to go at Blake, but Blake’s an All-Star too. And [Draymond] was like, ‘Shut up, you ain’t Kobe. I guess I didn’t hear until after the game because he said it under the basket where the mic picked it up, so everybody on TV heard it,” Pierce revealed. It didn’t help that the internet would turn Pierce into the laughing stock of the league shortly after. However, the NBA legend doesn’t hold any animosity toward Green in the slightest. “I give it to Draymond. He’s one of the all-time trash talkers. He got me,” Pierce proclaimed. It’s great that Pierce can laugh about it now rather than hold a grudge. Greatness recognizes greatness, which is exactly what Pierce has been able to do.