{"id":253050,"date":"2026-01-23T06:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/253050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:05:08","slug":"draymond-green-bashes-miami-heats-pelle-larsson-for-dirty-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/253050\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Bashes Miami Heat&#8217;s Pelle Larsson For Dirty Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255003481-e1769137880430.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Draymond Green\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Draymond Green called out Miami Heat guard Pelle Larsson for his antics on a recent episode of his podcast, &#8220;The Draymond Green Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/miami-heat\/\" title=\"Miami Heat\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"150191\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Heat<\/a> guard Pelle Larsson is quickly building a reputation as a dirty player across the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>After causing technical fouls against both Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and Sacramento Kings guard DeMar DeRozan, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\" title=\"Golden State Warriors\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"150189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> forward Draymond Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HiACOPeC5U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">addressed Larsson\u2019s recent antics on his podcast, \u201cThe Draymond Green Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPelle Larsson been in the mix a bit this week. Got into it with Booker, then got into it with Demar,\u201d Green said.\u00a0 \u201cMy take on that is I\u2019ve played a bunch of Europeans, they do little dirty stuff \u2026 There\u2019s a lot of Europeans that do dirty stuff on the basketball court. For D-Book and Demar to get mad like that, he\u2019s (Pelle Larsson) doing something we ain\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo his credit, he got a tech on D Book and Demar thrown out,\u201d Green continued. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to keep doing that, you\u2019ve got to stay on that because people will start coming at you, and that comes with a reputation. I don\u2019t know Pelle Larsson to be that guy, but if that\u2019s who he\u2019s going to be, commit and stay there because guys will start going at you like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Heat\u2019s season, Larsson has consistently been the player who is willing to do \u201cthe dirty work.\u201d There\u2019s even an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DidPelleGetHit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">X account<\/a> dedicated to Larsson\u2019s hard play called \u201cDid Pelle Get Hit in the Face Today?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s not just the little things he brings to the Heat. The team has won four consecutive games when he scores 16 or more points, and on the season, he\u2019s averaging 9.5 points, 3.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat have a 14-9 record when Larsson starts this season. When he either doesn\u2019t play or comes off the bench, the Heat are 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Heat\u2019s Pelle Larsson Reacts to his Altercation With DeMar DeRozan<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5729462\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5729462\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2257326639.jpg\" alt=\"Pelle Larsson and DeMar DeRozan\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5729462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyPelle Larsson and DeMar DeRozan got into multiple altercations during the game between the Miami Heat and the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p>The fight between Pelle Larsson and DeMar DeRozan led to DeRozan being kicked out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He went up to block Larsson\u2019s shot before winding up and hitting Larsson in the side of the head with his arm. It was their second altercation of the game. The two then exchanged words after the fact, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/legendz_prod\/status\/2014456060594004195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">DeRozan seemingly telling Larsson to \u201cdo something.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say anything, I didn\u2019t start anything,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BradyHawk305\/status\/2013879064252084631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Larsson said after the game<\/a>. \u201cAll I said was what he said to me back to him. It was just basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larsson finished the game with 16 points on 7-9 shooting, to go along with 9 assists and 6 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Will Pelle Larsson Keep up his Antics Throughout the Season?<\/p>\n<p>Pelle Larsson has now forced two technical fouls on All-Stars in five games. So will he continue to act as a pest for opponents?<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Heat are in the midst of a five game west coast trip. They still play the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/portland-trail-blazers\/\" title=\"Portland Trail Blazers\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"150190\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>, Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns before heading back to the Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be surprised if Larsson is back in the news for getting in the middle of an altercation, not just on the Heat\u2019s road trip, but throughout the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Heat\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Draymond Green called out Miami Heat guard Pelle Larsson for his antics on a recent episode of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-253050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}