{"id":325848,"date":"2026-06-06T19:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325848\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:33:25","slug":"draymond-green-adds-fuel-to-growing-controversy-surrounding-spurs-knicks-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325848\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Adds Fuel to Growing Controversy Surrounding Spurs-Knicks Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Knicks<\/a> vs the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> Finals rivalry has a fresh controversy on its hands, and this time Draymond Green<\/a> is right in the middle of it. What started as a debate over Harrison Barnes<\/a>\u2019 physical play on Jalen Brunson<\/a> has now turned into questions about intent after Green publicly connected the incident to previous comments made by the Spurs players during the season.<\/p>\n

Green did not directly accuse the Spurs of targeting Brunson, however, his remarks added another layer to a series already packed with tension. The Golden State Warriors<\/a> veteran pointed to past footage involving Victor Wembanyama<\/a> and the Spurs players, suggesting there is enough history there to at least raise eyebrows about what happened on the floor.<\/p>\n

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Draymond Green Questions Whether Harrison Barnes\u2019 Play On Jalen Brunson Was Accidental\"DraymondApr 17, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) against the Phoenix Suns<\/a> during the play-in rounds of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Speaking on \u201cThe Draymond Green Show\u201d, Green addressed the controversial Barnes<\/a> sequence and referenced previous moments involving the Spurs that had been caught on camera. While making it clear he was not presenting an accusation as fact, he hinted that the optics surrounding the situation were difficult to ignore.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I will say is Wemby has been caught on camera telling his guys to fuk somebody up, Harrison Barnes is somebody who is not playing a lot of minutes right now. They\u2019ve been caught on camera saying go fuk this dude up. So, I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m not here to accuse anyone. But I do know what I know which is they\u2019ve been caught red-handed telling guys, \u2018Yo go get this guy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The comments immediately grabbed attention as Green has already been one of the<\/a> loudest voices discussing the Knicks throughout the postseason. Earlier in the Finals buildup, he questioned New York\u2019s championship credentials and echoed concerns previously raised by WNBA coach Becky Hammon about whether a team led by a smaller guard can win a title.<\/p>\n

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That criticism has followed Brunson for years<\/a>. Yet the Knicks star has spent this postseason doing everything to silence doubters. The Knicks entered the Finals after tearing through the Eastern Conference. They had an 11-game playoff winning streak going into the championship round.<\/p>\n

However, Green keeps saying that winning in<\/a> the East does not mean you will win against a Western Conference team. The Spurs got to the Finals after beating teams like the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>, Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest controversy is adding to what\u2019s already a very interesting finals matchup. The Spurs and the Knicks are meeting in the Finals for the first time since 1999. Then the Spurs won their first title.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s about the players. Victor Wembanyama is leading San Antonio<\/a>\u2019s title chase. Meanwhile, Brunson is driving the<\/a> Knicks\u2019 bid for a championship in decades.<\/p>\n

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Whether Green\u2019s comments are speculation or become a<\/a> bigger story, one thing is clear. The tension between these two teams is growing. Every hard foul, heated quote, and controversial moment is being examined closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks vs the San Antonio Spurs Finals rivalry has a fresh controversy on its hands,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26263,11717,19175,32001,31021,6399,6396,6382,6394,6391,82,84,83,1066,4847,509],"class_list":["post-325848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-draymond-green","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-green","tag-harrison-barnes","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}