Fansided

25 athletes everyone hates (unless they’re on your team)

By Jeremy Lambert

BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 3: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots stays loose on the sideline during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 3, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 3: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots stays loose on the sideline during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 3, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /
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OAKLAND, CA – MAY 01: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts in front of Nikola Mirotic #3 of the New Orleans Pelicans after he made a basket during Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at ORACLE Arena on May 1, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – MAY 01: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts in front of Nikola Mirotic #3 of the New Orleans Pelicans after he made a basket during Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at ORACLE Arena on May 1, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

Draymond Green

Draymond Green is a better all-around player than Dennis Rodman, but they are cut from the same cloth. The theatrics, the mean-mugging, the trash-talking, and nut-kicking. If he’s playing your team, you’re always annoyed by him. Not because he’s going to pull up from 40 feet and drain the shot like it’s a free throw. And not because he’s a threat to score 40 on any night.

You’re annoyed by him because he’s going to grab that offensive rebound if the 40-footer hit iron, dunk the ball on the opposing defender, and then scream, “I’M DRAYMOND GREEN! I REBOUNDED THAT BALL AND THEN DUNKED IT ON YOU!” (I don’t know what he actually yells. I just like to pretend he yells his name followed by what he just did.) Announcing your name loudly and then telling the world what you did, after we all saw it, is very annoying.

Try it sometime. Order a venti chai latte from Starbucks and after you get your coffee, turn to the line and yell, “I’M [YOUR NAME, WHICH WAS LIKELY SPELLED WRONG ON THE STARBUCKS CUP]! I ORDERED THIS VENTI CHAI LATTE FROM THE BARISTA!” Just see what happens.

If you’re a Warriors fan, you love Green. He gives your team that “edge” that you claim the team needs. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson setting three-point records isn’t enough. Kevin Durant being able to takeover the game at any moment doesn’t quite put the team over the top. Nope. It’s Green’s fiery personality and flexing that makes the Warriors who they truly are.

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