Golden State's Draymond Green will receive a warning letter from the NBA after getting his fifth technical foul of these playoffs, and the fiery forward says he's grown tired of being portrayed as an "angry Black man" on the court.
Green - who has made headlines numerous times in his career for his physicality on the court - made that comment after Golden State's loss to Minnesota on Thursday night, a game where he got a technical foul after flailing his arms and making contact after getting fouled by Timberwolves' Naz Reid.
Officials reviewed the play after Reid fell to the floor, assessing the technical.
"I'm tired of the agenda to make me look like the angry Black man," Green said to a small number of reporters in the locker room after the game. "I'm a very successful, educated Black man with a great family, and I'm great at basketball and great at what I do. The agenda to try to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy. I'm sick of it. It's ridiculous."
If Green gets two more technical fouls in these playoffs, he will face a mandatory one-game suspension by league rule. The league sends a warning letter to any player after their fifth technical of the postseason as well.