The ongoing back-and-forth between Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks just added another spicy chapter - and this one’s all about podcasts, of all things.
During a livestream with influencer N3on, Brooks took aim at NBA players who host podcasts during the season, calling out Green and Sixers forward Paul George by name. Brooks didn’t hold back.
“I be getting on dudes that want to do the podcast while they’re playing,” Brooks said. “They’re all terrible.
[Draymond] talks too much for me. But I’m saying they’re not good at basketball, because they’re focused on [the podcasts].”
That’s a bold claim - especially when aimed at a four-time NBA champion and former Defensive Player of the Year. And in classic Draymond fashion, he didn’t let the comment slide. He addressed it - where else? - on his podcast, The Draymond Green Show.
“I don't really feel the need to get in [a] back and forth,” Green said, before delivering a subtle jab. “If I was Dillon Brooks, I wouldn't have too much love for this podcast either. Being how he was annihilated on this podcast, possibly aided in him being traded away from the Memphis Grizzlies, where he ultimately said he really enjoyed playing there.”
That’s a callback to a now-infamous moment nearly three years ago, when Green declared, “The dynasty starts after you, not with you,” in reference to Brooks’ role in Memphis. That quote stuck - and may have played a role in shaping the narrative around Brooks’ departure from the Grizzlies.
Green didn’t stop there. He pointed out the irony in Brooks’ criticism, noting that while Brooks is taking shots at players for podcasting, he’s been making his own rounds on livestreams and other platforms.
“He said we talk too much on our podcast, but he's been kind of going on other people's stream and just like talking too much, if you will,” Green said. “I found it funny.
I thought it was cute. Like, ‘Those guys talk too much on those podcasts.’”
Green also reminded everyone that he wasn’t just talking into a mic when he launched his podcast - he was doing it while winning.
“When I started this podcast, what made guys really comfortable with having these podcasts was because I was an All-Star and a world champion, NBA champion, in the same year,” Green said. “And so, you know, we heard that noise before.”
Then came a little tongue-in-cheek speculation from Green about Brooks’ motivations.
“You know how some people, they be throwing shots and stuff when they doing a roll out of an album?” Green said.
“And I would just tell y'all, look out for something big from Dillon Brooks. Maybe he's about to become a streamer or something of that nature...
I know my name move waves around this place.”
Still, Green closed things out with a nod to Brooks’ on-court performance this season - acknowledging that Brooks is playing some of the best basketball of his career, even if it didn’t earn him an All-Star nod.
“Got to keep putting the work in and, you know, maybe happens next year,” Green said. “Maybe you're a replacement this year.
We'll see. But just keep putting the work in.”
In the end, it’s classic Draymond: part clapback, part compliment, and fully aware of the spotlight he commands. And with Brooks continuing to stir the pot, don’t be surprised if this rivalry keeps simmering - both on the court and on the mic.