Few players have been on the receiving end of the NBA office’s wrath more than Draymond Green, who has spent the formative years of his career racking up fines and suspensions in staggering numbers. So perhaps it was fitting that during the league’s marquee midseason event—and with the NBA in need of some positivity to curb the conversation around flagging ratings and its polarizing style of play—Green was there to slap the powers that be around.
He called the All-Star Game game “boring.” He said it lacked substance. On Sunday, seated at the pregame desk of league partner TNT, Green excoriated the NBA’s new All-Star format, a four-team mini-tournament that featured a team from the Rising Stars competition.
