Draymond Green Responds to Death Threats from Comedian
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Last week, Charles Barkley wished violence against Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green after an on-court confrontation with Rajon Rondo. Days later, Barkley issued an apology, deeming his comments to be...
show moreSince then, comedian troll Andrew Polk wished DEATH on the baller during yesterday’s Game 4 against the New Orleans Pelicans with the following Tweet:
“I hope Draymond Green gets shot in the face as soon as he leaves the arena (in New Orleans Sunday); which looking at the city-wide stats is like 37 percent,” Green responded after the game, saying,
Draymond Green responded:
“If you feel the need to do something like that because of basketball, I feel sorry for you... It’s kind of sad someone would take this that serious. At the end of the day, it’s a game. Making death threats and talking about your life, I just pray he gets the help he needs because I personally don’t care that much about it.”
As a result, Polk received widespread backlash forcing him to delete his tweet and then his Twitter, before coming back to apologize:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
“#Money23Green I tweeted a very dumb thing meant to be an edgy joke. As a frustrated basketball fan, I go through ups and downs, and as a comedian, I don’t always express those in a digestible way. I wish no harm to anyone over a simple game, and I apologize.”
However, his apology was not received well b anyone, including Warriors teammate David West, who tweeted “Man f*ck you.”
Polk has since deleted his Twitter again.
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