Category: Beefs

NBA Twitter reacts to Heat-Pels and Hornets-Warriors scuffles: ‘Real hoops are back!’

Friday night saw multiple brawls in the NBA, with four players getting ejected in the Heat-Pelicans clash. Another scuffle occurred in the Warriors-Hornets game involving players like Lester Quinones and Grant Williams. While not as intense as the …

Friday night saw multiple brawls in the NBA, with four players getting ejected in the Heat-Pelicans clash. Another scuffle occurred in the Warriors-Hornets game involving players like Lester Quinones and Grant Williams.

While not as intense as the 2004 Pistons-Pacers brawl, NBA Twitter still had plenty to say about it:

A history of the Draymond Green, Rudy Gobert beef

HoopsHype breaks down all of the history behind the Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert beef as reported on by the media or from social media.

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, a moment that had been building for years finally bubbled over as Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green and Minnesota Timberwolves big man and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert got physical with each other during a scuffle between the two teams.

A rivalry that culminated with Green putting Gobert into a chokehold actually started way back in 2017, though it did begin innocently enough, with the two all-time defenders battling it out for Defensive Player of the Year.

Eventually, shots started getting fired and became more and more personal, which directly led us to the events of last night. The actual fight came as no surprise to anyone paying close attention to the NBA over the past half-decade.

Below, we present a full history of the Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert beef leading up to their fight.