Ever since Draymond Green kicked Steven Adams in the groin during the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors star can’t seem to stay out of trouble. First Green was suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals after an altercation with LeBron James, then he was arrested for assault (he later reached a plea agreement), and yesterday a social media snafu caused more distress.
Green accidentally made a picture of his private parts public on Snapchat and with Team USA holding a practice in Houston, Dray spoke to the media and apologized for yet another incident.
From Michael Lee and The Vertical
“It was a situation where it was meant to be a private message. I hit the wrong button. Sucks,” Green said, arms folded as he spoke. “It was meant to be private. We’re all one click away from placing something in the wrong place, and I suffered from that this morning.”
“I’m in a great position in my life,” Green said. “There’s so many things going on this world, that for me to sit and complain and say I can’t catch a break, I’m living my dream. And there’s so many people who struggle on a daily basis, that’s going through the struggle on a daily basis that, for me to sit here and say I can’t catch break because I was suspended a game in the Finals, or to say I can’t catch a break for this situation. I’m living my dream. I’m playing in the Olympics. To say I can’t catch a break, that’s disrespectful to everybody, because how many people get to live out their dream? I’m not going to sit here and throw myself a pity party. I’m fine. I get to joke around with these guys all day. Then get to go and do what I love for my country, I’m fine.”
“I mean, this is what I asked for. I asked to be in this position. I worked to be in this position. And it comes with the territory,” Green said. “But I truly believe that we all go through points in our lives that propel us to the next level and I think I’m at a stage right now where all this stuff will help propel me to the next level as a basketball player, but more importantly, as a man.
“I don’t live my life with regrets. I apologize for the situation because it’s clearly not what I was trying to do. At the end of the day, you have situations in your life that help push you forward and you have to use them the right way,” Green said. “I’m playing ball right now. Everything that happened is the past. That’s why we have past, present and future. I like to live in the present, live in the now. I don’t like to just throw my experiences out, because you learn from them. And I don’t like getting too far ahead because you miss what’s going on now. Everything happens for a reason. You shook yourself, grow, learn and move on.”
