One day after he was called out by the NBA commissioner for crossing the line with his courtside antics, Drake has an unlikely defender.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green â who Drake following the Raptors Game 1 victory â said the Toronto-born rapper and Raptors global ambassador shouldnât be held to the same standard as other fans.
âSo many people have complained about it, like, âYou donât let any other fans do that.â Yeah, any other fan (is) just not Drake,â Green told a press conference on Friday.
âHeâs worked his ass off to be who he is, and when you do that â I think we all know when you do that, you get more leash than others ⌠But, I donât mind it. Itâs fun for me.â
Greenâs comments may come as a bit of a surprise, considering what happened after his team lost to the Raptors 118-109 on Thursday night. In a video that has been viewed millions of times on Twitter, Drake appears to lock eyes with Green as he walks off the court, smile sarcastically and shout the word âtrashâ in his direction.
Asked about the courtside scuffle by a reporter, Green downplayed the incident.
"You got a question about basketball? It wasn't really a scuffle, because I didn't hit him and he didn't hit me," he said.
THE LINT-CIDENT
But Green wasnât the prime target of the rapperâs ribbing. Drake showed up to the game wearing a signed No. 30 jersey from Dell Curry, the father of Golden State star Steph Curry. Dell Curry ended his NBA career in 2002 after three seasons with the Raptors.
Dell Curry attended Thursdayâs game in Toronto and appeared to laugh when he noticed Drakeâs outfit.
In what will likely go down as one of Drakeâs sassiest moves of the season, he appeared to pick a piece of lint out of Steph Curryâs hair during a brief interaction on the court. He later posted an ad on eBay selling the lint. (The eBay post has since been taken down, but )
Drake apparently has a thing about lint. Back in 2014, cameras caught him using a lint roller to clean his pants during a Toronto game against the Brooklyn Nets. The team later gave more than 1,000 lint rollers at a game â one of which was resold for $55,000.
For what itâs worth, Drake and Curry have a longstanding friendship. Drake has given Curry several shout-outs on tracks, including âSummer Sixteenâ and â0-100/The Catch-up,â and the pair have even played basketball at Drakeâs house.
TATTOOS? WHAT TATTOOS?
But wait, thatâs not all. In a subtler dig, Drake wore an armband during Thursdayâs game to cover two tattoos: one of No. 30, another of No. 35, dedicated to Curry and his Golden State teammate, Kevin Durant.
Drakeâs latest trolling happened just hours after NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that the league office âhad conversations directly with Drake and his managerâ about his behaviour.
Specifically, Silver raised concerns about a brief shoulder massage the rapper gave to Raptors coach Nick Nurse in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final.
"When you're in the middle of coaching a game and you're completely focused, you obviously don't want somebody who's not on your team touching you," he said.
But if Game 1 is any indication, Drake doesnât seem too interested in toning things down for the NBA Finals.