Draymond Green is no stranger to technical fouls.And while he typically has racked them up for what he believes were justified reasons over the course of his NBA career, there might have been one exception.Green joined the “Pardon My Take” podcast and was asked if he ever intentionally got a technical so that he didn’t have to play in the game.“I’ve done that one time in my career,” Green admitted. “I want to say we were playing the Sacramento Kings, I think it was. But it was the game before All-Star break, and I was like, ‘Yo, I’m ready to get the f–k out of here.’ And I said something to the referee and I was walking away, and I was like this is my chance. Boom. Tech, out of here. That’s the one time.“Any other time, some of them be so garbage, man. … So I’d be lying to you if I said I’ve never done that, but most of the time, man, I like playing basketball. The fun part is the game. All the other s–t we have to do is the miserable part. When you actually get to play in the game, that’s the easiest part of the job.”At least he was honest.Green has accumulated 209...
Draymond recalls getting tech on purpose because he didn’t feel like playing
Published February 4, 2026 • 4 hrs ago
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