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As an NBA analyst, Skip Bayless has been a sharp critic of athletes. The Fox Sports show host was known for his darts at LeBron James around the Lakers star’s play and every activity on the court. However, a few days before, Draymond Green entered the scene and called Bayless “the biggest hater outside of the NBA.” The vet has now retaliated through his own medium, ‘The Skip Bayless Show’. He launched a series of verbal attacks on the Warrior in an almost four-and-a-half-minute-long rant against Green.

While going on with his criticism, Bayless called Dray’s whole personality a facade, saying, “Everybody loves Draymond. Somehow, his perception is his reality. ‘He’s such a nice guy, he’s so fun, he’s just so entertaining’… Now the truth is Draymond Green is just a great actor.” Further adding to his sequence of continuous condemnation of the GSW forward, Bayless said, “At his core deepest down, he’s always been a dirty basketball player with one or maybe two screws loose.”

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Such a scenario has happened more than once and Skip had gone on a serious rant when Dray got ejected in March this year against the Orlando Magic. Four minutes into the game, Green was arguing with the referee, resulting in his ejection from the game after two technical fouls. It garnered a lot of criticism, with Skip Bayless calling the Warriors player the “nicest cheap-shot artist ever.”

Notably, Skip Bayless is a Fox Sports host while Stephen A. Smith is an ESPN show host, making them the rival NBA show hosts. However, the latter does not belong to Draymond’s liking, as he expressed it on ‘The Big Podcast’ with Shaquille O’Neal.

Skip Bayless’ rival pi**ed Draymond Green off!

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Talking about his suspensions and the criticisms they attracted, Draymond Green targeted Stephen A. Smith. Sharing their meeting incident, DG shared, “Stephen A. Smith really pi**ed me off. The reason he pi**ed me off because he hit me.” Further adding, the Warrior explained it was just to let him notice it was getting difficult for anyone to talk about Green due to his on-court controversies.

However, Green seemed hurt that people were judging him off the court. He clarified he cared nothing about what people said about him as a basketball player. But as a human being, Stephen A. knew him much better than most of his fanbase. Yet the fans claimed to provide suggestions on his personal life going with the narrative. “But at not one point did you say, ‘Well, y’all are saying this person is f**ked up and this person need help. Now, I know the person. Say what you want about the basketball player, that’s fine. But I know the person,'” Dray addressed the vet analyst while talking about the whole issue to Shaq on his podcast.

At the end of the day, whatever Green does is to help his team win the game. Even though it can get dirty, it does not decide his identity. What do you all think about Skip Bayless chastising Green? Let us know in the comments.

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