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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, widely considered to be the dirtiest player of his generation and one of the dirtiest in the history of the NBA, said with a straight face on a recent episode of his podcast that there is “not a player” in the league who would classify him as dirty. As one NBA fan put it, Green’s comments are like “the diary of an insane person.”
During a recent episode of his podcast, Draymond Green — routinely among the league leaders in technical fouls and ejections throughout his entire 14-year-long NBA career — made a bevy of claims about dirty players in the NBA, among them being that he’s not dirty, no one in the league would call him dirty, and European players are dirtier than American players.
Draymond Green believes that he is not a dirty player, that European players are dirtier than American players, and that not a single player in the league would call him dirty
“I’ve played against a bunch of Europeans,” Green said on his podcast. “They do little dirty stuff. People get mad at me and are like, ‘Ah, Draymond is dirty.’ I told ya’ll, Draymond is not dirty. Draymond will f—you up. I’m not dirty. I don’t do dirty things. There’s not a player in the NBA who can tell you Draymond is a dirty player. There are a lot of Europeans who do dirty stuff on the basketball court.”
Green’s comments were swiftly blasted as being delusional by the NBA world, as the 35-year-old has literally become known for his numerous instances of punching, kicking, choking, etc. to other NBA players, both teammates and opponents alike.
Draymond Green says he’s not a dirty player and calls out Pelle Larsson and European players for being dirty 😳
“I don’t do dirty things. There’s not a player in the NBA who can tell you Draymond is a dirty player. There are a lot of Europeans who do dirty stuff on the… pic.twitter.com/iT0XkEcbGJ
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) January 22, 2026
this you? @Money23Green https://t.co/kEkqIrkDxL pic.twitter.com/VZMjkNkbg2
— michael doleac (@3MWD__) January 22, 2026
It’s like the diary of an insane person. https://t.co/BEqdDF0dM5
— Jonathan Zaslow (@ZaslowShow) January 22, 2026
He doesn’t think there is a SINGLE PLAYER who would call him dirty? Lmao https://t.co/Gg9oDEuGfy
— Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) January 22, 2026
Green has the second most career ejections in the history of the NBA with 24 — behind only Rasheed Wallace at 29 games. He’s also seventh all-time on the technical foul list with 208, which trails Dwight Howard (210, meaning Draymond will likely pass him before he retires), Dennis Rodman, Gary Payton, Charles Barkley, Rasheed Wallace, and Karl Malone.