{"id":1464124,"date":"2022-05-04T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464124"},"modified":"2022-05-04T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:14:54","slug":"people-on-fox-news-talk-about-athletes-that-way-hosts-draymond-green-comments-set-off-espn-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-on-fox-news-talk-about-athletes-that-way-hosts-draymond-green-comments-set-off-espn-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People On Fox News Talk About Athletes That Way\u2019: Host\u2019s Draymond Green Comments Set Off ESPN Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeople-on-fox-news-talk-about-athletes-that-way-hosts-draymond-green-comments-set-off-espn-analyst%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1377148795.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>ESPN host Chris \u201cMad Dog\u201d Russo found himself in a precarious position Wednesday morning on \u201cFirst Take,\u201d drawing the ire of NBA veteran J.J. Redick following his comments on Golden State Warriors big man Draymond Green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday night, Green took an elbow to the face during the Warriors 106-101 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, requiring stitches in the locker room in order to return to the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On his way to the locker room, Green gave Grizzlies fans the middle finger with both hands. Following the game, Green said the gesture toward the crowd was due to fans booing him as he walked off the court with an injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re going to boo somebody who get elbowed in the eye and face running down blood, you should get flipped off. I\u2019ll take the fine, I\u2019ll go do an appearance and make up the money,\u201d Green <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2022\/05\/04\/draymond-green-fine-flips-off-memphis-grizzlies-crowd-game-2-golden-state-warriors\/9639398002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>, according to The Commercial Appeal. \u201cBut it felt really good to flip them off. You\u2019re gonna boo someone that gets elbowed in the eye and has blood running out of their face? I could\u2019ve had a concussion or anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they\u2019re gonna be that nasty, I can be nasty too,\u201d Green said. \u201cI assume the cheers was because they know I would get fined. Great, I make $25 million dollars a year I should be just fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wednesday morning, Russo reacted to Green\u2019s postgame comments, saying that America was \u201ctired\u201d of Green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe\u2019s so hard to root for,\u201d Russo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackAftaThis\/status\/1521871546196897792?s=20&#038;t=ebPOxR1FD216S1QMsmKE0A\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cShut up and play, will you please? America is tired of Draymond Green.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBe quiet and play,\u201d Russo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackAftaThis\/status\/1521871546196897792?s=20&#038;t=ebPOxR1FD216S1QMsmKE0A\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAnd we all know he has a great skill set for that team. \u2026 He\u2019s so polarizing. I can\u2019t root for him. I understand how good he is. I can\u2019t root for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Redick, a regular on \u201cFirst Take\u201d and a 15-year NBA veteran, jumped all over Russo for his comments, taking offense to Russo insinuating that athletes should simply play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I want to take a little umbrage with this \u2018shut up and play,\u2019 because <\/span><span>that has the same sort of connotations that the \u2018shut up and dribble\u2019 crowd has towards athletes, and I have a real problem with that,\u201d Redick <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/sports\/jj-redick-torches-mad-dog-russo-for-shut-up-and-play-comment-in-fiery-espn-battle-the-people-on-fox-news-talk-about-athletes-that-way\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Redick went on to say that the fans want to hear Green\u2019s thoughts \u2014 pointing to Green\u2019s very successful podcast and contract with Turner Sports as proof \u2014 because he is \u201creal, authentic, and unfiltered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou can\u2019t take away what makes a player great,\u201d Redick added. \u201cSo there\u2019s no \u2018shut up and play.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need more hoop analysts like JJ Redick. Bodied this conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mVMLH5aMsS\">pic.twitter.com\/mVMLH5aMsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APOOCH\/status\/1521883625905610754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Russo attempted to explain that a large portion of \u201colder fans\u201d don\u2019t like Green, and that it was not a \u201cpolitical scenario or a race situation.\u201d Redick then compared Russo\u2019s statements to the way \u201cpeople on Fox News talk about athletes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s a race situation, I\u2019m saying that the fans you\u2019re talking about, they talk about athletes that way, like you just talked about an athlete,\u201d Redick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1521881677890527234?s=20&#038;t=ebPOxR1FD216S1QMsmKE0A\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe people on Fox News talk about athletes that way, that\u2019s my issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t actually care about the fans that watched Bob Cousy play, and watched Wilt [Chamberlain] play, I don\u2019t care,\u201d Redick added. \u201cI appreciate that they\u2019ve been NBA fans that long, but I don\u2019t appreciate the undertones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN host Chris \u201cMad Dog\u201d Russo found himself in a precarious position Wednesday morning on \u201cFirst Take,\u201d drawing the ire of NBA veteran J.J. 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