{"id":833429,"date":"2021-10-01T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T04:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=833429"},"modified":"2021-10-01T00:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T04:13:32","slug":"fact-check-did-draymond-green-wear-this-vaccine-related-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-draymond-green-wear-this-vaccine-related-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Draymond Green Wear This Vaccine-Related T-Shirt?"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-draymond-green-wear-this-vaccine-related-t-shirt%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=833429&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><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUYg-VTM2Fk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral Instagram post<\/a> allegedly shows Golden State Warriors basketball player Draymond Green wearing a shirt bearing a syringe saying, \u201cF**k it, die then.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUYg-VTM2Fk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-8.4\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The original photo shows Green wearing a shirt with a cupcake graphic. In the altered version, a syringe has been superimposed onto the shirt.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUYg-VTM2Fk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picture<\/a> of Green allegedly sporting the profane vaccine-related shirt has circulated amid the NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nba\/vaccine-unvaccinated-nba-players-unpaid-games-kyrie-irving-jonathan-isaac-lebron-james-bradley-beal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcing<\/a> unvaccinated players won\u2019t be paid for the games they miss due to local COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Some players such as Golden State Warriors player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/30\/nba-wont-pay-unvaccinated-players-who-miss-games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a> and Brooklyn Nets player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-remotely-joins-brooklyn-nets-media-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> recently requested privacy when pressed by reporters about their vaccination statuses ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/key-dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021-2022 NBA season<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/30\/1041793707\/nba-players-weigh-in-on-the-debate-over-covid-vaccine-shotshttps:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/30\/1041793707\/nba-players-weigh-in-on-the-debate-over-covid-vaccine-shots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search indicates the photo of Green has actually been digitally manipulated. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rachel__Nichols\/status\/830638131300933632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">original picture<\/a> can be found on Twitter, where ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols tweeted it in February 2017. In the photo, Green\u2019s shirt has an orange-and-blue cupcake graphic on the front. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/08\/11\/fact-check-dennis-rodman-t-shirt-your-mask-useless-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Dennis Rodman Wear A T-Shirt Saying, \u2018Your Mask Is As Useless As Joe Biden\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.0344827586207\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Draymond Green in his new t-shirt <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J4UIpPht4R\">pic.twitter.com\/J4UIpPht4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rachel__Nichols\/status\/830638131300933632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tim Cato, who currently reports for The Athletic, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cato\/status\/830637806166884353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E830637806166884353%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F02%2Fwarriors-cupcake-shirts-troll-kevin-durant-thunder-steph-curry-kevin-durant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also tweeted<\/a> pictures in February 2017 that showed Green and Stephen Curry wearing the same cupcake shirts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.3010752688172\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">here\u2019s Steph and Dray <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/13YT5tumKI\">pic.twitter.com\/13YT5tumKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tim cato (@tim_cato) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cato\/status\/830637806166884353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Green said Thursday that it\u2019s \u201cnot my place, nor my business\u201d whether Wiggins gets vaccinated against COVID-19, going on to say, \u201cJust because I am a leader of this team, that doesn\u2019t give me the right to go tell him what to do with his. That\u2019s his personal choice,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/draymond-green-wont-tell-andrew-wiggins-get-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>95 percent of players in the NBA are vaccinated against COVID-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/32314590\/vaccination-rate-nba-players-rises-95-percent-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> reported recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Instagram post allegedly shows Golden State Warriors basketball player Draymond Green wearing a shirt bearing a syringe saying, \u201cF**k it, die then.\u201d Verdict: False The original photo shows &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}