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Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green had a face-to-face confrontation with a New Orleans Pelicans fan Sunday night during the team’s 124-106 win.
The incident occurred in New Orleans with about 2 minutes to go before halftime. The fan, identified as Sam Green, stood and cheered after Green was called for a foul on Pelicans forward Herb Jones.
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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors gets into a verbal altercation with a fan during the second quarter of an NBA game against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on November 16, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The NBA player, instead of lining up for the free throw attempts, went to the sideline and stood in front of the fan. The man stood up and held his arms out to his side as the two talked. Officials came between the two and cooler heads prevailed.
Sam Green told The Associated Press that he taunted the NBA champion with chants of “Angel Reese” because the Warriors player had not taken any shots while grabbing seven rebounds. The Chicago Sky star had been called out for inflating her rebound numbers because she gets her own misses. But Reese turned that little into big when she trademarked “MeBounds” during her second year in the league.
The fan said the Warriors player yelled profanities at him and threatened to punch him out if the “Angel Reese” chants continued.
New Orleans Pelicans center Derik Queen (22) and guard Jeremiah Fears (0) strip the ball from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) as he goes to the basket during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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“I didn’t use profanity and for him to go 12 feet off the field to come and get in my face like that, it was a little unnerving,” Sam Green told the newspaper.
Green said after the game that he was upset with the fans over the chants.
“He just kept calling me a woman,” he said, via ESPN. “It was a joke at first, but you can’t keep calling me a woman.”
It is unclear whether Green will be fined for the interaction. The fan was only given a warning and allowed to remain in his courtside seat. The Warriors player was fined $25,000 in 2022 for what the NBA described as “directing obscene language at a fan.”
New Orleans Pelicans center Derik Queen (22) and guard Jeremiah Fears (0) strip the ball from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) as he goes to the basket during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Fan behavior has been a constant complaint of NBA players across the league over the past decade.
