First of all im a huge draymond/warriors hater even though I live in the bay area lol.
BUT
Popovich did this with manu and bowen.
Phil Jackson played into Rodman’s antics because he knew how good he was. He defended jordan as well when he did crazy shit but that was an easy decision to make lol.
Point is, if I am a coach, and I start publicly criticizing one of the stars of the team, chemistry wise it will destroy the team. What gobert said about kerr not wanting to say anything out loud is probably true, we already know the FO confronted draymond about KD. They have been probably doing the same, but he’s on a fatass contract and steph probably wants him there. What do they do trade him even though your franchise player wants him there?
I think the “broke the code” thing is the same, just kerr defending his players.
Defending your guy in a he-said/she-said type scenario, one where the truth is dependent on your perspective or otherwise not knowable, is one thing.
This was not that. Dude just straight up mischaracterized the altercation. Just blatantly false statements that are provably false via video evidence. I don’t recall that being the norm, but if it is, we need a new norm.
From watching the replay of that play, I’m not even that mad at Draymond (I do hate him in general). He ran up and saw Gobert with Klay in a headlock and responded accordingly.