Draymond Green apologizes to Dak Prescott for 'bum' comment

Just a couple of days after his original comments, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green issued an apology to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for referring to him as a “bum.’

“Since I said publicly that he’s a bum, I do want to publicly say I apologize,” Green said on a recent podcast appearance. “Just as a fellow athlete. I think I’d be pissed off if I looked up and another athlete was saying, ‘Draymond is a bum.’ I’d be pissed. So, I’m man enough to say when I’m wrong, I was definitely wrong on that.”

But, while Green apologized for his word choice, he still stood behind his opinion of the Cowboys QB, and that’s basically that he isn’t clutch.

“But in saying that my feelings don’t change. I still think when it gets to the moment, I don’t think he can deliver. But I do apologize with the way I categorized him as a bum. He’s definitely not a bum.”

Green, a noted Steelers fan, capped his apology with a recruiting pitch.

“When he’s sick of playing for the Dallas Cowboys, we’ll take him as the quarterback in Pittsburgh.”

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This was a pretty predictable apology. Green is entitled to his opinion, and when it comes to Prescott, he might be right. But, he should know better than to label another athlete as a bum on a public platform. Perhaps that he was called out by some pundits, including Marcus Spears, contributed to his decision to issue the apology.

“And it’s a bit rich coming from Draymond Green, who’s played with arguably a top-5 player to ever be in the NBA, to come out and say that like he’s been the catalyst,” Spears said of Green. “. . . It’s just that football is completely different when it comes to trying to win a championship, and it’s not always attributed to the quarterback’s performance.”

Over the years, other players in the NBA have learned to tune out or ignore Green's chirping. Perhaps NFL players will have to learn the same thing.