The Golden State Warriors were never going to be received favorably on Saturday night in Kevin Durant's return to Oklahoma City, and while the booing and heckling was to be expected, at least one fan at Chesapeake Energy Arena went a step further than he should have.
During a break in play as officials reviewed an on-court confrontation between Durant and former teammate Andre Roberson, a fan - Big Rich Taylor - got into a war of words with Warriors All-Star Draymond Green, resulting in security guards needing to intervene.
"That guy was disrespectful to us the entire night," Green said following his team's 130-114 win over the Thunder, according to the Mercury News' Anthony Slater. "Cheer. Heckle. Heckle all you want. But don't be disrespectful.
"Calling guys p-words and all this stuff: 'Get over there, little boy.' He was disrespectful the entire night ... this ain't the ancient times. Slave days are over."
Draymond Green said the courtside fan went over the line, ordering them around: "This ain't the aincient times. Slave days are over." pic.twitter.com/obKsImK4dM
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 12, 2017
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Taylor had a video of him planting a "For Sale" sign outside of Durant's home in Oklahoma City with the word "coward" on the front go viral over the summer following the news that the former league MVP was signing with Golden State.
People in OKC are NOT happy with KD. Here's Big Rich, who runs the Pink Parrot, one of the best bars out there. pic.twitter.com/62xIVxmf99
— Landry Locker (@LandryLocker) July 4, 2016
Warriors players Andre Iguodala and JaVale McGee both yelled at Taylor in defense of Durant, with head coach Steve Kerr asking the bar owner to calm down. "You've been on him (Durant) all night," Kerr said.
