Warriors' Green: Texans owner's remark sounds 'Donald Sterling-esque'

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been around the NBA long enough to know what it looks like when a team owner makes an inappropriate comment.

Referring to recent player protests against police brutality and in support of racial equality, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair told his fellow NFL team owners, "we can't have the inmates running the prison." McNair later apologized for the comment via the Texans' public relations Twitter account.

"Wow! This sure does sound very Donald Sterling-esque," Green wrote in an Instatgram post, criticizing the Texans' founder and CEO.

In 2014, Sterling was banished from the NBA and forced to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after a recording was released wherein he made racist remarks about black people, including Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.

Green also took umbrage with the notion of calling McNair the Texans' "owner," preferring instead to use "chairman."

"To be owned by someone just sets a bad precedent to start," Green wrote of the power dynamic between the team's proprietary assets and its human personnel. "It sets the wrong tone. It gives one the wrong mindset."

When asked about his own comments at the Warriors' Friday shootaround, Green reiterated his outrage over McNair's comments, calling them "unacceptable":

Green also questioned whether NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would react appropriately to the situation:

Goodell and the NFL league office have yet to weigh in on McNair's comments.