Smash Mouth Comes to Draymond Green's Defense After His Ejection

In the world of popular culture, Smash Mouth is largely remembered for the1999 song, "All Star." Well, now the band is coming to the defense of four-time NBA All-Star Draymond Green on social media.

On Tuesday, November 14, a scuffle broke out during the Golden State Warriors' matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jaden McDaniels and Klay Thompson got tangled up before exchanging pushes. Other players then waded in, with Green placing Rudy Goebert in a headlock.

While there was plenty of blame to go around—Gobert insisted he was trying to de-escalate the conflict, while Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Green got involved because Gobert's hands were on Thompson's neck—most of the negative attention fell on the former Michigan State man.

Green has crossed the line on several occasions during his career, earning himself 18 ejections. A good chunk of those happened when Stephen Curry was out of the lineup, as he was on Tuesday night.

The forward, however, did receive some social media support from an unlikely source: the aforementioned Smash Mouth.

On X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, the band responded to a tweet by For The Win's Michael Sykes II that had posted "What the [f***] is up with Draymond, man?" by saying that "He protected his player, that's what's up with Draymond! Take it case by case and in this case Dray was in the right. And nice hit piece on him dude, you obviously don't know how the Ws work and why they work."

Things, however, didn't stop there. In other tweets, Smash Mouth asserted that Green "took control of the entire floor like a leader does," and said that "The other Wolves didn't want any part of Draymond."

At one point, they even responded to a tweet from Cameron Tabatabaie wondering if Green's burner account was Smash Mouth.

"We actually blasted DRAY for his handling of KD. So like we said, take DRAY case by case and in the end it works," the response read, with some trophy emojis added for good measure.

Newsweek has reached out to Smash Mouth via X for further comment.

And, in fairness to the band, the record confirms their assertion. Posts from CBS Sports and Bleacher Report discuss a critical tweet directed at Green from early 2017.

At this point, it remains to be seen how the NBA will view Green's actions. Even if he ends up with a suspension (and a metaphorical "L" on his forehead), he'll have the solace of knowing that Smash Mouth stands behind him on this one.