Warriors’ Draymond Green calls out Spurs for not shaking Knicks’ hands

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Warriors’ Draymond Green calls out Spurs for not shaking Knicks’ hands

Malik Brown, ClutchPoints · ClutchPoints

Sun, Jun 14, 2026 ·

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The San Antonio Spurs were defeated by the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, and it's safe to say that they learned a lot from their first experience there. They did some good things that will carry over into next season, but there are also some things that they know not to do moving forward.

One of those things is not shaking the hands of their opponent after the loss, which is something that Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors pointed out.

"Wow they didn't shake their hands… that's not good," Green said on Threads.

Later on, there was a video of most of the Spurs players heading to the locker room after the buzzer sounded, and the only one who was left to shake hands was Luke Kornet . Everybody knows that shaking hands is good sportsmanship, and it's unfortunate that nobody told the Spurs to do it before leaving the floor.

Kornet won a championship with the Boston Celtics a few seasons ago, so he knows what to do in those situations. Harrison Barnes , who has also been on championship teams throughout his career, was not seen shaking hands with the Knicks after the game.

A lot of people criticized Anthony Edwards for shaking the Spurs' hands early in the fourth quarter of the second round, but in all honesty, it doesn't look that bad now.

There's no doubt that the Spurs were hurt afterwards, and Mitch Johnson wants them to feel those emotions moving forward.

"So, whatever they feel, that's real. That's competitiveness. That's what makes you better. That's what pushes you to continue to improve in the dark, long hours when nobody's around, and we improved a whole lot this year, and we still have a lot now, more motivation to continue to get better."

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