While still very much an active player in the NBA, Anthony Davis has decided to try his hand at entertainment. His newest venture is doing a prank show called “Foul Play with Anthony Davis.”
Among his first victims was Draymond Green, who had a pretty strong reaction to the scenario before the reveal that it was a joke. Davis recently reflected on Green’s outburst.
Anthony Davis Delved Into Draymond Green’s Aggressive Response to Prank
During his appearance on TODAY’s “Glass Half Full,” Davis reflected on Green’s outburst during the show’s first episode.
“You don’t have to do much, and Dray, ‘I love you. Don’t take this the wrong way,’ but you don’t have to do too much to get Draymond riled up,” Davis said.
“What do we need to do? Just say that he’s in the G-League. He’s G-League capable. He doesn’t have the money, and as soon as I said that, it was all hell broke loose from him and he gave us what we needed.”
For context, Green had a pretty aggressive reaction to the prank Davis and LeBron James set up for him. In what was believed to be a business meeting for Green, he was told to put down $100 million in an opportunity, which Green obviously couldn’t believe. Rage then ensued.
Funny thing is, Green didn’t really lose it until he felt antagonized, like anyone would. But Davis isn’t wrong to say he is an easy target. Green has a reputation for being a little impulsive in confrontations.
It’s what’s gotten him suspended multiple times despite building his Hall of Fame resume over the last decade. Nonetheless, it’s also what made him a perfect candidate to start a show like this because fans know Green’s reputation and like to see him lose his cool like that.
In all honesty, this show feels a lot like the popular show “Punk’d” except with basketball players instead of celebrities. The irony is that “Punk’d” did pull pranks on notable professional athletes from that time, including NBA players such as Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Dirk Nowitzki.
Nonetheless, it’s clear Davis wants a successful show of pranking some of his fellow NBA players, including Green, a dear friend of his. Luckily, it seems as though Green took it on the chin, which actually is surprising because, again, of his reputation for not only escalating bad situations but also having trouble letting them go.
But of course, he was low-hanging fruit. The challenge for Davis will be whether he can elicit similar angry reactions to the one Green had. In all fairness, Green set the bar that Davis can only hope other players can reach in their hostile reactions to pranks.
