Draymond Green shares his theory on why Grant Williams fouled Celtics' Jayson Tatum

In a strange scene Friday night, Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams, a friend and former teammate of Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, crashed into Tatum, who was carrying the ball down the court after a defensive rebound, throwing the Celtics- Star to the ground during Boston's 124-209 win at the Spectrum Center.

Williams was rated a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the game with just over two minutes left to play. After the game, Tatum's teammate Jaylen Brown expressed outrage at Williams' foul, comparing it to a tackle by Ray Lewis and even questioning Williams' alleged friendship with Tatum. Williams told reporters the play was “definitely not intentional.”

But Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, who faced and defeated the likes of Tatum, Williams and Brown in the 2022 NBA Finals, didn't believe Williams' explanation. The Warriors star took to X (formerly Twitter) after the Celtics-Hornets game and called out Williams.

Green then called Williams “an idiot” for smiling with reporters during his postgame media release.

But in perhaps his most interesting tweet in the series of four tweets he sent out, he offered a theory about why Williams would do something like that to Tatum, whom he called “one of my closest friends in the league.”

“He's mad at JT about something lol…” Green wrote. “He should keep him in Boston lol. JT called and the guy vented his frustration about it.”

Basically, Green is suggesting that Williams, who was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a contract trade in July 2023, may harbor resentment toward Tatum, whose Celtics won a championship ring without Williams last season. There were no reports indicating that Tatum had lobbied — or not — the Celtics to keep Williams. And Green is just spitballing here.

But it's certainly an interesting theory.

The defending champion Celtics improved to 5-1 with Friday's win, while the Hornets fell to 2-3.