In a strange scene on Friday night, Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams, a friend and former teammate of Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, charged at Tatum, who brought the ball up the court after a defensive rebound, and knocked the Celtics star the plain. ground during Boston’s 124-209 victory at the Spectrum Center.

Williams was given a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the match, even though there was just over two minutes remaining. After the game, Tatum’s teammate Jaylen Brown took issue with Williams’ foul, comparing it to a Ray Lewis tackle and even questioning Williams’ alleged friendship with Tatum. Williams told reporters that the play was “absolutely not intentional.”

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

Green then called Williams “a weirdo” for smiling during his post-game media availability with reporters.

But in perhaps his most interesting tweet in the series of four he sent, was one in which he put forward a theory about why Williams would do such a thing to Tatum, who he called “one of my best friends in the league.”

“He was mad at JT about something lol…,” Green wrote. “He was supposed to keep it in Boston lol. JT got a ring and the dude let out his frustrations about it.”

In short, Green suggests that Williams, who was dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade in July 2023, could harbor a grudge against Tatum, whose Celtics won a championship ring without Williams this past season. There are no reports indicating that Tatum has lobbied (or not lobbied) the Celtics to retain Williams. And Green is just spitting here.

But it’s certainly an interesting theory.

Defending champion Celtics improved to 5-1 with Friday’s win, while the Hornets fell to 2-3.