Isaiah Thomas on Draymond Green: 'I don’t know how he can call anybody dirty'

Isaiah Thomas fires back at Draymond Green calling Kelly Olynyk a "dirty player."

Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas came to the defense of his teammate Kelly Olynyk after Golden State Warriors guard Draymond Green called him a "dirty player" in a recent podcast appearance.

Olynyk was involved in an altercation with Kelly Oubre in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Oubre was suspended for Game 4 of the series.

"Kelly Olynyk is a dirty player, man," Green said. "He's dirty. Dirty player, man. I don't respect guys like that. I mean, I know he's not like the greatest basketball player of all time, so maybe you feel like you got to like do that, but you don't like – just dirty. Like I don't respect that man, he dirty."

Thomas addressed the issue with reporters on Tuesday afternoon.

"I don’t know how he can call anybody dirty," Thomas told reporters about Green.

"It’s a joke that he said that," Thomas added.

Thomas noted that the issue has not been much of a topic of conversation among the team.

Isaiah Thomas responding to Draymond's comments on Olynyk: "I don’t know how he can call anybody dirty. ... It’s a joke that he said that." pic.twitter.com/D2klo8IuSM

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 9, 2017

Green sent a tweet shortly after Thomas’s comments apparently directed at the Celtics guard. 

Just get through that series bro....

— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) May 9, 2017

The Celtics and Wizards are tied 2–2 in the Eastern Conference semifinal, while the Warriors finished off their sweep of the Jazz on Monday night.