In a bizarre scene Friday night, Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams, a friend and former teammate of Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, charged toward Tatum, who was bringing the ball up the court after a defensive rebound, and punched the Celtics star. court in Boston’s 124-209 victory at Spectrum Center.

Williams was rated Flagrant 2 and was kicked out of the match, even though there was just over two minutes left to play. After the match, Tatum’s teammate Jaylen Brown objected to Williams foulcomparing it to a Ray Lewis tackle and even questioning Williams’ supposed friendship with Tatum. Williams told reporters the play “was definitely not intentional.”

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

Afterwards, Green called Williams “awkward” for smiling during his postgame media availability with reporters.

But, in perhaps his most interesting tweet of the series of four he sent, he floated a theory about why Williams would do such a thing to Tatum, whom he called “one of my closest friends in the league.

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

Basically, Green suggests that Williams, who was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a July 2023 sign-and-trade, might harbor resentment toward Tatum, whose Celtics won a championship ring without Williams last season. There have been no reports that Tatum pressured — or didn’t pressure — the Celtics to keep Williams. And Green is just spitting here.

But it’s certainly an interesting theory.

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