Gobert’s 'Insecurity is always loud' Subtweet

On October 7, 2022, video leaked showing Draymond Green punching Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole during a team practice. Within hours, Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert posted a concise, stinging tweet: "Insecurity is always loud." [6]. Sports Illustrated documented the timing and context, identifying Gobert’s post as a direct response to the Green–Poole footage that had dominated NBA conversation that day [6]. The wording was memorable and quotable—short enough to trend, sharp enough to imply a character judgment—casting Green’s conduct as a product of insecurity. ESPN later included this exchange in a 2024 feature about broader player perceptions of Gobert and the evolving Green–Gobert back-and-forth, further cementing the tweet’s place in the rivalry’s canon [5]. The post was not deleted and became a reference point in subsequent coverage, especially when Green would later echo the same phrase back at Gobert in 2023. As a standalone incident, the subtweet showed Gobert’s willingness to meet Green in the public arena after years of being the target of Green’s jabs on Twitter and television. It also demonstrated how quickly the feud could re-enter the conversation when either player was involved in a high-profile controversy, even one not directly involving the other [6][5].

This was the first time Gobert seized the initiative in the feud’s public forum. By labeling Green’s behavior as loud insecurity, he flipped the narrative that had long cast him as the butt of Green’s jokes, introducing a quote that would become the rivalry’s signature line [6][5]. The incident also illustrated how social media accelerates and archives NBA storylines: a single sentence, posted in the wake of a viral practice video, became a durable artifact cited across features and recaps. In the larger beef, Gobert’s tweet served as a pivot point—inviting a response and ensuring their next run-in would be read through the lens of mutual trolling rather than a one-sided campaign [6][5].

On April 9, 2023, after Gobert struck teammate Kyle Anderson during a Timberwolves huddle, Green responded by tweeting the same phrase: "Insecurity is always loud…" mirroring Gobert’s October 2022 post [6][5]. Seven months after that, on November 14, 2023, Green grabbed Gobert around the neck during a Warriors–Timberwolves skirmish and was ejected; Rudy called the conduct "clown behavior" postgame and tied it to Stephen Curry’s absence that night [2]. Two days later, the NBA suspended Green five games for "forcibly grabbing" Gobert around the neck and cited his prior history as a factor [1]. Green later told reporters he had no regrets, framing his actions as defending Klay Thompson [3].