PORTLAND, Ore. — Apparently, the Miami Heat have a thug. Says who? Says Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green.

In what comes off seemingly as a case of the pot calling the kettle black, Green, on his podcast, took note of a pair of recent dustups involving Heat second-year forward Pelle Larsson, one last week that resulted in Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker receiving a technical foul for a kerfuffle with Larsson, and then Tuesday night’s Heat victory over the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center, when a pair of incidents between Larsson and Kings guard DeMar DeRozan resulted in a technical foul and later a flagrant foul on DeRozan.

Having sat out Golden State’s Monday night victory over the Heat at Chase Center,  Green found himself with ample time to chronicle Larsson’s court decorum.

“Pelle Larsson’s been in the mix a bit this week,” Green said, with the Heat taking on the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night in the third stop of their five-game western swing that continues Saturday night against the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center. “Got into it with Book, then got into it with DeMar.

“My take on that is I’ve played a bunch of Europeans. They do little dirty stuff. It’s a difference. See with me, people get mad at me and say ‘Draymond dirty I told you all Draymond dirty.’ ”

Following a bit of profanity while polishing his reputation, Green added, “I don’t do dirty things. There’s not a player in the NBA that can tell you Draymond is a dirty player.”

Leaving that debate to others, Green then moved on with additional pointed references to Larsson’s Swedish roots.

“Europeans?” Green said. “There’s a lot of Europeans that do dirty stuff on the basketball court. And For D-Book and DeMar to get mad like that, he is doing something we ain’t see. To his credit, he got a tech on D-Book and DeMar thrown out.”

Actually, DeRozan was not ejected Tuesday night, remaining in the game to the conclusion.

“If you’re going to keep doing that,” Green said of what he perceived as Larsson’s antics, “you gotta stay on that, because people will start coming at you, and that comes with a reputation. And that’s a whole different thing.”

Since being drafted in the second round in 2024 out of Arizona, Larsson does not have a technical foul and has just one flagrant foul.

To Green, who has 215 career technical fouls and 26 career flagrant fouls over his 14 seasons, Larsson stands on notice.

“So I don’t know Pelle Larsson to be that guy, however I don’t know much about Pelle Larsson,” Green said, having sat out both of this season’s Heat-Warriors games. “If that’s who he’s going to be, commit, and stay there, because guys will start going at you like that. It’s just what comes with it.”

Ware out

Kel’el Ware at midday Thursday was declared out for a second consecutive game for the matchup against the Trail Blazers with the hamstring strain that also had him out Tuesday in Sacramento, with these his only absences of the season.

In addition, Davion Mitchell (shoulder) and Norman Powell (back) also resurfaced on the Heat injury report at midday Thursday.

Dennis Smith added (sort of)

Having been linked for years to interest in Dennis Smith Jr., the Miami Heat now have the guard drafted at No. 9 by the Dallas Mavericks in 2017, in their realm.

The Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, on Thursday formally announced the signing of the 28-year-old veteran of six NBA franchises, who last played in the league in 2023-24 with the Brooklyn Nets.

While the move will put Smith under the Heat’s organizational umbrella, he remains available to be signed by any NBA team.

A second-team All-Rookie selection in 2018, Smith has appeared in 326 NBA games across seven seasons, with Dallas, New York, Detroit, Portland, Charlotte and Brooklyn, averaging 9.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 23.3 minutes per game.

He was added by the Skyforce after being waived earlier this week by the Milwaukee’s Bucks’ G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, where he averaged 8.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.9 steals in 23.4 minutes.

Smith’s first Skyforce action is expected Friday against the Golden State Warriors’ G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors.