Former San Antonio Spurs forward Danny Green, who helped the franchise to an NBA championship, is speaking out after Spurs TV play-by-play announcer Jacob Tobey was fired.Tobey was reportedly fired last week for allegedly cheating on his girlfriend with the sister of Spurs player Lindy Waters.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGreen feels strongly that Tobey should still have his job.“First and foremost, I want to say I love everything the Spurs do and how they operate as an organization,” Green said on the No Fouls Given podcast. “They run a tight ship. They don’t deal with no [expletive]. And they don’t like drama. So I understand certain issues they’re going to be like, ‘No, we can’t allow this.’ To me, this was not one of those issues.“I know Jacob Tobey. I got my first opportunity to call a game with him. He’s actually done some live podcasts with me. He’s showed up, he’s showed love. He’s always been a really good dude in that sense.”News broke last Thursday that Tobey was fired after posts appeared on his Instagram story earlier in the week accusing him of cheating.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGreen is unsure if Tobey cheated or not, but either way, he doesn’t believe Tobey should have been fired.“This is not a domestic violence case,” Green said. “And again, I don’t know if they did an investigation or not, a lot of hearsay. We saw some pictures, we don’t know what the timetable of it was, if he was with this girl or not, or if he was even dating his girl at the time while he was with this girl.“His girl could have made it up. And she hacked his social media. And she wanted to ruin his life. And you allowed that to happen.”One of Tobey’s Instagram stories included the caption: “This is my girlfriend of six years. But I cheated on her with Loren Waters. … So feel free to continue following me if you really think I’m a good guy because I’m not. :).”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnother Instagram story showed pictures of Tobey and Waters with the caption: “Me and the new girl LorenKWaters :).”Green pointed out that even if Tobey did cheat on his girlfriend he did not break any laws.He believes the Spurs should have allowed Tobey’s relationship issues to remain between him and his girlfriend and not let them cost Tobey his job.“He’s a really good dude; great person. I thought this was a foul. I was not happy about it, really disappointed in this decision,” Green said. “And I hope he lands on his feet, because he was great. His play-by-play, his energy, how he talked the game, called the game, even throughout the playoffs. He was around for a while, and he had some really great calls. And he’s a young kid, man. People make mistakes.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“But again, this was something that was not breaking the law. He didn’t beat anybody up. He wasn’t loitering or DUI or anything crazy. He has a relationship. This is behind cl
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