On Monday, the Warriors will take on the Trail Blazers sans Draymond Green. Following Green’s Tuesday altercation with Jusuf Nurkic, the NBA has recently suspended him indefinitely. The Blazers mocked Green before their game against the Warriors by drawing comparisons between his actions and those of the rest of the team.
The Portland Trail Blazers have lately made public the statistics that compare Green’s fine total, number of technical fouls, and ejections to that of the entire team. The $2.4 million disparity between Green’s fines and theirs was clearly an attempt to draw attention to his bad behavior. There were 19 fewer ejections and 120 fewer technical fouls, according to the Blazers.
It’s insаne to drop this bombshell of information just before their clаsh on Monday. It is Portland’s sincere wish that the Warriors will refrain from getting even with Green for their troll.
Why was Draymond Green suspended by the NBA?
During Tuesday’s game between the Warriors and the Suns, Draymond Green smacked Jusuf Nurkic in the face.
Green was indefinitely suspended by Joe Dumars, the executive vice president and head of basketball operations, due to the association’s displeasure with his acts. The decision took Green’s history of unsportsmanlike behavior into account.
Earlier this season, Green got himself into another problematic situation when he choked Minnesota Timberwolves big player Rudy Gobert. That was before he threw a puncҺ at Nurkic. Despite Green’s claims that he was only trying to defend Klay Thompson, many feel his actions were motivated by something other than friendship.
Green has a checkered career punctuated by infamous altercations, mishaps, and fights. People are beginning to susρect that Green intentionally hits people everytime he does so. That might be the main reason the NBA decided to suspend him indefinitely instead of letting him off the hook for his actions.
According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Draymond Green may return to the Warriors by January 1, calming the fears of Warriors supporters who are concerned that they may not see Green for some time.