Warriors star Draymond Green was awarded a second-degree malicious foul and ejected from the court for suddenly turning around and punching his opponent Jusuf Nurkic in the face during the game against the Suns on Wednesday (13th). Because Draymond Green has been involved in violent behavior many times recently, the NBA official issued a statement on the morning of the 14th Beijing time, announcing that the Warriors star was suspended indefinitely.
Draymond Green joined the NBA for 11 seasons and has been repeatedly involved in violent fouls and conflicts, so he has been dubbed "villain" by netizens. The Warriors have been ejected three times in 23 regular season games this season, including a five-game suspension for "choking" Rudy Gobert against the Timberwolves in the middle of last month.
After throwing a punch at Yusuf Nurkic, Draymond Green apologized at a press conference, but explained that he only fouled Bo and not intentionally, but most netizens did not accept this statement, and pointed out that he should be suspended for a long time, Stephen A., a well-known commentator on ESPNSmith believes he should be suspended for at least 10 games.
In the face of great controversy, the NBA issued a statement on its official website, announcing that due to Draymond Green's unsportsmanlike behavior in the past, he will be suspended indefinitely with immediate effect, and must meet the "certain conditions" of the league and the team to return to the game.
The NBA statement did not specify what the "specific conditions" meant, and well-known journalist Adrian Wojnarowski said that Draymond Green is expected to meet with Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy and agent Rich Paul on Thursday local time to discuss how to help Draymond Green move forward.
The journalist also revealed that the league does not plan to announce a specific number of suspensions, but rather let Draymond Green take his time to confront it.
Regarding Draymond Green's violent behavior on the court on Wednesday, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after the game that he did not see what happened, so he could not comment. Later, a reporter mentioned that Draymond Green was out again, and the head coach replied: "We need Draymond Green, he knows that." We've talked to him about finding a way to stay calm and help his team-mates. ”
After the choke of the Timberwolves last month, Draymond Green has been the subject of discussion among various active and retired players. Rasheed Wallace publicly said last week that Draymond Green would be like this, and that he and his former Pistons teammate were to blame.
Rasheed Wallace said it was the responsibility of the Pistons Five: "It's our fault, including me, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. ”
He explained that Draymond Green's best friend was the son of the Pistons general manager at the time, so Draymond Green would often come to the team's locker room, "He grew up in our locker room, and I personally think that's why he's doing these bully shxt things now." ”
The Pistons Five won the NBA championship in 2004, when the team was known for its iron-clad defense, and Rasheed Wallace, like Draymond Green now, often clashed with opponents and referees on the court, and is still the record holder for the most "T-fouls" in a single season in the NBA (41), as well as the most evicted players in league history, nine more than Draymond Green, who is ranked second with 20.
Draymond Green's former teammate Nick Young (Nick Young) also participated in related topics a few days ago, saying that Draymond Green is a cheap shot guy, but tends to do these things to Europeans and foreigners, and rarely shoots against Americans.
Rudy Gobert, who was choked, is French, Yusuf Nurkic, who was punched in the face, is Bosnia-Herzegovina, and NBA Steven Adams, who has been used by Draymond Green many times in the past, is also a New Zealander, and it seems that Draymond Green is more inclined to shoot at foreigners, as Younger said.