The NBA punishes Draymond Green with five games for attacking Gobert

2023-11-16 20:58:06

Draymond Green has been punished with a five-game suspension by the NBA for the attack on Rudy Gobert in the meeting that Warriors They played this past Tuesday against the The Minnesota Timberwolves.

Just two minutes after the match began, a brawl broke out between Klay Thompson y Jaden McDaniels. When Gobert tried to mediate to get away Thompson, Green He lunged at the French center and made a maneuver around his head, which further intensified the altercation.

After a review of the situation, Draymond Green He was penalized with a type 2 flagrant foul and automatically expelled from the game.

The comments of the chief referee of the match, Tyler Fordafter the game give insight into the league’s approach to suspending Draymond Green. When asked why Green Given a Flagrant 2, Ford shared that he “aggressively put him in a headlock.” Gobert and refused to let go.” Ford He added: “This is unnecessary and excessive conduct that meets the Flagrant 2 standard.”

Fourth suspension

The suspension, the fourth suffered Green in his career, he once again places the power forward of the Warriors at the center of the controversy. In just one month of competition and nine games, he has received three technical fouls. Tuesday’s incident marked the second expulsion of Green in a period of four days. On Saturday, November 11, he was sent off for committing two technical fouls in the loss to the Cavaliers.

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The player of the Warriors took to Instagram a day later to respond to his ouster, saying, “I’m on my 12th season and they still tell me to stop being Draymond. Don’t let them whistle you for a technique… blah, blah, blah. “12 years later and (referees) are still trying to teach me how to be me?”

Last season, Green He last served a suspension during the playoffs when he was penalized one game after stepping on the chest of a Domantas Sabonisof the Sacramento Kings. In determining the punishment, the NBA’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Joe Dumarstold ESPN that Draymond’s status as a “repeat offender” influenced him to end up with a suspension.