Adam Amin and Stacey King discuss Draymond Green’s indefinite suspension for hitting Jusuf Nurkic.
Draymond Green’s indefinite suspension was issued by the NBA on Wednesday. The reason given for the suspension was the forward’s “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts” and his hit on Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the face.
Shortly before the NBA officially announced the news, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the story, citing sources.
According to the NBA, Green’s suspension will start right away, and before he can play again, he has to fulfill a number of league and team requirements.
Everyone, even Stacey King, the color analyst for the Chicago Bulls on NBC Sports, has voiced their opinions over Green’s habit of insane behavior.
King stated on Tuesday during the Bulls pregame show, “I think it’s the old adage — you let a guy do it once, you let him do it twice, and all of a sudden, he’s going to do it every single time.” “And no one has ever verified that he is not the one, nor has anyone ever touched him to help him recognize that. As long as that keeps happening…
Nobody is putting him to the test. There were guys in our day who dared others. All teams, after all, have enforcers. On our team, we had enforcers. We didn’t play that, too.
King’s assessment was echoed by “Bulls Pregame Live” analyst Kendall Gill, who said that Green has never had to contend with players like Xavier McDaniel and Charles Oakley on the court.
Following the game, Green told reporters that the rules called for a Flagrant 2 foul, which he had committed. But he also apologized to the Suns center, saying again and again that he didn’t mean to touch Nurkić’s face.
Green claimed, “I was swinging away to sell the call, and he was pulling my hip.” get in touch with him. I don’t usually apologize for something I planned to do, as you are aware. I do, however, apologize to Jusuf. as I had no intention of hitting him. I use my arms to sell calls. I’m not tempted to close the call. I’m not a loser. I was merely pitching a call, then. I turned around. Sadly, I struck him.
This season, Green has been ejected three times, all of which were due to physical acts. The chronology began on November 11th, the day he was discovered pushing Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell. Two games later, Green punched Nurkić in the head, and less than a month after that, he put Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold, earning the Warriors star a five-game suspension.
Green currently has played 15 games this season and has been dismissed three times. After 23 games, the Warriors are 3-8 in the games that Green was either completely or partially suspended from (five), injured from (two), or had a personal reason (one).
Five months after he signed a four-year, $100 million contract in free agency to stay in the Bay, the Warriors will now be without him indefinitely.\
