Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday after the Golden State Warriors veteran’s ejection. It was for swinging at Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic on Tuesday night, marking Green’s second suspension this season. The news stated ” NBA suspends Draymond Green” surely created a huge hustle all around.
The incident occurred with the score of 8:23 remaining that too in the third quarter of the Warriors’ 119-116 loss to the Suns on Dec. 12 at Footprint Center. Green even received a Flagrant Foul 2 and it was seem to be ejected.
NBA suspends Draymond Green
In the Third quarter of the Warriors’ 119-116 loss to the Suns on Tuesday night in Phoenix, Green started jostling with Nurkic for position on an inbounds play. Suddenly , this seemed to be come out of nowhere, Green spun around and swung. He hit Nurkic directly in his face with his right hand, which sent the 7-footer to the court.
While even Green’s suspension is indefinite, the NBA’s statement mentions that the veteran forward will be “required to meet certain league and team conditions before he returns to play.”
Draymond Green was ejected from Warriors-Suns after this flagrant foul on Jusuf Nurkic.
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) December 13, 2023
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Later, The four-time NBA champion later apologised to Nurkic, saying he had accidentally struck the Bosnian after swinging his arm to try to win a foul call, believing he had been illegally held back.
However, the Suns player totally remained unhappy, by saying: “What’s going on with him? I don’t know. Personally, I feel like that brother needs help.”
Draymond Green was given a five-game ban for putting Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a headlock on 14 November.
He was also popularly suspended for game five of the 2016 NBA. The Finals was against the Cleveland Cavaliers for a low blow against LeBron James.
Thus the news of “NBA suspends Raymond Green” was indeed a shocking on to all his fans and thus led to a massive outbreak all over the NBA world.
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