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SAN FRANCISCO — Less than twenty-four hours after he struck Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and was given a Flagrant 2 foul and sent out, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was handed an NBA indefinite suspension on Wednesday.
According to the league, operations chief Joe Dumars’ suspension takes effect right now. Green has already served two suspensions this season.
Before he can play again, “he will need to meet certain league and team conditions,” the league stated.
“This outcome takes into account Green’s repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts,” the NBA said.
The Warriors announced that Green’s punishment will be discussed during shootaround on Thursday in Los Angeles before a game against the Clippers, but they did not have a statement on hand on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old Green, who has played in four Warriors titles, was dismissed for the 18th time in his NBA career, which is the most of any active player.
The Warriors did not have a statement available on Wednesday, but they did announce that Green’s punishment will be handled during shootaround on Thursday in prior to a game against the Clippers.
The 32-year-old Green, who has participated in four Warriors championships, was benched for the 18th time in his NBA career—more than any other player in the league.
Nurkic went down hard right away and remained down for a short while before getting back up to continue playing.
Nurkic stated, “That had nothing to do with basketball.” “I’m just attempting to play basketball outside.”
The NBA punished Green for five games after he put c of Minnesota in a headlock during a fight in November.
A suspension that lasts indefinitely has not been done much before. Gilbert Arenas, a guard for Washington, was placed on indefinite leave in 2010 by then-Commissioner David Stern for carrying weapons into the team locker room. The statement “his ongoing conduct… led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game” was the preamble to Arenas’ eventual 50-game suspension.
Coach Steve Kerr described Green’s leave of absence from the 2022 NBA champions as a “mutual decision” following the star forward’s vicious punch to former teammate Jordan Poole in the face during training camp last season. There were no injuries to either player.
After the previous season concluded, Green’s new general manager for the Warriors, Mike Dunleavy, stated that he was determined to keep him. Shortly after, in late June, Green was offered a new contract worth $100 million for four years. Although Kerr has consistently stated that he admires Green’s intense, boundary-pushing style of play, it will be intriguing to watch how both teams handle this most recent discipline.
After standing on Domantas Kevin Durant’ chest in a Game 2 loss against the Sacramento Kings in the previous spring, Green received a suspension for the Game 3 playoff victory. The Warriors achieved a historic feat by winning a playoff series despite falling behind 0-2 in the first place.
In November 2018, Golden State punished Green for one game due to his actions that were damaging to the club. When Kevin Durant called for the ball in the final seconds of regulation during the Warriors’ 121-116 overtime loss to the Clippers, Green grabbed a rebound and lost control as he dribbled the length of the court into traffic, preventing the Warriors from making a shot. Durant became extremely unhappy on video, and the two argued.
In 2016, Green was suspended for a crucial Game 5 loss to LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the Finals after accumulating too many flagrant fouls in the playoffs that season. The Warriors wound up losing in seven games. Then-GM Bob Myers sat with Green next door to Oracle Arena at the Oakland Coliseum for that game Green missed.
A second-round draft pick in 2012 out of Michigan State, Green is averaging 9.7 points, 5.8 assists and 5.5 rebounds in 15 games this season. He has repeatedly said recently how chemistry is much-improved this season. Poole was traded to Washington on draft day for Chris Paul.
According to Green, “it was not fun” and “hard to come to work.”
He remarked, “As far as chemistry goes, we had a terrible team last year—pathetic.” You think, “Ah man, this team hasn’t lost a Western Conference series under Steve Kerr,” as you reflect on the previous campaign. Then it takes place. Our bad chemistry is the main cause.
