Enough is enough. The NBA has decided to suspend Draymond Green “indefinitely” the day after the latest misconduct by the Golden State power forward: the latter was guilty, on Tuesday, of sending Phoenix pivot Jusuf Nurkic flying. a slap as heavy as it is cowardly. The gesture caused him to be expelled once again, barely a month after the Rudy Gobert episode.
“This decision takes into account Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts,” the NBA wrote in its press release, specifying that the player “will have to fulfill certain conditions given by the league before being able to play again.”
Green’s surrealist justification
Green immediately apologized to the Suns player after the meeting. “It’s not my style but I apologize to Jusuf. I didn’t mean to hit him. I wanted to make a gesture to call for a foul because he was grabbing me on the hip, so I threw my arms out and touched him (…) I know my intentions and it was right to call for a foul.” Looking at the images, the version appears to be completely shaky.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with him. Personally I think the brother needs help,” commented Nurkic. “I’m glad he didn’t try to strangle me.” It has nothing to do with basketball. We’ve seen this a lot, I don’t know what’s going on in his life, but I hope it gets better. »