2023-12-14 12:59:03
During this Wednesday night, the NBA officially announced the indefinite suspension for Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors), who on Tuesday was ejected for the third time this season following slapping Jusuf Nurkic (Phoenix Suns).
The NBA, which already suspended Green for five games for an expulsion earlier this season, assured that in this decision it took into consideration his “repeated history of unsportsmanlike actions”.
Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) and Shams Charania (The Athletic), the two journalists with the best sources within the NBA, maintained that Green will receive professional support and help so that a similar situation does not happen once more.
“The league did not want to put a specific number (of games) on the suspension but rather allowed Green to take the time he may need to deal with the challenges he is facing“wrote the ESPN journalist on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.
Mention that another more serious expulsion that Draymond Green had was in mid-November when He grabbed Rudy Gobert by the neck in the duel once morest the Minnesota Timberwolves, an expulsion for which he also received a five-game ban from the NBA.
After Tuesday’s game, which ended with a victory for the Suns (119-116), Green appeared before the media and apologized to Nurkic.
Not satisfied, the basketball player repeated his apologies on several occasions, acknowledged that it was “a hard blow” that falls into the category of flagrant type 2 and He noted that it was an “unfortunate” incident. in which he accidentally made contact with Nurkic.
For his part, Nurkic, also before journalists following the meeting, gave his version of what happened and showed your concern for mental health of his professional colleague.
“What happens? Don’t know. Personally I think this brother needs help. “I’m glad he didn’t try to drown me… But at the same time it had nothing to do with basketball, I hope whatever he has in his life gets better,” he stated.
Finally, note that suspension will begin immediately and the four-time NBA champion will have to meet certain league and team requirements, not specified in the press release, to be able to return to the court.
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