Draymond Inexperienced has achieved it once more.
And it appears the NBA is completed taking part in round.
Inexperienced was suspended earlier within the season for choking Rudy Gobert from behind throughout a fracas between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves. However regardless of that five-game suspension, Inexperienced doesn’t appear to be tamping down his model of play. He was given a Flagrant 2 and ejected on Tuesday night time after clobbering Jusuf Nurkic.
Inexperienced has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA, in line with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. You’ll be able to see the play right here:
Inexperienced will bear counseling, and has to satisfy sure standards earlier than returning to the lineup.
Sources: Golden State’s Draymond Inexperienced is anticipated to obtain counseling and work with the Warriors and NBA whereas suspended after putting Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkic within the head on Tuesday night time. He has to satisfy standards earlier than a return to play. pic.twitter.com/MD3drwvVag
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 14, 2023
Following the sport, Inexperienced did apologize in his post-game press convention. Though, it was a quite odd apology, as Inexperienced made it clear that he was apologizing as a result of he didn’t intend to hit Nurkic.
Had he supposed to hit him, there would have been no apology:
“As you understand, I’m not one to apologize for issues that I imply to do, however I do apologize to Jusuf as a result of I didn’t intend to hit him.”
Draymond Inexperienced on his ejection tonight pic.twitter.com/0GuPtkL2ik
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) December 13, 2023
Nurkic additionally addressed the incident, remarking that Inexperienced “wants assist:”
The Warriors ahead has a historical past of incidents, which was taken into consideration final spring when the league suspended him for Recreation 3 of the Warriors’ first-round sequence towards the Sacramento Kings. After Inexperienced stepped down exhausting on Domantas Sabonis’ chest within the fourth quarter of Recreation 2, he was ejected from the Warriors’ loss.
In handing down the one-game suspension final April NBA government vice chairman and head of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, cited his historical past as a “repeat offender,” in addition to his “extreme and over-the-top actions” when sidelining him for Recreation 3.
Within the official announcement that was launched earlier within the season for the Gobert-related suspension, Dumars cited Inexperienced’s “historical past of unsportsmanlike acts:”
Right here’s the announcement from Woj:
In line with subsequent reviews from each Wojnarowski and Shams Charania, Inexperienced is anticipated to obtain counseling, and the participant will meet Thursday with Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr., and Inexperienced’s agent Wealthy Paul to debate a “path ahead.”
Inexperienced’s lack of availability due to ejections and suspensions is beginning to be an actual downside for a Warriors crew that’s off to an underwhelming 10-13 begin. Now we wait and see how lengthy will probably be earlier than Inexperienced takes the ground once more.