Draymond Green continues to pay the consequences for his unsportsmanlike actions. The NBA announced this Wednesday that it is expelling the American power forward “indefinitely”, after the Warriors player left early this Tuesday to the locker room in the game against the Phoenix Suns, for slapping a player in the face. Jusuf Nurkic, rival center.
The North American league already suspended Green in mid-November for five games, after having a scuffle with Rudy Gobert against the Timberwolves. The recurrence of his actions has caused the competition to now immediately suspend the 33-year-old basketball player who must meet certain requirements of the league and the team, not specified in the statement issued by the championship, to return to the court.
The Warriors player appeared in the media to apologize to Nurkic after Tuesday’s game: “He was holding onto my hip and I was moving to try to get the referees to see a foul and making contact with him. As you know, “I am not one to apologize for things I wanted to do, but I do apologize to Jusuf because I had no intention of hitting him.”
On the other hand, Nurkic also wanted to give his version of what happened and admitted not knowing “what’s wrong” with Green, in addition to ensuring that the ’23’ from Los Angeles “needs help.” “I’m happy that he didn’t try to drown me… I’m here to try to play basketball and he’s there hitting. I hope that whatever he has in his life gets better,” said the Bosnian center.
The indefinite absence of Draymond Green also poses a problem for the Warriors who are mired in a poor game dynamic. Steve Kerr’s team is eleventh in the Western Conference standings and has a total record of 10-13 so far this campaign. In the last 15 games, the Angelenos have four wins and 11 losses.
The NBA experienced another stellar performance by Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Bucks last morning. The Greek power forward scored the best score by a player this season in the North American league, in addition to breaking the franchise record, thanks to his 64 points against the Indiana Pacers.
The Milwaukee Bucks achieved a new victory against the Californians (140-126), placing them second in the Eastern Conference, tied in number of victories with the Boston Celtics (17). On the other hand, the Wembanyama Spurs suffered their 18th consecutive defeat last night against the Lakers, despite the great performance of the French prodigy (119-122).
The 19-year-old power forward added 30 points to his score, as well as 13 rebounds and six blocks in his face-to-face with Anthony Davis. The forward of the Los Angeles team had 37 points, 10 rebounds and four steals against the Texans in a game in which LeBron James was absent due to physical discomfort.