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Draymond Green has found a new way to get on the wrong side of the NBA.
The Golden State Warriors star was sentenced to a fine of $ 50,000 on Wednesday for having made an “inappropriate comment” to the officials in match 3 of a second round eliminatory series against Minnesota.
The NBA said Green called into question “the integrity of game officials” during the defeat of the Warriors 102-97 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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The Golden State Warriors Draymond Green striker is playing with referee Nick Buchet in the second half of a match against Washington Wizards in Capital Onena. (Brad Mills / USA TODAY SPORTS)
Green seemed to refer to the propagation of the point of the game to the referees during the match.
“Five and a half years. I know what they are doing,” Green seemed to say. Minnesota was -5.5 and covered.
Green was evaluated at the top of five technical faults in the league in this qualifying series and should serve a suspension of a match if the total reaches seven. It was also called for two blatant faults.
He was suspended for match 5 of the 2016 NBA final for having accumulated too many flagrant faults this playoff series and was suspended for a match in the 2023 playoffs for walking on the chest of Sabramento Sabramento Domantas.
According to the Spotrac website, Green was sentenced to a fine of $ 992,000 in his career, with $ 185,000 coming for actions towards those responsible. It was also moored of $ 3.2 million for suspensions.
Green was suspended indefinitely last season for his antics on the field of previous qualifying matches, in particular by trampling Sabonis. He also put Rudy Gobert in a strangulation and struck Jusuf Nurkić with an open hand, which led to the prolonged suspension.
Draymond Green (23) from the Golden State Warriors against the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 game tournament on April 16, 2024, at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. (Rocky Widner / NBAE via Getty Images)
Green recently made a tangent about how he has an “agenda” as a “angry black man”.
Green recently admitted that he was “embarrassed” that he “wet” in a home match in which the Warriors lost, forcing a Match 7 In the first round of the playoffs. He said he had “favorites” with “people I trust the most” after this match.
“It’s just a habit that he has when someone will do it angry, and he is intelligent,” said head coach Steve Kerr at the time. “So, I think he was reached Reid, and, at hand, Draymond has somehow made the fault pass. But he has a kind of arm to try to make sure that the referee sees him, and he contacted. And that is what led to technology.
“It’s part of Draymond,” added Kerr. “It is the same thing that makes him such a competitor and a winner, sometimes puts him above, and we know it. And it is our work to try to help him stay ready, to remain composed. But the competition is so significant for him that occasionally, he goes through the line.”
The striker of the Golden State Warriors Draymond Green (23) reacts to a referee during the fourth quarter of the match against Miami Heat at Kaseya Center. (Sam Navarro / USA TODAY SPORTS)
Golden State, without Stephen Curry due to an injury, follows his second round series, 3-1 and match 5 will be played in Minnesota on Wednesday evening.
