Draymond Green is facing consequences once more following another violent encounter. The four-time NBA champion’s disturbed state may be revealed by the Golden State Warriors star’s latest remarks.
The NBA on Wednesday punished Green indefinitely for hitting center Jusuf Nurkic of the Phoenix Suns. Because of the altercation the previous night, Green was booted from the Suns-Warriors game (see the video here).
A week prior to facing Nurkic, the former Defensive Player of the Year talked with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. Green told Shelburne about his chokehold on Rudy Gobert last month, which resulted in his first ban of the season.
Green acknowledged that watching the replay let him understand how long he had been choking Gobert.
“Damn, I held him much longer than I realized in that moment,” Green remarked after seeing it again. However, the truth is that you are unaware of time in certain situations. You lack a feeling of temporal awareness.
Hearing Green discuss his violent outbursts in such a way, only a week before his next one, has an unsettling quality.
When Green swung at Nurkic on Tuesday, it was evident that he was once again unaware of the seriousness of what he was doing. This is quite worrying.
Green stated that, although using force in the strike, the Nurkic incident was accidental.
Green acknowledged to Shelburne that anytime he isn’t on the floor, he “hurts” the Warriors. He realized that in order to prevent himself from being sidelined by another incident, he needed to set aside his ego. However, it is no longer the case, as we know.
Green has been suspended four times in only the past two seasons.
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