Scholarship table
Sabonis grabbed Green's leg to start it, which is obviously not a basketball play. But Green's reaction was way uncalled for. I find it very hard to believe that was him just losing his balance - he clearly put all of his weight on his right foot.
Discipline him with a suspension maybe after assaulting a fellow teammate for example.
Sabonis had his hands around his leg but it was after flying horizontally to the ground. Green's reaction, both immediately and with the crowd shows how much of a clown he is as we have seen this song and dance. Kerr has always allowed him to get away with garbage. It's embarrassing.
If I'm Kerr, or any other coach, and I thought Draymond's "good" outweighed the "bad," I would play him because of the "good" and let the NBA deal with the "bad." And I certainly wouldn't give a rip if someone thinks I'm an accessory because I've been to the NBA Finals six times in my nine years of coaching...and won four of them.
Your defense of Sabonis is downright silly. Both players were at fault and the officials handled it appropriately.
He was disciplined for the Poole punch. Arguably not enough, but that's not really relevant to yesterday. Do you really think Kerr should unilaterally suspend him during the playoffs if the NBA doesn't?But I agree with wades. I think he's lost a step and should have been traded, but that's a different matter entirely. I can understand why they didn't want to "break up the band" after last year's championship too.
I mean...what is Kerr supposed to do?
Green is the quintessential fake tough guy. He's also a really good player but essentially owes Steph Curry his career.
Green isn't easily tradeable.
Shoot him.
They did. I give Sabonis credit for not leveling him during the course of the game. Green gets away with a ton of nonsense.
I have no idea what you mean by "fake tough guy." And while I am not sure he owes Steph Curry his "career," he certainly owes him his championships. But a lot of players owe that to super-stars.
The officials handled that play appropriately. Sabonis first tried to throw Thompson to the ground, but lost his balance and then tried to hold Green's foot. Draymond's response was uncalled for, and a clear ejection.But Sabonis also got away with a ton of nonsense. In that game alone there were multiple plays where Sabonis drove into Looney/Green leading with a forearm to the chest and clearly pushes with the forearm. Not one time called for an offensive foul. I haven't watched Sabonis play a lot, but I thought he got away with a ton, and was borderline a dirty player most of the game...which I was surprised by, because I see so many positive things said about him.
I don't care for Green.
Green suspended for G3.
While I understand why, I don't agree with this decision. I don't think they suspend Sabonis if the roles were reversed, nor would most other stars get suspended. This is largely, because it was Green, and it just further encourages others to take cheap shots at Green to see if they can bait him into retaliation. If you watch, Green takes a lot of shoves, elbows, other semi-dirty plays, because other teams are hoping to bait him into a reaction. Suspending him for this, encourages more of that.
I don't think he should be suspended either but his antics with the crowd did not help his case.
I disagree. The NBA loved his antics with the crowd. It's entertainment and will help to draw eyeballs. Agree that he shouldn't have been suspended. If they didn't eject him, I would have been okay with a suspension. Both seems like overkill.
Green's a thug with diminishing basketball skills and a volatile personality despite his status in life. He brings this chit onto himself and deserves what he gets. Kolek 'em, hey?