Draymond Green

[StillAWarrior]

To suspend, or not to suspend.  That is the question.

I vote yes.  What say you?


Edited to add link to video.

[GGGG]

No.  I don't think it was intentional.  I would not rescind the flagrant foul.

[Blackhat]

Definitely intentional.   Second instance of it.   Any athlete who's played basketball at a high level, knows where your leg is going on that exaggerated of a movement.   

That's why it's pretty darn rare for a guy to get kicked in the nuts, let alone twice by the same guy in a series.

[Blackhat]

Suspend him for the first half.

Any more endangering nuts and 2 games.

[GooooMarquette]

The kick was about as inadvertent as Green putting on his uniform to play the game.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Suspend him for a game, that looked as intentional as the things Suh does on the FB field.

[tower912]

I am a big DG fan.  Suspend him.

[rocket surgeon]

as annoying as he can be, i don't think it was intentional.  in other news, steve adams has been invited to sing soprano for the florentine opera this weekend

[martyconlonontherun]

Normally no, but you can't suspend Jones and not Green.

[GGGG]

Normally no, but you can't suspend Jones and not Green.

Yeah I think you can. Greens was on a basketball move. Jones wasn't.

[MU82]

I'm quite certain it was intentional. I, too, like the way Green plays, but I say he's gotta sit a game. Can't have ballers goin' after each others balls.

[drewm88]

Intentional, and I think they have to suspend him on the heels of the Cleveland suspension. Thought it wouldn't completely shock me if they used the "basketball play" argument and didn't suspend. Without the Jones suspension, he gets off.

I think there'd be a lot more backlash to a non-suspension than to a suspension.

[JWags85]

I'm quite certain it was intentional. I, too, like the way Green plays, but I say he's gotta sit a game. Can't have ballers goin' after each others balls.

I don't think it was as intentional as "I'm gonna get a nut shot on this dude", but was intentional as "Im gonna kick my legs out and get a shot in so I can make sure people aren't getting close in on me".  Same as jump shooters kicking their legs forward to draw contact.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I don't think it was as intentional as "I'm gonna get a nut shot on this dude", but was intentional as "Im gonna kick my legs out and get a shot in so I can make sure people aren't getting close in on me".  Same as jump shooters kicking their legs forward to draw contact.

Or Bruce Bowen closeouts.

[tower912]

I don't think it was as intentional as "I'm gonna get a nut shot on this dude", but was intentional as "Im gonna kick my legs out and get a shot in so I can make sure people aren't getting close in on me".  Same as jump shooters kicking their legs forward to draw contact.

Agreed.  How the league views it will determine the punishment.

[brandx]

I don't think it was as intentional as "I'm gonna get a nut shot on this dude", but was intentional as "Im gonna kick my legs out and get a shot in so I can make sure people aren't getting close in on me".  Same as jump shooters kicking their legs forward to draw contact.

That's what I thought when I saw it live. Jump shooters get the foul call a lot when they throw there legs forward, so I thought is was an attempt by Green to make contact hoping he would get a call.

[BrewCity83]

The whistle had already blown and the ball was long gone.  That so called "follow through" was not a natural shooting motion or any basketball move related motion, it was just a cheap shot after the whistle.

[BM1090]

Video of Draymond kicking his legs. Does it all the time.

https://twitter.com/TEN000HOURS/status/734825505971544064

[StillAWarrior]

Video of Draymond kicking his legs. Does it all the time.

https://twitter.com/TEN000HOURS/status/734825505971544064

That is interesting.  I have mixed emotions on whether that changes my mind.  On the one hand, he probably did not intentionally kick Adams in the balls -- although I was never really convinced of that anyway.  That mitigates things a bit for me.  On the other hand, he recklessly kicks his legs out all the time.  If he is going to keep doing that, he may have to pay a steep price when it connects.

Speaking as a Cleveland fan, perhaps LeBron should start balling up his hands into fists and swinging them wildly as part of his embarrassingly frequent flopping.  If he should happen to nail someone in the face...hey, he does that all the time...it wasn't intentional.

[brandx]

The whistle had already blown and the ball was long gone.  That so called "follow through" was not a natural shooting motion or any basketball move related motion, it was just a cheap shot after the whistle.

I agree it is not natural - just like when jump shooters do it. Reggie Miller was probably the best (worst) at it.

[jutaw22mu]

Suspend.  It was intentional based on the way he behaved after the fact.

[rocket surgeon]

  the best offense is a good defense-HEY'nahey?

[GooooMarquette]

For those saying "don't suspend him" - if you had the talent and size to play against the guy, would you do it without a cup?

[BM1090]

For those saying "don't suspend him" - if you had the talent and size to play against the guy, would you do it without a cup?

My opinion is that NBA players flail like that all the time. LeBron flails his arms constantly. Nobody ever gets suspended for flailing. We're going to suspend because he happened to kick someone? Meh.

If you can determine intent, then that's obviously different.

[StillAWarrior]

My opinion is that NBA players flail like that all the time. LeBron flails his arms constantly. Nobody ever gets suspended for flailing. We're going to suspend because he happened to kick someone? Meh.

If you can determine intent, then that's obviously different.

Yeah, the NBA would never suspend a guy for a kick that connects when flailing after a foul.