“The suspension is petty and unfair. Green is entirely unsympathetic. Both of those things will surely be reinforced at length in the next episode of his podcast.”
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Tuesday, just before midnight on the East Coast, the NBA league office in New York dropped a surprising news dump: Draymond Green is suspended for Game 3 of the' first-round series against the Sacramento Kings. Everything that has come out since has made it look, in a certain light, like a personal, vindictive, David Stern-era throwback punishment.
First, there was specifically crediting the announcement to NBA Executive Vice President Joe Dumars, which had to be a knife twist to Green. Dumars has advised Green dating way back to his high school days in Michigan; when Green was coming out of Michigan State,“like a father to me.” The announcement itself contained the stunning admission that the suspension “was based in part on Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.
Less than an hour after the NBA announced the suspension, the Kings announced that Domantas Sabonis was questionable for Thursday's Game 3 with a contusion from the stomp. It's not unreasonable to wonder if the NBA was worried about making sure it took an eye for an eye here. But Green has already been heavily penalized for the stomp. He missed the critical final seven minutes of Game 2 after being ejected for the play , and he is also still two flagrant points away fromsuspension.
Dumars did the league no favors doing the rounds with media Wednesday morning. He called Green's jawing with the Sacramento crowd, which included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, “some extra onto it that he didn’t need to do” and “
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