Steve Kerr, the coach of Golden State, supported the NBA’s decision to suspend Draymond Green indefinitely on Thursday, stating that the player from the Warriors had an opportunity to improve. The Warriors’ mainstay Green was fined by the NBA on Wednesday following his third season-long disqualification on Tuesday for savagely slamming an arm into Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkic’s head.
It happened just weeks after Green was handed a five-game suspension for putting Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert in a headlock last month. It was only the most recent in a long string of incidents that have gotten him into trouble with the law over the years. Prior to the Warriors’ matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, Kerr informed media that the NBA has suspended Green indefinitely, an almost unprecedented punishment in the league, and that this was the right decision.
Kerr stated, “I think the suspension makes sense.” I see more at stake in this than just basketball. The goal is to assist Draymond.Draymond has the chance to take a step back and alter his strategy and style of living. And doing it is not simple.”
Kerr argued that the harsher punishment for this week’s most recent showdown was warranted, given that the league suspended Green for five games following the Gobert incident last month. “You don’t just say ‘We’re going to do five games and he’s going to be fine’,” Kerr stated. “Five games later, following the Rudy incident, the league took that action. To choose a number is not the answer.The solution is to assist Draymond and provide him with the support he requires, as well as the chance to make a decision that will benefit him and our team now and in the future.” It’s more than simply a tantrum on the court. This relates to his life. Someone I have known and someone I have faith in
Kerr and the Warriors have attracted criticism in the past for how they have handled Green’s disciplinary indiscretions, notably when he was only fined by the franchise — rather than suspended — for punching team-mate Poole in a pre-season practice last year.
Prominent ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has suggested that Warriors star Steph Curry bears part of the responsibility for not bringing Green into line as a senior member of the Golden State locker room. Kerr however hit back at the criticism of Curry’s leadership.
“For anyone to question Steph Curry’s leadership, it’s actually kind of sickening,” Kerr said. “I saw some of that yesterday. It was disgusting. You’re talking about one of the finest human beings I have ever been around. “But that’s the climate that we live in … Like, really? That’s the angle you’re going to take? You’re going to question Steph Curry’s leadership?”
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