How Much Money Will Draymond Green Lose, Serving 5-Game Suspension?

The trending topic that has got the basketball community talking is Tuesday’s Warriors-Timberwolves tussle. Clips and pictures from the game flooded the internet and immediately went viral. The most popular of all was the one where Draymond Green was seen holding Rudy Gobert in an MMA-style chokehold. The officials had to get involved to break the fight and those involved were immediately ejection from the game.

The NBA took it’s time to investigate the situation and finally came out with its verdict on Wednesday night. As per the reports, fines have been levied on all the perpetrators involved in the scuffle. Additionally, Green will be suspended for his actions towards Rudy.

Draymond will be losing money, big-time

Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN reported that Klay Thompson, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels will be fined $25,000 each. Green, however, will pay the highest price as he will be suspended from the next five games. This will cost him $769,704 in forfeited salary, a small dent in the $22 million her receives per year.

In the release announcing the penalties, the NBA said Green’s suspension was “for escalating an on-court altercation and forcibly grabbing Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert around the neck”. They also added that the length of the suspension is based in part on Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.

What caused Draymond to act out?

The fight broke out in the first quarter within two minutes of the game starting.  Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels first started fighting for a rebound. But things escalated between the two as they crossed half-court while going the other way. To break up a potential fight, Rudy Gobert involved himself and tried to rip Thompson away from Jaden.

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This, however, angered Klay’s teammate Draymond Green. The forward took things further by grabbing Gobert and choking him. Later, Thompson and McDaniels were each assessed a technical foul and ejected. Green, on the other hand, was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and was also ejected.

In the past few weeks, there have been accusations that the NBA was going soft on players. However, people agreed that this was taking things a little too far. Green intended to save his teammate, but it could have been done in a million other ways. Actions like this set a bad precedent for the young viewers and players of the game.

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So, what are your thoughts on Draymond’s action? And do you think the NBA was fair in its verdict?