NBA Reveals Punishment for Draymond Green, Rudy Gobert, Klay Thompson, and Jaden McDaniels
It was announced by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that the NBA will be suspending Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green five games for his actions against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Following an altercation between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels, Green put Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold, which led to an ejection and now a five game suspension.
In an official announcement, the NBA revealed this punishment, along with fines for Klay Thompson, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels. That announcement read the following:
"Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been suspended five games without pay for escalating an on-court altercation and forcibly grabbing Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert around the neck in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner, it was announced today by Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. The length of the suspension is based in part on Green's history of unsportsmanlike acts. In addition, Warriors guard Klay Thompson and Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels and center Rudy Gobert have each been fined $25,000 for their roles in the incident, which started when Thompson and McDaniels became entangled and were grabbing and pulling at one another's jerseys, and continued when Gobert entered the situation and wrapped up Thompson. Thompson and McDaniels were each assessed a technical foul and ejected, while Green was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected. The incident occurred with 10:17 remaining in the first quarter of the Timberwolves' 104-101 win over the Warriors on Nov. 14 at Chase Center. Green will begin serving his five-game suspension on Thursday, November 16 when the Warriors host the Oklahoma City Thunder."
Already without Steph Curry, the Warriors will be without Green for the next five games.
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