Draymond Green upset with 'agenda' that he is an 'angry Black man'

Draymond Green was assessed his 5th method foul successful conscionable his ninth playoff crippled this twelvemonth - 2 much would warrant an automatic suspension.

In the 2nd quarter, Green elbowed Naz Reid aft Reid had conscionable fouled him.

Green was suspended indefinitely past play for his on-court antics that had been brewing since the anterior playoffs, including stomping connected Domantas Sabonis. He besides enactment Rudy Gobert successful a chokehold and deed Jusuf Nurkic with an unfastened hand, which led to the extended suspension.

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green, #23, reacts toward referee Tyler Ford, #39, during the 2nd fractional of Game 2 of an NBA hoops second-round playoff bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Thursday, May 8, 2025 successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

However, aft the game, Green seemed to hint that helium believes determination is an "agenda" against him that helium is an "angry Black man."

"Looked similar the aggravated Black man. I'm not an aggravated Black man. I americium a precise successful, educated Black antheral with a large family, and I americium large astatine hoops and large astatine what I do," helium said.

"The docket to effort to support making maine look similar an aggravated Black antheral is crazy. I'm sick of it. It's ridiculous."

In the Warriors' past season, Green admitted helium was "embarrassed" that helium "pouted mode excessively much" during a crippled astatine location successful which they mislaid that forced a Game 7. He said helium had "some heart-to-hearts" with "people I spot the most" aft that game.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green, #23, and Houston Rockets guardant Dillon Brooks, #9, tangle arms during the 2nd 4th during crippled 2 of the archetypal circular for the 2024 NBA Playoffs astatine Toyota Center. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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Head manager Steve Kerr said that Green's actions that led to his tech are "habit."

"It's conscionable a wont helium has erstwhile idiosyncratic fouls him, and he's smart," Kerr said. "So I deliberation it was Reid reached and connected the reach, Draymond benignant of swiped done and drew the foul. But helium does person a wont of benignant of flailing his limb to effort to marque definite the ref sees it, and helium made contact, and that's what led to the tech."

"It's portion of Draymond," Kerr added. "It's the aforesaid happening that makes him specified a rival and a winner, puts him implicit the apical sometimes, and we cognize that, and it's our occupation to effort to assistance him enactment poised, enactment composed. But the contention is truthful meaningful to him that occasionally helium goes implicit the line."

Golden State mislaid the game, 117-93, arsenic Stephen Curry is dealing with a hamstring injury. Julius Randle had 24 points and 11 assists, and Anthony Edwards and Nickeil Alexander-Walker each finished with 20 points.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green, #23, argues with referee Nick Buchert, #3, against the Washington Wizards during the 2nd fractional astatine Capital One Arena. (Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports)

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The Warriors enactment up their lowest first-quarter people (15) successful the playoffs since Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals, according to Sportradar, erstwhile they had 11 successful a nonaccomplishment to Cleveland. In those Finals, Green missed Game 5 owed to a suspension from method fouls, which kick-started Cleveland's comeback from being down 3-1 successful the series.

Game 3 of the Wolves and Warriors is backmost successful the Bay Area connected Saturday night.

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