The NBA announced that Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green has been “suspended indefinitely”. Green received the suspension for his flagrant 2 foul on Phoenix Suns’ Jusuf Nurkic in a 119-116 loss on Tuesday night.
The incident took place in the third quarter of the Suns vs. Warriors game. While Nurkic was defending him, Green turned around with his hand swinging and hit the Bosnian center across the face. Nurkic fell to the ground, and Green was ejected following a video review by the officials.
According to the league’s announcement, Green’s suspension takes into account his previous “repeated history of unsportsmanlike conduct.” The 33-year-old player was already suspended twice this season.
Before he returns to court, Green will be “required to meet certain league and team conditions.”
For his part, Green tried to do some damage control after the incident, apologizing to Nurkic and saying the hit was unintentional.
“I am not one to apologize for things I mean to do, but I do apologize to Jusuf because I didn’t intend to hit him,” Green said after the Suns game. “I sell calls with my arms … so I was selling the call … and I swung and unfortunately I hit him.”
Green played 15 games with the Warriors this season. He is averaging 9.7 points, his most since the 2017-18 campaign, to go with 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
