Warriors forward Draymond Green will be suspended five games by the NBA for his role in Tuesday’s altercation in Minnesota, as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report.
The NBA has officially confirmed Green’s five-game suspension.
After Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels engaged in some grabbing, pushing, and shoving that resulted in a stoppage in play early in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game, Green entered the fracas and put Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a headlock for several seconds. The NBA also announced $25K fines for Thompson, McDaniels and Gobert.
As a result of the five-game ban, Green will miss the Warriors’ games against the Thunder on Thursday and Saturday, as well as their contests versus Houston (Nov. 20), Phoenix (Nov. 22),and San Antonio (Nov. 24). That game against the Spurs is an in-season tournament matchup.
Golden State is also without top scorer Stephen Curry in the short term due to a sore right knee. Curry has been ruled out for Thursday’s game against the Thunder and is expected to be reevaluated later this week.
The suspension will cost Green a total of $769,704, or $153,941 per game, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks. His salary for the 2022-23 season is $22,321,429, and he’ll forfeit 1/145th of that salary for each game of the suspension.
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