NBA suspends Draymond Green for controversial stomp on Domantas Sabonis

Green stomped on the chest of the Kings' Domantas Sabonis in the fourth quarter of Sacramento's Game 2 win over the Warriors, which got him a flagrant-2 foul and an ejection. After what appeared to be an extensive debate at the NBA offices, given that the news came out at 11:39 ET, the NBA decided to suspend Green for an additional game.

NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars, the league's head of discipline, announced the suspension was based on Green's "history of unsportsmanlike acts." That history includes a double-flagrant foul on Brandon Clarke that got him ejected from a game in the Warriors' Memphis series last year.

Sabonis made a dangerous play himself by grabbing Green's ankle, but Green has had a series of borderline plays against Sabonis in the first two games of the Kings-Warriors series. Like when he sat on Sabonis to create a late four-on-four.

It’s Green’s second career playoff ejection, which comes at a rough time for the Warriors, who are facing their first 2-0 series deficit in the Draymond/Steph Curry/Klay Thompson era.

Beyond that, Green can become a free agent next summer thanks to the player option on his contract. He’s always been an indispensable part of the Warriors. But if he’s unavailable for big games, the team might decide to swap him for someone who will be.