{"id":74184,"date":"2024-04-20T22:54:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T02:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=74184"},"modified":"2024-04-20T22:54:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T02:54:03","slug":"warriors-draymond-green-career-on-line-everyday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/20\/warriors-draymond-green-career-on-line-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Star\u2019s \u2018Career on the Line Everyday\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you had to describe Golden State Warriors forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greendr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Draymond Green<\/a> in one word, \u2018volatile\u2019 might not capture the full essence of his personality. Forthright and full of life, Green is well-liked by many of his peers, even outside of the Warriors locker room. However, Green\u2019s inability to reel himself has led to him earning a poor reputation, and rightly so.<\/p>\n<p>As Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says, per The Athletic\u2019s Anthony Slater, \u201che punched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/poolejo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan [Poole]<\/a>. He grabbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudy Gobert<\/a> by the neck. He flailed at [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nurkiju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jusuf Nurkic<\/a>]. That stuff, just by basic laws of society, basic norms, <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5427405\/2024\/04\/18\/steve-kerr-exit-interview-draymond-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can\u2019t do that<\/a>, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Draymond Green\u2019s \u2018Career on the Line Everyday\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Since the 2015-16 season, Green has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/draymond-green-10860\/fines\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspended for 21 games<\/a>. 17 of those suspensions have occurred as a result of the incidents that Kerr has named. Green was also suspended one for game for stomping on Sacramento Kings center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sabondo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Domantas Sabonis<\/a>\u2019 chest in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Draymond Green ejected for stomping on Domantas Sabonis | NBA on ESPN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9TxfMx_OR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kerr often looked resigned during the altercations and when referees ejected him. In the subsequent media pressers, he typically sided with the officials. Despite his loyalty to his team, even he had to admit that his star had crossed the line.<\/p>\n<p>Again\u2026 and again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026When the league suspended him, it was the best thing to happen to Draymond,\u201d Kerr says of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/12\/16\/draymond-green-swings-at-nurkic-suspened-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the indefinite suspension<\/a> levied by the league after he struck Nurkic in the face in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Draymond Green EJECTED for excessive contact on Nurkic, third ejection of season | NBA on ESPN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdEHwSuOjew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis career was on the line,\u201d Kerr declares. \u201cIt is on the line every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2018Complex\u2019 Character<\/h3>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/24\/nba-news-warriors-steve-kerr-agree-on-two-year-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">head coach since 2014-15<\/a>, Green\u2019s third season, Kerr is as familiar with the Saginaw native as anyone. At least outside of his family and the Splash Brothers. Consequentially, he has quite the soft spot for Green.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who loves Draymond and values him so much, I am going to continue to help him any way that I can to live his best life, to be the best version of himself, which he really was for the last two months,\u201d Kerr says.<\/p>\n<p>However, Green\u2019s behavior had gotten so bad that Kerr wondered whether he <em>could<\/em> actually change his ways, let alone if he would.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ll be really honest, during the suspension, I was sitting there, like, \u2018Can he actually get a few sessions of therapy and change? I don\u2019t think that\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During his suspension, Green opted to undergo therapy. By his own admission, it had been a long time coming. While initially hesitant to embrace psychoanalysis, he did recognize its value.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Draymond Green details how therapy has helped him during his suspension | NBC Sports Bay Area\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkyidGWFDFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seeming to take to the sessions, his return to the Warriors seemed to refresh the team, and not just because his teammates are fond of him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBut whatever he did over the last three months, he was the best version of himself, not just on the court, in the locker room, leading the young guys. His teammates would all tell you how great he was.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDraymond\u2019s complex. His relationship with our franchise is complex,\u201d Kerr says, finding the best word to describe the 34-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the core of it is a deep loyalty and passion and love, and we share that with him,\u201d he continues. \u201c\u2026You make sure he\u2019s the best version of himself and you keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you had to describe Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green in one word, \u2018volatile\u2019 might not capture the full essence of his personality. Forthright and full of life, Green is well-liked by many of his peers, even outside of the Warriors locker room. However, Green\u2019s inability to reel himself has led to him earning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":74212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1608,62,3],"tags":[409,528],"class_list":["post-74184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-warriors","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-draymond-green","tag-steve-kerr"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}