The NBA made a call regarding Draymond Green’s status for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals, and it’s not the correct one. After an altercation with LeBron James in Game 4, the former Spartan has been assessed a Flagrant 1 and has been suspended for Game 5.
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Why is this wrong? Simply the fact that he was defending himself over James’ disrespecting the Warriors’ forward. Getting knocked down by James and then trying to get up only to have James step over him, Draymond gave him a nudge and had some choice words, but clearly this was nothing more than a heated conversation.