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NBA: Does Anyone Really Think That Draymond Green Is “Innocent”?

By Quenton S. Albertie

January 16, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) collides with Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the second quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
January 16, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) collides with Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the second quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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In watching the Cleveland Cavaliers game against the Golden State Warriors, there’s a question that needs to be asked about one of the NBA’s best players, Draymond Green.

Not the question of if he fouled LeBron James unnecessarily on Monday night, or if his legs flail like that because he has a unique body type that only allows him to kick towards his opponents most vulnerable areas. Not the question of if he earned a flagrant foul against Michael Beasley last year or if the flagrant fouled called against Draymond Green in the Western Conference Finals was earned. Not if Green earned the flagrant foul against James in the NBA Finals last year.

The question is this: can the league be wrong about the same guy every single time? In a league where DeMarcus Cousins is a “head case”, Rajon Rondo is a “cancer” and those are almost facts of life if you ask the common fan, is Green really innocent? While Cousins’ emotional outbursts may be misguided representations of his in-game passion (right?) or Rondo’s behavior may be on par with any person who is emotional, passionate and intelligent competitor wants to be valued (right?), what is Green’s “excuse”?

To him, nobody can tell him how his body is supposed to move but he can mock James for how his body moved.

To him, he can flail and kick his opponents but there’s no reason for the league to wonder why he’s the only player in the league that does so. He could be the only bulky 6-foot-7 and 230 pound player in the league. Right?

It needs to be said. For a talented player, Green isn’t the most disciplined. He may play with discipline but he doesn’t act with discipline. There’s a need for Green, who is one of the better and known players in the league, to reel it in and reassess himself as both a man and a player.

As a Cleveland Cavaliers fan, yeah it’s annoying to see Green act that way. But as a fan of the NBA, a fan of good basketball and good players, it’s disappointing that Golden State Warriors fans and Green would try to make so many excuses for what should be inexcusable behavior. If your child is acting up on the playground you don’t make excuses for why they’re being a sandbox nuisance, you take them off the playground, kicking and screaming, until they’re ready to play the right way.

The Warriors should probably suspend Green themselves in a future incident to show him that there’s accountability but they won’t. Until then, as fans of the NBA and a fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers, it just makes me wonder how many more times fans will make excuses for him.

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