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The Golden State Warriors haven’t exactly been firing on all cylinders to start the new campaign, posting an 8-9 record through their first 17 games. Not helping matters was the fact that Draymond Green picked up a five-game suspension for choking out Rudy Gobert in a contest against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Green’s suspension is up, […]

The Golden State Warriors won’t have the services of Draymond Green at Chase Center for Friday’s in-season tournament battle with the San Antonio Spurs. The next time they take the floor after a rare four-day, midseason break, though, Green will be back on the floor, his five-game suspension for putting Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert […]

The Detroit Pistons haven’t exactly made good on an encouraging 2-1 start to the season, losers of a league-high 10 straight games entering Friday’s in-season tournament matchup with the Indiana Pacers. Don’t blame Ausar Thompson for his team’s frustrating and ongoing ineptitude, though. The rookie wing has already cemented himself as one of the game’s […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George weighed in on the Draymond Green/Rudy Gobert altercation, as well as fighting in the NBA on the latest edition of “Podcast P with Paul George.” Said George, “If there’s a scuffle or a fight, you’re responsible to go get your teammate, like don’t grab another team’s [player] like that […]

One of the biggest stories in the NBA right now is making its way to one of the most celebrated comedy shows on television. This week’s episode of Saturday Night Live poked some fun at Warriors star Draymond Green over his recent suspension. SNL brought up the story in a Weekend Update segment. Saturday Night […]

Despite going to overtime on Saturday night, the Golden State Warriors were handed their sixth straight loss and their second in a row to the young, hungry Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC outscored the Dubs 13-6 in OT, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring 10 of those points. Following the contest, Stephen Curry got brutally honest on this […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was involved in another controversy when he put Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert in a chokehold. While Green initially was defending teammate Klay Thompson, he took it too far and will now face a five-game suspension, the fifth suspension in his career. Green last faced a suspension during […]

Draymond Green has once again found himself at the center of controversy thanks to his viral headlock of Rudy Gobert during the Golden State Warriors contest against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fans have been quick to call out Green for continually getting himself in trouble on the court, but he does have one guy standing in […]

Steve Kerr certainly doesn’t believe the Golden State Warriors defended well enough to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. After calling out his shorthanded team’s lack of “fight” and “grit” on that side of the ball following its fifth straight loss, though, the Dubs’ head coach shed additional light on his pointed post-game […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr recently addressed Draymond Green’s suspension. Kerr admitted that the suspension was “deserved” after Green placed Rudy Gobert in a chokehold during a Warriors-Minnesota Timberwolves on-court brawl. Stephen A. Smith responded to Kerr’s comments on the Draymond Green incident during an ESPN First Take segment. “When your coach speaks […]

The biggest news of the NBA in recent days has been Draymond Green being suspended for five games after he put Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold. It’s been the talk of the town, even with former player Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest) chiming in. In an interview with CinemaBlend […]

Earlier this week, the NBA announced that it was suspending Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green for five games for his role in an altercation that took place in Tuesday’s game, a home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In its reasoning for the suspension length, the NBA noted Green’s history of finding himself in […]

The Golden State Warriors have named Draymond Green’s replacement in the starting lineup while the forward serves a five-game suspension, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Jonathan Kuminga will get the nod in Green’s place as the Warriors take on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Says Slater, “Steve Kerr’s instructions: “Run the floor, rebound, dive, […]

Recently, it was announced that Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green was being suspended for five games for his role in an altercation that took place in Golden State’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday evening. In its justification for the suspension, the league made note of Green’s storied history of unsportsmanlike acts […]

We are about a month of the way into the 2023-24 NBA season and fans around the league are already beginning to throw in the towel on their team’s season. Can everyone just take a deep breathe and relax for a moment? Maybe teams like the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Los Angeles […]

By my calculations, social media is absolutely terrible 90 percent of the time, but you didn’t come here for a long soliloquy on what makes it so problematic. Instead, I’m here to celebrate an example of what makes social media is absolutely awesome 10 percent of the time. Mostly when NBA twitter is reacting in […]

Two of the more controversial figures in the NBA in Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green found themselves in the middle of a skirmish during the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors latest matchup. If you haven’t seen the viral images of Green holding Gobert in a headlock during the incident, chances are you are living […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been suspended for five games, and more than just missing time, it’s also going to be costly for him financially. The NBA punished Green with the five-game suspension as a result of his actions during the Warriors’ Tuesday showdown with the Minnesota Timberwolves. For those who missed it, […]

Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been a lot of hotheads. You need tough players who are going to stand up for themselves and keep the referees in check, and sometimes, a technical foul can even motivate your team. However, a number of players have taken it way too far and have been […]

When tempers flared during the Golden State Warriors’ Tuesday night tilt against the Minnesota Timberwolves, one would think that Draymond Green would get involved in the proceedings one way or another. However, Green, despite not being involved in the main altercation, inexplicably decided to put Rudy Gobert in a chokehold in an “attempt” to act […]

The fight between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves seems to be resolved. Adam Silver handed out suspensions which will hamper their ability to win games such that they do not repeat these actions ever again. But, these measures do not seem to stop Draymond Green. Adrian Wojnarowski dropped a massive truth bomb about […]

The Golden State Warriors lost a home matchup to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night, but Draymond Green’s MMA style choke attempt on Rudy Gobert has garnered most of the headlines ever since. Former Celtics star Paul Pierce offered a show of support for Green following the game. Green’s five-game suspension was handed down by […]

The NBA lowered the boom on the Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Jaden McDaniels for their antics on Tuesday. The league office also didn’t spare Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert one day after their fracas at Chase Center. Draymond Green received a hefty five-game suspension for his chokehold on Rudy Gobert in […]

The hate for Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been building up significantly after his chokehold on the Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert. Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce shared his thoughts on Green’s antics on Wednesday. “Everybody is this ERA scared of Draymond,” Pierce posted on X, formerly Twitter. Earlier, Pierce also wrote: […]

After Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green nearly turned Tuesday’s game against Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves into a full-blown UFC main event, the question most people have is not whether Green would be suspended but how many games his seemingly inevitable suspension would last. We finally have an answer to that, with Adrian […]

Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green has been suspended five games for his involvement in Tuesday night’s altercation against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the NBA announced on Wednesday night. 🚨 BREAKING: Draymond Green has been suspended for 5 games for his altercation with Rudy Gobert, per @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/AdpEdoXtN6 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 16, 2023 “Draymond […]

Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas indeed has no chill. In a recent episode of the Gil’s Arena, the former Washington Wizards guard tried to troll Rudy Gobert of the Minnesota Timberwolves by putting a neck brace on. Of course, at this point, everyone already knows of the mini-Royal Rumble that occurred in Tuesday night’s game […]

NBA on TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley had some fun last night mocking the altercation that took place between Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert. Shaq pulled a Draymond Green last night on Inside the NBA as he put Charles Barkley in a chokehold 🤣 (via @NBAonTNT)pic.twitter.com/kfUIEGjcZ5 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 15, 2023 Shaq did […]

It wouldn’t be a Tuesday night in the NBA without a little confrontation and that’s exactly what ensued during a 104-101 Minnesota Timberwolves win over the Golden State Warriors. After a bust-up between the two teams that included Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold, Green was ejected from the game along with Warriors […]

Sportsmanship is often promoted by the NBA. Because of this, it is unusual for fights to break out on the NBA hardwood. However, given that basketball is a physical and competitive sport, it isn’t a surprise to see tempers flare. In fact, throughout the history of the league, we’ve seen various physical altercations that even […]

There’s clearly no love lost between Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green, two of the best defensive players of their generation. On Tuesday night, with the Minnesota Timberwolves taking on the Golden State Warriors to continue their NBA In-Season Tournament journey, Gobert found himself in the middle of a first-quarter fracas. In the process of separating […]

Taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves for the second time in three nights, the Warriors were looking to get back on track and improve to 2-0 in group play of this season’s inaugural in-season tournament. Already without Stephen Curry due to a knee injury and taking on the NBA’s top rated defense, the Golden State Warriors […]

Jaden McDaniels offered his take on his fight with the Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson on Tuesday. The Minnesota Timberwolves forward claimed he acted in self-defense, per The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski. “Jaden McDaniels: ‘I was just trying to crash for a rebound and he grabbed me by my collar. I was just trying to defend […]

NBA fans and some Golden State Warriors supporters didn’t like Draymond Green’s action towards Rudy Gobert on Tuesday that led to his ejection. In fact, many are urging the NBA to punish him for it. For those who missed it, the Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves had a heated altercation that started when Klay Thompson and […]

It didn’t take long for the rematch between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves to become a heated affair. Literally just over a minute of game time has passed, and there Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels were, getting into a fiery altercation that proceeded to spark an outburst from Draymond Green, who decided that […]

NBA fans are going crazy after what was supposed to be a normal NBA In-Season Tournament clash between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves turned into a wrestling match that is more like the Royal Rumble. All those involved in the heated exchange, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels, were all ejected as […]

The game had just started for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors. Fans were just witnessing Anthony Edwards miss while Draymond Green reached for the rebound over Rudy Gobert. In the blink of an eye, words and fists were being thrown around which started a scuffle that brought officials out of their seats. It […]

So much for the Golden State Warriors facing their first telling test of the season without Stephen Curry. Less than two minutes into the Dubs’ in-season tournament matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Chase Center, Klay Thompson and Jayden McDaniels engaged in a fracas that resulted in both players as well as […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green exchanged words on Sunday night. Audio of what was said between Green and Edwards was recently made available from the Timberwolves’ victory over the Warriors, via ClutchPoints. “What you gon do about it? You’re not gonna do nothing about it. Stop talking,” Green […]