The Golden State Warriors have just come off a massive win over the Miami Heat. Now, the Steve Kerr-led squad hopes to get on a hot streak to ascend in the Western Conference and it all starts against Paolo Banchero's Orlando Magic. They needed everyone from Stephen Curry's facilitation, Klay Thompson's streaky shooting, and Draymond Green's defensive acumen. However, it looks like they will not have one of those for the rest of this game.
Green just got ejected yet again in the early minutes of their clash against the Magic, via NBCS. The Warriors forward got his first technical during an argument with referee Ray Acosta. He ended up putting his hands on the official. One would think that the rest of the Warriors and Coach Steve Kerr would calm him down after that. Moments later, he kept yelling while walking away which merited a second technical foul and an ejection.
Draymond picked up two technicals and was ejected after having words with the ref pic.twitter.com/tn2muDIXGo
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Now, the Stephen Curry-led Warriors will have fewer bodies to cover guys like Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr. Before being forced to exit the game, Draymond Green was still able to help the Warriors execute plays. He ended the night with four minutes of action which got him three rebounds and an assist. Trayce Jackson-Davis and Kevon Looney will now both take over for him and hope they can match up well against the Magic's forwards.
Another ejection for the Warriors forward?
At this point in the season, Green has gotten into a lot of trouble already. With a ton of ejections and a suspension hitting him earlier in the Warriors' campaign, only Adam Silver stopped him from contemplating retirement. However, fans just wanted him to act right from then on. Now, they just have disappointed reactions when he gets thrown out yet again.
“Can somebody tell Draymond Green that he had won Championships already and that he should relax more often,” a fan wrote.
Other members of the Warriors faithful had already lost hope in this matchup against the Magic, “We’ll probably lose this match in the 4th quarter as usual. Which is when you need a defensive mind and someone who can coordinate offense. Guess who that job falls to. The most unreliable human being on earth, Draymond Green. So sad Steph has to constantly go through this.”
Some avid spectators of the league even started to blame the Warriors and the league for his behavior, “Draymond Green is a complete liability. And this is the NBA and Warriors' fault for not really clamping down on him early in his career. They excused too much. and now his team adds no real value to their bottom line and they’ve lost patience.”
This is not the first time the Warriors star got into a heated argument with officials or with a player. A lot of people in the Warriors faithful even made bold declarations, “If referees were consistent with Draymond Green he would average 5 minutes a game and would’ve been out of the league 8 years ago. Clown behavior.”
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