Draymond Green, who has been on his best behavior this season, had a brief behavioral relapse over the weekend when he tripped Zach Edey in a game where he was also given two technical fouls and ejected for an unrelated reason. With the technicals, dirty play and near triple-double in a Warriors win, it was a classic Draymond Green hat trick.
The NBA later upgraded the foul to a flagrant 1, but some people don't think that's enough considering Green's resume and how dirty the play was. On First Take this morning Kendrick Perkins said that he thought Green deserved a lengthy suspension.
"I actually think Draymond [Green] should be suspended for an extended period of time... This could have been a season-ending injury [for Zach Edey]... There's no room, no place in our game for those type of actions."
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 19, 2024
- Kendrick Perkinspic.twitter.com/ZAtXxY9b2m
"I actually think Draymond should be suspended for an extended period of time. We're talking about a play where he actually, yes, we're talking about a play where he pulled on the opponent's achilles, while the opponent was going in the opposite direction. And we're talking about a guy, Zach Edey, who's 7'2", 7'3" probably 300 pounds. This could have been a season-ending injury right here. And I get it right? So many people is like it's a sticky situation because it is Draymond. Some people on the other side like with me is saying this is a dirty play, he needs to be penalized for this. He needs to be suspended. And there's others that says hold on let's take a deep dive into it we don't want to make it as if we're picking on Draymond. But if you ask me he has to be suspended for an extended period of time. There's no room, no place in our game for those type of actions."
While Stephen A. Smith didn't agree that Green should be suspended, he confirmed that many in NBA circles did agree with Perkins.
"You have a lot of people in the league that believe Draymond should be suspended."
— First Take (@FirstTake) November 19, 2024
—@stephenasmith on Draymond Green's foul on Zach Edey being upgraded to a Flagrant 1. pic.twitter.com/m4dQNd7wEt
Considering Green was only given a flagrant 1 for the play, it seems unlikely the NBA will follow up with a suspension, but who knows? It's likely they'll just let the chatter subside and not suspend Green until he does something else egregious. The only real mystery is how long we'll have to wait.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Kendrick Perkins: Draymond Green Deserves a Long Suspension for Latest Dirty Play.
