Beijing time on May 2 news, a few hours ago, Drummond Green in a personal podcast program about his expulsion during the game with the Memphis Grizzlies, he hopes that the league can change the foul to a first-degree malicious foul.
Green said on the show that he had no idea what happened after the foul when he was kicked out of the field, because at first he only knew that he had been sentenced to a first-degree malicious foul, and then the referee went to see the replay, and then the penalty was escalated to a second-degree malicious foul. Later, he learned through his teammates that the referee's explanation at the time was that Green had hit Clark in the face and that the action of pulling Clark was unnecessary.
Green also explained this in the show, saying that it was indeed a pull at the beginning, but the action behind it was protection. Green also mentioned that if he really had the intention of subjective malicious foul play at that time, he would not have pulled Clark's clothes to protect him throughout the process of his fall.
"When the referee blew the whistle, I thought I wouldn't even be blown off for a first-degree malicious foul, and it turned out that I was really stupid, really, if people wanted to call out anyone idiot, they had to call out Green's name." Green said in the podcast.
In addition, Green also said that this time is not so much a malicious foul as a punishment for his personal experience, "My biggest concern is that everyone feels that it is normal to give me a second-degree malicious foul, and I still hope that the right thing can happen, at least to reduce this second-degree malicious foul to the first level." ”
"I don't deny that I have some bad reputation in the league, but I'm also trying to earn some good reputation, and I love my reputation." Green said.