NBA officially announced an indefinite ban to chase dreams: slapping Nurkic + multiple unsportsmanlike violations incurred heavy fines

On December 14, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced that the league will be banned indefinitely for chasing dreams because he slapped Nurkic in the game against the Suns. Officials also mentioned that the specific punishment of the ban takes into account the history of many unsportsmanlike violations of dreams. His suspension takes effect immediately, meaning that Dream will be suspended from the Warriors' next game (against the Clippers on December 15).

Shams reported that Dream is expected to be consulted and work with the Warriors and the NBA during the suspension. He must meet the conditions to return to the game.

Woj reported that Dreamcatcher, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Dreamchaser's agent, Rich Paul, are expected to meet on Friday Beijing time to begin discussing ways to provide advice and help to Dream, sources said. The league didn't want to give a specific number of suspensions, but allowed Dream to take some time to deal with the challenges he faced.

A review of the Dream Chaser event

In the Warriors vs. Suns game, with 8 minutes and 23 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, Dream Chaser turned around and slapped Nurkic, who covered his face and fell to the ground in pain. After the referee played back the video, he upgraded the foul of Dream Chaser to a second-degree malicious foul and was directly expelled from the game. At that time, the Warriors led 65-60, and Dream left the court with 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

In the end, the Warriors were reversed in this game, losing to the Suns with a score of 116-119, and their record became 10-13.

Multiple post-match responses

Dream said after the game that Nurkic grabbed his hip in the card position, he said that he was just about to foul, turned and waved his hand just to hit Nurkic, and he denied that he did it intentionally. Dream also apologized to Nurkic.

Nurkic joked that he wasn't locked in his throat. "What I've learned in this league is that when you respond to something like this, you get fined," he added. I'm valuable to my team, I'm not going to get into foul trouble, I'm not going to be called for a technical foul, I'm not going to be sent off. Nurkic did contribute to the Suns' victory, finishing with 17 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists and one steal.

Both coaches also responded to the incident. Kerr said that the Warriors need to chase dreams, and he has spoken to them to ask them to find a way to stay calm and help their teammates. Vogel dismissed it as a reckless and dangerous move. He made it clear that he didn't like his opponents like this: "The referees did what they had to do, and the league did what they had to do. ”

Former Warriors player Nick Young said Dream Chase tends to engage some Europeans and only targets foreigners. In addition to Nurkic, Gobert and Sabonis, who were previously attacked by Dream, are all Europeans. Adams, who has been kicked in the crotch by Dream Chase many times, is from New Zealand and is not an American.

How strong is the ban?

The Dream Chase ban has been announced, is the punishment as expected?

Before the official announcement of the exact number of banned venues, several experts had already given their guesses. Multiple Warriors reporters believe that it is at least a five-game suspension, with Skip and A. Smith believing that it is about 10 games, while Perkins believes that Dream should be banned for 25 games. Media personality Craig Carton even thinks Dream should be banned for the rest of the season because "he's just a clown and does too much damage to the NBA." ”

In the past, the reason for the Dream Chase ban was based on Green's history of unsportsmanship. The black history of chasing dreams is also one of the reasons for the number of games he has banned. With the announcement of this ban, Dream Chaser's career special resume (including the playoffs) has been updated as follows-

6 bans

172 technical offenders

21 malicious fouls

20 evictions

There have been a number of reporters and fans who have suggested that the Warriors consider trading Dream Chaser because of the growing negative impact he brings. Do you think the Warriors should consider sending Dream Chase away?