Behind Green's indefinite suspension: The Warriors can't let it ruin Curry's shine A choice must be made
Originally compiled from: SI
作者：ROHAN NADKARNI
原标题：The Warriors Can’t Let Draymond Green’s Antics Derail Stephen Curry’s Brilliance
The Golden State Warriors have been on a shaky season after the veteran forward recently received an indefinite suspension due to on-court incidents.
The Warriors have once again suffered a catastrophic turn this season
On Wednesday, the league announced that Draymond Green has been suspended indefinitely for hitting Suns center Yusuf Nurkic in the head. Green was ejected from the game in the Golden State Warriors' loss to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday when he spun rather bizarre and hit the side of Nurkic's head. Green apologized after the game, saying the contact was unintentional and an attempt to exaggerate the result of the foul.
(I don't usually apologize for what I did, but today I apologize to Nurkic, I didn't mean to hit him on purpose, I just wanted to raise my arm to get a foul, and I don't usually want to foul in that way, and I'm not a fake wrestler.) He kept scratching me from behind, grabbing my buttocks, so I just turned around and raised my arm, and unfortunately I hit him. Again, I'm going to apologize to him because I hit him, I didn't mean to, you all know me, and if I deliberately wanted to do something, I wouldn't apologize afterwards. ）
This is what Green said to the media after the game, and when he recalled the scene on the court, Green did not show a trace of remorse from his body, including his eyes. So these words can't hide the fact that Green has committed malicious fouls, and over the years, Green has committed countless fouls, and he has never felt the slightest remorse, but what to do and how to do it.
This will be Green's second suspension this season. Previously, he had been banned for five games for choking Rudy Gobert by the neck. His second penalty was the latest in a series of problems for the Warriors. For more than a month, the Golden State Warriors' season has been spiraling, from Green's antics to bad basketball. Here's the bottom line:
The team can't afford to waste another year of glory for Stephen Curry, who was a lifesaver for the Warriors and the most commendable aspect of the Warriors to date.
Draymond Green still hasn't learned his lesson, which could cost the Golden State Warriors this season.
Unfortunately for Stephen, in addition to Green's suspension, Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson's performances have also taken a significant dip. (Gary Payton II is injured, and young players like Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody struggle to get significant playing time late in the game.) After starting the season with a 6-2 record, the Warriors have a 4-11 record. They have lost three of their last four games, have not won two in a row since the first three days of November, and are currently outside the Western Conference play-offs. ）
Curry is still great in the midst of chaos, and he still has the ability to be the best player on a championship team. But despite some intrigue hatched by management led by Mike Dunleavy Jr. over the summer, the Warriors didn't do enough to support Stephen and they ran out of time to salvage the season.
The Golden State Warriors can't afford to let Curry stay at this level for another year, and it should have been a season with good atmosphere. Last year, the Warriors never seemed to properly handle Green's blow to Jordan Poole, a situation that hung over a season that ended in the second round, and the aftermath of the Poole affair cast a shadow over the Warriors.
Even after the trade went to Poole, things haven't gotten much better this year. Green is now suspended for the second time, Wiggins and Thompson are inexplicably bad, and the coaching staff can't seem to decide what to do with Kuminga and Moody. For a star like Stephen Curry, such a working environment is simply unacceptable.
The Warriors need to be aggressive here, everything should be on the table, trade Wiggins, trade Thompson, trade Chris Paul's expiring contract, trade Green, no one is sacred, and nothing can't be traded.
Green's second ban only adds to the urgency, and frankly, management can't believe he's ready to be a part of the championship race in the near future. With the team already struggling on the court and now losing its best defender, the Warriors can't afford to sit back and let an already shaky season slip away completely. It's unknown how many more great years Stephen Curry can have, and the team can't afford to give up in such a situation.
Green's suspension needed to be a wake-up call, and it pushed the Warriors to the brink of the season sooner than expected. The Golden State Warriors can't afford to panic, but it will be a defining moment for Dunleavy Jr. Green's blow to Nurkic was also a blow to the organization, and the Warriors couldn't afford to let Curry's stellar play become collateral damage.