Draymond Green receives 5-game suspension for headlocking Rudy Gobert / News - Basketnews.com

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was fined for 5 games without pay for his actions during the fight against Rudy Gobert.

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been suspended five games without pay for escalating an on-court altercation and forcibly grabbing Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert around the neck in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner, it was announced today by Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations.

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The length of the suspension is based in part on Green's history of unsportsmanlike acts.

Draymond Green will lose $769,970 because of his suspension, Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN reports.

In addition, Warriors guard Klay Thompson and Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels, and center Rudy Gobert have each been fined $25,000 for their roles in the incident, which started when Thompson and McDaniels became entangled and were grabbing and pulling at one another’s jerseys, and continued when Gobert entered the situation and wrapped up Thompson.

Thompson and McDaniels were each assessed a technical foul and ejected, while Green was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected.

The incident occurred with10:17remaining in the first quarter of the Timberwolves’ 104-101 win over the Warriors on Nov. 14 at Chase Center.

Green will begin serving his five-game suspension on Thursday, November 16, when the Warriors host the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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