[Uthayakumar] Draymond Green through 8.5 games this postseason: 5 technical fouls (leads NBA) 2 flagrant foul (leads NBA)
FYI
7 technicals in the playoffs = 1 game suspension
4 flagrant foul “points” = 1 game suspension
flagrant foul 1 = 1 point flagrant foul 2 = 2 points
flagrant fouls and technical fouls are separate points
The league coddles him like crazy, how is elbowing someone in the head a dead ball technical? He should have way more flagrants this post season.
I think if it happens after the ball is dead then it’s a technical. So if Reid doesn’t get called for a foul there and Draymond still hits him like that then it would be a flagrant and not a technical.
But against Houston they gave him a flagrant after the ball was dead because he already had 1 technical
Yeah they didn’t want to give him a tech (since he had one before) so they gave him a flagrant for the illegal screen.
Lmao I was thinking of the flagrant where he put his feet on Tari Eason’s neck. There was another one?
Yeah there were so many I mixed them up a little bit I think :)
He first got a tech earlier in the game.
Then he tripped Tari (which was a flagrant) followed by a natural kicking motion, jersey pull, leg grab etc. but did not receive anything for those (it would be his 2nd tech)
Yeah that was some bs. You could give him a flagrant, a tech, and a take foul for that sequence alone lmao
Seems like a great loophole the biggest asshole and bully in the league would abuse to elbow opposing players without being punished as harshly for it.
Fuck Draymond and fuck the league for enabling him.
yea but they can straight eject a player with an unsportsmanlike foul
Edit- not sure why this is downvoted it’s true and has happened multiple times
Jokic got a flagrant 1 for an elbow after his defender was already whistled for a foul on him yesterday, then Donavan Mitchell did essentially the same exact thing (without the being fouled part) and they ruled it a normal basketball play. Would just like to see some consistency
They did the exact same thing in the Houston series when he whacked FVV in the head. Instead of rightfully giving him the flagrant, they gave him a dead ball tech. They do this shit for him on purpose. It’s insane.
They did the reverse when he kicked Tari in the head, he had a tech so they made it a flagrant
Crazy thing with that was first he kicked Tari in the back of the head. Then when Tari got in his face he grabbed his collar and then grabbed his leg. They only called the kick to the back of the head. Grabbing the collar and leg after the play is apparently no longer a tech.
He should have been permanently banned from the NBA a long time ago.
Someone can have 6 techs and 1 flagrant one and 1 flagrant two and be chilling
pretty much but their bank account won’t be happy since the fines accumulate
When you make \(40 mil a year, \)50k in fines is pocket change, especially if it gets you a competitive advantage.
They gamble with 50k
Dunno, after all he’s a great professional. Educated, with a great family, and definitely not an angry black man. So it doesn’t sound like a gambler.
oh no my 40M minus 0.05M in fines lol. only 800 more times and ill have nothing.
50k is crazy but these guys live different
Unless it’s a 2 way player I’m sure their bank account is happy as can be
Does a suspension for one reset the counter for the other?
nope separate counters
Theres a non zero chance Steph is back for a potential game 6 and dray is suspended
I’m more confident that 37 year old steph (Hamstring Injury) is playing in game 6 than Draymond (Anger issues).
It’s a real issue for him if they advance. He’s 2 techs and 2 flagrant away from a suspension (by the way, these are separate counts, and he could theoretically get a suspension for both)
There’s a very real possibility he misses multiple games this postseason if they make it to the WCF.
The fucking fact this is an issue at all for them is the real issue. They very likely have at least one more ring if he just controlled himself like a proper human being
Yeah, but it’s also very likely the Warriors lose to the Rockets at least one of the years if Draymond wasn’t out to injure Harden (wrist punches 2017, undercuts and other hits in 2018, eyes pokes games 2 and 3 in 2019)
Hypothetical champions once again!
I never said the Rockets would win a championship, just that they might beat the Warriors one of those years. I was replying to someone who was giving the warriors hypothetical championships though.
Maybe even more. He just can’t control his anger
Possible. KD may not have joined the Warriors if the won in 2016 though.
I just don’t understand man. I just don’t get it at all.
Cause, I assume, you’re an adult who can exercise control over your emotions.
It’s equal parts the fact that 1) the man is legitimately insane and dangerous and 2) the league just… lets him? Like what the fuck
I actually don’t like calling him insane. It absolves him of the behavior to an extent. Hes a petulant child who needed some low-cost dentistry YEARS ago and never got it.
If they let him they wouldn’t be calling so many techs and flagrants
He’s an actual psycho, I said in another post, but we should be glad he’s playing basketball lol, dude would be doing god knows what in another field
if he was a doctor, he might start punching through organs during surgery
If he was a cop he’d be beating on Tyre Nichols
Why the fuck does this guy have the longest leash in the history of the sport? He should already be at a suspension, but the league thinks we all want to see Draymond Green
I blame Kia.
Literally - WHY. Why does he get to do this shit?
cause we do want to see him
any Draymond post on r/nba instantly gets tons of comments and upvotes
I fuckin dont
yet here yall are commenting on Draymond posts
The comments are about how he should be getting suspended, not about how we all want to see him continue to smash people in the face.
Check his username
Lmao thanks for that. I don’t usually read people’s usernames, and that was comically on point for someone making such a dumb argument in favor of Draymond’s antics.
Cause he tried to decapitate my 6MOTY.
Are you saying the upvotes and comments are in support of the things he does?
idk but r//nba loves to discuss Draymond regardless
I’m sure the sub will be pretty fine not discussing him when he’s out of the league
it’d be hard not to discuss a 4x champion and best defender of his generation
Na not really, we won’t have a bunch of threads like these, complaining about yet another dirty play by the dude and pointing out that he’s going to screw his team because he can’t keep his emotions in check.
seems like a net winning formula when he got 4 titles
Also screwed his team in the 2016 finals and the playoffs in 2023. 🤷♂️
How many would he have if they called his fouls properly from the start?
I don’t know how anyone can defend this guy let alone be a fan of him.
the more people hate him, the more I like him
You realize that’s a bad thing, right?
oh no!! what will he do without the approval of online dorks who got cut from their middle school team?
We’re all online dorks buddy, you’re flinging shit in a sewer
Not to mention this dude has an account specifically named for glazing Draymond. If we’re dorks, this fucking guy might as well be Sheldon
I’m guessinng Draymond isn’t the only one around here a lot of people hate.
It’s pathetic the stuff ge gets away with
Yeah and watching the replay of the plays on the broadcast and the camera panning to him screaming at the refs like he’s trying to fool them into thinking it’s not only accidental but more even a foul is just insane
And somehow that’s less than what it should be.
They suggest he go to the locker room to get his emotions in check. Wtf. This is a grown man.
Draymond hasn’t been playing basketball for a while. He straight up assaults players. He kicked Steven Adams in the balls more than once, he choked Rudy Gobert, he kicked Jalen Green’s face into the court, he fucking stomped on Domatas Sabonis chest while he was on the ground, frankly if a random NBA player just punched Draymond square in the face right at tip off they’d be justified and then some
Include him in the longevity talks. Career numbers this far into his career #goattalk
Should be 7 flagrant. But refs gonna ref
Bro can point blank yell at refs and stick his hands in their face and they do nothing to stop it. I’m tired of this asshole. Half or more of his “skill” is by intimidation and hella flagrant cheap shots by any means necessary.
When Dray retires his chaos compilation is going to be wild
It’s so frustrating as a Warriors fan. His bs is too much at times, I mean look at the 2016 playoff, he shot the team in the foot with his bs.
“At times”
The best part this has been going on for over a decade.
He’s such a prick. How dumb you gotta be to think you can just throw your fuckin arms around and smack people in the head. Its so clearly not a natural movement.
Dude. Hes so extra holy shit. What do you expect man the refs just doing their job and you gona act all pissed and risk another technical? This guy sometimes doesnt give a fk about his team he just cares about his pride and that he feels hes right. Thank God kerr put him out all the way at the end of the bench.
A player, coach, trainer, or other team bench person must be ejected for:
Technical foul for an attempted punch or swing with no contact or a thrown elbow toward an opponent above shoulder level with no contact
not sure why he was not ejected https://official.nba.com/rule-no-12-fouls-and-penalties/#:~:text=A%20player%2C%20coach%2C%20trainer%2C,shoulder%20level%20with%20no%20contact
The way I read that rule is the elbow hit above the head requires no other contact, i.e. Green was fouled by Reid, so contact, and his technical foul elbow was not automatic.
Stupid rule because I thought it was flagrant. Technical for yelling at the refs, flagrant for the elbow
When he reaches 6 and 3, he will be invincible, will bring a gun to court and shoot them in the foot.
I blame Silver, dude was about to retire but no Silver Surfer had to cry his lap and tell him to come back.
Such a bitch player. Longest leash for this idiot.
Can’t wait for this dipshit to retire
remember that time kerr accused the other team of breaking the code
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Okay ngl this was a good one lol
Stephen out. Warriors Losing. Guaranteed Draymond goes foul happy
Draymond is the smartest, worst player in the NBA. He honestly has a hissy fit because his boy isn’t playing and decides to put himself out of the game like a spoiled brat whose mommy wouldn’t buy him candy.
He’s playing basketball and jujitsu at thre same time.
Always play combat sport in a non-combat sport
When people want to do combat sports back to you, go podcast
That’s my Draymond
Let’s be real, he should have a few more flagrants, AND techs.
If you aint first, you’re last
He’s planning that last tech for the suspension for whenever theyre about to get eliminated.
This is UFC-levels of rule abuse. In a fight you get to do two eye pokes, a fence grab, a few back of the head shots, and a nutshot before they take a point from you.
Draymond gets to kick, punch, chokehold, and step on at least one opposing player per game and it’ll just be a simple foul or technical.
He’s the dirtiest, most arrogant role player I’ve ever seen and he gets away with murder like he’s a superstar.
The numbers should at least doubled if his whistles are like other players.
But Dubs fans want to talk about Dillon Brooks
Actual childlike critical thinking skills
The one today should’ve been a flagrant 1. Or I don’t know what the difference between techs and flagrants
loser behavior
Do you mean he is angry?
at least 4 of those 5 “tech” fouls are actually flagrants
Just not a good person, period.
DPOYmond Green
Treymond Green
TechnifragilisticDraymondIsAtrocious Green
And that’s just what they called.