Draymond Green has put the Golden State Warriors in a tricky place with his recent actions.
Because of his chokehold on Rudy Gobert a few nights ago, the talented star is sitting out for five games.
Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy sat down with NBC Sports to talk about Green and the team on Thursday night before their latest game.
He said that Green definitely “walks that line of aggressiveness,” but it’s hard to reel him in.
“[If] he gets too dull, then he’s not the great player that he is,” Dunleavy claimed.
"It's hard to ask [Draymond] to tone it down and dull it." — Dunleavy on Draymond pic.twitter.com/jGJ8eAbklz
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 17, 2023
Critics can say what they want about Green, but there is no doubt that he’s a huge part of the team in many ways.
Losing him for a number of games truly hurts the Warriors.
It did on Thursday night.
Without Green or Stephen Curry, the team fell once again and suffered their fifth loss in a row.
There is no guarantee that Green could have saved them, but it’s a strong possibility that he would have helped a lot.
Dunleavy and others have defended Green by saying that the negatives that come with his aggressiveness are far outweighed by the positives.
He may get ejected and suspended at times, but he has a fierce determination to win and lead his team, which has resulted in his four championship rings.
The Warriors are now in a big hole and desperate to climb out of it.
They want Curry to come back healthy, and they desire that Green returns and doesn’t get ejected any time soon.
Now is not the time for the Warriors to lose their biggest stars.
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