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This marks Draymond Green’s 18th ejection from an NBA game, the most among active players in the league.
Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green has been suspended from play “indefinitely,” the NBA announced Wednesday.
“This outcome takes into account Green’s repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts,” Joe Dumars, the NBA’s executive vice president in charge of basketball operations, said in a statement.
The move comes a day after Green struck Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the face in the third quarter of the game.
Draymond Green was reinstated by the NBA from his suspension on Saturday after the Golden State star missed 12 games for hitting Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkić in the face on 12 December.
The league said Green “demonstrated his commitment to conforming his conduct to standards expected of NBA players” during his suspension, which began on 14 December. He has met with a counselor as well as had multiple joint meetings with representatives of the league, the Warriors and the National Basketball Players Association.
Those meetings, the league added, will continue throughout the season.
The Warriors have gone 7-5 without Green, who also was suspended for five games in November for placing Minnesota center Rudy Gobert in a headlock.
The league noted Green’s “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts” when handing out the most recent punishment. The four-time NBA champion also was suspended after stepping on the chest of Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis in last season’s playoffs.
After agreeing to a new $100m deal with the Warriors last summer, Green lost nearly $1.9m in salary during the suspension.
Golden State’s next game is Sunday at home against Toronto.
