Woj [BREAKING NEWS] The NBA has reinstated Warriors star Draymond Green after his 12-game suspension

Woj [BREAKING NEWS] The NBA has reinstated Warriors star Draymond Green after his 12-game suspension

Forward Draymond Green from suspension green has missed the last 12 games after striking Sun Center Us nurkic in the face on December 12th the NBA said the length of that suspension took into account green having a history of unsportsmanlike AE he’s been ramping up his return to action and will rejoin the

Warriors on Sunday ESPN reports that green is going to need about a week to get back into game shape before making his return and for more on this story time to bring in CBA sports NBA Ryder and Insider Bill Ryder bill you know this story has had so many

Moving Parts you know as it’s gone on so I’m curious what went in to this decision to bring or reinstate Draymond Green at this time yeah you talk to folks Chris in the NBA and they’ll tell you that as you noted the length of the suspension had

To do from their perspective with his history of of troubling actions on the court and if you want to include the Jordan pool Situation off the court Al that was obviously during practice it involved conversations between the league office his team himself and his agent to make sure that he was making

The process that they wanted behind the scenes to understand why from their perspective this was uh not acceptable and and from the perspective of people around the NBA who maybe aren’t as kind in their their reading of what’s going on they think it was the earliest that

The NBA was able to reinstate Draymond Green and not have any kind of blowback in in terms of public relations so like a lot of things with Draymond it’s a ro Shad test people see what they want to see but it feels like 12 games and about

A month away from basketball came down to the fact the NBA felt like he put enough time he had talked to specialist behind the scenes and there’s a sense at least from the Warriors not only do they need it but they think he’s in a better head space as he returns yeah they

Definitely need him in a better head space because when he’s on the floor and he’s active uh they have a much different chemistry with that team now given the fact that he’s already missed 12 games Bill how do you think this is all going to go when he makes his return

Because he can’t just come in the lineup and play day one as we mentioned he has to ramp up before he finds his way on on that Court you’re right and you know I think you make a really good point I mean this is on the court they clearly need him

They have been problematic the entire season at least at the at the expectations and standards Chris that I think we all have for the Warriors over the last nearly 10 years of dominance and success they need his defense they have been among their many problems really poor defensively as good as they

Always are offensively it’s when they’re defensively excellent in tandem with their offense that they’re that they’re the team that we’ve come to know and so they need Draymond Green just from a tactical perspective on the floor anchor that defense but this is I want to make this comparison because what’s coming

Out of the Warriors camp is not the same that that say let’s came out of Memphis when John Mor came back just from a basketball in a personality perspective a team perspective when Mor came back almost to a man maybe to a man that team wanted John Mor they believed in him

They see him as a leader whatever people’s views of John Mor away from basketball his team wanted them there that locker room welcomed him it’s a different reality with Draymond Green there are some people in that Warriors locker room who are tired from their perspective of his Antics and his

Actions there are some people who feel like as a guy who asserts himself he needs to follow his own advice so I think a big part of him coming back is not just going to be Chris what he does on the floor getting himself back into

Game shape as you noted ESPN says it’s going to take about a week that sounds right talking to folks around the league of what this would look like for any other player but there’s also I think a reality of his re-entry into a locker room where he’s got to make sure that

His presence is a net positive which it certainly has been at times in his career in Golden State off the floor and not what we’ve seen in the pool situation Kevin Durant would be an example he’d point to if you talk to KD honestly and not a negative that at

Times we’ve seen from Draymond Green in terms of leadership in that locker room I want to go back to something you said about how players in the organization or people in the organization are frustrated right with his acts and all that so do you think there’s a scenario

Here Bill where they potentially trade Draymond Green this season or do you feel like everything is going to resolve itself at the end of the season whether they decide to keep him or or do something else Chris it’s a great question if you’d asked me that question a year ago in the

Exact same circumstance I would have said zero chance he gets traded because because Bob Myers who was then in charge of basketball is a Draymond guy Bob Myers is gone he’s doing television there’s a new person in charge of basketball operations so the answer that

I’m going to give you is is I don’t know now I’ve asked people that are a part of that Warriors organization or have come from that Warriors organization and they’re highly skeptical they move on from Draymond Green just gave him what a four year I think $100 million do deal

Not that long ago he’s still really close to Steph Curry and as you noted as everybody knows at least on the floor when it works out Draymond Green is critical to what the Warriors do especially defensively and people still within that organization believe right or wrong he’s important when they’re at

Their best to what the Warriors do on defense as Steph Curry is to what they do on offense so I’m skeptical and don’t think that he’s going to be traded but it’s a different regime now Chris and obviously a different circumstances what Draymond Green is coming back from so I

Don’t think it’s an impossibility it’s certainly not imminent right now yeah it’s going to be really interesting to see as the window clearly is closing for for this dynasty with the Warriors Bill Ryder we appreciate you as always all right here is the Warriors upcoming schedule they take on the

Raptors January 7th Sunday at 8:30 then they face the Pelicans the Bulls the Bucks and The Grizzlies that is what they have to face for their upcoming schedule and we will see when Draymond makes his return to the Warriors lineup of as he has to ramp back up into game shape with all

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Woj [BREAKING NEWS] The NBA has reinstated Warriors star Draymond Green after his 12-game suspension