Warriors’ Draymond Green says he ‘deserved to be kicked out’

Golden State star Draymond Green on Thursday expressed remorse for once more being ejected — this time, lower than 4 minutes into the sport — within the Warriors’ victory towards the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night time.

“It just can’t happen,” Green mentioned on “The Draymond Green Show” podcast Thursday. “I said what I said. I deserved to be kicked out at that point. If I’m all the way honest with y’all, kind of was trying to turn my body and angle it to go to the bench, but I said what I said a little too soon before angling my body. … But, yeah, it just can’t happen.”

Green had been chirping at official Ray Acosta after being known as for his first private foul. Just a few performs later, after Stephen Curry was known as for a capturing foul, Green approached Acosta and started yelling at him. Acosta issued a technical foul, and when Green did not cease, Acosta gave him one other, ending his night time on the 8:24 mark of the primary quarter.

It was Green’s career-high fourth ejection of the season — and his second within the first quarter. He is the primary participant to be ejected at the very least 4 instances in a season since Kevin Durant was tossed 5 instances in 2017-18, in accordance to ESPN Stats & Information.

It was additionally Green’s nineteenth profession regular-season ejection, the second most in NBA historical past over the previous 25 seasons behind Rasheed Wallace (25).

“I’m not going to overreact, like, ‘Oh man!'” Green mentioned on his podcast. “Stuff is never as good as it seems; it’s never as bad as it seems. I know where I am. I understand what I’m doing moving forward. And my position is just make sure that’s the exception and not the rule.”

Crew chief Mitchell Ervin informed a pool reporter after the sport that Green was given the second technical foul as a result of “after a prolonged diatribe, Green directed egregious profane vanguard towards a game official.” Ervin mentioned Green’s historical past “absolutely” didn’t have an effect on the choice to hand out two technical fouls.

Green’s actions this season — together with placing Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Rudy Gobert in a headlock in November and hitting Phoenix Suns heart Jusuf Nurkic within the head in December — and several other different incidents final season have been taken into consideration for the 2 suspensions Green served this marketing campaign.

Green was suspended five games for the Gobert incident after which missed 16 games as a part of an indefinite suspension earlier than returning in January.

ESPN’s Kendra Andrews contributed to this report.