Might be better without him. Nobody would know who the hell he is if he wasn't passing the ball back out to the 3point line to Klay and Steph.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">r/NBA made a compilation of Draymond Green&#39;s antics over the years lmao <a href="https://t.co/i9sZCP1XQd">pic.twitter.com/i9sZCP1XQd</a></p>&mdash; x - Alex 👋 (@Dubs408) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dubs408/status/1648402717885497344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Might want to check some Bad Boy Piston highlights.

You a softass LeBronie!

Draymond got the suspension that he deserved but there is no comparison to what he did and what Mchale\Brooks or any other player does when they hit someone that is in the air. That is 1000x worse and why the NFL\NBA has made those hits illegal with possible ejections and suspensions. Players on the ground can protect themselves unlike players flying in the air (duh).

I would add I have longed believed that if you get some kind of flagrant penalty and you injure the opposing player you should be out as long as they are. That would stop alot of this nonsense.

Brooks and McHale actually had a basketball reason for the fouls they made (stopping a basket). Draymond had no such reason for stomping on anybody. He just meant to inflict pain and potential for injury the sake of it. Again, there’s just no comparison.

There is no basketball play for clubbing someone in the head while they are in the air. You never played competitive sports have you?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dillon Brooks was ejected for this flagrant 2 on Gary Payton. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/uO3ZKrNciJ">pic.twitter.com/uO3ZKrNciJ</a></p>&mdash; Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1521668352497778688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm honestly not sure there's anything that can stop Draymond Green's nonsense.

He's just a ****stick. So is Patrick Beverly.

Guys like that won't be dissuaded. That suggests some level of rational thought in their actions. That simply doesn't exist in these situations.

Beverly/Payton is the nearest analogue.

And even that doesn't wash because the odds of Sabonis being seriously injured are substantially higher than CP getting shoved.

Like I mentioned earlier, something like Haynesworth or the Myles Garrett play are the only ones I can really compare this two. Fouls that had absolutely nothing to do with play and are expressly designed to potentially seriously injure someone.

Agree on Dray and he should be in his own category. Not sure I would put Pat Bev in it.

Beverly is one of the reasons that foot foul shit exists.

That dude made an art of sliding his foot under jump-shooters.

Lots of players did that though right? Jalen Rose IIRC talked about doing it on purpose etc.

I'd pay money to watch Draymond Green fight Pat Beverly to the death.

Rose did say he did it to Kobe on purpose and yeah, it wasn't uncommon.

But Beverly (and I'm trying to remember the guy before him - Bowen maybe? Goon defender for the Spurs) does it as a strategy.

Ideally using nothing but blunt objects. Short clubs and spoons. Maybe dull blades.

Nothing that can possibly end it quickly.

Just a single basketball. That's all they get.