On Sunday afternoon, news broke that Draymond Green will be suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals due to the infamous altercation between him and LeBron James in Game 4.
With a 3-1 advantage, the Warriors still have a chance to clinch their second straight championship on the home floor; although, doing it without Green’s services will be a lot more difficult. However, if they do win it all, their All-Star forward wont ‘t allowed to participate in the post-game revelry — at least not at first.
Per a league source Draymond's suspension will bar him from being at Oracle during G5 but he will be allowed in postgame should GSW win
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) June 12, 2016
That’s right, per the NBA’s rules, Green isn’t even allowed inside of Oracle Arena during the game. Should the Warriors get the Larry O’Brien trophy despite his absence, the league will apparently let him back inside. By the time he gets there, though, he will assuredly have missed at least the first few sprays of bubbly.
Green will no doubt be very close by so that if the Warriors win, he can get inside ASAP.
Draymond Green is not allowed in arena until after game. Safe money is on him being very near so if Warriors win he can get there quickly
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) June 12, 2016
It seems a little silly to not even let a guy sit on the bench when he’s suspended, especially when his team could clinch a title in that game. But the NBA isn’t going to change the rules in time for Game 5, so Green will have to be fashionably late to the party should Golden State win. Hopefully he’s wearing his goggles.
