Draymond Green has been fined. That’s a lede that is easily repeatable — and often correct, considering how often it happens. Given the recurring nature of his infractions, the numbers certainly have added up this season.
Green’s latest fine was for cursing at an official after a technical foul, which led to his ejection on Tuesday night. On Thursday, Green was fined a whopping $50,000 for “directing inappropriate language toward an official.”
Green has suggested that every official should be fired this season, so perhaps there isn’t much more he can really say to an official that’s more personally offensive than that. But in the immortal words of that Vine that splices in a clip from Storage Wars, you gotta watch your profanity, man.
https://twitter.com/chrisbhaynes/status/961758188545560576
Here’s video of the incident, which led to an ejection and another $6,000 fine.
https://twitter.com/TheRenderNBA/status/961130152271994880
It wasn’t a good look for Green, especially after he was spotted calling a female official a “f*cking bitch.” And the NBA wasn’t light with its fine for that kind of language.
It’s the third time he’s received a major fine this season. Green criticized officials in January and got a $25,000 fine for it. There was also another $25,000 fine for a fight he was involved in back in October.
Add that in with a handful of fines for technical fouls and ejections and he’s paid out a huge sum to the NBA for fines this season: $149,000.
Draymond has now been fined $149,000 this season… https://t.co/IjOwwgurlB
— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) February 9, 2018
And the numbers, via Sportrac, certainly do add up.
10/20/17 Technical Foul $2,000
10/27/17 Technical Foul $2,000
10/27/17 Ejection $4,000
10/29/17 Fighting $25,000
11/18/17 Technical Foul $2,000
11/19/17 Technical Foul $2,000
11/22/17 Technical Foul $3,000
12/4/17 Technical Foul $3,000
12/25/17 Technical Foul $3,000
12/29/17 Technical Foul $6,000
12/29/17 Ejection $4,000
1/6/18 Technical Foul $4,000
1/8/18 Criticism of Referees $25,000
2/6/18 Technical foul $8,000
2/6/18 Ejection $4,000
2/8/18 Cursing at Referee $50,000
$149,000. That’s a huge number, even for someone making more than $16 million this season. Green has been very critical of officials this season, and many players have joined him to form a critical chorus this year, but Green is still by far the most active NBA player in this category.
Maybe the All-Star game summit eases tensions a bit, but Green’s fine total is sure to go up by season’s end.
