Draymond Green Reportedly Plans To Appeal His Warriors Fine


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Draymond Green was reportedly shocked by the extent the Warriors went to punish him. Not only was he suspended a game, but he lost a full $120,000 game check in the process. This wasn’t the first time Green had crossed the line, but this felt like it was a little too much.

Green and Durant are currently in the process of mending their relationship, but that doesn’t mean Green is going to sit by and give money away for something he didn’t agree with. According to Marc Spears of The Undefeated, Green will go through the players association and appeal his fine. It’s not very common that players will appeal a fine from their own team.

The Warriors responded by suspending Green for Tuesday’s win over the Atlanta Hawks. While Green accepted the suspension, a source said he was surprised at being fined a $120,000 game check and plans to appeal the franchise’s decision with the aid of the players association.

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It will be interesting to see how much the Warriors dig into their heels on punishing Green. One player said that it felt like the Warriors over the top punishment was protecting Durant from Green. It was a way to appeal to Durant to make him stay beyond this season. Of course, it doesn’t help that the person Durant was feuding with was one of the people he was closest with on the team. Although there is a belief that they’ll be able to mend that relationship.

“Time will tell how quickly their relationship will heal. Judging from Durant’s words to the media on Tuesday night, it was no secret that he was still bothered, but he said he was sure they’d work it out given the long season ahead.

His teammates are ready to help too. One Warrior told The Undefeated that he was going to do everything in his power to get Green and Durant back on the same page soon.

Said another Warriors player: “Those dudes won a chip together. They will be brothers again tomorrow.”

Green and Durant arrived to practice on Thursday together and talking, which is a good sign, at the least.
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After this incident, the Durant free agency saga will now hang over the Warriors head for the rest of the year. Any slight movement by the Warriors will be seen through the scope of how it impacts Durant. That’s going to be exhausting. It could also impact how quickly or effectively Durant and Green are able to parse whatever broken relationship they have. The two will need to put business aside if they want to continue making this work. Otherwise, it might not matter what the Warriors do, Durant could be gone.

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