--- title: NBA Reacts to Draymond Green's Suspension During Playoffs description: Draymond Green's suspension for his fourth flagrant foul has got the NBA feeling a way during the playoffs canonical: https://time.com/4367467/nba-draymond-green-suspension/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-13T22:29:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:19.317Z og:title: This Is What NBA Players Think About Draymond Green's Suspension og:description: The NBA is feeling some type of way og:url: https://time.com/4367467/nba-draymond-green-suspension/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4a422c63a61553/698897a95f570f56ceb21537/draymond-green-suspended-nba-finals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2015 NBA Finals - Game Two og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What NBA Players Think About Draymond Green's Suspension twitter:description: The NBA is feeling some type of way twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4a422c63a61553/698897a95f570f56ceb21537/draymond-green-suspended-nba-finals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is What NBA Players Think About Draymond Green's Suspension > Sponsored content. 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It’s no wonder that the players are feeling that way, since the Warriors could potentially win the NBA finals on Monday night, for the second year in a row against the Cleveland Cavaliers — but it could prove to be tricky without Green, who’s been a key player for the Warriors this season and during the playoffs, despite some serious buzz about his what some might term [“dirty” defense tactics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjeAMfW3RS0). In case you missed it, here’s what got Green suspended — a swing and what appears to be some strong language aimed at [LeBron James](http://time.com/4315000/space-jam-reboot-lebron-james/). [Reigning league MVP](http://time.com/4301269/stephen-curry-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link2), [horrible sneaker designer](http://time.com/4363052/steph-curry-two-chef-sneakers-twitter/), and baby-faced assassin Steph Curry said he was surprised by the suspension with a diplomatic statement. “It’s an unfortunate situation, him getting caught with LeBron on top of him. I don’t think it was intentional to hurt anybody. We’re still confident. We know we have the depth and personnel to come out and get a win. That’s all that matters….We have to go out and get a win for him,” Curry said. Curry’s wife Ayesha chose instead to subtweet James. > [](https://twitter.com/ayeshacurry/status/742094664631652352) As did fellow player Marrese Speights, who made a succinct but pointed use of an emoji. > [](https://twitter.com/Mospeights16/status/742114131302486020) Splash brother Klay Thompson was less subtle. > [](https://twitter.com/JeffZillgitt/status/742080346972295169) As was his father, former NBA star Mychal Thompson. > [](https://twitter.com/diamond83/status/742408614183198720) Meanwhile, fellow NBA players Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson, and Patrick Beverley all weighed in with support for Green. > [](https://twitter.com/Matt%5FBarnes22/status/742087312255787009) > [](https://twitter.com/patbev21/status/742070849113575424) And finally, King James said he didn’t want to comment, but he did have a good chuckle about the suspension. > [](https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/742095372185538560) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4367467/nba-draymond-green-suspension/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4367467/nba-draymond-green-suspension/"},"headline":"This Is What NBA Players Think About Draymond Green's Suspension","datePublished":"2016-06-13T22:29:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:19.317Z","description":"The NBA is feeling some type of way","url":"https://time.com/4367467/nba-draymond-green-suspension/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Lebron James","Cleveland Cavaliers","Golden State Warriors","steph curry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4a422c63a61553/698897a95f570f56ceb21537/draymond-green-suspended-nba-finals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4a422c63a61553/698897a95f570f56ceb21537/draymond-green-suspended-nba-finals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 NBA Finals - Game Two","caption":"2015 NBA Finals - Game Two","creditText":"Nathaniel S. 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