--- 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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Butler—NBAE/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 13, 2016 10:29 PM UTC Forget the hot takes from the fans; the [Golden State Warriors](http://time.com/4351966/golden-state-warriors-nba-city-thunder/)‘ [Draymond Green](http://time.com/4342100/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-wnba/)‘s suspension from Game 5 of the NBA playoffs for his fourth flagrant foul of the post-season has got the NBA’s players caught up in their feelings and airing them shamelessly. 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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