Draymond Green was ejected from the Warriors’ loss to the Timberwolves after putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock. After the incident, Gobert claimed Green tends to pick up more ejections when Stephen Curry is not on the court. Looking into the history of Green’s ejections since 2019, we can confirm that Gobert’s claims aren’t baseless. Out of his last 11 ejections, seven have taken place when Curry wasn’t playing.
Draymond has a total of 18 ejections in his career, good enough for the second-most all-time behind Rasheed Wallace. He’s already picked up two this season, with the previous one coming a couple of days ago against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first seven ejections of Green’s career didn’t coincide with Curry’s days off, but the story changed in 2019.
With Curry nursing the broken hand that led to him missing most of the 2019-20 season, Draymond led the Warriors to a game against Gobert’s Utah Jazz. That was Draymond’s first career ejection without Curry, as he received two technical fouls and was sent packing. In the four years since, Green has been getting sent off a lot.
The Jazz ejection took place on 11 November 2019. Green has picked up 10 more ejections since, with six taking place when Curry was not playing. Twice more that season against the Pistons and Lakers, with one more against the Hornets in 2021. He picked up one without Curry in their title-winning season in a game against the Spurs and another one last season against the Pistons.
Maybe Gobert brought up the unknown parallel between Curry being unavailable and Green getting ejected because it was a trend that started against him. With the long history of the Green-Gobert beef, it’s not surprising that the former Defensive Player of the Year winners had the incident they did two nights ago.
Draymond Green Paid $2,231,780 In Fines And Suspensions Throughout His Career
Draymond Green has now lost a total of $2,231,780 in fines and suspensions throughout his career, according to Spotrac. This figure could’ve been even larger, as it does not include the undisclosed amount from the fine Green was issued by the Warriors for punching Jordan Poole in 2022.
Given Green has made over $177 million in his career so far and has a new four-year contract netting him a total of $100 million, the fines haven’t made a dent in his net worth. However, it is still nearly two and a half million missing because of on and off-court antics.
The incident with the Wolves added nearly a million to his tally because of the five game cheques he will forfeit due to his suspension. Klay Thompson, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels were fined $25,000 each, per Adrian Wojnarowski. A fine wasn’t issued to Green, but a five-game suspension, which will cost him $769,704 in game earnings this season. That has to put a damper on the excitement of playing out this season with a new contract in hand.
Green would likely hand over more money if he needed to ensure he could maintain his status as the Warriors’ enforcer on the court. Whether you like it or not, a lot of his antics end up helping the team by intimidating opponents or getting under their skin. It’s just that when they lead to ejections, it hurts them far more as they lose their defensive anchor.
With Stephen Curry nursing a knee injury, Green couldn’t have picked a worse time to be suspended, especially with the Warriors 6-6 right now.
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