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Board Gambling discussion
Re: 2023 NBA Season
by
DanWalker
on 14/10/2022, 00:42:14 UTC
"Fined but not suspended."
https://www.nba.com/news/draymond-green-fined
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Draymond Green has been fined but won’t be suspended by the Golden State Warriors for a violent punch to the face of teammate Jordan Poole last week.

Coach Steve Kerr said after Tuesday’s preseason win against Portland that Green would return to practice Thursday, then play for the defending NBA champions against Denver on Friday night and again in the season opener Tuesday against the Lakers. Kerr, general manager Bob Myers and players have met to decide how to best proceed — including Green and Poole talking to each other.
Watching porn or having a relationship inside the team is worst now than knocking down your teammate.  Cheesy
Here I thought NBA is getting stricter about its rules but I am back to the reality that they are not. Leaked video or not they should be fair about their punishments. What if other players will try the same thing and no camera caught it? Even if there is, they won't be afraid to do it too because they can pay up.
It's safe to assume that this had been the most controversial summer of the league. So many happened in just months of waiting before the tip-off.

It should be fair and square, a fine and a suspension should be given to any players or staff that have broken some rules and shows unprofessionalism. It seems to me that the Warriors is not taking it seriously even if they knew that Poole's family isn't happy of what had happened. It's really fortunate enough that it was caught on video because if not, almost 100% we wouldn't know about it. What a controversial off-season!

I just cannot understand something here. A coach who had a relationship with someone and that's why he got fired from his job recently. On the other hand, a player knocked out his teammate in front of a number of people which was also caught on camera, and just got fined?

Now I understand that both are very different things. But on the one side, some people are just having an affair and losing their job. On the other hand, someone is punching his teammate in the face and he just has to give a little bit of money (for him it's a very small amount of money I am sure) and that's it?

So being violent is not as bad as having an affair?