Golden State Warriors Rumors: Draymond Green Promises to Be a 'Good Boy'
According to the All-Star forward, he's cutting down on his technical fouls for the rest of the playoffs.
The most animated personality in the Golden State Warriors locker room is Draymond Green, but his outgoing style and aggressiveness can sometimes lead to unwanted outbursts and technical fouls, which in a lot of instances, can be detrimental to the team. But according to the All-Star forward, he's cutting down on his technical fouls for the rest of the playoffs.
In Saturday's full practice, Green was surprisingly silent the whole time, according to The Associated Press. Well, it might be the start of his commitment to refrain from arguing a lot with the officials. If he talks, there's a tendency for things to get overblown. If he's silent, there's minimal concern.
The Warriors will be taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals and Green is several technical fouls away from getting suspended. In a series where a lot is at stake, he no longer can afford to give his team any headache, as per CBS Sports.
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He told AP that he will no longer be contesting any calls. "I'm going to walk the other way and if they call a foul, 'good call,' I'm not talking, nope," he said. As an outspoken player both on and off the court, Green already leads in technical fouls in the postseason with four. He only needs to get three more to get that one-game suspension. Oklahoma City obviously would want that to happen, even if it's only for one game since the 26-year-old has been terrorizing opposing teams with his uncanny abilities on both ends of the court.
He knows for a fact that any argument with the game officials will never be enough to change a call, especially when it's a contested or questionable foul or a non-call on a foul. Green himself is a very physical player and several coaches have complained in the past about the way he's setting screens and getting away with hand checks.
The way he's going to handle the calls in this series will be pivotal since the Thunder will be showcasing a much better and more physical frontcourt than the two previous teams Golden State faced en route to the conference finals.
