The barbs by the press, sometimes subtle, sometimes more direct, testified to the animosity between Draymond Green et Rudy Gobert. Perhaps out of simple jealousy of the first towards the second, named DPOY on several occasions when the multiple NBA champion was nevertheless one of the best defenders in the league. If not the best. But in the end, it doesn’t matter what the reason is.
Green escalated the situation by grabbing Gobert from behind and choking him for several seconds during a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier this season. A gesture which earned him 5 suspension matches. That didn’t calm him down though since the veteran “hit” Jusuf Nurkic in the face, prompting the league to keep him off the field until further notice this week.
« I have empathy for him. We see someone who is not doing well and who is suffering inside. I just wish he could feel good and be able to play every night and be happy », underlines Rudy Gobert.
Journalists asked the Frenchman his reaction after his team’s victory against the Dallas Mavericks (119-101) last night. He didn’t want to push Draymond Green and even showed empathy. However, Gobert also did not want to judge the sanction unfair since he believes that it is also normal that the NBA seeks to protect athletes and prevent a player from ending up seriously injured following the actions of the inside All- Warriors star.
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