Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said on his podcast that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talked him out of retirement.
Green has been through two big incidents this season. He put Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a headlock and struck Phoenix Suns big man Jusuf Nurkic in the head.
The NBA suspended Green for five games for the Gobert headlock and then suspended him indefinitely for the Nurkic strike.
“I told him, ‘Adam this is too much for me. … This is too much. It’s all becoming too much for me and I’m going to retire,'” Green said. “And Adam said, ‘You’re making a very rash decision and I won’t let you do that.’ We had a long, great conversation, very helpful to me. Very thankful to play in a league with a commissioner like Adam who’s more about helping you than hurting you, helping you than punishing you. He’s more about the players.”
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Green, 33, hasn’t played since December 12. He has rejoined the Warriors and will return to the court soon once he finishes his ramping-up process.
Green is averaging 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.7 blocks this season while shooting 49.0% from the floor, 42.9% from beyond the arc and 83.3% from the free-throw line. The Warriors are 17-19. They are in 11th place in the Western Conference standings.
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Green signed a four-year, $100 million contract with the Warriors in July. The one-time Defensive Player of the Year started counseling after the NBA suspended him indefinitely following the Nurkic incident.
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