Coach Steve Kerr, who has defended or ignored Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors), the core of the team's system, even when he gets excited, angry, and behaves unsportsmanlike during games, gave advice in a quite strong tone this time. There is also criticism that he may have reacted this way only belatedly due to public opinion that he went too far by putting Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Twins) in a headlock and strangling him for a considerable period of time during this scuffle.
Coach Kerr said of Green, who strangled Gobert ahead of the 2023-2024 NBA regular season home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder held at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California on the 17th (Korean time), “It went too far.” We must find ways to avoid crossing the line into acts of physical violence. “This was an unforgivable action,” he said.
Golden State and Minnesota recently faced each other for two consecutive back-to-back games. In the game on the 13th, Minnesota won 116-110, and after a day off, they played again on the 15th. The game on the 15th was a game that also served as an in-season tournament introduced by the NBA office this season.
The brawl broke out immediately after the 오산출장마사지 game started. Before even two minutes had passed in the first quarter, a war of nerves began between Thompson and McDaniels. Thompson grabbed McDaniels by the collar, and McDaniels did not lose and fought with Thompson. The situation became so intense that the two players tore the other's uniform, and Gobert, who tried to stop it, put Green in a headlock and dragged him away. Green's appearance was no different from a technique called a 'choke' in martial arts. The situation ended only after players from both teams and coaching staff became involved and a brawl escalated, and after the brawl, Green, Thompson, and McDaniels were sent off.
In the game, the Warriors, who had lost two of their five starting players, led the entire game thanks to the outstanding performances of bench members Dario Saric here and Brandin Poziemski, but Minnesota's ace Anthony Edwards and veteran point guard Mike Conley, who showed off their presence at the end of the game, scored. Thanks to three points, Minnesota won 104-101. For Golden State, both the game itself and manners were lost.
After the scuffle broke out, Director Kerr maintained his usual interview attitude. “Rudy Gobert strangled Thompson first,” Kerr said. Green strangled Gobert and dragged him away to help Thompson. He said, “It was outrageous that Thompson was sent off.”
Since it was Coach Kerr who had defended Green's many unsportsmanlike actions, his comments that were close to an apology may not have been sincere. This is because the comment came after the NBA office suspended Green for five games.