Simply sooner or later after his suspension from the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Inexperienced has continued to development on social media – and the reactions are coming in sooner than Inexperienced’s hand throughout Jusuf Nurkic‘s face.

As beforehand reported, the incident occurred throughout a heated match in opposition to the Portland Path Blazers on Tuesday (December 12) when Inexperienced and Nurkic obtained twisted up in an on-court altercation.

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Whereas making an attempt to get open throughout an inbound play, Inexperienced spun round and struck Nurkic within the face, inflicting the latter to fall to the bottom. The referees assessed the NBA star with a flagrant-2 foul and ejected him from the third quarter of the sport, a scenario not new to him as he has constructed a status for his fouls.

What Inexperienced didn’t know was that this explicit incident would result in critical penalties. On Wednesday (December 13), the NBA introduced that they’ve indefinitely suspended the athlete on account of his repeated historical past of “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

Twitter has been in a frenzy with followers sharing their ideas on what occurred, in addition to the NBA’s determination to ban Inexperienced from future basketball video games till additional discover.

Social Media Is Weighing In On The Suspension

Some are sharing their disappointment in Inexperienced’s actions whereas others are defending him, insisting that the slap was simply a part of the sport’s depth.

“Draymond Inexperienced doesn’t have to be suspended for a 12 months and there’s been NBA gamers that don’t worse and no person says nothing,” one particular person tweeted, whereas one other continued,

One other consumer echoed comparable phrases, saying they didn’t really feel that the slap ought to have resulted in an indefinite suspension as a result of Inexperienced was enjoying with “grown males.”

Draymond inexperienced 2 minutes into his nba-mandated remedy classes: pic.twitter.com/5V3zA5r6yc

— Lord Guapo Jr. (@yosoyguapojr) December 14, 2023

Not they suspended Draymond Inexperienced indefinitely… it serus La da? pic.twitter.com/AugbT0FlaH

— Wonderful Ass Kru Geh🩷 (@Libblessingb) December 14, 2023

Jordan Poole seeing Adam Silver droop Draymond Inexperienced Indefinitely:
pic.twitter.com/6WwZAmY4DF

— 🎧 (@risawrizz) December 14, 2023

Draymond’s WWE tryout is getting ridiculous now. pic.twitter.com/QbqO55YDou

— TheRealSnowden (@JESnowden) December 13, 2023

In the meantime, others are having the time of their life by reacting with memes and humorous takes which have fairly actually turned this slightly critical incident into an entertaining spectacle.

One consumer tweeted, “Draymond’s WWE tryout is getting ridiculous now.” accompanied by a gif of a WWE wrestler smacking his opponent.

One other one chimed in, “Draymond actually a WWE fighter and slap boxer cosplaying as a basketball ahead this 12 months lol smh.” The memes had been never-ending, that includes every thing from mock-ups of Inexperienced as a world-slapping champion to comparisons of him to notorious slappers in film historical past.

Whatever the critical undertones, one factor was clear: social media had discovered its new favourite pastime in reacting to Draymond Inexperienced’s suspension.

Solely man that may save Draymond Inexperienced pic.twitter.com/qkdXoMplFI

— ً (@JWepp) December 14, 2023

Steph discovering out he can’t make the most of Draymond’s unlawful screens indefinitely pic.twitter.com/Gc6GK2DpSI

— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) December 14, 2023

Draymond Inexperienced Points An Apology

Following the sport, Inexperienced didn’t draw back from answering questions from reporters throughout a press convention, the place he apologized and took accountability for his actions. Nonetheless, he claimed that hitting Nurkic within the face was not intentional.

“I’m not one to apologize for issues I imply to do, however I do apologize to Jusuf as a result of I didn’t intend to hit him,” he stated “I promote calls with my arms … so I used to be promoting the decision … and I swung and sadly I hit him.”

However the NBA apparently didn’t suppose an apology was going to be sufficient, particularly since that is the four-time All-Star’s third ejection of the 2023-24 season. Again in November, throughout a dispute between each groups, Inexperienced infamously earned a five-game ban for placing Ruby Gobert of the Minnesota Timberwolves in a headlock.

Draymond Inexperienced apologies to Jusuf Nurkic:

“I did not intend to hit him. I promote calls with my arms… I am not a flopper.” pic.twitter.com/rE0wICjkgF

— ً (@blazerscook) December 13, 2023