Warriors’ Draymond Green protests NBA rules on game postponement amid COVID-19 spike in league
Draymond Green took to social media to protest against the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols after Golden State’s game in Denver was postponed due to the Nuggets not having enough players to play for a team.
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With so many teams having players with injuries or health and safety protocols, the league has postponed games as it tries to fend off any suspensions of the season. Once the Warriors game was postponed, Green let the NBA down with his decision.
“How do you continue to cancel the game when you’ve made the rules to prevent this from happening? Isn’t that the competitive advantage of the other teams? The ones we didn’t have due to the protocol list didn’t play a role in Tuesday’s loss? Take a side but don’t cross the fence,” he wrote.
How do you continue to cancel the game when you have made the rules to prevent this from happening? Isn’t that the competitive advantage of the other teams? The ones we don’t have since the protocol list played no role in Tuesday’s loss? Pick a side but don’t cross the fence.
– Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 30, 2021
His main opinion seems to be that the Warriors are forced to play without some of their best players when they face the Nuggets in San Francisco on Tuesday and the Nuggets have “snagged a win” against them. .
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“So when the match is rescheduled (it’ll probably take a day from our ‘off’) we’ll be playing against them at full power… But they’ve got a win. won when we weren’t at full strength, just two days ago??? Let’s make it meaningful here.”
So when the match is rescheduled (it will probably take a day from our “off”), we’ll play them with all of our might… But they got a win when we did. I do not have full strength, just two days ago? ?? Let’s make it meaningful here.
– Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 30, 2021
His last tweet on the matter pointed out that he’s concerned that the backlog of games will affect the Warriors at the end of the season, saying it will add to their season, further benefiting Denver.
On Thursday, the Nuggets reportedly placed head coach Mike Malone, two assistant coaches and players Jeff Green, Zeke Nnaji and Bones Hyland into the NBA’s health and safety protocols, according to the NBA. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Denver also has concerns about injuries to a number of players including Monte Morris, Aaron Gordon, Austin Rivers and Vlatko Cancar.
