Draymond Green was down for a minute against the Cavaliers after Jarrett Allen – accidentally but pretty hard – kicked Green in the groin (to put it politely).
There was no misconduct, no review, no consequences of any kind for Allen. Green, who faced numerous consequences when he kicked an opponent in the groin, noticed and said so on his Instagram story.
“The Draymond Green rule is only a rule when Draymond Green delivers…cool.”
Green was suspended from Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for kicking LeBron James in the groin (this was ruled technical and the accumulation of these led to Green’s suspension), and the Cavaliers won Game 5 and came back to win the series. The previous series, Green was ejected from a game for kicking the Thunder’s Steven Adams in the same area.
This prompted the league to develop the rule of “unnatural act” which states that offensive players cannot extend any part of their body unnaturally towards their opponent. This can apply to a player kicking forward on a jump shot to make contact, or a host of other things, including something exactly like Allen did in the first quarter against Green. It was not intentional but it was a mistake.
Green stayed in the game and scored 18 points in the Warriors’ loss to the Cavaliers.
Green likes to point out that he’s treated differently in these situations than in others, and you can be sure that topic will come up this season.
