Draymond Green suspended five games for putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock, per report

Draymond Green has been suspended five games for putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock on Tuesday night, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. 

Green ran into an altercation that began between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels and proceeded to drag Gobert — who was only trying to break things up — away in a chokehold. 

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ESPN also reports that Thompson, McDaniels and Gobert will be fined $25,000 each for their role in the altercation but will not be suspended, and that “the length of [Green’s] suspension is based in part on Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.”

This is not a good time for Green to be out. The Warriors, who are already without Stephen Curry at the moment, have lost five of their last six games to fall to 6-6 after a 5-2 start. 

Green, who has been ejected from 17 games during his career, the most among active players, will miss two games against Oklahoma City, beginning Thursday night, and once each against the Rockets, Suns and Spurs.