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Draymond Green earned his first ejection of the 2026-27 season<\/a> against the Suns on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Warriors veteran was charged with two technicals on one play in which Green wrapped both of his arms around Phoenix center Khaman Maluach during an attempt at the rim. What followed was Green\u2019s second technical foul as he and Suns guard Dillon Brooks put their arms on each other.<\/p>\n

Golden State Warriors\u2019 Draymond Green (23) and Phoenix Suns\u2019 Dillon Brooks are separated by security in San Francisco on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO\/Bay Area News Group via AP<\/p>\n

Former NBA champion-turned-analyst Kendrick Perkins is tired of Green\u2019s antics and called him out<\/a> on ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen was the last time we discussed Draymond Green and brought him up for his basketball and not fighting? At some point, he has to deliver on the floor,\u201d Perkins said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when you look at the start of this season, Draymond Green has been nonexistent. He has done absolutely nothing for the Golden State Warriors. To me, he has been a liability more than an asset.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when you look at Steph (Curry)\u2019s face, yes, he\u2019s always going to protect Draymond Green because of their brotherhood. He\u2019s always going to protect Draymond Green and have his back 1000%. But let me explain something to y\u2019all.<\/p>\n

Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors looks on during the first half of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, Steph Curry, his joy of walking into that arena, walking into the practice facility, putting on the Golden State uniform, it doesn\u2019t come from Draymond Green anymore. It\u2019s coming from a young man by the name of Yaxel Lendeborg. That\u2019s who has been the fountain of youth for Steve Kerr and Steph Curry. He has given them life. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut at some point, we have to stop giving Draymond a pass. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Kendrick Perkins is seen prior to Round One of the 2026 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 23, 2026, in New York. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Green recently shared the importance of therapy to help manage a player\u2019s anger issues in a recent podcast episode but quickly turned heads with his actions against Phoenix. Perkins\u2019 comments ring true, however, as Curry stood by his teammate after the Warriors\u2019 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe lit a fire in all of us, and we had to respond,\u201d Curry said of Green. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Draymond Green earned his first ejection of the 2026-27 season against the Suns on Monday night. The Warriors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,200,479,164,4025,4024,6,29085,66,255],"class_list":["post-875375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-draymond-green","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-nba","tag-northern-california","tag-sports","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117554927598480935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}