Draymond Green Suspensions Led To Team USA Snub, Says Grant Hill

Draymond Green will not be going for gold with Team USA on the Paris Olympics … and his current suspensions performed an element within the choice — this in accordance with Grant Hill, who says the Golden State Warriors star must concentrate on himself this summer time.

41 execs have been introduced as potential candidates to swimsuit up for the Pink, White and Blue at that 2024 Video games on Tuesday … and solely 12 of these guys will make the ultimate minimize.

Surprisingly, Green — a two-time gold medalist and probably the greatest forwards within the NBA proper now — wasn’t listed … and Hill, who grew to become Team USA basketball’s managing director in 2021, defined why that is the case.

“We all understand and certainly have great respect and sensitivity to this particular period in his career and he’s working through some things both on and off the court,” the previous NBA star mentioned on Wednesday.

“We at USA Basketball, we want to support him on his journey. We just didn’t feel that playing over the summer gives him the best opportunity to do what he needs to do.”

Green is contemporary off an indefinite suspension (12 video games) after smacking Suns heart Jusuf Nurkić within the face throughout a sport in December.

Only one month prior, Green was suspended five games for placing Timberwolves star Rudy Gobert in a headlock whereas attempting to defend his teammate Klay Thompson.

Green is not any stranger to controversy … however the 33-year-old mentioned forward of his return he’ll attempt to remove the “antics” out of his game.

“It’s not on changing who I am completely,” Green instructed the media earlier this month.

“You don’t change the spots on a leopard. It’s just not gonna happen and I’m not going to try to set some unrealistic expectation of like who is this person going to be. It’s not real and that’s not sustainable.”