For the enigmatic Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, the dust-up during the Lakers-Rockets game that saw Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, and Brandon Ingram suspended made a good TV that he slept later than his bedtime.
But something crossed his mind.
In a recent interview, the outspoken Green thought how much trouble would he have been in had he figured in the ugly fistfight that marred Lebron James' debut at Staples Center wearing the Lakers uniform last Oct. 20.
Paul, Rondo, and Ingram seem to have been given a slap on the wrist, as far as Green was concerned, suggesting that a harsher penalty would have been meted out by the NBA if he was involved in the fracas.
"It seems like a little bit of a double standard going around this thing," Green intimated in an interview. "That's just me, though. I could be wrong. I don't got all the answers."
Green knows what he's talking about, and his thoughts on the scuffle aren't exactly lost on the Warriors forward, who had also been in the receiving end of a disciplinary action by the NBA two years ago.
At the Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals, Green got whistled for a Flagrant Foul 1 for trying to punch LeBron James in the groin after the latter stepped over him. Green was subsequently suspended for his action, sitting out on Game 5.
In an earlier statement, the NBA said it suspended "without pay" Paul, Rondo, and Ingram for their varying degrees of involvement in the fight that broke out at the 4:13 mark of the Houston-Los Angeles game that saw the Rockets victorious over the host Lakers, 124-115.
Suspended for four games, Ingram was determined to have triggered the entire incident when he shoved Rockets guard James Harden, then confronted a referee afterward in a hostile manner. He likewise threw a punch towards Paul when a scuffle broke out between the latter and Rondo.
For his part, Rondo was adjudged to have instigated the altercation, and spat at and punched Paul. The Rockets starting point guard was faulted for taunting and pointing a finger at Rondo, as well as throwing punches at the latter.
"That was garbage," Green maintained, explaining though that he was not "in favor of guys losing money."
But he pointed out that he got suspended "for attempting to punch somebody."
"Guys punching each other are getting two games or three games. I attempted to punch somebody, and not in the face, either," he said.
