Green wasn’t with the team on Tuesday night when they lost to the Atlanta Hawks; he was sitting out with illness.
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Although the Heat didn’t provide the reason for Green’s hospitalization, the team confirmed via Twitter that he had been hospitalized.
TMZ said it was by told by several people “that there was a huge commotion and it took several people – including emergency personnel – to restrain Green and get him on a stretcher and into an ambulance”.
Forward Udonis Haslem, another Heat captain, said there was a sense of relief for the Heat as they worked through their morning shootaround.
“Whenever a teammate is sick or there’s an illness, we all reach out”, Wade said.
Miami Heat reserve guard Gerald Green joined the team less than a year ago and was off to a scorching start this season.
Chalmers was not made available for comment Thursday. “We always say we’re a family-first organization and we prove that by just making sure that guys are OK”.
Tonight’s inactives – Gerald Green (illness) & Mario Chalmers (right knee).
Said Bosh: “We’re going to miss his outside shooting”.
According to the transcript of the 911 call obtained Thursday by the Sun Sentinel, Green was unconscious and bleeding before paramedics arrived.
For the Heat, the relief is the updates they since have received.
“Obviously our minds are on Gerald right now”, Spoelstra said. “That’s a part of this basketball family that we are”.
According to the Miami Herald, Green was not arrested, but that Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue had requested assistance in dealing with a “combative patient” at the location where Green lives.
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Luckily for the Heat, the team’s next two games are against franchises that missed the playoffs last season, so not having their best role player shouldn’t hurt the team too much in terms of scoring.
