Golden State leads Cleveland 3-1, and hosts Game 5 at Oracle Arena without Draymond Green tonight. Green’s suspension has been discussed nonstop-whether it has been debated on television, written about online, or talked about on social media sites like Twitter.
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According to Cavs guard JR Smith, James had no choice but to straddle Green because, “in order for him to get back in the play, he had to go over him”.
Thompson said: “This is a man’s league.I guess (LeBron’s) feelings got hurt”.
As you can imagine, those comments amused LeBron, who laughed them off and said he’s taking the “high road”, which should have been the end of it except it’s not.
“My goodness. I’m not going to comment on what Klay said, because I know where it can go from this sit-in”, James said. “I mean, we’ve all been called plenty of bad words on the basketball court before”.
A player who went up against some of the toughest players and teams during the 1980s and 1990s, including the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons, he knows a thing or two about what it takes to stand tall in the face of overwhelming adversity. “Some guys just react to it differently”.
Even James’ own teammate, Kevin Love, noted his act of stepping over Green was disrespectful (more on that here). “But it’s another challenge for us, and we’re going to embrace it, and we’re going to accomplish it”.
“We’re all going to carry [a chip]”, Shaun Livingston said. He’s an invaluable player.
Mychal played with the Trail Blazers from 1978-86, before joining the Spurs for half of a season in 1986 and finishing his career with the Lakers from 86-91.
“Steve will push the right buttons”, Livingston said.
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Kerr went as far as saying the National Basketball Association might want to look into this aggregate penalty points, calling it “a odd rule”.
