Draymond Green’s suspension is good for everyone
He's on indefinite suspension and it's not certain when he'll come back, but most likely it will a long period of time.
Now, the Warriors will defenitely struggle on their defense without him as they were playing a small ball when Draymond is a significant player for their success, without him, their playoffs hope might be done this season.
Good, at least the NBA has reacted to really suspend him as he is out of control. Although he has the history of those kind of cheap shots, remember him kicking Adams in the nuts? That's already some sign that Draymond is doing it intentionally. But this time he went to far, with the Gobert choke and now hitting Nurkic. And I guess the Warriors are going to suffer for it, and just like in the games against the Clippers, Green services is missing as they lost that game. Although Klay was hot, it was not enough as the Clippers closing them in the last minute of the 4th quarter. So another close lost for them and it's going to hurt them more without Draymond in the lineup.
Let's play with stats. I don't have any of the stats but based on my observation, on games without Draymond Green, Warriors aren't winning most of their games, which means now they'll experience the same. They were already playing without GP3 which is a defensive specialist, and now they lose another defensive player, I don't know what to expect on the Warriors anymore.
Guys, if you are gambling, I suggest don't back the Warriors as they are not the same, instead bet against them. That's a friendly advise, play with the real numbers and forget the hype from Curry.
I think maybe we can bet on them when they are playing in their homecourt, but usually when they are away from home, they suffered close end game defeat or even a blow up. And up to know, Steve Kerr is really putting a lot of things to really make it work for them, specially that Green is indefinitely out.
He even put the rookie to start in place of Wiggins, and it did work to some extend. And Klay trying to cover for Draymond, hitting 7 threes in this game. But they still fall short as the Clippers has the confidence right now as they are on a winning streak. Just too bad that how Green is really a bid headache to the Warriors after signing a big contract.