Draymond Green Remembers LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis Incidents in Firm Explanation: “Gotta Get Him Back”

“I was horrified. I just remember, like, shaking, thinking I was gonna give birth,” said Shashana Rosen, Domantas Sabonis’ wife, in the aftermath of her husband’s viral on-court incident with Draymond Green. The Golden State Warriors star has, in the past, gotten physical with other players in the spirit of competitiveness, with incidents ranging from him punching rival LeBron James to even his teammate Jordan Poole. However, things went a different way when Green “took a hard step” on Sabonis’ chest, a move that ultimately led to him being suspended for 1 game. Now, 2 years after the incident, Green touches base on the same.

The Golden State Warriors’ power forward was the guest on one of renowned streamer Kai Cenat’s recent livestreams. During the same, the 23-year-old replayed the viral incident from April 2023, where Sabonis slipped and fell in the paint, grabbed Green’s right leg, and the latter took the hard step after initially shaking off Sabonis’ grip.

Green repeated “You gotta get him back” as the video ran. As Cenat asked for an explanation, the player defended himself by saying, “Why is he holding on to my ankle?” As Cenat replayed, Green kept pointing at the moment the Sacramento Kings player had a hold of him. As the streamer finally got a good look, the NBA star added that “That’s crazy. They don’t want you to see that part. See, what they want you to…. they don’t want you to see that”.

Draymond Green explained why he stomped on Sabonis to Kai Cenat

“he grabbed my ankle, you gotta get him back” pic.twitter.com/iKNbuV2G0y

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Kai Cenat wasn’t done with showing just that one incident. He also went back a little bit more in time, to Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals. Draymond Green and LeBron James, who was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers back then, reportedly got tangled up at half-court.

LeBron tried to step over Green to get back into the play, and Green’s arm ended up going up to LeBron’s groin area. The incident resulted in Green’s 4th flagrant foul point of the postseason, and triggered an automatic suspension for Game 5. As CBS Sports reporter Colin-Ward Henninger said, that altercation has “been nightmarishly replayed in the heads of Golden State Warriors fans for years”.

Once again, Green explained, saying that “If you fall down, and you’re getting up, and I put my leg on top of your shoulder, what are you gonna do?” He admitted that he doesn’t regret what he did, adding that “I wouldn’t want my son thinking that if someone did that to him it’s okay”.

This is a developing story.

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