Golden State Warriors forward Draymond
Green was reportedly arrested for assault on Sunday in East Lansing, Mich.,
where he played four seasons of college ball at Michigan State,
according to MLive.com.
“The police department is not
confirming any arrest with that name,” East Lansing Police Lt.
Scott Wrigglesworth was quoted as saying. “What I can confirm is that
we did arrest a current NBA basketball player this weekend and he was
arrested for assault. That’s all we’re confirming right now.”
However, Police confirmed to ESPN that Green was
the player in question, the incident occurred in a restaurant and the
alleged victim was another man, who was uninjured. The alleged
assault was logged by police at 2:28 a.m., according to a court
document uncovered by Bay Area News Group’s Diamond Leung.
“It was basically an altercation
between two guys,” police told ESPN. “There’s no injuries. He
was released with a $200 bond on Sunday.”
The 26-year-old Green captured Second
Team All-NBA honors this past season, leading the Golden State
Warriors to the greatest regular-season record in NBA history (73-9)
and coming within minutes of winning a second consecutive
championship. He averaged 14 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.4 assists.
Green was the subject of much on-court
controversy in the playoffs, ultimately receiving a suspension for
Game 5 of the NBA Finals that may have cost his team a chance at
basketball immortality. Of course, that did not prevent him from
earning a Team USA invite for the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics.
The picture of the alleged assault
painted by a source to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Evan
Sernoffsky does not seem out of character for a player who struck
both Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams and Cleveland
Cavaliers superstar LeBron James in the groin this past postseason.
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