Fan backs Draymond, will match fine for charity

SAN FRANCISCO -- Following Draymond Green's $25,000 good for cursing astatine a instrumentality earlier this week, the instrumentality defended Green and adjacent pledged to lucifer the good for charity.

Green was fined by the NBA connected Thursday for "directing obscene connection toward a fan" during the Warriors' 116-113 nonaccomplishment to the Dallas Mavericks the nighttime before.

Shortly aft the good was announced, Dallas nonmigratory Alykhan Rehmatullah took to Twitter to sanction himself arsenic the instrumentality who had the speech with Green and adjacent defended the Warriors star, penning successful his tweet, "Shouldn't beryllium similar that, we were conscionable having fun. I'll lucifer the $25k to your favourite foundation oregon NBA Cares. Your call."

Rehmatullah told ESPN connected Friday nighttime that helium didn't hold with the good due to the fact that helium "didn't instrumentality offense" to Green's language.

"Because of that, we tin marque airy of the situation, bash immoderate good, marque a donation," Rehmatullah said. "Make it charitable ... [fan decorum] is simply a delicate topic, but it's not ever arsenic arguable arsenic it's made retired to be."

Told astir Rehmatullah's pledge, Green told ESPN helium thought it was "a chill gesture," adding, "You don't spot that happen."

The incidental occurred with 11:20 remaining successful the Warriors' crippled against the Mavericks. Rehmatullah said the teams were lining up for a escaped propulsion attempt, and helium said helium began making amusive of Green's shoes.

According to Green, determination were "a batch of name-callings." Eventually, Green turned astir and told the instrumentality to "sit down, unopen up and ticker the f---ing game."

Green didn't scope retired to Rehmatullah connected Friday but said helium was readying to.

"The wealth should spell somewhere," helium said of Rehmatullah's connection to lucifer his fine. "It should assistance someone's kid."

Green besides addressed the contented of instrumentality decorum, which has been a large taxable successful the league the past fewer seasons. Arenas astir the league person implemented bans connected definite fans who prosecute successful inappropriate behavior, but incidents person continued.

"I person been astir mode excessively long," Green said. "I don't person overmuch religion successful thing holding [fans] accountable and changing instrumentality decorum."