NBA Executive Vice President Joe Dumars Explains Why Draymond Green Was Indefinitely Suspended

After his latest ejection, this time for hitting Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the face on Tuesday, Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday.

According to Joe Dumars, the league's executive vice president head of basketball operations, the decision is not intended to strictly punish Green, but instead to give the 33-year-old a chance to better himself.

"Indefinite means get yourself right," Dumars said on ESPN's First Take on Thursday morning.

"We want to see you at your best, and the best way for you to do that is to get yourself, mentally and emotionally, back to where you need to be."

Dumars' comments echo what Nurkić and Kevin Durant — Green's former Golden State Warriors teammate — have said since the incident.

The former Defensive Player of the Year already incurred a five-game suspension for putting Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a headlock on Nov. 14, and was also ejected for shoving Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell on Nov. 11.

"What’s going on with him, I don’t know," Nurkić told reporters on Tuesday, with a look of confusion on his face. "Personally, I feel like that brother needs help."

"I hope Draymond gets the help he needs," a stoic Durant told reporters on Wednesday. "It's been incident after incident. I know Draymond, he hasn't been that way when I was around him, and coming into the league.

"So hopefully he gets the help he needs, and [can] get back on the court and put all this stuff behind him."