Draymond Green Excluded from Team USA's 2024 Olympics List Due to Suspensions
Despite Past Olympic Success, Green's Recent Behavior Leads to Exclusion from Provisional List
- Draymond Green has been left out of Team USA's provisional 41-man list for the 2024 Summer Olympics due to his suspensions this season, according to USA Basketball executive director Grant Hill.
- Green was suspended for five games by the NBA for placing Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold during a November match, and then indefinitely by the league in December for striking Phoenix Suns’ big man Jusuf Nurkić in the face.
- Green was reinstated in the first week of January after serving a 12-game suspension.
- Despite being a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Green's recent behavior led to the decision to exclude him from the player pool for the Paris Olympics.
- USA Basketball's final 12-man roster for the Paris Olympics will be announced later this year.