Shaq defends Warriors' Draymond Green after heated on-court incident: 'I would've did the same thing'

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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal recently shared his thoughts on the heated on-court incident between Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert.

Green was ejected for his role in an in-season tournament game between the Warriors and Timeberwolves. He was later suspended for "forcibly grabbing" Gobert around the neck "in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner," NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars said in a statement.

However, at least from O'Neal's point of view, Green should not completely shoulder the blame. The four-time NBA champion suggested that he would have done something similar if he had been in the same situation.

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Shaquille ONeal looks on before game four between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 2023 NBA playoffs at Kaseya Center.  (Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports)

"I don’t like to be a hypocrite of the situation, I would have did the same thing," O’Neal told TMZ. "You got to stick up for your teammates."

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O’Neal added that he did not want to criticize Green for what he did, but he stopped short of saying whether the actions of the Warriors' forward had been warranted.

"I don’t want to say, ‘Aw, he shouldn’t have did it,’" O’Neal said. "I’d have did the same thing. If Rudy was there, I would have choked him out, too. When you do those things, the NBA is gonna do what they do. I don’t want to say too harsh. Was it warranted? I don’t know, but I’m not gonna criticize Draymond Green for something I would have did."  

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