Warriors’ Draymond Green Says Ejected Bucks Threatened His Life

Warriors forward Draymond Green said a fan made a death threat toward him during Tuesday’s road loss to the Bucks.

The fan, pointed out by Green to a referee, was soon ejected, after saying “some threatening things to my life.”

Green exchanged a few words with the fan before running to the other end of the court. During the next stoppage of play, Green pointed the fan out to a ref, who called on security to remove the individual.

“Some people look at NBA players like they’re superhuman,” Green said, via Kendra Andrews of ESPN. “That they’re this larger-than-life figure. So you come and you get someone to say something back and they get fined. They go home and laugh with their buddies.

“I think it’s just one of those things when you can hold it in and get to the ref and get them out, it’s great.”

Green told ESPN that he isn’t sure what can be done to prohibit such fan behavior — adding that the NBA fining players for standing up for themselves probably doesn’t help.

“I think when you see guys get fined, it’s more often a license for more people to do it,” he said. “There are no real consequences.

“Yeah, you can’t come back to the game, or even if you get arrested, nothing really happens … you just hope it gets to a point where these leagues can work with legislators to implement laws, because that’s the only thing that’s really going to correct the issue.”

The defending champion Warriors (14-14) dropped to an atrocious 2-12 on the road.