As everyone knows, the NBA handed down a three-game suspension to Dennis Schroder for confronting and attempting to strike Luka Doncic after Sacramento Kings’ 125-101 loss on December 28, 2025.
For Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, the phrasing has raised eyebrows. More specifically, he doesn’t understand what they actually tried to say by chowing the word “Attempting.”
Draymond Green Questions Details of Dennis Schroder–Luka Doncic Altercation
Green addressed the situation on The Draymond Green Show podcast since his resume includes punching Rudy Gobert and Jusuf Nurkic. Due to those physical altercations, he served multiple suspensions for physical altercations.
For the unversed, Green currently has nine technical fouls this season, second-highest in the league. Due to his deep-rooted issues, he understands how the NBA judges alternation between the players.
He admitted his interest piqued when he heard about the tunnel altercation but after reading the details, he got absolutely confused. “They said that Dennis attempted to swing on Luka, and I saw Dennis say ‘attempting’ with the eyes, as if he hit Luka,” Green said in his podcast.
He continued, “And, you know, it makes you ask the question — well, if he’s getting suspended for three games, I know everybody’s question is probably: if you’re getting suspended for three games, did you really attempt a punch, or did you connect on a punch?”
Schroder posted on social media after his suspension with eye emojis and laughing faces next to the word “attempting.” Just like Green, now everyone believes that Schroder seemed to be hinting he landed more than an attempt, and the league officials are trying to hide it.
Green pointed to a recent example where video evidence showed Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado connected a right hook directly to Suns center Mark Williams’ face.
Following that incident, Alvarado received a two-game suspension, while Williams received just one game for his role in the same fight. But Schroder got three games for allegedly attempting something less than a real hit, so Green’s math is not mathing.
“I’ve seen guys get suspended for two games that connected on a punch,” Green continued. “So did he really attempt a punch, or did he connect on a punch? That’s where it gets interesting. Three games — I don’t know.”
Given Greenel’s analysis, it feels pretty obvious that the beef between Schroder and Doncic runs deeper. During a timeout, Doncic taunted Schroder about declining an $84 million extension from the Lakers years ago.
Per reports, that personal jab on the court started all the chaos in the tunnel, which needed Dioncic’s teammate DeAndre Ayton to intervene to pull Schroder away from the altercation.
Following Schroder’s suspension, this narrative started to fade, but Green put the theory into mainstream conversation again. However, whether the Kings guard actually landed a punch remains unclear.
