Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is expected to return Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies after a 16-game absence, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported Sunday.
Green got an indefinite suspension for punching Phoenix Suns' Jusuf Nurkic in the face on Dec. 12.
The fiery Warriors forward started practising again early last week after he was reinstated by the NBA.
Green has met with a counsellor as well as having multiple joint meetings with representatives of the league, the Warriors and the National Basketball Players Association.
The 33-year-old native of Saginaw, Mich. said last week he is committed to playing without the “antics” that have plagued him on the court throughout his career.
Green also had previously served a five-game suspension in November for putting a chokehold on Minnesota big man Rudy Gobert.
“Antics isn’t something that got me here, and so when I look back on these situations it's like, ‘Can you remove the antics?’ I'm very confident I can remove the antics,” Green said, “and I'm very confident that if I do remove the antics, no one's worried about how I play the game of basketball. Nobody's worried about how I carry myself in the game of basketball but it's the antics. So that's my focus.”
The 33-year-old Green, a key member of four Warriors championships, was ejected for the 18th time in his career — most among active NBA players — during the loss to Phoenix when he punched Nurkic.
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-- With files from AP.
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