Only a day after the Draymond Green stomp incident, NBA fans would get a little deja vu. A heated duel between Joel Embiid and Nicolas Claxton ended up with the MVP frontrunner kicking the Brooklyn Nets center in the groin. You might be thinking, he was surely ejected, or even suspended. However, that is far from reality. Embiid would escape with just a flagrant one.

This raised some series questions. Why was Joel Embiid let off despite an offense similar to Green’s? Why wasn’t the Sixers star subject to any suspension or penalties? Debates began all over the basketball world. To put the minds at ease, the Golden State Warriors forward spoke on the subject, and he had a strong opinion about it.

Draymond Green speaks on getting differential treatment

When the Warriors were in the NBA finals against the Celtics last season, Green made a surprising admission about how referees deal with him in particular. “I’ve earned differential treatment. I enjoy that; I embrace that,” said the former DPOY. At first look, fans laughed at his claims. However, after the recent happening, is seems the former DPOY’s admission was indeed true.

By the heavy request of his followers, Green spoke about Joel Embiid’s kicking incident. Before going into depth about the incident, the Warriors forward made one thing clear, he wasn’t going to play the victim. Moreover, he isn’t in favor of seeing players being suspended or thrown out of the game.

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When it comes to Embiid’s kick, it wasn’t far off from what Draymond Green did to Domantas Sabonis. Despite that, one got to play the entire game while the other was thrown out immediately and even suspended for the next contest. This would’ve been the ideal situation for Green to blast the NBA for discrimination. However, he didn’t do so, nor did he challenge the leniency shown to Embiid. Just why did Green not have any issues? Well, it is because he claims to embrace his ‘badge of honor’.

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“I told you all last year, I’m treated differently. It’s a badge of honor. Not the same as all these dudes. I’m different. But different equals championships. So, you take the good with the bad. Gotta live with it,” said Green about the NBA’s treatment of him.

But while he had no problems with Joel Embiid not getting a heavier punishment, TNT analyst Charles Barkley had a completely different opinion.

Charles Barkley calls out the hypocrisy of Joel Embiid incident

Inside the NBA was at the head of the heated incident between Joel Embiid and Nic Claxton. Unsurprisingly, a debate sparked over the conclusion of the incident. Why did Embiid not receive any serious penalty like Draymond Green? Charles Barkly was especially triggered because he felt what the MVP frontrunner did had worse intentions than Green’s stomp.

The NBA Hall of Famer said, “I think his was worse than Draymond’s, to be honest with you. Because he tried to kick a guy in his junk. I mean, you know what he was trying to do.”  

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Many such questions remain unanswered by the NBA. Do you think it was fair that the league didn’t punish Joel Embiid in the way they treated Draymond Green’s case? Let us know your views in the comments below.