NBA notebook: Warriors suspend Green after confrontation

Green was set to serve his suspension during Tuesday night's home game against
the Atlanta Hawks and reportedly sacrifice more than $120,000 in the process.

Some teammates loudly confronted Green in the locker room for his
decision-making on the final play of regulation of the 121-116 overtime loss
to the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told ESPN. The intensity in the
locker room was heightened because the matter of Durant's impending free
agency reportedly was raised.

The organization spent Tuesday dealing with the aftershocks of Monday night's
confrontation, while working through the issues involving the team's dynamic,
according to league sources.

--Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert did not suffer any fractures and will not
require surgery to repair the ligament damage from Monday's scary incident in
Minnesota, the team announced.

LeVert returned to New York with the team following the 120-113 loss to the
Timberwolves. He was evaluated at the Hospital for Special Surgery and
diagnosed with a subtalar dislocation of his right foot.

LeVert, 24, has averaged a career-high 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists
and 1.2 steals in 14 games this season. The breakout third-year star is the
only NBA player this season to convert multiple game-winning baskets with
fewer than 10 seconds remaining in regulation or overtime.

--Jimmy Butler said he was "very excited" to join the Philadelphia 76ers
during his introductory news conference at the team's practice facility.

The 29-year-old All-Star swingman has averaged 21.8 points a game since the
start of the 2014-15 season. After one season in Minnesota, he told the
Timberwolves just before training camp he wanted a change of scenery. The
fallout raised questions about whether he is a good teammate.

"If you know me, if you're around me, you know my heart," Butler said. "You
know how I go about what I go about. I love my teammates. I don't think
there's too many of them that'll tell you that I'm a bad teammate, but people
get whatever they want to say out. It is what it is, but I think that I'm an
incredible human being and teammate, and I'll show that to the guys that are
here."

--Detroit Pistons guard Luke Kennard will undergo two more weeks of
rehabilitation on his right shoulder, the team announced.

Kennard suffered a sprained AC joint Oct. 25 in a game against Cleveland when
he ran into a screen set by the Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson.

The 22-year-old, is averaging 5.7 points in three games this season. A
first-round draft selection in 2017, the Duke product averaged 7.6 points in
73 games as a rookie.

--Field Level Media