Gerald Green Suspended by Heat: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

The Miami Heat will be without shooting guard Gerald Green for two more games, who has been out since being hospitalized last week.

Miami released a statement on Nov. 10 announcing the suspension, via Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today:

According to Manny Navorro of the Miami Herald, a Nov. 4 City of Miami police incident report states Green, who had bloody hands at the time, asked the front desk of his condo to call paramedic before walking outside and collapsing. When he woke up, Green walked inside and assaulted someone who was trying to stop him from going back into his apartment, per the report. Navorro provided additional details from Miami police officer John Collins' report:

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“Mr. Green tried to make his way up to his unit. When victim #1 tried to hold Mr. Green in the lobby area for fire rescue, Mr. Green punched the victim in the right eye."

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“Fire rescue had the patient restrained due to the patient becoming very loud and verbally combative,” the report says. “Fire rescue requested that the Sgt. handcuff the patient.”

An assault unit was contacted, according to the report, but the victim did not want to press charges.

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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports initially reported the suspension. Wojnarowski added that sources said the team punished Green for “detrimental conduct,” and he will return Friday following games against the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz.

"I'm deeply sorry," Green said in a statement on Saturday, via Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press. "I'm deeply saddened for what happened but I'm ready to move on. I'm ashamed. ... I can't apologize enough."

"It's personal and I'm going to leave it at that," Heat president Pat Riley said when asked about the issue, per Reynolds. 

Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel noted Green was recently hospitalized for an undisclosed reason. Head coach Erik Spoelstra was not specific when he addressed the situation, but he did mention Green was healthy and safe during his hospital stay. Ethan Skolnick of the Miami Herald noted Green was ill the night before the incident occurred and the team treated him.

As a result, Green has only played in three games this season, with the last one coming on Nov. 1. He averaged 11.9 points and 1.9 three-pointers per game in 2014-15 for the Phoenix Suns.

The Heat signed him to a one-year deal this offseason to provide depth on the wing alongside 33-year-old Dwyane Wade and 30-year-old Luol Deng.