Actually the refs ruled the kick of Adams a Flagrant 1, then the league upgraded it to a Flagrant 2.
My point still stands: refs messing up a call doesn't mean the league shouldn't have the authority to correct them after the fact.
Because it didn't amount to anything, and was a reaction to Lebron throwing him down and straddling him near the end of a game that had lots of physicality allowed in it.
It doesn't matter why he did it. He was very well aware that he couldn't do it anymore. Why is he supposed to be an exception? No one else can retaliate except for Draymond, who's already working with a thin margin for error?
Only because of the stupid cumulative point system and the league pandering to Lebron's whining from his press conference.
You can call the point system stupid all you want; the simple fact of the matter is that Draymond was well aware of how it worked and the fact that he was a point away from suspension. Yet for some reason, people keep wanting to absolve him of blame. How about he keep his cool and understand he can't afford to put his team in the position he ultimately put them in? Or better yet, how about he not even get to that point by, you know, not getting a bunch of prior flagrants?
Why is it that no other player in the postseason was even close to being in danger of a suspension? Does Draymond have some inoperable, unique condition that prevents him from doing things to accumulate flagrants? He's a professional basketball player who can demonstrate the kind of body control one would expect of such a person, but who, inexplicably, also just can't control the flailing of his arms and legs?
I mean, seriously, it's basically like you're saying, "well, sure, Draymond did a lot of nonsense leading up to this, but it's STUPID and UNFAIR he's ultimately being held responsible for the totality of his actions. Everything he does should be judged in the context of a vacuum." Like, that's not how it works. Once you gain a rep for doing some sneaky, outright dirty stuff, you probably should stop doing it when you've got the league's attention.