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When I put myself in KAT's shoes, I'm hoping just crowding Draymond's space with my teammate and his coaches will remind him of time & place and that he'll choose to stop now that he's gotten his point across. And I don't really want to really try and pull Draymond away because, a) it might actually make the choke worse on Rudy, and b) Draymond is unstable and scariest when agitated, what if he comes for me next? So I get why he and Ant both just kinda stand there half-grabbing and saying "stop."

When it comes to de-escalating Draymond, I think hoping he comes to his senses in the moment and/or pays any attention to bystanders demanding he stop has clearly never worked. If I'm KAT or Ant, I'm tickling him. Maybe it'll confuse and distract him from his own rage and enable the coming to senses/listening to others' better judgement, or at the very least inadvertently lighten the grip around Rudy's neck.

Armpits, especially Draymond's, seem a bit too dangerous to touch. I'd probably go deep belly tickle.