It seems to be a rocky road for the Golden State Warriors ahead of the new season. Every day there seems to be a new chapter added to the Draymond Green and Jordan Poole incident. The infamous punch by Green has already caused him a lot of trouble, but it seems like there is more to come because of a leaked detail.
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In Jordan Poole’s case, his verbal spat with Green ended up in Green punching his teammate. And their off-court altercation made headlines in no time.
The reason given as to what caused Green to punch Poole was a verbal disagreement between the two. And the Warriors are now expected to take action on Green.
Draymond Green and Jordan Poole’s controversy takes a new turn
There were several speculations made about the controversy. Some say that Poole was bragging about his new contract with the Warriors and his behavior was changed, which caused a rift between him and Green. Some say that there was a verbal disagreement and an argument broke between the two during the training session, which was later confirmed by the Warriors’ General Manager Bob Myers.
Fans were already furious after this incident. But before rage could settle down, a new chapter was added to the story. NBA Central posted a tweet about Green and Poole’s alleged verbal attack. The tweet said, “Draymond Green called Jordan Poole a ?b***h? multiple times before punching him, per TMZ.” The report states that the reason for this rift is Poole was bragging over his contract, who allegedly said, “You know what it is, Draymond”. And Green got in Poole’s face, allegedly saying, “No I don’t know, what is it?”?
Here are some reactions from NBA Twitter:
Obviously Draymond got his feelings hurt https://t.co/hXUH8CALmI
— gqfunnyasf (@gqfunnyasf) October 8, 2022
Wow.. this was very disrespectful of Draymond. They should trade Poole to Milwaukee now
— 🦌 (@DameToGiannis) October 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/ThisAppMid/status/1578751229517500416?s=20&t=vAeK9YnALyDqPO-en7iUVw
With some of these takes, either y'all just hate Draymond or we as a people are even softer than I thought.
— DonDripper (@DonDriper) October 8, 2022
show the rest of the article where it states other members of the team were annoyed by Poole
— nico (@lbjmvpszn6) October 8, 2022
how is “you know what it is” bragging over the contract stuff
— Drew Cook (@DPADrewCook) October 8, 2022
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https://twitter.com/caughtmelackinn/status/1578751173968154624?s=20&t=vAeK9YnALyDqPO-en7iUVw
TMZ post a video of the incident on its website
TMZ posted a video on its website, which shows the footage of the Golden State Warriors training session. In the video, Green approaches Poole and there is a verbal exchange between them. Green aggressively gets close, and Poole pushes him back, resulting in Green punching him. Furthermore, several teammates and staff rushed to separate the two.
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