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Golden State Warriors prima Draymond Green apologized to his squad aft helium punched his teammate Jordan Poole successful the look during signifier earlier this week.
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Draymond Green is expressing regret for his latest actions.
Bob Myers, wide manager of the Golden State Warriors, shared that the four-time NBA champion issued an apology to his squad aft helium reportedly punched his teammate, Jordan Poole, during signifier Oct. 5.
"Look, it's the NBA—professional sports," Myers said during a press conference Oct. 6. "These things happen. Nobody likes it, we don't condone it, but it happens. Draymond apologized to the team. Jordan was determination successful the room."
He added, "As acold arsenic immoderate suspension, punishment, fine, we're going to grip that internally. That's going to beryllium an interior process."
Despite the incident, Myers said helium is hopeful that the squad volition determination guardant and enactment together.
"It's unfortunate, I'm not going to contradict it," helium continued. "It'll instrumentality immoderate clip to determination through, but we'll determination done it and determination forward. And I'm assured that we will. This isn't our archetypal happening that's happened—first consciousness of adversity. We've been done immoderate of this before. Don't similar going done it but it's portion of the NBA and it's part of sports."
A time aft the conference, video footage of the confrontation was released by TMZ. In the clip, Green is seen stepping up to Poole, who past shoves him. Green past punches his teammate, knocking him down, earlier several other members of the squad intervene and interruption up the fight.
While neither subordinate has publically spoken retired astir the incident, the NBA community has expressed their thoughts connected the confrontation connected societal media, including former NBA star Kendrick Perkins.
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"Beyond that being a sucka move, Draymond needs to cognize what helium did to Jordan Poole arsenic a man, the Warriors arsenic a squad and his ain legacy!" helium tweeted Oct. 7. "Leadership is much than holding teammates accountable, you gotta cheque yourself too! Carry on…"
Charlotte Hornets guard Isaiah Thomas, besides took to Twitter, writing, "All I'm saying is you ain't responding with a PUNCH if that's idiosyncratic you truly stone with!!! Especially aft a PUSH. But I ain't successful the signifier and I didn't perceive what was being said truthful ima permission that unsocial but DAMN."
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