Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Jordan Poole has beaten up during fight at practice for allegedly talking about LeBron James ‘not be a GOAT’. (Read More Here).
There was a physical altercation at the Warriors’ practice Wednesday morning that has the team seriously considering disciplinary action toward Draymond Green, sources with knowledge of the incident told The Athletic.
When a heated interaction with guard Jordan Poole escalated, Green forcefully struck Poole and needed to be separated swiftly, sources said. Green and Poole came chest-to-chest, with both players pushing and shoving each other prior to Green’s escalation of the physical altercation, those sources said.
The Warriors stopped practice and tried to settle nerves in the team’s locker room area, but it appears that internal discipline is imminent.
Poole and Green are known to regularly get into verbal arguments, but the team’s management and leadership believes a line was crossed.
Draymond Green was apologetic in aftermath of the altercation with Jordan Poole, but there was a buildup stemming from teammates noticing a change in Poole’s behavior throughout camp with the guard on the verge of securing a lucrative extension, league sources tell @YahooSports.
The Warriors ended practice after the altercation and are leaning toward disciplining Green for the escalation, according to the report. It’s not clear what type of discipline Green might face. There was no report of either player sustaining an injury in the altercation.
If he is disciplined, it won’t be the first time for Green. The 10-year veteran has racked up multiple fines and suspensions throughout his career, usually at the behest of the NBA.
But the Warriors have disciplined Green as well. They suspended him for a single game in 2018 for “conduct detrimental to the team.” That time he called then-teammate Kevin Durant a “bitch” during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
So far there’s no video of Wednesday’s reported incident. But if verbally insulting a teammate warrants a suspension, it stands to reason that striking one would too.
