The whole team has denied those reports, as you would expect given they're trying to sign Poole to an extension. I'd be wary of those reports given that Draymond is represented by Klutch and the journalists reporting those stories about Poole being an issue are journalists who are known to be close to Klutch. I am surprised about how serious the incident was though, I just expected it to be a bit more than handbags but that was a proper punch.I didn't expect a superman punch.
If the reports are correct, Poole has been an issue. Green should be sanctioned though, it's not as if he could talk about being caught in the heat of the moment.
Was he wearing a short skirt?I didn't expect a superman punch.
If the reports are correct, Poole has been an issue. Green should be sanctioned though, it's not as if he could talk about being caught in the heat of the moment.
Is that supposed to be a good source
Is that supposed to be a good source
Adam Silver abdicating responsibility for this, says he doesn't have jurisdiction and is leaving it up to the Warriors to handle.
Spineless as usual then.
I wouldn't be shocked if the Dubs leaked it themselves. I think the vast majority of the organization are tired of his antics but he is a fan favorite. This is the perfect way to get rid of him and avoid any fan backlash.
That would be delightfully Machiavelian.
It's not spineless, it's just sensible. Why would the league get involved with this? Imagine the NBA having to police 30 teams and what goes on behind their practices? They're professional organizations, it's up to them to hand out their internal punishments for whatever goes behind closed doors in practice. Anything out on the court during a game? Then the NBA will be involved, but it would be a very stupid thing for the NBA to start policing teams' incidents in practices, because there are a lot of them and if you start with one, then you are on the hook for all of them.
You'd have a point if it stayed behind closed doors. As it's already public, the league which already polices the 30 teams should be the one setting the bar as to what the appropriate punishments should be. Being on the hook for violent, recorded acts in practices is fine precedent to set in my book.
Gonna get a lot of boos.
I thought the incident was terrible, but notably it seems almost everyone in the game thinks its not a big deal. If Draymond was suspended and the Dubs lost games because of it that hurts the entire team including Jordan Poole. If everyone on the team (principally Poole) is OK with this outcome then its none of mine, yours the media's business and the Warriors should just move on and ignore any outside noise.
It was so good that I went to bed near the end of the 3rd quarter. That's what we need during the regular season - more Dubs blow outs and early nights for charlton66.
You feel the same way about domestic violence? You think someone who acts like that, when he knows there are multiple cameras around, doesn't abuse people in his private life?
Why is it none of anyone's business? I can't have an opinion?
You can have an opinion. I've given you mine - I thought it was terrible. What I said (or what I meant) was that no matter what our opinions are, if the Warriors think that the decisions they have made in this incident are what's best for the team then it doesn't matter what you, me and everyone else thinks.
I don't see how domestic violence is even part of the equation here. There is no evidence at all, nor has it ever been mentioned in any way, shape or form that Green is an abuser. I think it's shameful that you would bring up something like that. Multiple athletes have been involved in fights in their professional lives. Are we going to say that they are all domestic violence abusers? Shameful, truly shameful.
I still don't agree, what everyone thinks "matters". Why wouldn't it?
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it wasn't a fight, it wasn't heat-of-the-moment thing. It was one-sided premeditated assault. There is nothing going on, they are metres apart and then Green goes for the assault. The little shove in-between is totally fake, only done, so he can pretend it was a "fight".Again, what has this got to do with domestic violence? I'm not denying what Green did wasn't appalling, but the two are not remotely connected. Why you would choose to do so is beyond me.Fight
You're not going to get an argument from me on this. I'm surprised they didn't suspend him. I would have done so. However, if the Warriors think this is the correct approach, they know the folks involved a whole lot better than I do.
I agree. Violent people are more likely to resort to violence, hence the descriptor. However, as I said earlier, there is no evidence that Green has any previous as far as domestic abuse is concerned. If you remember, he actually apologized to his wife during his "apology" press conference because people had jumped to a similar conclusion concerning domestic abuse and confronted her with that fact. He intimated that she was seriously embarrassed- by that, hence his apology to her. I just think unless something is proven its unfair to throw unfounded accusations at someone.
