Warriors’ Jordan Poole calls current Draymond Green relationship ‘business’

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JP offers blunt assessment of current Draymond relationship originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea

Throughout the 2022-23 NBA season, Warriors teammates Jordan Poole and Draymond Green seemed to put any preseason differences aside and give it their all on the court.

But there’s no denying the October incident where Green punched Poole in the face at practice had an impact on their relationship.

“I don’t have no answer for you,” Poole told The Ringer’s Logan Murdock of where things stand with Green after the Warriors were eliminated from NBA playoff contention. “Other than that, we was just on the court and teammates, and we was out there trying to win games.

“What I do recall saying at the beginning of the season is that, ‘We’re coming. We’re going to come out here. We’re going to play on the court. We’re going to try to win a championship.’ We were teammates. It’s just business, honestly. And that’s really all it was, it is, it has been. It’s just been business. It’s been basketball.”

At times before the punch, Poole and Green’s relationship both on and off the court appeared to be more than just surface deep. Poole had referred to Green as “big bro” during interviews in the past, and in December 2021, he explained to NBC Sports Bay Area why he always welcomed Green’s outspoken advice.

“What I appreciate most about it is that it’s who he is. He’s himself. And you can’t ask for anything more than that,” Poole said at the time. “If that’s how he expresses his feelings, you know, he is our defensive anchor, Defensive Player of the Year, he’s a huge part of our team and he has so much knowledge. I mean, if the only way he can get that out is by yelling and screaming, OK. It is what it is. You just take what it is, the lesson is, and you keep it pushing.”

And, likewise, Green has been an advocate of Poole’s over the years. He passionately argued for change in the voting process last season when Poole wasn’t named the NBA’s Most Improved Player, and he proudly proclaimed Poole would be a threat in the league “for a long time” last March.

But then came the punch.

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Publish date : 2023-05-15 19:27:00

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