Why Draymond says not signing Poole’s contract is ‘one of the worst feelings’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
There are some moments that Draymond Green regrets from his NBA career. And he will be the first to tell you what they are.
One of them was the infamous incident with Jordan Poole, where he punched the young Warriors guard after a heated exchange in practice, resulting in Green’s temporary suspension from the team and a fractured relationship with Poole that Green himself believes . negatively impacted the Warriors‘ 2022-23 NBA season.
Green was joined by his former teammate and Warriors center Kevon Looney on the latest episode of “The Draymond Green Show,” where he continued to reflect on the incident and admitted that he was not present to support Poole after the guard was fined four years and $140. The Warriors’ $1 million contract extension on Oct. 15, 10 days after the initial incident, still stings to this day.
“One of the worst feelings I’ve ever had as an NBA player was watching him get a contract and knowing that I had screwed up and couldn’t celebrate his contract with him.”
—@Dinero23Verde Seeing Jordan Poole’s success pic.twitter.com/mFA7g4Xb9x
– The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) June 10, 2024
“When I took JP under my wing and seeing him succeed was the best thing for me,” Green told Looney. “One of the worst feelings I ever had as an NBA basketball player was watching him get a contract and knowing that I screwed up and couldn’t celebrate his contract with him. I think he had a party or something with his people in San Francisco or something like that. And I wish I couldn’t go celebrate that with him…
“And I fucked up, I did. I’m not going to sit here and act like I didn’t do it. I fucked up. I take it seriously, it is what it is, I don’t hide from my fucking just like I don’t hide of my victories when I talk to all of you about the victories I have and tell you ‘don’t let us win another damn king’ championship’ and then I tell you, I’m the same with my losses and I ruined it, but it hurts.
Poole, after an up-and-down 2022-23 season, was traded to the Washington Wizards last offseason in a deal that brought veteran guard Chris Paul to Golden State. In his first season with Washington, Poole averaged 17.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game on 41.3 percent shooting from the field and 32.6 percent from 3-point range.
Even after Poole and the Warriors went their separate ways, and the 24-year-old found a new home as a featured piece on a new Wizards team, Green still regrets his actions and wishes he could have been around to celebrate such a moment. important. in the career of his apprentice.