Why Draymond calls not celebrating Poole contract ‘one of the worst feelings’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
There are a handful of moments from his NBA career that Draymond Green regrets. And he’ll be the first to tell you what they are.
One of these was the infamous Jordan Poole incident, in which he punched the young Warriors guard after a heated argument in practice, resulting in Green’s temporary suspension from the team and a fractured relationship with Poole that Green himself believes was a negative impacted the Warriors’ 2022-2023 season. NBA season.
Green was joined by longtime 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 he wasn’t around to support Poole after the guard received a four-year reward of $140. Million Warriors contract extension on October 15 – 10 days after the first incident – still hurts him to this day.
“One of the worst feelings I ever had as an NBA player was seeing him get signed and knowing I messed up and not being able to celebrate his signing with him”
—@Money23Green upon seeing Jordan Poole’s success pic.twitter.com/mFA7g4Xb9x
— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) June 10, 2024
“When I took JP under my wing and saw him have success, it was the best thing for me,” Green told Looney. “One of the worst feelings I ever had as an NBA basketball player was seeing him get signed and knowing I had opted out and not being able to celebrate his contract with him. I think he was a had a party or something with his people in San Francisco or something. And I like not being able to celebrate with him…
“And I finished it, I did. I’m not going to sit here and pretend I didn’t do it. I finished it. I take it on the chin, it is what it is, I’m not hiding from my f–k-ups, just like I don’t hide from my wins. When I talk to you about the wins I have and I say, ‘Don’t let us win another f–king championship’ and then I tell you about it, I’m the same way with my losses. And I messed that up, but it hurts.
Poole was traded to the Washington Wizards after an up-and-down 2022-23 season last season 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 three-point range.
Even after Poole and the Warriors went their separate ways, with the 24-year-old finding a new home as a prominent part of an upstart Wizards team, Green still regrets his actions and wishes he could have been there to make it happen. to celebrate a big moment. in his mentee’s career.
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