At the heart of the news following putting a (huge) punch to his teammate Jordan Poole, Draymond Green appeared before the media for the first time since the incident. The opportunity for the Warriors pit bull to issue a public apology.
The story begins with a tweet from Shams Charania on Thursday, announcing a physical altercation between Jordan Poole and Draymond Green at Warriors practice. There is mention of a forceful blow from Dray to his teammate and a quick intervention by the staff to separate the two men. A big headache in training once morest a background of trashtalking, we say to ourselves then and then TMZ we release this viral video on friday where we see the All-Star putting a huge bread on his teammate. Enough to create a huge media whirlwind around the franchise. How to sanction Green? Will the Warriors crack because of this event? More than anything, we were waiting for the main interested party to speak and Draymond Green came to present himself to the media yesterday. On the menu, a flat apology to everyone and his announcement to take a step back from the group to let it “heal”. Words transcribed by Mark Medina of Mercury News.
“I was wrong regarding what happened on Wednesday. For that, I apologized to my team. I apologized to Jordan. There’s a lot of embarrassment that comes with it, not just for me but also for Jordan, the team, the organization and his family. » […]
“I watch the video and I’m like, ‘Yo, this looks awful.’ It’s even worse than I thought. It is pathetic. »
“I failed as a leader. I failed as a man. »
Asked regarding the reasons for this altercation, Draymond Green rejected the idea that it might be linked to a contractual question. Indeed, the two men can test the market next summer and it is not sure that the Warriors can keep everyone. The question now is whether the Warriors locker room can recover from such a “blow”. Green explained that he had apologized to the group and that they had been rather well accepted but he does not know what the situation is for Poole. Can they put the pieces back together?
“I have a task to accomplish, which is to restore confidence in our locker room and put everything in place to retain our title. »
“I’m going to take time for myself. I will stay away [du groupe, ndlr], work on myself and keep giving guys space. »
Ten days before the start of the season, vagueness seems to reign on the side of San Francisco. Will Draymond Green be dressed for the first game once morest the Lakers? He would like to but he also explains that he is not sure it will happen. One can easily imagine that Poole and Green’s ability to reconcile by then will play a big part in that decision. The veteran in any case wanted to make things clear regarding his feelings towards his teammate.
“I love Jordan Poole. He’s my guy. I will always be behind Jordan, I will always support him and I will always do everything to make his job easy. »
It remains to be seen what the interested party will think, whose speech is obviously eagerly awaited…
Draymond Green has issued a public apology to Jordan Poole! Acknowledged fault already forgiven or the beginning of a long “Greengate” for the Warriors? The answer to the next episode of the new soap opera from San Francisco.
