{"id":103755,"date":"2023-05-17T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/draymond-green-says-gsw-would-still-be-playing-if-he-didnt-punch-jordan-poole\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:12:15","slug":"draymond-green-says-gsw-would-still-be-playing-if-he-didnt-punch-jordan-poole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/draymond-green-says-gsw-would-still-be-playing-if-he-didnt-punch-jordan-poole\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Says GSW Would Still Be Playing If He Didn&#8217;t Punch Jordan Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-db56be9d949c949039600e5b0ab67e43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230517_b66cbc8444414ffdb32365dc1a2eb360\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:61cd00be-65ce-4e5f-b34f-4ef28b75e901\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b6\/4by3\/2023\/05\/17\/b66cbc8444414ffdb32365dc1a2eb360_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"draymond green\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-db56be9d949c949039600e5b0ab67e43--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-43e28b873f7c5b00397df780cdb33411\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/draymond-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Draymond Green<\/strong><\/a> is opening up in regards to the Warriors&#8217; second-round playoff exit &#8230; saying his squad would nonetheless be alive IF he hadn&#8217;t socked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jordan-poole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jordan Poole<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>within the face earlier than the season began.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-43e28b873f7c5b00397df780cdb33411--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-575a04e7627e231481581548cee6f3af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Green spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stephen-a-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Stephen A. Smith<\/strong><\/a> Tuesday night time throughout Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Nuggets, and was sincere about the place he thinks issues went unsuitable this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-575a04e7627e231481581548cee6f3af--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-91cb85bd791868577dc6c13ae0519f44\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-91cb85bd791868577dc6c13ae0519f44-2092502254-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draymond Green informed me that he believes the Warriors would nonetheless be taking part in if it wasn\u2019t for the incident between him and Jordan Pool <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9txJCl0OY\">pic.twitter.com\/B9txJCl0OY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1658664833464651776?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 17, 2023<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@stephenasmith<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-91cb85bd791868577dc6c13ae0519f44--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-962a6cba5b56ac40ce305bcde0cbb215\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not taking part in proper now as a result of if you converse in regards to the fouling, when you concentrate on the entire slippage that we had as a crew on the street, not with the ability to come collectively. None of these issues occur if that does not occur,&#8221; Green informed Smith, referring to when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/10\/07\/draymond-green-video-punch-jordan-poole-practice-golden-state-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>punched the Warriors guard<\/strong><\/a> within the face in October.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-962a6cba5b56ac40ce305bcde0cbb215--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8de6cdbf6c1e005643232871f2b5f67d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-article-block canvas-article-block-permalink canvas-article-block--default  \">\n<article class=\"article-block js-track-link\">\n      <a class=\"article-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/10\/08\/draymond-green-jordan-poole-practice-punch-video-bitch-practice\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:95b0017f-6cda-4cc1-b013-1fb29635707d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:61cd00be-65ce-4e5f-b34f-4ef28b75e901\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;article-block&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-block__card-img\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive article-block__embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"img-fluid article-block__img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/95\/1by1\/2022\/10\/07\/95573150d1e04c45be05d085bd574cec_xxs.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Draymond Green Allegedly Called Poole 'Bitch' at Practice Before Punch\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                          <span class=\"media-credit article-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n                      <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"article-block__card-title article-block__card-title--has-credit\">\n            Draymond Green Allegedly Called Poole &#8216;Bitch&#8217; at Practice Before Punch<br \/>\n          <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8de6cdbf6c1e005643232871f2b5f67d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-08f59ba47116ad940cb042542a0756d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Draymond continued &#8230; &#8220;None of these issues occur if that does not occur, as a result of the voice that I&#8217;m and the departments that I lead this crew in, there was a ton of slippage resulting from me sitting again, me not saying something, me attempting to permit that state of affairs to play itself out and provides it time to heal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-08f59ba47116ad940cb042542a0756d1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-44060df8851dcbe715ff021e5a65487e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Green &#8212; the emotional catalyst in the course of the Warriors&#8217; dynasty &#8212; stated he felt like he misplaced his voice as a pacesetter after the Poole incident &#8230; and, consequently, it brought on a &#8220;ton of slippage&#8221; all through the season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-44060df8851dcbe715ff021e5a65487e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f38ec9a64286b1f1dab5eb508afcbecc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-c067b161-f7f4-4475-a959-7f9535069679-480456805-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-c067b161-f7f4-4475-a959-7f9535069679-480456805-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/68\/16by9\/2022\/10\/06\/681a816a1495444e89e2dda04cf5cf0d_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f38ec9a64286b1f1dab5eb508afcbecc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2daebe5edc0d25cb1f2ec6413bf714c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Green went on to say it wasn&#8217;t till February that he felt snug being the Draymond that helped the crew win 4 titles. But, at that time, an excessive amount of time had handed, and the Dubs had developed unhealthy habits, thwarting any attainable hopes of repeating as NBA champs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2daebe5edc0d25cb1f2ec6413bf714c3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b176ba411418cff482727afdcce3345a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;If that slippage has been occurring that lengthy, you might be who you might be at that time. You&#8217;ve constructed these habits. You&#8217;ve constructed unhealthy habits. That is who you are actually. So to attempt to right them then. It&#8217;s like, &#8216;OK, chances are you&#8217;ll get slightly higher.&#8217; We did. We ended up within the second spherical of the playoffs however not at a championship degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b176ba411418cff482727afdcce3345a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-afc36309b9f7be720ac1cbec9533c5b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e2089792-760d-4a47-a151-f3c8ffffdd67-1951981728-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e2089792-760d-4a47-a151-f3c8ffffdd67-1951981728-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a5\/16by9\/2023\/05\/16\/a57c509589114873a1fcd7e86f9f8881_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Golden State Warriors<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-afc36309b9f7be720ac1cbec9533c5b1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9987d317659da321e96a252f143cad59\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Warriors head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/steve-kerr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steve Kerr<\/strong><\/a> echoed the identical sentiments as Draymond throughout his end-of-the-season interview with the media &#8230; saying Green punching Poole &#8220;compromised issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9987d317659da321e96a252f143cad59--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d689ea6ab87059c5a02772542513a5c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Anytime some belief is misplaced, then it makes the method far more troublesome, and there was some belief misplaced,&#8221; Kerr stated. &#8220;That&#8217;s as blunt as I could be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d689ea6ab87059c5a02772542513a5c6--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Draymond Green is opening up in regards to the Warriors&#8217; second-round playoff exit &#8230; saying his squad would nonetheless be alive IF he hadn&#8217;t socked Jordan Poole within the face earlier than the season began. 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