OT: Draymond Punches Jordan Poole

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Don’t see how that relationship can ever be repaired after this. Two important pieces of the warriors championship team, I’m interested to see how they resolve this issue

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Never thought I could hate Draymond more than I did, then he goes and does this. Guy is such a scumbag.

And they said he wouldn't be suspended. What a joke.

 

[uchusky32]

Don’t see how that relationship can ever be repaired after this. Two important pieces of the warriors championship team, I’m interested to see how they resolve this issue

Celebrity boxing match?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Meh. Poole initiated contact.

Standard fight rule. Protect yourself at all time.

 

[Huskyhoops25]

Poole deserved to get punched. Couldn’t take the veteran’s admonishment and the he shoves Draymond? It’s on!

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Meh. Poole initiated contact.

Standard fight rule. Protect yourself at all time.

Agreed, maybe it’s just the environment I grew up in but if someone gets in your face you push them and then need to be on high alert. Don’t consider it a sucker punch if you have had contact with them or they are walking right towards you

 

[superjohn]

Never thought I could hate Draymond more than I did, then he goes and does this. Guy is such a scumbag.

And they said he wouldn't be suspended. What a joke.

 

[husky429]

Agreed, maybe it’s just the environment I grew up in but if someone gets in your face you push them and then need to be on high alert. Don’t consider it a sucker punch if you have had contact with them or they are walking right towards you

I wouldn't call it a sucker punch, but it was certainly an unreasonable escalation to punch him. Dudes jaw at each other and shove all the time in basketball practices. Shoot, coaches encourage it to bolster competitiveness.

 

[husky429]

There's nothing surprising here. We already knew who Draymond Green was. He has absolutely 0 self-control and acts like an idiot constantly.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I always think about what this dude's career would have looked like if he had been drafted by the Kings, and whether he would have been playing in Turkey for the last 10 years.

Team sports are funny. Draymond was every bit as scared to shoot as Ben Simmons in the playoffs last year but his team won so no one mentions it. I'm over him.

 

[BGesus4]

Meh. Poole initiated contact.

Standard fight rule. Protect yourself at all time.

Gross negligence pushing someone like that and not tucking your chin

 

[huskyfan224]

There's nothing surprising here. We already knew who Draymond Green was. He has absolutely 0 self-control and acts like an idiot constantly.

Yea, for a guy who rides LBJ as much as he does and averages a triple single, he's about as annoying as they come

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I always think about what this dude's career would have looked like if he had been drafted by the Kings, and whether he would have been playing in Turkey for the last 10 years.

Team sports are funny. Draymond was every bit as scared to shoot as Ben Simmons in the playoffs last year but his team won so no one mentions it. I'm over him.

The fact that he's gonna be an automatic HOFer boils my blood. He's had the easiest career I can remember.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

There's nothing surprising here. We already knew who Draymond Green was. He has absolutely 0 self-control and acts like an idiot constantly.

I guess one could argue that Draymond is showing growth and maturity. He's moved beyond smashing people in the nuts.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

I always think about what this dude's career would have looked like if he had been drafted by the Kings, and whether he would have been playing in Turkey for the last 10 years.

Team sports are funny. Draymond was every bit as scared to shoot as Ben Simmons in the playoffs last year but his team won so no one mentions it. I'm over him.

Draymond is one of probably less than 5 people in the NBA that can guard 1-5. He is also a fantastic passer. When you have Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Wiggins, Durant, etc. you don’t need another person that can score he fits perfectly with the warriors.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Meh. Poole initiated contact.

Standard fight rule. Protect yourself at all time.

Gross negligence pushing someone like that and not tucking your chin

Well played.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Draymond is one of probably less than 5 people in the NBA that can guard 1-5. He is also a fantastic passer. When you have Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Wiggins, Durant, etc. you don’t need another person that can score he fits perfectly with the warriors.

Yeah no he fits with the Warriors. Chief would fit with the Warriors. I get all the arguments for his value, even though I think a lot of them are overblown.

 

[phillionaire]

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Draymond is one of probably less than 5 people in the NBA that can guard 1-5. He is also a fantastic passer. When you have Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Wiggins, Durant, etc. you don’t need another person that can score he fits perfectly with the warriors.

He hands the ball off to Steph/Klay to hit threes, his passing is vastly overrated.

 

[storrsroars]

Can't have a thread on Draymond Green w/o Chappelle.



And Green's brilliant response: "I just named my kid Draymond, so I guess I killed his resume."

 

[Beowulf]

It’s not like I think draymond needs to be charged or anything like that here but….


This is some fake tough guy stuff

Find a weaker target, confront them and get in their face with the hopes of forcing some sort of defensive contact that you can use to justify swinging on someone who clearly doesn’t want to/knows how to fight.

This is how that guy you stopped hanging out with right after college acts

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

I wonder what people’s response was to Jordan punching his teammates. I thought people just chalked it up to his competitive spirit…

 

[HuskyHawk]

Agreed, maybe it’s just the environment I grew up in but if someone gets in your face you push them and then need to be on high alert. Don’t consider it a sucker punch if you have had contact with them or they are walking right towards you

At work? Come on. Draymond had no business getting in Poole's face. He gets a very gentle "get out of my face" push and then lands a haymaker on his teammate. Try that at most place of work and you are fired, possibly arrested for assault and battery, and will be generally unemployable. That is pretty much what Green deserves. Send him to the Russian league.

 

[superjohn]

At work? Come on. Draymond had no business getting in Poole's face. He gets a very gentle "get out of my face" push and then lands a haymaker on his teammate. Try that at most place of work and you are fired, possibly arrested for assault and battery, and will be generally unemployable. That is pretty much what Green deserves. Send him to the Russian league.

I knew someone was going to try and compare sports to an office job.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I knew someone was going to try and compare sports to an office job.

He said most places of work. Name an occupation where you can sucker punch a co-worker and there won't be major repercussions.