Yeah but then the point stands that Draymond is just a hypocrite. The amount he jaws and gets under people's skin, he should be able to take it without resorting to punching his teammate of now 4 years. He's the opposite of a leader.
I never said anything about either player to imply anything about their character. I just think that there is more to the situation/incident. That's why I asked about a better video. Nothing more, nothing less.
Violence is wrong, it’s why we have laws, if the culture of violence amongst athletes especially when school age is swept under the rug which is common you end up with Green. Aaron Hernandez says hello… oh but wait he can’t because he was allowed to continue his violent behavior to the very end. Green is a professional athlete in top physical shape with the ability to seriously hurt someone as opposed to most of the boneyarders, he should be held to a higher standard because of the amount of damage that he can inflict of another person yet some of you are defending his actions. ( he’s been doing this his whole career) Why don’t you go punch your next door neighbor the way Green hit Poole and I’m willing to bet you’d be charged for assault and or sued. JMHO
Lol @ posting that salary growth is declining and expecting this board to take you serious, and CBS/NBC don't broadcast games because they don't have the rights to. If you didn't notice ABC/ESPN is one of the rights partners and games have been airing on there for 15+ years now. You sound just like the old and clueless folks that would call into a show like Mike Francesa pining for the days of Bob Cousy.
Has anyone said violence isn't wrong? Show me a post where I defended him. It doesn't seem like anyone is defending him despite all the posters accusing people of defending him.
Just out of curiosity, what could the audio reveal that would justify what is seen in the video?
Actually, they wouldn’t.
They absolutely would, they deal with shootings and car jackings constantly. I'm friends with cops, they couldn't care less about someone being punched and certainly wouldn't make an arrest for a punch. I had someone throw a brick through both of my windshields and did a whole lot more damage to my car. I thought I knew who did it and wanted the cops to come out, instead the cop laughed and told me to move out of the city like he was doing.
Yeah it absolutely is.
Actually he was assaulting people while at UF ( bartender) for one and Myers helped cover it up. He got away with everything he ever did because he was great at sports. Remember when green punched LBJ
i don’t know where you live but one of my employees was teasing another employee, it got a little personal, One employee pushed the other to create space from the aggressive employee who was in his face, and the second employee swung and connected with the first employees jaw, police were called, the employee who assaulted the other ( threw the punch) was arrested, handcuffed by the police and fired by me. And this is in Florida that a lot of you guys like to make fun of for being uncivilized. I used to live in Newington and a mail man who claimed his child had been bitten by our dog ( it wasn’t our dog) approached our front door yelling and swearing as opened the storm door to exit my house he unexpectedly punched me in the area of my face I proceeded to push him away causing him to lose his balance as he tumbled down the stairs. Cops were called by neighbors who saw what happened and thrust B asked if I wanted him arrested and I said yes and he was handcuffed and taken away. Where do you live again.
I think it depends on the who and the where. Go punch some guy in Glencoe and see how that works out. The people who punch others generally have no assets, and not much of anything to lose. I agree, the criminal sanctions are a minor issue for those folks. But for people with something to lose, the civil consequences can be severe. I'd certainly be concerned about losing my bar license, I'd possibly lose my job even outside of work (definitely if I punched a co-worker). You can certainly be sued on top of that. So yeah, violence of that sort is pretty rare in the burbs. Draymond has a lot to lose and needs to control himself.
Yeah, like I vividly remember when Bob Cousy sucker punched Havlicek during practice.
Floor director and technical director, but yes I think I’ll carry on.
It sucks but Poole has something to lose too. If he was so upset he wants to see something done and went to management with his demands he would be looked at as a sellout and lose respect on the team and from fans.
Was there anything said between them? Maybe it was 100% Draymond in the wrong, maybe it was both jawing. That's why I was wondering if there was audio. Didn't think that would have been so difficult for some of you to figure out. I don't watch NBA games, so I don't follow his antics. Kind of hard to form an opinion without knowing the whole story.
If LBJ is Lebron no I don't remember Draymond punching Lebron because it never happened.
I mean of course they were jawing to some degree. If Draymond just randomly went up to Poole and punched him, that would be a bit more odd.
Yes, and I’ll bet you subscribe to all of them. Lol
The point that many are making is that no combination of words or manner of delivering them justifies a physical assault. Apparently you disagree, but it seems to me you'd be better off explaining your position than repeating your lamentation that the clip doesn't include audio.
It doesn't matter. If one surfaces, I'm relatively sure that it will find its way to the thread. Then I'll know which way to cast my pocket full of stones.
That would vary considerably by streetI’ve got one funnier for you. Ask 50 people on the street who were the NFL Champs last year, who won the World Series, and who won the NBA Championship. The results might surprise you. BTW I worked in broadcasting for 25 years.
Fair enough, but we can also say that in today's society many look for excuses to justify bad behavior. I don't think this action can be justified in the context of sportsmanship, if everyone reacted like this if they feel wronged or offended for whatever reason is wrong in my view. It's a personal responsibility for me.