The buzz surrounding the Jordan Poole-Draymond Green altercation has been loud and social media has unsurprisingly swarmed on the issue immediately. Golden State Warriors elder statesman Andre Iguodala was quick to fire back on all the outside chatter.
Andre Iguodala took to Twitter to speak on the reported Draymond Green-Jordan Poole altercation at Warriors practice today. pic.twitter.com/dQBCpruaTp
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 6, 2022
Iguodala first defended the youngster Jordan Poole over reports that his attitude was “changing” amid the pursuit of a nine-figure contract extension. Then followed up by emphasizing that the beef Draymond Green escalated was a family affair and nothing more.
What we not gone do is talk crazy about my young fella JP… great character kid… miss me with all that other bs… straight from the “SOURCE”
— andre (@andre) October 6, 2022
And it’s family business with my bro @Money23Green too…
— andre (@andre) October 6, 2022
With all the news trickling out of the Warriors locker room, it's to be expected that the issue would be broadcasted loud and clear, shining a dour spotlight at what's usually seen as an infallible Golden State locker room.
Jordan Poole has visibly challenged the Warriors veterans in the past, but in what was seen even by head coach Steve Kerr as a healthy dose of internal competition. However, when tensions flare up, it's hard to keep all the competitive fire bottled up.
It's reportedly a regular occurrence for Jordan Poole and Draymond Green to butt heads in practice – things just went a little too far this time around.
Draymond quickly tried to pacify the situation and Poole was seen smiling and laughing after practice had ended, getting shots up along with some of the younger Warriors players.
Like Andre Iguodala said, this could just be a random blip blown out of proportion. It's still definitely worth monitoring for future reference, though.