Jordan Poole and Draymond Green are the players currently involved in some controversies, and according to a report, Jordan Poole is a priority over Draymond Green.
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Warriors players Jordan Poole and Draymond Green are two players who are currently in the middle of a little bit of controversy. Jordan Poole was punched in the face by Draymond Green last week, and naturally it has become a focal point heading into the NBA season. Dray has since been fined for punching his teammate. Heading into the offseason, Poole, Green, and Andrew Wiggins will be three players that need contract extensions. The Warriors have some big decisions to make, and according to Bobby Marks of ESPN, Green will likely be the odd man out.
Marks believes the Warriors are prioritizing Poole and Wiggins ahead of Draymond Green. This means Green could be headed to a new squad.
“It’s Jordan Poole,” Marks said. “… I think it’s Andrew Wiggins second. And then I think you look at Draymond Green with that player option for next year. I think there’s certainly a priority if you’re Golden State to retain Jordan Poole and do it now and not wait. And then I think that shifts the focus as far as Andrew Wiggins, who has until June 30th to sign that next contract.”
There have been all sorts of rumors involving Green and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Draymond Green didn’t get suspended because Poole didn’t think it was necessary.
On Wednesday’s edition of “NBA Today,” NBA reporter Marc Spears clarified how Poole and the rest of his teammates felt about Draymond Green following the altercation.
“Poole and Draymond spoke in front of the team a couple days ago and Poole didn’t think it was necessary that Draymond get a suspension,” Spears said.
Spears added that Warriors players “weren’t comfortable” levying a suspension on their teammate and so the onus was placed on the coaching staff to make the decision on whether or not Green should be suspended.
“And with that in mind, with what Poole and the teammates thought, ownership and the front office decide that Green would not be suspended, that there would be an undisclosed fine,” Spears continued. “But while Green hasn’t been suspended, he’s been away from the team for over a week now.
“So in a sense, you could maybe even look at that as a suspension, being away.”
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