Warriors star Draymond Green is fined for sucker punching teammate Jordan Poole during practice

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sp...dan-Poole.html

Draymond Green has been fined for sucker punching his Golden State Warriors teammate Jordan Poole at a practice last week, but the polarizing forward has not been suspended by the team.

Green, who has been away from the team, will return to practice Thursday and play in a preseason exhibition for the defending NBA champs on Friday against the Denver Nuggets, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday. The former NBA Defensive Player of the Year is also expected to be in uniform in Tuesday's opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.

As Kerr explained Tuesday, Green and Poole have spoken since the former dropped the latter with a right hand last week, footage of which was leaked to TMZ on Friday.

Suspending green appears to have been an option for Kerr, who told reporters that 'everything was on the table.'

Kerr pointed to his and general manager Bob Myers' familiarity with the players to defend the team's response to the situation, but did admit 'any criticism that we face here is fair.' 'We feel like we have a great feel for our team,' Kerr said. 'We've got a lot of continuity on this team, so Bob and I know our players extremely well.

'We feel like this is the best way after assessing everything for us to move forward. It's never easy no matter what decision you make in a situation like this. It's not going to be perfect. This is the biggest crisis that we've ever had since I've been coach here. It's really serious stuff.'

Two-time MVP Stephen Curry has helped mediate discussions between Green and Poole, Kerr said Tuesday.

[WilyWestbrook0]

Kerr knows a thing or two about being socked by a teammate (MJ).

[ethunder]

Pretty crazy since on the same team.