Draymond Green called Jordan Poole a b*tch multiple times before punching him

Jordan Poole is set for a big contract extension with the Golden State Warriors – something he’s supposedly made known around the team’s facilities – and it’s the reason things boiled over with Draymond Green … TMZ Sports has learned. Sources who …

Jordan Poole is set for a big contract extension with the Golden State Warriors — something he’s supposedly made known around the team’s facilities — and it’s the reason things boiled over with Draymond Green … TMZ Sports has learned. Sources who were at the practice where Green punched Poole tell us … in the days leading up to the incident, Poole was carrying himself differently — in a cocky manner. The alleged behavior was creating friction between him and some of his teammates, including Draymond, who has reportedly also asked for a big extension. Fast forward to Wednesday’s practice. Our sources on site say Poole called several fouls during a scrimmage, and Draymond called him a “bitch” multiple times as a result.

Source: TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Salman Ali @SalmanAliNBA
This Warriors thing is so messy. Struggling to see how Draymond plays more than one more season for them. – 10:46 AM
Shandel Richardson @ShandelRich
Draymond Green on the Warriors vs. Draymond Green on any other team in the NBA. He’s always been just a product of his environment. pic.twitter.com/uqw6jSvwtO10:01 AM

Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Here’s what Trae Young had to say after footage of the Draymond Green-Jordan Poole altercation went viral. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/07/tra…10:01 AM
Paul Pierce @paulpierce34
Reflecting on that punch Draymond gave to Poole, I’m not sure how u recover as teammates after that .locker room gonna be weird for awhile – 9:20 AM
Eliot Clough @EliotClough
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David Thorpe @coachthorpe
Draymond hit less than 30% of his 3’s last season. He has not made over 31% of them in 6 seasons. He is not a fit for the Lakers at all. The Bulls finished 4th last season in 3pt%, their C hit 31%, and they were 24th in DRTG. That deal has legs. – 7:52 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Following the release of video of Draymond Green’s altercation with Jordan Poole, NBA Twitter was flooded with reactions. warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit…7:00 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Steph Curry: Green-Poole altercation will not derail Warriors season and what we are trying to build sportando.basketball/en/steph-curry…4:18 AM
Ethan Strauss @SherwoodStrauss
EMERGENCY Draymond Punch Pod with @BigWos and @Nate Jones. Why the video leak matters and how it could have happened ($) houseofstrauss.substack.com/p/emergency-dr…3:17 AM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
The latest Lakers-Clippers report with @Dave McMenamin on Draymond turmoil and how that might impact Lakers and Clippers, could the Wembanyama thirsty tanking provide a nice piece at deadline for LA contenders, Russ, Kawhi and Wall returns https://t.co/tE8STo9N6p pic.twitter.com/8JvTEwC83s1:22 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
Episode 2 of That’s OD with @Ohm Youngmisuk is out: We hit on Draymond, the VW stretch limo and the rotational battles going on in Lakers and Clips training camps youtu.be/8qOnzrNwci412:55 AM
Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
A must-read article by @Marcus Thompson on the Draymond Green situation: theathletic.com/3668957/2022/1…12:24 AM
Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
A must-read story by @Marcus Thompson on the Draymond Green situation: theathletic.com/3668957/2022/1…12:23 AM
Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Two best things I’ve read about Draymond, @Marcus Thompson and @Vincent Goodwill dipped the pens:
The video changes everything… theathletic.com/3668957/2022/1…
And a line being crossed by the line-stepper… sports.yahoo.com/draymond-green…12:14 AM
A. Sherrod Blakely @ASherrodblakely
Op-Ed: Draymond Green, Jordan Poole, Ime Udoka and the NBA’s Latest Culture Wars – Ebony ebony.com/draymond-green…11:52 PM
Katy Winge @katywinge
Asked both Bones Hyland and Michael Porter Jr about Aaron Gordon’s play so far:
Bones: “dominant on that low block” says he’s in AG’s ear when he plays good defense and his opponent makes a tough shot.
MPJ: “he reminds me of Draymond Green’s impact on the game.” pic.twitter.com/NFVXX21O4L11:40 PM

Diamond Leung @diamond83
Draymond Green was arrested in 2016 on an assault charge — dropped as he paid a fine. Jermaine Edmondson, the Michigan State football player who said he was punched in the face, said today on IG: “It’s crazy how the universe works, man. What goes around definitely comes around.” – 11:30 PM
Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Guaranteed, Poole is the least concerned of everyone re whether Green is disciplined or not. Guaranteed, he accepted Draymond’s apology— for whatever it’s worthless—and moved on… – 9:12 PM
Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Sources say Darren Erman is a person of interest for taping and leaking the footage of Draymond punching Poole… – 8:58 PM
Danny Leroux @DannyLeroux
The incomparable ⁦@Marcus Thompson⁩ on Draymond.
Read it. Now. theathletic.com/3668957/2022/1…8:36 PM
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude @ROSGO21
I joined NBA Today to discuss Draymond Green & the Warriors. It’s possible the younger generation on Warriors roster may interpret the situation differently than the veteran core of Steph, Klay & Andre who battled, won & shed blood-sweat-and-tears together on the court for years. pic.twitter.com/eWKFrRPiuB8:35 PM

Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
When Boston was vulgar towards Draymond Green, it was Steph Curry who played little big brother and told Green to wait in the car while he handled business on the floor. Steph may have to do the same again sports.yahoo.com/draymond-green…8:28 PM
Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
Re-watching the video and it’s pretty interesting how much of it was behind the back of someone like Steph. He could hear the jawing but had no idea Draymond was walking up on Jordan – 8:12 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
How should the Warriors be handling everything surrounding Draymond Green’s fight with Jordan Poole? I’ll discuss that & more with @Chris Broussard & @EphraimSalaam on the @OddCoupleFSR. Tune into @FoxSportsRadio at 5:30 pm PT ihr.fm/2IBN81n8:08 PM
Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
My column on what that TMZ video means for Draymond Green’s future with the Warriors: sfchronicle.com/sports/warrior…7:09 PM
Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Talking Draymond Green, Victor Wembanyama and the 2023 NBA Draft with @krystenpeek on @getcallin.
Join us: callin.com/link/HNFRuxZUWn7:06 PM
CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Warriors investigating TMZ video of Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole
https://t.co/mBoHshHjyZ pic.twitter.com/tr3G4dUwuV6:01 PM

Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
With both short-term and long-term effects, this could be the biggest test to the Warriors’ renowned championship culture.
My column on Draymond Green’s punch to Jordan Poole and the fallout that follows nbcsports.com/bayarea/warrio…5:47 PM
Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
Front office perspective on Draymond’s altercation with Jordan Poole
youtu.be/6U6Xjrf6LIo via @YouTube5:02 PM
Krishna Narsu @knarsu3
Lacob has said he’s not going to pay everyone right? So Wiggins, Dray, Poole and Klay are kind of competing with each other for contracts which seems weird and uncomfortable. – 5:01 PM
Chris Vernon @ChrisVernonShow
Me and @Kevin O’Connor recorded this. And the electric @AdamLefkoe joined us. Some have called this “arousing and unique!” We talk WEMBY, Draymond superman punch, season predictions, etc. listen or you are a lame. open.spotify.com/episode/1n1UIL…4:41 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Sacramento Kings coach & former Warriors Associate Head Coach Mike Brown asked about the leaked video showing Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole.
“That’s their problem.” pic.twitter.com/EIoMeyFJ664:40 PM

James Ham @James_HamNBA
Mike Brown sidestepped the Draymond Green questions today at Kings camp, but talked about one of his team’s core values, which is joy. Positive vibe at camp, despite two weeks of beating on the same opponents. pic.twitter.com/8pgBq1YjfP4:30 PM

Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Marvin Barnes would say Draymond Green is soft… – 4:27 PM
Mark Haynes @markhaynesnba
Mike Brown talked about the Draymond Green and Jordan Poole altercation.
“I’m not there. That’s their problem.” pic.twitter.com/JBecQaknkq4:19 PM

Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
ended the live stream, but we’re still in here sharing Draymond theories and thoughts (and memes) throughout the day if that interests you ⬇️
twitter.com/i/communities/…4:01 PM
Scott Cacciola @ScottCacciola
Draymond Green decked Jordan Poole in a made-for-TMZ moment in a league that’s all over TMZ these days: nytimes.com/2022/10/07/spo…3:49 PM
Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
New Mismatch with @Chris Vernon and our guest @AdamLefkoe to discuss Draymond Green sucker punching Jordan Poole, the video leak, the week in Las Vegas watching Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, and Lefkoe throws some NBA questions at me and Verno. open.spotify.com/episode/1n1UIL…3:45 PM
The Ringer @ringernba
🏀 KOC’s Vegas trip to watch Wemby and Scoot
🏀 The aftermath of the Draymond-Poole leaked video
🏀 @AdamLefkoe Awards
#TheMismatch: open.spotify.com/episode/1n1UIL…3:45 PM
Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne
Reporting w/ @Adrian Wojnarowski: The Golden State Warriors are taking “every legal course of action” to discover how video of Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole during a scuffle at practice on Wednesday was made public, sources told ESPN. – 3:32 PM
J. Kyle Mann @jkylemann
cade, ivey, bojan, draymond and duren is pretty interesting – 3:31 PM
Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Jordan Poole could easily press charges, sue the Warriors and Draymond. But it would probably bring an end to the Warriors dynasty. – 3:10 PM
Madeline Kenney @madkenney
Kurtenbach: The video of the punch is out. It will cost Draymond Green for years to come mercurynews.com/2022/10/07/kur… via @dieter3:07 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“It won’t be me that’s breaking up The Beatles.”
Before this week’s fight at practice, Draymond Green discusses his contract situation with @Frank Isola & @Brian Scalabrine
Hear the @Golden State Warriors Season Preview NOW
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Nick Wright @getnickwright
Massive @FTFonFS1 today… Do the Broncos have the single worst QB situation (contracts included) in the league? What the hell was Draymond thinking? Should the Cowboys be favorites at the Rams? Plus, @kevinwildes Upset Alert + my award winning (and money winning!) picks. – 2:56 PM
Matt Steinmetz @SteinmetzNBA
Does the video of Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole change anything? What do Warriors do now? We’re talking about it on @957thegame on @SteinyGuru957 from 12-3. – 2:53 PM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
The Warriors will investigate how TMZ obtained a video of the Draymond Green-Jordan Poole incident, according to sources. – 2:19 PM
Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
A snippet of the column written Wednesday evening, hours after Draymond punched Jordan . . . pic.twitter.com/j4qUqwsaIE1:59 PM

David MacKay @DavidMacKayNBA
Bobby Portis served an 8-game suspension for an altercation with Nikola Mirotic in 2017 when Mirotic was the instigator. Since the Draymond Green video can’t be un-leaked, have to imagine the Warriors will dish out something more severe. That was assault. – 1:48 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
I think Draymond is suspended, but Poole is ultimately traded.
Trade market for Poole is going to be much deeper, and trading Green right now could be quite difficult. – 1:46 PM
Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA
Lowe Post podcast: @Bill Simmons and I react to the video of the Draymond-Poole punch, talk Wembanyama Mania and how tanking will look this season, then Bill answers some burning questions for the coming season:
Apple: apple.co/3CI9GbS
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ErICPA1:45 PM
Austin Burton @Amaar_206
I’m seeing a lot of pearl-clutching over Draymond Green from the same crowd that said Latrell Sprewell was gangsta for choking his coach in practice and Michael Jordan was showing tough love by punching his teammate in practice.
Nostalgia bias runs deep in these NBA waters… pic.twitter.com/DtyPJIS0U71:35 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
NBA world reacts to video of Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole nba.nbcsports.com/2022/10/07/nba…1:33 PM
Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
Emergency Radio Roulette is LIVE @UnderdogFantasy
– Wobvestigation: Draymond Green punches Jordan Poole
– Context of the situation
– How will the Warriors respond?
– The video leak theories
– Fan calls about it all
Join us!
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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
We obviously have no clue if the Poole/Green contract situations played into the fight, but that was already a big concern for me with the #Warriors. I’d never seen a team basically forecast one of its key guys will be gone before a season. – 1:21 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Who’s got the best Draymond fake trade – 12:47 PM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Friday was a scheduled Warriors off day before the Draymond Green punch footage leaked.
Saturday is Golden State’s next scheduled media availability to discuss the incident.
The NBA typically leaves teams to discipline their players in such situations. This case? Not yet known. – 12:28 PM
Madeline Kenney @madkenney
Video shows Draymond Green punch Jordan Poole during Warriors practice mercurynews.com/2022/10/07/new…12:28 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Leaked video of Draymond Green punch of Jordan Poole means incident not just going away nba.nbcsports.com/2022/10/07/lea…12:14 PM
Anil Gogna @AnilGognaNBA
Not saying GS even considers this, just stating the facts:
GS is projected to be $40M > the tax and as a Repeater their TAX BILL alone will be ~$176M. Removing Draymond’s $25.8M would save them $134.8M in Tax this season.
This assumes they take back $0 which is unrealistic. – 12:10 PM
Matt Steinmetz @SteinmetzNBA
Draymond Green ain’t Michael Jordan and Jordan Poole alot better than Steve Kerr ever was. – 11:52 AM
Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
There are very few things one person can say to another that merit that reaction. Shit-talking about sports isn’t one of them, so if the line is “Poole is getting a bit cocky”….so? Still not w justification for dropping him. – 11:44 AM
Dave Mason @DeuceMason
This Draymond Green story is wiiiild.
Dropped a new video with @momoragan with our reaction to the clip from TMZ:
youtube.com/watch?v=cJvcHO…11:42 AM
Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Draymond Green’s punch to Jordan Poole was awful from every perspective it’s not “tough love”, it’s not “that happens inside a team”. It’s bigger than that. It crossed the red line. It will not be a surprise if forced the Warriors to push the button #Warriors11:41 AM
James Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII
At the end of the day, there are multiple Poole-Dray incidents every single year that TMZ doesn’t get their hands on lol. This is nothing new. – 11:38 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Here’s what Trae Young had to say after footage of the Draymond Green – Jordan Poole altercation went viral. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/07/tra…11:36 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Poole last season:
— 19/3/4
— 45/36/93%
Draymond last season:
— 8/7/7
— 53/30/66%
Pick one. pic.twitter.com/v9R2MkZCEv11:30 AM

Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
The video of Draymond Green swinging at Jordan Poole only fuels this controversy. That swing was intense and scary. Feels like this could reverberate in the locker room for some time. – 11:27 AM
Sam Amick @sam_amick
From San Francisco…
Wrote about how Draymond Green has clearly lost the trust and respect of his teammates – again. And now that the video is there for all to see, you understand why. More here, at @TheAthletic
theathletic.com/3667268/2022/1…11:27 AM
Dionysis Aravantinos @AravantinosDA
Warriors leaked the Draymond Green video on purpose?
More Twitter reactions, on @HoopsHype:
hoopshype.com/lists/nba-twit…11:21 AM
James Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII
We watch football players fight all the time in camp. Draymond punched his teammate. It happens. It’s just a big deal because we saw it. – 11:21 AM
Tas Melas @TasMelas
I can understand Jordan Poole not having his hands up because HOW DOES DRAYMOND GREEN PUNCH HIS TEAMMATE LIKE THAT? – 11:21 AM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Draymond Green Superman punching folks like he ready to go the UFC – 11:09 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Say something about the Draymond Green/Jordan Poole situation. – 11:01 AM

More on this storyline

Things escalated when Poole allegedly said, “You know what it is, Draymond.” — seemingly bragging over the contract situation — and Draymond got in Poole’s face, allegedly saying, “No I don’t know, what is it?” -via TMZ.com / October 8, 2022