Video of Draymond Green throwing sucker punch

Draymond finally found a '3' he could hit. 

One should define sucker punch based on the expectation of the receiver of the punch, not what one thinks his expectations should have been. In this case, Poole was 100% not expecting that swing, and therefore it’s a sucker punch. He was defenseless and looking away. Now, you can argue that Poole was naive to put himself in a defenseless position against this jackass, but that’s a different conversation. 

If this is the rec league, that's nothing less than an assault.   

How on earth do you keep him on the team?   Poole probably has to go if they won't run Draymond out of there, and the market value for Poole is higher now.  

Steve Kerr once got punched by Michael Jordan in Bulls training camp (broke his nose, I think). Common denominator. 

He should be kicked off the team for this - addition by subtraction.  That's an egregious assault of a teammate.  And it's on top of egregious on court behavior over many years.  I used to think his play might outweigh his character issues but that's no longer the case.

that was bad

This wasn't an NFL training camp fight where there is hard physical contact on every play and the players get into it with helmets and pads on. Fights are hard to avoid in that situation and they're almost expected sometimes.  This seemed really trashy. It was a deadball during practice and he went right up and instigated it. This goes beyond team fight and almost looks like a crime. 

Wow! While the incident sounded bad, it actually looked worse than it sounded.

Draymond is and always will be a cheap shot artist. When he's 80, he'll yank the walker out from under residents in his retirement home.

I know it's fun to make the sharty guy look worse. But that wasn't a sucker punch. And Poole pushed him first. Ridiculous to throw that punch at your teammate regardless, but yeah. Poole should've had his guard up.

Triple Single

Green is washed up, Poole is the future. No wonder Steph Curry took his side on this one.

That's absolutely a cheap shot at a guy (Poole) who definitely didn't think he was in a fight.  It does jive with Green's approach, though, which is to hit people on his terms and usually when they're unprotected.  The number of nut shots he's taken at guys alone is pretty telling.

Yeah, that's a sucker punch where I reside (D.C.). Hands down, head to the side, not expecting an actual altercation...Jordan wasn't really trying to injure him with that push; looked like more of a "just get out of my face" type of de-escalation attempt from his end.

He's a better teammate that I would ever be if he could let that slide. Draymond put his weight behind/leaned waaaay into that punch.

This is practice - and, they are on the same team.  Correct?

Nothing but Spartan class shining through.  

The way Poole falls backward after the punch makes me wonder if he was knocked out and/or concussed by the punch.  If either of those happened it's even worse than it looks on first viewing.

Draymond skipping the line to speak to the supervisor 

I'd be lawyering up if I was Jordan.

Draymond probably thinks he's some tough guy, but all he is is a 10 year old boy who can't control his emotions. I'm glad this got leaked

Wow I wasn't expecting a powerful fully loaded punch.  Luckily it probably didn't catch Poole Flush. What a peice of shit. The teammates nonchalant response to break it up shows me they might be Team Draymond or they just don't care for Poole. I hope Draymond is dealt accordingly by GS.

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 After further review looks flush as hell. Jordan has a jaw if he ate that and finished practice.  But this shit is serious and concussions are nothing to play with and can have consequences later on.

Love how the team tried to dismiss this as a minor "team matter" that wouldn't lead to a suspension. These pro teams never fucking change. Suspend this Sharty for a month.

Ah, Draymond....the triple single.

I lol when anyone compares him to Dennis Rodman or Ben Wallace as a great undersized defender.  He's a good, not elite help defender, and gets owned on the perimeter by anyone with a handle. He is, admittedly, a good passer for a power forward and the system they run.

His entire career and paydays are due to playing with the greating shooting duo ever (Steph and Klay) and for the best run franchise in the league.  Dude even managed to run off one of the top 3 players in the league (Durant) - and no matter what you think about KD, he's worth the drama as those 2 championships with Golden State proved.

Draymond is a typical Sparty bully/front runner.  With the emergence of Poole and these youngster offensively for GS and most importantly - Wiggins as a 2 way player - Draymond knows his days are numbered. GS can trade for a much cheaper "enforcer" if needed - something much less important in the modern NBA

He had to punch him, Jordan would have been anticipating the kick in the nuts from Draymond.

i mean, he did push him.  justifiably, obviously, but still.

i'm just surprised that he got out with his nuts (apparently) intact, dray being dray.