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Draymond apologizes after Poole 'altercation', Warriors say

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Warriors guard Jordan Poole is helped up by teammates Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, and Gary Payton II on January 3, 2022. John G Mabanglo, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/10/07/20221007-warriors-guard-jordan-poole-epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Warriors guard Jordan Poole is helped up by teammates Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, and Gary Payton II on January 3, 2022. <em>John G Mabanglo, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Golden State star Draymond Green apologized to teammates on Thursday after reportedly aiming a punch at Jordan Poole during practice, Warriors general manager Bob Myers confirmed.</p><p>Myers did not go into details about the skirmish during a practice on Wednesday, but said reports of an &quot;altercation&quot; between Green and Poole were accurate.</p><p>&quot;As you know yesterday, as reported, there was an altercation. The people that were reported to be in it, that&#x27;s accurate,&quot; Myers said.</p><p>&quot;Everybody&#x27;s fine ... Look, it&#x27;s the NBA – professional sports, these things happen. Nobody likes it, we don&#x27;t condone it, but it happened.&quot;</p><p>Myers said Poole had practiced normally on Thursday while Green sat out the session.</p><p>The Warriors chief would not go into details of what discipline Green would face.</p><p>&quot;Draymond apologized to the team this morning,&quot; Myers said. &quot;As far as any suspension or fine, we&#x27;ll handle that internally.&quot;</p><p>Myers, meanwhile, insisted that the NBA champions&#x27; pre-season preparations were progressing smoothly despite the incident.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/03/22/curry-hails-productive-warriors-pre-season-japan-trip">NBA: Curry hails &#x27;productive&#x27; Warriors pre-season Japan trip</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I&#x27;ve actually seen a really good group, one of the best vibes that we&#x27;ve had in my 12 years here in terms of camp, mental health and camaraderie,&quot; Myers said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/29/22/nba-curry-says-teams-reloading-to-dethrone-warriors">Curry says teams &#x27;reloading&#x27; to dethrone Warriors as NBA champs</a></li></ul><p>&quot;It&#x27;s unfortunate and I&#x27;m not going to deny it. It will take some time to move through, but we&#x27;ll move through it.</p><p>&quot;This isn&#x27;t our first sense of adversity. We&#x27;ve gone through some of this before. We don&#x27;t like going through it but it&#x27;s part of the NBA and part of sports.&quot;</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2092747" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The apology came after Green reportedly aimed a punch at Jordan Poole during a practice, Warriors general manager Bob Myers confirmed.