Jordan Poole holds a sizable piece of the Warriors’ future in his hands, though he didn’t ask for this. It was given to him in the following: Draymond green took offense at something Poole did or said, charged at Poole during Wednesday’s practice and punched him.
Poole didn’t volunteer for this. According to all accounts, Poole was not asked. WarriorsGuard was engaging in normal training camp practice byplaying with Draymond. Draymond was pushed by guard when he was arrested and then was punched. It’s all there in The videoTMZ acquired the rights to this image and it was released on Friday morning.
But Poole wasn’t backing down in that incident. And knowing him, he probably isn’t backing down from this inescapable moment in the expanded days of the Warriors’ dynasty, either. Poole has credibility after playing such a key role in last season’s championship run. He’s also taken a lot of verbal heat from the veterans and flourished. He occasionally has talked back, but he’s used his rhetorical backbone constructively. Every time he walks into the media room, he jokes that he’ll only talk for 90 seconds and pretends he hates it up at the podium; but he always stays longer, is increasingly thoughtful with his answers and sometimes even seems to like it.
