Jordan Poole received a rousing welcome as he played at the Chase Center. There was an ugly breakup between him and the Golden State Warriors following Draymond Green punching him in the face. Warriors didn’t suspend Green following the behavior but fined him. In the match today though Jordan Poole’s team lost to the Warriors but the former Warriors star seemed to have won everyone’s heart.

In today’s match, the crowd gave Poole a standing ovation as the star returned to play for the Washington Wizards to which he was traded early this year. Poole scored 25 points against his former teammates. Stephen Curry wished him the best. But emotional responses began pouring from the teammates.

Love and respect for Jordan Poole at the  Chase Center

The former teammates of Jordan Poole shared emotional responses as the star played against them. Warriors won the game with 129-118. But Poole was the man of the moment. The head coach Steve Kerr, who has previously said that the Green- Poole incident fractured the trust in the team, said that the ovation was the highlight of the game. Kerr said, “The video and the ovation Jordan got, to me, was the highlight of the game.” 

Klay Thompson too was emotional and shared that it was a deeply emotional moment for him to witness. He said, “It gave me chills.”

Jonathan Kuminga too shared his feelings about the return of the former teammate. He said that he was excited to see Poole. “That’s my family. That’s my guy,” Jonathan said.

Stephen Curry on how the Draymond incident was handled

Draymond Green punched Poole during the training session. Warriors instead went for the one who leaked the video. Draymond Green stayed in the team and Poole was given a four-year contract extension. He was later traded to the Wizards for Chris Paul and other two players. Recently Stephen Curry who has been the insider to the events shared that the incident was handled with the best efforts if not the best results.

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Many have voiced that Draymond should have been served timely punishment. He is no longer with the team after punching Jusuf Nurkic in the face and faced indefinite suspension as a result. Curry too was brutally honest about the same Curry said that the Warriors tried their best to handle the situation, “Unless you were in this building, you can always talk about what could’ve been punishment-wise. But unless you were in here, having these conversations daily and everything that we tried to keep in the house that then got out, it made everything a lot more complicated. We obviously will be scrutinized for whatever happens. We did the best we could with a very hard situation. Between them two, that’s whatever it’s going to be between them two.”

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