Draymond Green reflects on punching Warriors teammate Jordan Poole

Draymond Green has reflected on the incident when he punched Warriors teammate Jordan Poole, admitting that “I never really knew how much it exploded.”

Footage of Green hitting Poole in training surfaced earlier this month, but the pair headed to court together last week for the final game of Golden State’s preseason.

Green was not suspended for his actions, but was fined and is expected to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the defending champion’s season opener tonight.

Green (L) and Poole (R) seemed in good spirits during Friday’s final preseason game

He admitted he didn’t realize how viral the video went, admitting he “don’t care about people’s opinions.”

“Wake up to the video,” he told TNT. “Once I woke up to the video, I don’t know if the dynamics in it necessarily change because you never really know people’s opinions.

“You give it some time to get people’s opinions out, which frankly I don’t care what people’s opinions are and to be completely honest I never really knew how much it blew up because I don’t really spend that much time search on Instagram or browse comments. I actually don’t read a lot of Tweets at all.

“I was just at home chilling with my kids. If you want me to be honest with you, I still don’t know how much the world thinks it exploded.’

Green returned to court for the Warriors on Friday night for the first time since punching teammate Poole and then being fined by the organisation.

Although Poole was able to finish training and apparently uninjured, Green hit his teammate’s face with a right hand.

Green started the game for Golden State vs. Denver Nuggets, as Poole entered Friday’s preseason game from the bench in the first quarter to great applause from the crowd.

And the two exchanged a handshake before the game, before Green was seen patting Poole on the back after the former Michigan guard made a floater in the first half.

‘It’s in the past,’ Warriors sniper Klay Thompson told reporters after the team’s final preseason set-up, which ended in a 119-112 defeat. “I think ring night will heal all wounds.”

Green admitted last week that he was “not sure” if he and the fourth-year player could ever be friends again.

Green and Poole are set against Denver during the first half of the game. seen smiling on the couch

The clip shows Green exchanging words with Jordan Poole along the baseline, before bumping into the chest with the smaller guard, who tries to gently push the veteran forward. He then takes revenge with a brutal suction cup to floor his teammate

“Like I said before, that’s not up to me,” said the four-time NBA champion. ‘I don’t think there’s much relevance either. Frankly, we both know how to play basketball and that’s the most important thing for us.

“We get paid to do a job and we come to do that job the best we can. We want to keep winning, so we’re going to do what we have to do to win.’

When he announced his retirement from the team last week, Green called the leak of the punch video obtained by TMZ “bulls***” but apologized to Poole.

“First, I was wrong for my actions that happened on Wednesday, and for that I apologized to my team, I apologized to Jordan,” he said. “I wanted to go one step further with yesterday’s video leak event.

“There comes a tremendous shame, not only from myself as the one who committed the action, but also from the shame that Jordan is dealing with, that the team is dealing with, but also Jordan’s family.”

“His mom and dad saw that video. Frankly, I know that if my mom had seen that video, what would be her reaction would be her next step. So I apologize to his mom and dad.”

Green added to TNT: “I was told that “the world has seen one of your worst moments, look at all the advantages you have now.” It’s a very different way of looking at it, as if the world has seen one of your worst moments, look at the top and I can live with that.”