The topic of the week in the NBA is an altercation between two Warriors players – Draymond Green and Jordan Poole – which ended with the former punching the latter.
Marcus Smart was one of many players that weighed in on the incident. While saying that things like that happen even among family members, Celtics guard expressed an opinion that Green made a mistake by punching his young teammate.
“It happens,” the reigning Defensive Player of the Year said. “Just like with your brother or sister – you love them, you like them, there’s nothing bad with them, but couple of times here and there you’r going to put your hands on them and couple of times you’ll do. It happens.
“Obviously you wish it didn’t come out like it did. I think that’s something the Warriors should have kept in house it should have been with them. They should have handled it between them.
“I don’t know much about the situation, but from what I’m hearing and seeing, I know Draymond as good as he as is as a player and as a person, he made a mistake. I think we can all say that from what we know. As a leader you can’t do that, especially with guys looking up to you and looking to you for advice and encouragement.”
