{"id":1533167,"date":"2022-10-12T23:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T03:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1533167"},"modified":"2022-10-12T23:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T03:22:49","slug":"draymond-green-is-no-michael-jordan-twitter-reacts-teammate-punching-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/draymond-green-is-no-michael-jordan-twitter-reacts-teammate-punching-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Draymond Green Is No Michael Jordan': Twitter Reacts to Teammate-Punching Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Just over a week before the official start of the 2022-23 NBA season, Draymond Green plunged the defending champion\u00a0Golden State Warriors<\/a>\u00a0into chaos when he\u00a0punched teammate Jordan Poole<\/a>\u00a0in the face during a practice fight. The incident reminded many of a legendary story from the 1990s when\u00a0Michael Jordan<\/a>\u00a0famously punched his teammate \u2014 and Green's current head coach \u2014 Steve Kerr, during a heated practice. And while many pundits cited that fight in relation to the Draymond Green-Jordan Poole incident, a lot of them pointed out one major difference: Michael Jordan was\u00a0a lot<\/em>\u00a0better than Draymond Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nMichael Jordan punched his teammate in a very different era than Draymond Green did<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n