Warriors' Draymond Green apologizes for fighting Jordan Poole

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green apologized to the team a day after fighting with teammate Jordan Poole during practice, general manager Bob Myers said.

Poole practiced Thursday and Green did not, and Myers said any potential discipline would be handled internally. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Green will be away from the team again Friday and that he expects him to return Saturday.

Myers said he doesn't anticipate Green missing any games for Wednesday's altercation.

«Everybody's fine,» Myers said, saying the team is lucky nobody got hurt. «Look, it's the NBA, professional sports, these things happen. Nobody likes it. We don't condone it, but it happened.

»Draymond apologized to the team this morning, Jordan was there in the room, I was there in room with the team, the coaches, the players and we heard that."

Myers said «space is good» regarding Green not practicing and going home after he addressed the team.

Green threw a punch at Poole at practice Wednesday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The two players had been verbally sparring before some pushing, which escalated when Green took a swing and made contact with Poole, sources said.

The fiery Green, a four-time NBA champion and four-time All-Star, has long been considered the emotional leader of the Warriors. He's been willing to get into it with his teammates when he feels that's appropriate. There is a «tough love» element to every team, Myers said, noting that «Draymond is absolutely a leader on this team.»

«It's unfortunate, I'm not going to deny it,» Myers said. «It'll take some time to move through, but we'll move through it and move forward, and I'm confident that we will. We've got a good team, we've got good leadership,