in general...i would say if jordan poole is fine with how the team handled it then who are we to be more angry than he is. jordan poole...by all accounts...is a complete professional and team player and is prolly putting a lot of his personal feelings aside for what he believes is better for the team/franchise/locker room.

thats fine.

but draymond has shown a documented pattern of behavior that puts games/series/championships at risk. unnecessarily. and now hes doing shit that strikes at the actual fabric of his own locker room. this isnt him pissing off refs and bullying opponents.

he basically showed up for 1 game in the finals at a championship level. only dude to get benched for bad play. in the finals. had a bunch of antics that risked suspension. was focused on his damn podcast and the controversy/beefs that spun off of that. and so on.

he was easily the worst warrior in the finals compared to what is expected of him.

yet when his teammates carried him to a championship through their hard work and focus on the main priority....instead of draymond being humble and reflecting on the unnecessary turbulence he was bringing down on the team...dude just felt more emboldened to talk shit and act like he was that dude.

and now hes apparently emboldened enough to try to knock out your best rising young star. dude isnt just self-destructive anymore...hes harming his teammates (physically and mentally).

dudes behavior is escalating and getting worse. but the punishment is not. he was actually suspended for a game for a *verbal* confrontation with durant. now nothing.

if he was a dude on a team other than the multiple time champions...all of the talk would be about how much he was a locker room cancer and whether/when they should move him.

how can the franchise ever expect him to change and stop being an unnecessary detriment to the team if they never levy the type of penalty that would make him truly reconsider his behavior?