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Jordan Poole put on a show against his former team in a tough loss on Saturday night, draining eight 3-pointers en route to a career-high 38 points. The dynamic guard also chipped in with five rebounds and five assists in an impressive all-around performance.

8 3PM FOR JORDAN POOLE TONIGHT!!

That's one shy of his career-high pic.twitter.com/cQNk9hTcNy

— NBA (@NBA) January 19, 2025

After the game, Poole told Marc Spears of ESPN's Andscape he still loved "most" of the guys in that locker room, with the clear exception being Draymond Green, who punched Poole during training camp in 2022, a move that was a cloud over the team the entire season and killed the positive vibes for a team coming off a championship.

Green saw that quote on X and apologized.

I really am sorry

— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) January 19, 2025

I don't doubt Green is sincere here, but I also can't blame Poole if he chooses not to accept it. Multiple times since the incident, Green has admitted he made a mistake and let Poole and the organization down.

Green has punished himself more than Golden State did. The organization tried to play the incident down at first, but once video of the altercation leaked, the Warriors priorities made their priorities clear: They fined Green but did not suspend him, then ultimately traded Poole and kept Green around. Last season, Green was handed an indefinite suspension from the NBA after he hit Suns' center Jusuf Nurkic in the face, and as part of the suspension he had to attend therapy sessions. Reports are that a more mature, "nicer" Green emerged from that.