Anthony Poole’s Tweet at Green

On July 19, 2023, a day after Draymond Green’s Pat Bev Podcast remarks about the 2022 punch, Jordan Poole’s father, Anthony Poole, weighed in on Twitter (now X). Yahoo Sports documented his explicit tweet directed at Green: “He is a soft a** b****... he didn’t apologize to me and my wife. So he lame and me and him can meet anytime he want.” Anthony Poole’s message also included other profane lines, reflecting anger with Green’s narrative and asserting that the family had not received an apology from Green to Poole’s parents [8]. The tweet came amid renewed attention generated by Green’s comment, “I don’t just hit people… We know stuff that you don’t say amongst men,” offered on the Pat Bev Podcast around July 18, 2023 [7]. The same day Anthony Poole tweeted, Jordan Poole had posted an Instagram story with the lyrics, “Talk of the topic... Find you a hobby...,” interpreted as a subtweet toward Green’s framing [7]. This public intervention by a family member added another layer to the discourse, suggesting unresolved personal feelings beyond team confines. While not an official team communication, the tweet drew heavy engagement and was widely covered across aggregators, amplifying scrutiny of Green’s account and the question of whether and how apologies were extended.

Family voices can influence public perception in high-profile NBA conflicts. Anthony Poole’s explicit tweet challenged Green’s portrayal and introduced a dispute over whether apologies reached Poole’s parents, complicating efforts to move the story toward closure [8]. Coming immediately after Green’s podcast appearance, the tweet helped sustain July 2023 as an inflection point in the post-trade narrative, showing that even after roster changes, social media can reignite storylines and keep them in circulation [7,8].

Following the July 2023 flare-up, the narrative quieted until January 2025, when Green again went public with remorse. On January 19, 2025, he posted on X: “I really am sorry” [10]. On January 22, during a podcast dialogue with Baron Davis, Green said, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have punched him. But it happened. Let’s move on,” and also stated, “I even apologized to his parents,” directly addressing a point raised by Anthony Poole’s 2023 tweet [11]. There have been no verified reports of a private reconciliation or a joint statement from Green and Jordan Poole as of that date [10,11].