{"id":99880,"date":"2022-10-17T19:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fights-like-draymond-green-and-jordan-pooles-common-in-wnba\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T19:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:40:03","slug":"fights-like-draymond-green-and-jordan-pooles-common-in-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fights-like-draymond-green-and-jordan-pooles-common-in-wnba\/","title":{"rendered":"Fights, Like Draymond Green and Jordan Poole&#8217;s, Common in WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Candace Parker says fights, like Draymond Green and Jordan Poole&#8217;s, &#8220;happen a lot&#8221; in the WNBA.<\/li>\n<li>She said that healthier, more competitive teams are the ones where players say &#8220;how they really feel.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I would almost rather a blow up, and then we&#8217;re able to solve the problem, versus people being quiet,&#8221; she said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup &#10;                        headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"morning_brew\" data-list=\"Morning Brew\" data-acq-source=\"morningbrew\" data-origin=\"MorningBrew\" data-campaign=\"sports\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                        <title>loading<\/title>\n                        <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                        <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                          <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                        <\/path>\n                      <\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>                            Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                            <button class=\"rounded-button headline-bold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                              download the app<br \/>\n                            <\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Draymond Green&#8217;s confrontation with teammate Jordan Poole \u2014 which ended in a punch to Poole&#8217;s face during a Golden State Warriors practice \u2014 came as little surprise to Candace Parker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I think that there&#8217;s a place and a time for it and, you know, do emotions get the best of us sometimes? Absolutely,&#8221; Parker told Insider.  &#8220;But it is a part of it, and it&#8217;s about dealing with it with the team and not having to explain to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I think that&#8217;s what Golden State was trying to accomplish,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1666 \/ 2222)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/634d78df410f430018148bb8&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2222,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1666}}\" alt=\"Draymond Green (right) and Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors.\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Draymond Green (right) and Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>During an October 5 practice that grew increasingly chippy, Green and Poole got into an argument that became physical.  At one point, Poole \u2014 a fourth-year guard who just earned a nine-figure extension with Golden State \u2014 shoved Green in the chest.  The four-time NBA champion and four-time All-Star responded by punching his teammate in the face.  The altercation was caught on tape, which was leaked to TMZ two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Green has since apologized and rejoined the team after a brief hiatus.  Poole says his focus is now on winning another title alongside Green.<\/p>\n<p>Parker \u2014 a two-time WNBA MVP \u2014 explained to Insider that those kinds of situation &#8220;happen a lot&#8221; in the WNBA.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1666 \/ 2222)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/634d7ac76bd527001914ef7d&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2222,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1666}}\" alt=\"Candace Parker.\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Parker.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        AP Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, absolutely, that has happened,&#8221; she added, referring to intra-team fights the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>But Parker, who has won a pair of championships with two different franchises over the course of her 15-year WNBA career, doesn&#8217;t necessarily see conflict between teammates as a bad thing.  She thinks that players &#8220;expressing themselves&#8221; is crucial to building and maintaining team chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, &#8220;whether it&#8217;s a physical altercation, whether it&#8217;s words,&#8221; saying what needs to be said is preferable to saying nothing at all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1667 \/ 2500)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/634d7ba1410f430018148c66&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1667}}\" alt=\"Candace Parker (second from left) speaks to her Chicago Sky teammates.\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Parker (second from left) speaks to her Chicago Sky teammates.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The toughest teams I&#8217;ve ever been on \u2014 and by toughest I mean the hardest to play in the environment \u2014 are when people don&#8217;t say what needs to be said,&#8221; Parker said.  &#8220;You know, I would almost rather a blow up, and then we&#8217;re able to solve the problem, versus people being quiet in meetings and not saying how they really feel or expressing themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those are the teams that lose,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>One of Parker&#8217;s Chicago Sky teammates \u2014 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper \u2014 told Insider back in August that the seven-time WNBA All-Star is known as a talker on their team.  When she first joined her hometown Chicago squad ahead of the 2021 season, Parker filled a niche that Copper hadn&#8217;t seen on the team before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 2802 \/ 1868)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/62fe6b9bec781d001868abdd&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1868,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:2802}}\" alt=\"Kahleah Copper and Candace Parker.\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Kahleah Copper (right) and Parker celebrate a three-pointer in identical fashion.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody has a different leadership style, but we&#8217;ve never had a communicating leader, who was very upfront and would be able to get the point across directly,&#8221; Copper said.  &#8220;I watch Candace all the time. Candace, when she first got here, was just a great addition and she just inspired me in a lot of ways. Just communicating directly, whatever it is that we need to talk about, because ultimately we all wanna win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s really good at holding herself accountable and also holding everyone else accountable when we need it the most,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Parker also believes that the more &#8220;competitive&#8221; teams are more likely to have players with the passion to fight for what they believe is best for the team.  In other words: They want to win.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1750 \/ 2333)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/631b6eef0a329a0011e3aea5&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2333,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1750}}\" alt=\"Candace Parker during Game 5 of the Chicago Sky's 2022 WNBA semifinal matchup against the Connecticut Sun.\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Parker during Game 5 of the Chicago Sky&#8217;s 2022 WNBA semifinal matchup against the Connecticut Sun.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        Melissa Tamez\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>She referenced &#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; the mega-popular ESPN docuseries capturing Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty.  During one of the series&#8217; 10 episodes, fans learned that Jordan once punched then-teammate Steve Kerr \u2014 who now coaches Green and Poole with the Warriors \u2014 during a Bulls practice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The teams that usually are fighting for things or upset or whatever usually are playing for something and usually are winning,&#8221; Parker said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candace Parker says fights, like Draymond Green and Jordan Poole&#8217;s, &#8220;happen a lot&#8221; in the WNBA. She said that healthier, more competitive teams are the ones where players say &#8220;how they really feel.&#8221; &#8220;I would almost rather a blow up, and then we&#8217;re able to solve the problem, versus people being quiet,&#8221; she said. loading &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fights-like-draymond-green-and-jordan-pooles-common-in-wnba\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fights, Like Draymond Green and Jordan Poole&#8217;s, Common in WNBA<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100296,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-the-nba-didnt-get-involved-in-draymond-green-jordan-poole-situation\/","url_meta":{"origin":99880,"position":0},"title":"Why the NBA didn&#8217;t get involved in Draymond Green-Jordan Poole situation","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The situation surrounding Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole during a Warriors practice -- an incident coach Steve Kerr called the \"biggest crisis\" of his tenure -- never reached the level of needing the NBA to intervene. 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