Draymond Green punch footage leaves NBA world in shock

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has jeopardised his legacy in the NBA as a result of his training camp fight with Jordan Poole, with leaked footage leaving the basketball world stunned.

While Green apologised earlier this week after reports emerged that he'd been involved in a scuffle with his teammate, leaked footage of the incident has shocked the league.

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The footage shows what appears to be a back and forth between Poole and Green, with the former shoving Green away when he got in his face.

Green responded by throwing a lunging punch at Poole, sending him collapsing to the ground.

While the Warriors are furious that footage of the incident was leaked to US outlet TMZ, the wider NBA community has taken a damning stance on Green's actions.

Former NBA star Jalen Rose told ESPN there would forever be a 'stain' on Green's career as a result.

“It broke my heart… because it leaves a stain on their relationship that will never be the same,” Rose said of the video.

“And not just with those two human beings - with anyone that’s close to Jordan… and with the organisation.”

Fellow former NBA players Kendrick Perkins and Stephen Jackson also weighed in, with the former describing the punch as a 'sucka' move.

"Beyond that being a sucka move, Draymond needs to know what he did to Jordan Poole as a man, the Warriors as a team and his own legacy!" Perkins wrote on Twitter.

"Leadership is more than holding teammates accountable, you gotta check yourself too!"

Jackson, who claimed to have spoken to Green in the wake of the incident, said there was 'no need' for him to have reacted the way he did.

"There's no reason to sucker punch the young fella," Jackson said.

"I told Draymond last night that he has to fix the situation with Poole... You never hit your teammates in practice, man."

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The Warriors are pursuing legal options in an effort to track down the source of the leaked video.

The team have also launched an 'aggressive investigation' into the source of the leak, as well as following up on a yet to be announced sanction for Green himself.

General manager Bob Myers put it lightly when he described the incident as 'unfortunate', and said Green would have significant work ahead of him to regain the trust of his teammates.

“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, we’ve got some guys that have been here a long time," he said.

“Yesterday wasn’t a good moment. That’s the bottom line. It wasn’t.

"There’s people in life that make mistakes, and don’t apologise or don’t earn your trust back. He always does that.

"I don’t think he likes putting himself in these spots. He’s in one. And I think he’ll find a way to earn the respect of his teammates and Jordan back. But that’s the work he has to do.”

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reported the "Warriors are taking 'every legal course of action' to discover how [the] video" was made public.

Multiple reports said the Warriors launched an investigation immediately after TMZ published the video.

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