Saturday, October 8, 2022

Punch drunk

 So, remember all those times when you and your sibling got into it over something really dumb (because that's what siblings do), and your mom finally said "That's enough! Can't you two find something else to argue about?"?

Well ... these days I feel like Mom every time I enter the wonderfully stupid world of social media.

Know what folks are arguing about these days on the Magic Twitter Thingy and Instablab and TikGram?

Whether Draymond Green sucker-punched teammate Jordan Poole in practice the other day, or if he just regular-punched him.

If you've seen the leaked video -- and the "leaked" part has become a thing, too, because of course it has -- you see Draymond and Poole standing around several feet apart, and then Draymond walks over to Poole and gets in his grill, and then Poole pushes him away.

After which Draymond decks him with a single right cross.

Some people are saying it was a sucker punch, because who expects a simple jawing session to escalate to Ali-Frazier? 

Others are saying it can't be a sucker punch, because Poole shoved Green first.

Still others are saying this is a Very Serious Matter that NBA commissioner Adam Silver will now Have To Deal With; yet MORE others are saying whoever in the Warriors organization leaked the video should be fired immediately, because that's the real issue here.

The Blob's take is it's 2022, and everything gets leaked now, so get over it. Also, it's not like it's the first time a teammate has punched another teammate, as Warriors coach Steve Kerr -- once famously punched by Michael Jordan back before everything was a thing -- well knows. Also, Draymond Green is a dick.

That said, he and Poole have probably already kissed and made up. And if they haven't, this whole business could be easily handled by Kerr calling both players into his office and saying, "Guys, don't do that s*** again. Now kiss and make up."

After which, stupid social media will begin a new debate: Did Green and Poole really make up? Is there a serious rift there? Could this whole deal DIVIDE THE LOCKER ROOM??

Sigh.

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