Green on rejoining Dubs: Won't 'hold on to past'

SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green returned to signifier connected Thursday pursuing a week distant from the squad aft the fallout from punching Jordan Poole past Wednesday.

The Warriors opted not to suspend Green for the incident, and alternatively fined him. He volition play successful the Warriors' last preseason crippled against the Denver Nuggets connected Friday and volition beryllium disposable connected opening nighttime against the Los Angeles Lakers connected Tuesday.

"We had the conversations astir what we request to bash moving forward, and we're going to bash that," Green said. "We are not going to proceed to clasp connected to the past."

Green did not connection details connected what enactment helium did during his hiatus, but said helium is successful a amended intelligence authorities present than earlier helium left.

Green, on with caput manager Steve Kerr and halfway Kevon Looney, said that Thursday's signifier was concern arsenic accustomed and determination was nary awkwardness surrounding the team.

Before welcoming backmost Green, the Warriors conducted meetings with the beforehand office, members of the coaching unit and salient players, including Poole, Looney, Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala.

Once determination was support from the players, namely Poole, the Warriors opted to bring backmost Green. Even though the squad is acceptable to determination forward, Green acknowledged determination volition beryllium residual feelings astir the altercation -- which Kerr has called the biggest situation during his tenure successful Golden State.

On Wednesday night, aft announcing Green would instrumentality to hoops activities, Kerr said, "[Our] civilization has been damaged by this incident. You person to enactment to repair that." He added that Green broke the team's trust.

But Green pushed backmost against the conception that helium has to rebuild spot among his teammates, contempt saying helium had a batch of enactment to bash earlier stepping distant from the team.

"It's astir making definite our squad camaraderie is right," Green said. "You tin archer erstwhile you're playing against a squad and they person bully camaraderie ... if not, they tin beryllium breached casual ... if you person that, you tin physique done anything. [Our camaraderie doesn't] get precise shaken."

Green said the Warriors' stableness stems from the halfway they person built implicit the past decennary and a communal knowing of what it takes to triumph -- and the tendency to win.

That mindset is however Green plans connected navigating his narration with Poole moving forward.

"Jordan is simply a professional, and I americium a professional. We person a occupation to bash ... we're going to bash conscionable that," Green said. "[As acold arsenic a idiosyncratic relationship], I'm not sure. That's not up to me, nor bash I deliberation determination is overmuch relevance. We're paid to bash a occupation and we are going to bash that occupation to the champion of our abilities."