Green to rejoin Warriors on Thursday, says Kerr

SAN FRANCISCO -- Warriors guardant Draymond Green volition rejoin the squad Thursday, manager Steve Kerr said aft Golden State's preseason triumph implicit the Portland Trail Blazers connected Tuesday night.

Green has been distant from the squad since an altercation with teammate Jordan Poole past Wednesday. He has been fined but was not suspended, though it was considered.

"This is the biggest situation that we've had since I've been the manager here," Kerr said. "It's truly superior stuff. We're not perfect. ... But we're going to thin connected the acquisition that we person unneurotic and spot that this is the champion determination for our team. We person a batch of enactment to do. All of us."

Kerr said helium expects Green to play successful the Warriors' last preseason crippled Friday, and helium volition besides beryllium disposable for opening nighttime connected Oct. 18.

Poole -- who was punched by Green successful signifier -- was consulted during the decision-making process, successful summation to Stephen Curry and different players. Poole had respective meetings with Kerr and the beforehand bureau and met with Green. Kerr said Poole is "willing to determination guardant and consenting to get backmost retired connected the level with Draymond and spell to work."

Green apologized to Poole and the squad earlier signifier Thursday past instantly near the installation and went home.

On Friday, a video was leaked that showed the incident. In the video, which was published by TMZ, Green was seen stepping up to Poole, who reacts by shoving the Warriors veteran. Green past punches Poole, knocking him down, earlier respective radical astatine the signifier intervene to interruption it up. There was nary video showing what led up to the incident.

Kerr, wide manager Bob Myers and Green person said the altercation did not stem from upcoming and ongoing declaration negotiations for the 2 players.

The video prompted Green and the Warriors to mutually hold helium should walk much clip distant from the team. He offered a nationalist apology Saturday and announced helium would measurement distant from the squad indefinitely.

"There is nary mode astir it: [Our] civilization has been damaged by this incident," Kerr said. "You person to enactment to repair that."

Kerr expressed assurance that Green volition beryllium capable to mend the bridges helium has damaged but admitted determination is simply a caller situation to flooded with the younger players who bash not person preexisting relationships with Green. Kerr said that moving forward, helium volition wage adjacent attraction to however the young and caller players look astatine Green and however helium is capable to mentor them.

"He broke our trust, but I americium giving him the payment of the uncertainty due to the fact that I deliberation he's earned that," Kerr said.