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Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green once again expressed regret after former teammate Jordan Poole may have mentioned some lingering bad blood between them.

After the Washington Wizards lost 122-114 to the Warriors on Saturday night, Poole stayed reflected in the locker room that “I love those guys over there,” before adding “I love most of those guys over there.” Some read the clarification as a dig at Green.

The four-time All-Star saw the quote relayed by Andscape’s Marc J. Spears and responded, “I’m really sorry.”

Green famously hit Poole during a team training session in October 2022, momentarily there lingered throughout the 2022-23 season. Poole was traded to the Wizards in July 2023 as part of the deal that brought veteran guard Chris Paul to the Bay Area.

Green discussed the incident on Penny Hardaway’s Two Cents Podcast and called it “one of my biggest failures as a vet” (via Andy Lindquist from NBC Sports Bay Area).

“It took me going through that fiasco with Jordan Poole, who was someone who came in and picked his locker to be next to me because he wanted to learn from me,” he said. “(He) was someone that I wanted to spend time with and that I wanted to pour into, and I (f–sorry) it all.”

Green was suspended indefinitely from the NBA midway through last season after hitting Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the face during a game. As part of the suspension, the four-time NBA champion had to attend league-mandated therapy sessions.

ESPN’s Oh Youngmisuk profiled Green earlier this month, detailing how much he improved thanks to therapy and check-ins with NBA officials.

Travis Walton, a friend of Green’s dating back to college, said he has witnessed “a nicer Draymond” in the months since.

“He’s more aware,” Walton told Youngmisuk. “He’s more mellow with things. Maybe when he’s ready to break out (in a practice session), he says, ‘Let me look at it from a different perspective,’ (where) the old Draymond would have gone off. The old Draymond would have had a lot more to say than Draymond right now.”

Green can’t turn back time and pretend the row with Poole never happened. But he’s clearly remorseful about the situation, so maybe he and Poole can squash any remaining beef.