Draymond Green's punch worried Warriors owner Joe Lacob 'a little bit'

The Warriors quest to repeat as NBA champions hit a colossal speed bump in October when Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole at practice

A video of the incident was leaked It was not a good look Green took a leave of absence from the team and vowed to earn back his teammates trust

Warriors owner Joe Lacob said in an interview with The Athletics Tim Kawakami, I didn’t worry about it as much as everyone else did

You see it and you got concerned It certainly did affect us, there’s no question Was I worried Honestly, a little bit

Warriors superstar Steph Curry, coach Steve Kerr, and general manager Bob Myers addressed the incident the day after it happened

Golden State did not suspend Green, but he did miss a pair of preseason games during his time away from the organization

It was a complicated situation, Lacob said

Lacob admitted Greens punch hurt us a little bit and was one of the contributing factors to the teams slow start