​Draymond Green’s criticism of Udonis Haslem didn’t go quietly into the night. Shortly after Green, the Golden State Warriors star, questioned Haslem’s leadership while discussing the latest clash between former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, Haslem hit back on Sunday with a lengthy response on X. He accused Green of drawing a false parallel to the infamous Jordan Poole incident that fractured the Warriors’ locker room in 2022.
“I see some things just don’t change,” Haslem wrote. “You was on sucka shit four years ago when you swung on Jordan Poole and you on sucka shit now.”
Green revived the long-running dispute on his Draymond Green Show, saying Haslem’s public critique after Green punched Poole during a Warriors practice had stuck with him. “I remember when I got into it with Poole,” Green said. “I remember one person when the Jordan Poole incident happened with me who was really, really outspoken about it and it really bothered me, was Udonis Haslem.” He went on to ask why Haslem hadn’t publicly criticized Adebayo in the same way after reports surfaced that the Heat captain confronted Tyler Herro during NBA Summer League following Herro’s social media posts after the Bucks trade.
“So, when I first saw this, I was like, ‘Damn. This is two guys Udonis Haslem raised,’” Green said. “If you raised this young guy in the light of what you was saying about me, and now he punches this other young guy that y’all kind of co-raised, are you going to have that same energy?”
Haslem’s reply left little room for doubt. He rejected Green’s comparison, arguing that the Warriors star was an established veteran and multiple-time NBA champion when he swung on a much younger teammate. “If you think your big 32 year old, 3 or 4 rings at the time having ass swinging on a 23 year old Jordan Poole at the time is the same then you are even more delusional than I thought.”
Haslem also defended Adebayo, highlighting the Heat center’s age and experience while arguing he exercised restraint. “First of all Bam is 28. Tyler is 26. Neither one of them got it all figured out yet.” He suggested that anyone who knows Bam understands he’s strong, but if he had fully unleashed on Tyler, it would have been over. He contrasted that with Green’s punch on Poole, stating, “You fired off on that young boy like it was a club punch and you never met him before in your life.”
The Poole incident remains one of the defining episodes of the Warriors’ 2022-23 season. Green stepped away from the team for several days before returning, while Poole stayed with Golden State for one more season before eventually being traded.
Green also referenced Haslem’s previous confrontation with Jimmy Butler, implying that the former Heat captain might be seeking better SEO while weighing in on a current narrative. In any case, the exchange underscored the ongoing tension between Green and Haslem, a feud rooted in past locker-room drama and now re-emerging in the context of new on-court, on-message clashes.