It was one of those fan-interaction moments that’s both funny in real time and revealing in hindsight: a young fan asked Jordan Poole the question adults usually dodge.
“How did it feel when Draymond Green punched you?”
Poole didn’t snap, didn’t moralize, and didn’t pretend he hadn’t heard it a thousand times in whispers since 2022. He just gave a short, human answer:
“It’s tough, bro,” before the clip cut off and the moment spilled across social media.
Some kid really asked Jordan Poole what it was like getting punched by Draymond 😭 pic.twitter.com/bgf6EWhtH6
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 23, 2026
Poole, for his part, has rarely fed the storyline. That’s what makes the kid’s bluntness so jarring: it drags a private scar back into the public square, in the middle of what’s supposed to be the most harmless space in sports, players and young fans sharing a quick moment. And Poole’s response, in four plain words, suggested the simplest truth is still the sharpest one. There’s no clever answer for being hit by a teammate on camera. There’s only the reality that it happened, and that it changed things.
