How much did TMZ pay Warriors media snitch to leak Draymond Green-Jordan Poole video? A $100,000 estimate provided
Draymond Green and Jordan Poole have been making the rounds recently due to an altercation, and it all breaks due to a leaked video.
The Warriors haven’t had much drama over the years between teammates, aside from Draymond Green and Kevin Durant falling out once, so this was somewhat of a shock.
The altercation happened during practice on Wednesday, and at the time, we didn’t have a lot of information about how the fight happened, who caused it and what exactly happened.
However, TMZ leaked footage of the fight and it shows exactly how it happened. The Warriors are investigating the security breach that allowed those images to leak.
reporting with @wojespn: The Golden State Warriors are taking “all legal steps” to uncover how video of Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole during a fight at practice on Wednesday was made public, sources told ESPN.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) October 7, 2022
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TMZ could have paid big bucks to leak Draymond Green-Jordan Poole footage
Getting the footage of the fight is impressive, but it’s possible there are other powers at play. The video clearly shows Green hitting Poole hard, something that made fans wary of the kind of discipline he might be receiving.
TMZ is often the best source for these leaked videos and sensitive information, but they won’t have it easy.
It’s a serious security breach to shoot practice footage and then post it, so whoever did it must have asked for a lot of money.
According to some reports, TMZ may have paid up to $100,000 to obtain the video. Of course, the $100,000 isn’t a huge hit for TMZ, as they’re now making a lot more money through the video itself.
I guess between 50-100k. If the seller was smart it would be 100. If he is a dumb jerk who was talked into 50. Easily worth 150. Not sure what the financials look like there though. https://t.co/bXQQSoGOGU
— Van Lathan Jr (@VanLathan) October 7, 2022
Green apologized for his actions.
Green has come forward to comment on the situation, accepting blame and even apologizing to Poole for taking it out on him in such a harsh way.
“These things happen. Nobody likes it, we don’t condone it, but it happens,” general manager Bob Myers said. “Draymond apologized to the team. Jordan was there in the room. … As far as any suspension, penalty, fine We will handle it internally.”
“It’s unfortunate, I’m not going to deny it,” he added. “It will take some time to move forward, but we will get through it and move on.
And I trust that we will. … This is not the first thing that happens to us, the first feeling of adversity. We’ve been through some of this before. I don’t like to go through that, but it’s part of the NBA and it’s part of sports.”
Here is the video for reference.
Draymond Green is out of place. You are not Michael Jordan, this is not “The Last Dance”. Jordan Poole is younger than you, smaller than you, and you don’t win the token without him. At this point, Draymond is showing his “toughness” to himself, not to anyone else.pic.twitter.com/SUju1LtKYr
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) October 7, 2022
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