Warriors guard Jordan Poole continues to receive attention for all the wrong reasons.
has garnered lots of attention from teams around the league this postseason — just not the good kind of attention.published Wednesday revealed that some rival executives don’t think too highly of the 23-year-old guard, especially given how poorly this playoff run has gone for him. Poole is performing worse than his prior postseason performance in almost every single metric, including points per game , field-goal percentage , 3-point percentage , and net rating .
One anonymous Eastern Conference executive called him “empty calories,” according to Bleacher Report. Another listed all of his faults in one fell swoop, a far cry from the sympathy Poole garnered when Draymond Green punched him“He doesn’t defend, doesn’t really create for others and that Draymond [Green] incident wasn’t a great look for either of them,” another executive told Bleacher Report. “The intel on Poole [and his“I don’t know why the Warriors rushed to overpay him.
Poole signed a four-year, $128 million contract ahead of this season. At the time, it was a defensible deal, given how he performed during the Warriors' championship run. The team was investing heavily in a guy who looked like a future star. But even after a decent regular season, this playoff run has leftOf course, it’s worth noting that executives remain anonymous in these sorts of situations for reasons that go beyond just remaining cordial with their rival front-office members.
Believe it or not, there could be interested suitors. According to an anonymous former executive in the story, Poole might follow general manager Bob Myers if he leaves the Warriors when his contract is up this offseason.
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