The reason why the Golden State Warriors can rush to the first place in the league this season is absolutely related to Kerr's "bold employment", before Klay has not returned this season, the team's starting No. 2 position is basically a third-year student Jordan Pooler in office, the 19-year first round of the 28th show, in the rookie season won the trust of coach Cole, and then every season his data is constantly improving, This season, he averaged 17.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 44.6% from the field, which set his career high.
In the 19th draft, there is no shortage of potential new stars, in addition to the top three picks of Zion, Morant, Barrett, and then Hunter, Garland, Kobe White, Hachimura, Redish, PJ Washington, Hiro, etc., the average score per game of his career has reached double digits, but as an "underdog" at the end of the first round, Poole has played a career masterpiece in one fell swoop this season, and his status in the 19th Draft has been greatly improved.
So far, Poole has averaged 17.4 points per game this season, the fourth place in the 19th edition, behind Morant (24.7 points), Hiro (20.6 points), Garland (19.4 points), 2.5 three-point shots per game, ranking third, behind Hiro (2.7) and Garland (2.6), and in terms of 3.4 assists per game, it can also rank in the top five, behind Garland (7.3), Morant (6.7), Kevin Porter Jr. (5.8) and Hiro (3.9).
A number of statistics can be compared with these popular rookies, Poole can have such a rapid progress, indeed should be a good thank you to Kerr, the Bole teacher, after all, not all players can be in the first round, in the Warriors such a traditional champion background to stand firm. Of course, this also has something to do with Pooler's luck and his own efforts, because the season he just joined the team, it just so happens that the core of the backcourt Klay Thompson was reimbursed for the season because of the ACL rupture, with this east wind, Poole won 22.4 minutes of playing time in his rookie season, averaging 8.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, although the shooting accuracy is not good, he can get an output of nearly 10 points per game, and Poole has thus entered Kerr's eyes.
The following season Clay was reimbursed again because of the Achilles tendon tear, although Poole was once delegated to the development league, but after the return, he was reborn, in the ball processing and projection stability have been significantly improved, the average score per game also climbed to double digits, and this season has raised his data to the quasi-All-Star level, as a first-round No. 28 show, it is not easy. After returning to the court after the last game of Klay's return to the game after more than 900 days away, Poole also gave up his starting position, but even if he retreated from the bench, he can still deliver 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, if he can really maintain such self-confidence, it is not impossible to become the chief bench bandit after the Warriors.
Throughout the 19th Draft, except for Zion, no other player has yet entered the All-Star Game, and if Poole can continue to maintain the current stable output of about 17 points per game in the next game, with the Warriors' excellent popularity, he is not impossible to become another All-Star member after Zion in the 19th this season!