The Warriors have given fans too many surprises this year, last season was still struggling on the edge of the playoffs this season has successfully entered the championship team, in addition to the team's record of the substantial improvement, let people most fortunately count the progress of the players, this season's rise of the Warriors and the excellent play of some role players are inseparable, Jordan Pooler is the biggest dark horse this year. Poole's draft pick is not high, he is not the kind of high pick rookie, in the first round of 2019 28 picks was selected, so he does not have the talent and opportunity of those proud sons of heaven, just entered the league he is running back and forth in the development league and the NBA, although the first season got a lot of opportunities, but Poole's ability on the court is really limited, the shooting is unstable, the high turnover rate, the key is also sticky, the handling of offense is extremely immature.
And this season's experience in the development league has made Poole's reading ability to play more excellent, although there are still occasional moments on the top, but compared to the beginning of his performance has been very good, it can be said that great progress has been made, he himself has become the Warriors' main offensive firepower on the bench this season, before Thompson did not return, the combination of Poole and Curry became a new splash brother, and Poole also firmly seized the opportunity. Poole averaged 16.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 28.8 minutes this season, shooting 43.9 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from three-point range. Averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game, Poole has a qualitative improvement in both production and efficiency, and the most important thing is that this is his third season, the 22-year-old still has a long career, his future possibilities will be infinite, so Poole is a player worth cultivating and looking forward to, he is likely to become a super sixth like Lu Williams or Crawford.
However, Poole's outbreak this season is also a mixed feeling for the Warriors, Poole's outbreak has given the Warriors' bench a deeper lineup and brought more playing styles to the team, but it should be known that Now Poole is still facing the problem of contract renewal, his rookie contract will expire next summer, and this offseason The Warriors have the opportunity to complete an early renewal with Poole. However, according to salary experts predict that Poole's next contract is likely to be in 4 years and 80 million, which is not a small amount for the current Warriors, Curry + Thompson + Green have almost occupied the space of the team, plus the transaction of Wiggins, 30 million salary has made the Warriors pay a high luxury tax, and at the same time in the time of renewing Pooler, Wiggins's contract has also reached the time to talk about contract renewal, but Wiggins also played the best season of his career in the Warriors this year, and entered the All-Star for the first time this season. This will cause the Warriors boss a lot of headaches.
As of now, Poole ranks first in the league with 92.2 percent of free throw shooting, 55.4 percent of non-garbage time two-point shooting, more than 88 percent of players in the same position, 33.8 percent from three-point range, more than 44 percent of players in the same position, 76 percent of three-point assist shots, more than 60 percent of players in the same position, and his basket shooting rate has reached 66 percent, surpassing 82 percent of players in the same position. Poole averaged 3.5 points per game and 0.97 points per round, the highest score of all Poole's offensive styles, averaging 0.6 points per game in the air cut, 1.3 points per game, and shooting 66.7%, the most efficient of all offensive means. Poole's two-point shooting rate on the offensive end has the greatest impact on the team, better than the 73% of the players in the same position in the league, and it can be seen from various statistics that Poole is actually a perfect fit for Curry and Thompson to play.
Poole relies more on empty cuts and catch shots as the main means of scoring, he does not need a lot of ball rights to play a role, instead of affecting the role of Curry and Green, it is clear that Poole is very suitable for playing in the Warriors, the Warriors have a lot of blocking, empty cutting, running position, and Poole's offensive means also happen to be based on this, and Poole's defense this season has also improved greatly, when Poole is in the score, the effective shooting rate of the opponent under his defense is 50.3%, which exceeds the 85% of the players in the same position. If Poole can continue to improve, then this 20 million contract is definitely worth it, and the Warriors are likely to win an All-Star again in the future, but if Poole's performance this season is only a flash in the pan, it is difficult to say, after all, this is only Poole's first season of good performance, he has not shown his excellent stability, which may be the biggest question in front of the Warriors, Poole's future is full of uncertainty.
In addition, the Warriors will not be willing to pay 20 million to raise a substitute, such a price is really too high, if Poole's defense and stability can be upgraded a notch, then this contract is definitely worth the money, but now the Warriors are really difficult to choose, if they can not complete the early renewal then they have cultivated Poole in vain, but if the contract is renewed, Wiggins, Porter, Looney will certainly not be able to renew the contract in the future, the Warriors can not afford such a huge luxury tax. The best solution is to sign and then trade, exchanging Poole for other players with similar functions and lower prices.
In addition, the Warriors actually have more players worth cultivating than Pooler, they also have a first-round 7th pick lotto show Cuminga, now Cuminga can not guarantee enough playing time, and there is a role model Show Wiseman and Moses Moody, these three are far more talented than Pooler. Instead of spending such a large price to keep Poole, it is better to complete both sides, Poole can go to a team that gets the start, and the Warriors will have more opportunities to develop their other rookies, so Poole is estimated to be difficult to stay in the Warriors next season. All in all, this is not a loss for Poole, he played accordingly, naturally deserves his contract, to other teams that can give him more opportunities, which will also give Poole a brighter future.