The Warriors have finally changed their momentum in the last two games, and they have won consecutive Clippers and Nuggets, which has allowed them to draw with the second-place Grizzlies in the West with 45 wins and 22 losses. In these two wins, Thompson and Wiggins still did not play well, but Warriors fans can be a little relieved, because Poole on the bench stood up, and it turned out that the answer to the Warriors' second home after the All-Star Game was already very clear, that is, Poole.
In today's game, Poole played 34 minutes off the bench and scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 8-of-13 shooting, compared with the same team's all-star starter Wiggins scored 7 points on 3-of-11 shooting and Thompson scored 18 points on 7-of-20 shooting. From the second half of the season, Poole may be the warrior's most helpful teammate to Curry, nominally second in charge Wiggins averaged 14 points per game after the All-Star Game, Klay played more and more unreasonable, Tang Shen has long disappeared, replaced by Thompson, who shot and fell off a cliff in three-point shooting.
Fortunately, Poole stood up, in the past five games, Poole averaged 23.8 points and 5 assists per game, shooting 61.1% from the field, including 23 of 39 three-pointers, averaging 7.8 shots per game and 59% three-point shooting rate, such data in the history of the Warriors should only be Curry, Durant, Klay three people have done. In the key moment with the Nuggets, the Nuggets finally chose to pack Curry, and Curry passed the ball to the vacant Poole twice in a row, he hit steadily, completely killing the game, and these two three-pointers also predicted The current position of Poole's team - he deserves a better tactical proportion.
Poole was always the Warriors' starter before Thompson returned, and this is only the third year of his career, and Poole averaged only 12 points per game last season, and this season averaged 16.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, making him the fastest improving player with strong competitors. Poole and Curry's starting double shots were very well reacted, and the Warriors also reached the top of the West at the time, but after Klay's return, Poole's bench performance was a bit struggling, but fortunately, it has been adjusted now, and he has adapted to the position of the best sixth man. However, Poole is certainly not willing to play as a substitute all the time, and after today's game, Poole publicly stated that he would work well with Curry and Klay, and when the three were on the field, the opponent's defense had to deal with a lot of things. Poole seemed to have overlooked another All-Star on the same team, Wiggins.
The reason is simple, the Warriors will most likely choose between Poole and Wiggins in the future, both of which will end their contracts tomorrow summer, and the Warriors can provide them with early contract extensions at the end of the season. Now the Warriors already have two big contracts of Klay and Curry forty million, as well as the contracts of tens of millions of rookies such as Wiseman and Cuminga, so only one of Wiggins and Poole can get a 20 million+ contract extension, and Poole's potential is obviously greater than Wiggins. Today Kerr also affirmed the ability of the Warriors' "new big three": "The three of them are a great combination, and Poole can become the second organizing point after Curry." "Kerr kept Curry, Poole and Klay on the pitch in the final stages of the game.
The Warriors may be the most promising team in the league, and now Curry still maintains the competitiveness of a superstar, while Poole in the team already has the level of a successor, followed by potential rookies such as Cuminga, Wiseman, moody, and the Warriors will become the Ivy of the West like the Spurs.