This season, the Golden State Warriors can enter the playoffs after 2 seasons, in addition to benefiting from the recombination of the Splash Brothers, the outbreak of Jordan Poole, another main player in the backcourt, is also indispensable, the third-year student can be said to have played the best performance of his career this season, these 6 playoff games, Poole's average score per game is second in the team with 22.7 points, second only to Curry (27.3 points), the Warriors can enter the playoffs again, in one fell swoop to the semifinal stage, Poole is indeed the key.
The first playoff bench remained steady, with Poole making him the first in history
In the first game of the most recent Warriors and Grizzlies semifinals, Poole shot 12 of 20 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point range in 37 minutes, scoring a team-high 31 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, which is also the fourth time in the playoffs that Poole has scored 25+ points in a single game with a shooting rate of more than 60%, and he has become the first player in NBA history to get this data in four of the first six playoff games of his career. In addition, Poole's playoff career-high 31 points in the first game of the semifinals were obtained when he played as a substitute, which highlighted its valuable points.
Considered by CBS to be the worst rookie of the 19th year, Poole questioned his face with practical actions
It was such a warrior's backcourt core figure, but at the time, the analysis report of CBS sports analysts was regarded as the worst rookie in the 2019 NBA draft. Time back to the 19th NBA Draft, when the Golden State Warriors, who held the first round of the No. 28 pick, chose Jordan Pooler from the University of Michigan, because of the loss of Klay Thompson in the 19th Finals, so the Warriors also hoped to choose a guard to temporarily make up for the gap in Klay's position, and the 1.93-meter tall, arm span to 2 meters of the guard, really used his own practical actions to face these doubts, in the first season it was reused by Kerr, into the Warriors' main rotation list.
Rookie season down, Poole in 22.4 minutes of playing time, can average 8.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, to know that the 19th ranking before Pooler includes such as the 27th show Carbenguele, and the 19th show Shamenic, not to mention getting 20+ playing time, even whether it can enter the team's 12-man roster is a problem, so Poole is regarded by CBS as the worst rookie in the 19th NBA Draft, and he punched his face hard as early as the rookie season. In the rookie season, he entered the Colfa Eye, and in the second season of Poole's career, thanks to Klay's re-reimbursement due to the torn Achilles tendon season, he also continued to enter the team's main rotation list, when he was sent to the development league by the Warriors, which also allowed him to get enough experience and growth, so when he was called back again, Poole obviously increased the ball, and the average score per game also increased to double digits, reaching 12 points.
Living up to Kerr's trust, the 22-year-old Poole has become an indispensable backcourt core for the Warriors
By the end of the season, Poole was directly sent to the starting list by Kerr at the beginning of the game, handing over stable double-digit points one after another, so even in the first round of the playoffs and the Nuggets series, Kerr still chose to let Poole start and let Curry continue to serve as a substitute. Poole, who gave the opportunity to successfully grasp, did not disappoint the coaching staff in the end, the more confident he played, he has now become an indispensable backcourt core of this Warriors, and the 22-year-old Poole can still bring everyone what kind of surprises, let us wait and see.