The Warriors beat the Lone Rangers to the Finals, returning to the Familiar Finals once again after three years — the warriors' dynasty still stands for the sixth time in eight years. Why did the Warriors climb out of the trough? The important reason is that they did not waste their time in the trough, they developed young players to gain.
Jordan Poole has shown his potential and can now help the Warriors in the playoffs.
The Warriors selected Jordan Poole with the 28th pick in the first round of 2019, which was questioned at the time, because the Warriors were not missing guard players. Klay Thompson is injured, and the Warriors do need a guard to fill it, but Jordan Poole is more similar to Stephen Curry's style, is he really a good fit for the Warriors? Interestingly, the Warriors signed and replaced guard D'Angelo Russell shortly thereafter.
In his first season for the Warriors, Jordan Poole was in poor shape, with inefficient offense and fragile defense, showing no signs of being able to gain a foothold in the league. He played in 57 games for the Warriors in his rookie season, averaging 8.8 points per game, shooting just 33 percent from the field and 28 percent from three-point range.
Klay Thompson's failure to make a comeback in time gave Jordan Poole more room to grow, and the Warriors were a blessing in disguise, with Jordan Poole making continuous progress. This season' Jordan Poole averaged 18.5 points per game and shot 45 percent from the field, and the Warriors were able to keep the moon in the air, and Jordan Poole finally became an important rotation player for the team.
In the playoffs, Jordan Poole also had a relatively good performance, especially in the Western Conference Finals against the Lone Rangers, Jordan Poole was able to contribute 16.4 points per game, the true shooting rate was as high as 79.0% - averaging at least 15.0 points per game, Jordan Poole set a record in the history of the divisional finals.
Playing five games in the Western Conference Finals, Jordan Poole played very efficiently, hitting at least 50 percent of the shots in each game. In the first two games of the series, Jordan Poole was 8 of 12 and 7 of 10, respectively, making him an efficient surpriser for the Warriors. According to statistics after the Western Conference Finals, Jordan Poole's three shooting rates were 63.6%, 40% and 100%, respectively.
The US media highly praised Jordan Pooler, believing that he had shown the potential of a superstar.
Of course, you will find that Jordan Poole still has a lot of room for improvement, and his efficiency declines greatly when facing a stronger defensive. The first round of the series against the Nuggets, after three efficient games, the two games totaled 6 of 20 shots; the Western Conference semifinals against the Grizzlies, after playing three games efficiently, a total of 33 shots totaled 9 of 33.
Jordan Poole isn't yet a core player for the Warriors, so he's obviously not the strongest defensively, but he can already take some of the pressure off Curry. In the process of this Warriors team advancing to the Finals, Jordan Poole's role cannot be ignored, and this also benefits from Stephen Curry's mentality.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr has said that Stephen Curry can accept that the team can use some time to develop young players, rather than pressure the team to use young players for immediate combat power, "few stars can choose to accept like Curry." That's when Jordan Poole bloomed on the Warriors, rookie players Moses Moody and Cumminga got some chances, and don't forget Wiseman.
(Text/Yan Wujun)