The Warriors are the league's dynastic team and the most successful team since the '10s. In 8 years, they reached the finals 6 times and won 4 championships, and their performance was impeccable. In addition to Kutangchai's legendary combination, Durant, Iguodala, Poole and others also played well. In the past two years, the team's young people have changed a lot, and Poole and Wiseman, two former potential stars, have left the Warriors, so how have they performed this year?
Poole and Wiseman were once the treasures of the Warriors. Wiseman is a talented player, and when Curry and Thompson were both exempted due to injury, the Warriors had a poor record, and finally luckily got the roster and selected Wiseman on the inside. At that time, it was believed that after the return of the Splash Brothers, Wiseman would be the future of the team. Poole was a low-pick draft, and he achieved a counterattack little by little, replacing Thompson's position for a time, but in the end he also regretted leaving the team.
Poole was drafted in 2019, when he was selected with the 28th pick, and his talent is not top-notch. He also started off the bench with the Warriors, but he improved rapidly, averaging 8.8 points per game to 12 points and then 18.8 points. Especially when Thompson is absent, Poole can digest the ball, has independent offensive ability, has a stable attendance rate, and is accurate in three points, which can be called the next Curry. In the '22 playoffs, Poole averaged 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game, shooting 51% from the field, and was the core player of the Warriors to win the championship.
At that time, Poole was only 22 years old and definitely had a promising future, so the Warriors offered him a big contract of four years and $130 million. Last season, he also averaged 20+5 per game, but he had a conflict with Green and was eventually traded to the Wizards. This year, he has unlimited fire, but his performance has been very poor, averaging only 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 15 shots per game, and shooting only 41% from the field. The Wizards' record is 4-20, and they are also the bottom of the league, and Poole is embarrassed to be the boss.
Looking at Wiseman, he is a 20-year star show, averaging 12 points and 6 rebounds per game in his rookie season, and the outside world is full of expectations for him. The team that was injured in the second year won the championship, and in the third year, he still did not improve significantly, averaging only 7 points and 3 rebounds per game in the Warriors, and he had a talent but a bad performance, so the Warriors sent him to the Pistons with a big hand.
However, joining a new team, Wiseman has not been able to prove himself. This year, he averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds per game, and he is still only a marginal figure. The Pistons are currently suffering an embarrassing 22-game losing streak, and Wiseman on the court is also without a bright spot. Once upon a time, fans said that Wiseman and Poole would explode when they left the Warriors, but now the slap in the face is coming too quickly.