The Jordan Poole era in DC is already troubling! Is there hope?!

[Da_Eggman]

I think he’s traded by the AS break

 

[DoubleClutch]

I think he’s traded by the AS break

Traded to who?

 

[Da_Eggman]

Traded to who?

Beijing Ducks

 

[Da_Eggman]

They can trade him some contender will want him

 

[duckbutta]

They can trade him some contender will want him

To do what? Get another teams star player to punch him in the face and get suspended for a playoff series?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

These clips literally show him playing the 1. Getting the exact type of looks and space that come with playing the 1 and working from top of the key @1:18, @1:37, @ 1:47. It also shows quite a few of his assists as a distributor. Of course EVERY bucket he scores isnt going to be off the dribble but the majority are, and even one bucket he got out the corner came off pick action that originated from him bringing the ball up @1:27

Why did you post this clip? This is EXACTLY what all of us are talking about re: freeing Poole by playing the 1

He's playing the same role he always has since becoming a main rotational player.

This is why I emphasized it's a hybrid role, where he has one foot in either sphere of being a 1 and 2.

I don't know what you're trying to prove by saying he "brings up the ball" on a certain possession as if that somehow negates he scored on a catch-and-shoot opporunity? The scoring actions in those clips are largely him getting off-ball actions when defenses can't zone in on him. He's playing the same damn role he did in the 2023 playoffs when he couldn't handle the pressure, and couldn't get anything going offensively because he was in way over his head.

He was literally bringing up the ball in that postseason and dribbling the cotdamn ball off his leg, or dribbling himself into trouble when defenses gameplanned for him.

He's not being freed up this season by a change in role. It's simply low stakes regular season hoops and he's approaching the game more seriously. That's all there is to it. If he comes crashing back down to Earth at any point and looks like he did last season, is that because he's no longer been freed up by this new role you think he has, or has he been playing the same damn role and this is who he is as a player?

@Braman

 

[Da_Eggman]

To do what? Get another teams star player to punch him in the face and get suspended for a playoff series?

He still can shoot

 

[SoSoSlick]

JP ballin tonight

 

[feelosofer]

Jordan Poole is essentially a high level basketball knucklehead.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Another massive L for @Gil Scott-Heroin Draymond has been so bad that they can’t even start him anymore, meanwhile Poole is in his bag

 

[FAH1223]

 

[In The Zone '98]

Thought he was gonna have an Ant Man moment

 

[Regular_P]

Got the highlight.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Another massive L for @Gil Scott-Heroin Draymond has been so bad that they can’t even start him anymore, meanwhile Poole is in his bag

This is why you'rre the WOAT @Squirrel from Meteor Man.

 

[FAH1223]