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Jordan Poole is BETTER without Steph Curry in the starting lineup – Kendra Andrews | Howdy Partners



Kendra Andrews joins Tim MacMahon on the 22nd episode of Howdy Partners to discuss the Golden State Warriors’ chances to win the 2023 NBA Championship.

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22 Comments

  1. Poole only plays better without Steph because he basically has free reign to launch however many shots as he wants, leading to more points. He doesn’t consistently put up huge numbers when Steph is playing for good reason

  2. Well there can be no question that Warriors need to bring Curry off the bench from now on.

  3. 🤷🏾‍♂️ Why was Steve asked such a question regarding a Young Steph finding his way shooting? We all know he inherited the Warriors after Mark Jackson made them great…

  4. Well actually, If you look at their hot start last season, you'll notice that poole was putting up all-star numbers until the return of Klay, and he played better without Klay. No disrispect, but if I was Steve Kerr, I would bring Klay off the bench.

  5. Poole needs to put on his big boy pants and figure out how to mesh his game with the greatest point guard in the modern era, maybe ever. He never should and never will start over Steph Curry.

  6. This is some nonsense he's inefficient no matter who's in the lineup. It's just who he is and probably always will be he's more of a Jamal Crawford type. Electric but inconsistent.

  7. Ofc, Poole getting more touches and not reliant to Steph when out. I think Kerr should fix the minutes of them playing together. If all healthy. Steph, Klay, Wiggs, Dray, Looney is indeed the Starting 5. 1st sub you'll do is to replace Steph with Poole playing the rest of the starters then if you want to replace Klay, Steph should come back in for him and lead the 2nd unit. You need to make sure to have 2 out of these 3 players (Steph, Poole, Klay) on the floor always.

    Line up combinations I'm wanting to see (situationals)

    Fluid Offense:
    Curry, Divincenzo, Klay, Wiggins, Dray

    Spit Fire:
    Curry, Poole, Klay, Wiggins, Dray

    Clutch:
    Curry, Klay, Divincenzo, Wiggins, Looney

    Defense:
    Divincenzo, Klay, Payton, Kuminga, Dray

    Big:
    Divincenzo, Klay, Wiggs, Dray, Looney

    Fresh legs:
    Curry, Payton, Lamb, Kuminga, J. Green

  8. When the warriors go real small with a lineup of curry,Poole,Thompson,Wiggins,green I’ve seen Poole be great

  9. I don't know what she is trying to say, she wants to trade steph, I would like to know what she is looking at, Poole can't defense and rebound can't shoot good, what is she looking at,

  10. By FG% / 3P% / plus minus for this season so far:

    Steph: 49% / 43% / +152

    Klay: 43% / 41% / +123

    Dray: 52% / 32% / +206

    Donte: 43% / 41% / +73

    Poole : 43% / 33% / -23

    Got these numbers from statmuse out of curiosity and just putting them here for anyone who also care about efficiency and plus minus over a 64-game sample size.

  11. We should’ve kept everyone else and got rid of Poole or used him as a sign and trade. Poole’s ceilings is where he is. He isn’t elite defensively.

  12. This is the kind of take that tells me that they aint watching the games. When poole is dropping 25 plus, he is doing it with ill-timed turnovers, inefficient shot selection, and usually a bad +-.

    There is NO aspect of the warriors offense that is better without Steph. Anyone saying otherwise should probably start watching a different sport because basketball aint it

  13. Good comments by Kendra. But Kerr has said that Poole is too skilful and that is affecting his decision making. As he gets older and calm down those will reduce

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