>NBA insider Marc Stein, who’s also an NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors contributor, believes the Washington Wizards don’t view Poole, whom they acquired from the Warriors in July for 19-year NBA veteran Chris Paul, as a franchise player but rather a significant piece to a potential move. While examining if the Wizards could just want Poole to increase his trade value or if they see him as a “cornerstone player,” Stein weighed in.
>”My sense, from speaking to various league observers,” Stein said (h/t Inside the Wizards), “is that more believe it is the former rather than the latter.”
>Obviously, I wanted to be in a position to have my own team,” Poole told Fischer. “Luckily, I’m able to do that so young, after learning from some of the best.”
>It’s unclear if the Wizards feel the same way, though, especially since Poole has struggled in his first 13 games in DC. He’s averaging just 16.6 points per game thus far, and his 39.6 field-goal and 28.4 percent 3-point shooting percentages are well below his career averages of 42 and 33.6, respectively. He also has gone to the charity stripe much less (2.8 this season, versus 5.1 last season), which is significant, given he led the NBA with a 92.5 free-throw percentage in the 2021-22 season. And he’s shooting just 83.8 percent from the line when he does make it there.
>So, if Poole wants his own team, he might have to hope the third time is the charm, should the Wizards trade him elsewhere.
by OnlyMamaKnows
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Trade to where exactly?
No shit
There was a time when someone like poole would be linked to the knicks
What kind of trade value does he have if he doesn’t even hold value as a young player on a team that isn’t focused on winning this season?
If Poole is your franchise guy you’re getting relegated
If somebody wants him they can have him.
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Saying Jordan Poole is a significant piece to a potential move is like saying the treadmill you bought and used once is going to be a big factor in your fitness regimen you’re perpetually starting tomorrow
[serious] if Poole doesn’t fix how he’s playing and his attitude on the wizards is he going to get another contract in the nba? Like what does he actually bring to a team?
Washington Generals phone lighting up.
If he didn’t have so many years left on his contract, I’d gladly take him, Johnny Davis and picks for Lavine. Because Poole sure seems like he can command a tank like nobody’s business.
what burning 10 seconds off the clock when your team is down does to a mf
Too bad they’re most likely stuck with him on that horrible contract
Dude no way?
Who in their right mind is trading for that clown
He is one of the worst contracts in the NBA, he is not a trade piece. The Wizards are probably wondering if that protected future 1st was worth it
Let’s be real though, the Wizards have been trash for many years now, that’s not all on JP…but he ain’t helping.
I probably root for JP more than anyone. He has a ton of talent and he works hard—there’s a reason that KG and others were saying he could have been James Harden on the Wizards. But the IQ just isn’t there right now. He REALLY needs to get smarter fast.
Maybe it’s just not the right spot for him, not ready to be the #1 guy…idk
I remember looking at Russ on the Lakers wondering why homie’s IQ was so low all of sudden, but it was just the wrong fit for him, now we see him hooping well in a better situation.
I’m hoping JP finds his spot somewhere.
Shanghai is unfortunately the only team that views Jordan Poole as a trade target
Bro got a 100,000,000,000+ reasons to not care and I’m jealous. He’s livin the dream lol
I don’t have anything insightful to add about Jordan Poole as a player, I just think this is the right time to show [this FTX-branded Jordan Poole bobblehead](https://imgur.com/gallery/jv2Meyh) I found at work. Something something collapse of earlier perceived value.
good luck finding a partner
The thing is, the situation with the Wizards is just bringing out his worst tendencies and that’s bound to hurt his trade value.
He’s an inefficient chucker who has an over-inflated sense of his own talent. He will get a contract somewhere as he’d probably be quite useful as a spark-plug bench player, but he’s not the #1 guy he thinks he is.
Not sure if anyone else in the league views him as a trade piece, though…
GLORIFIED NICK YOUNG
What team needs a Jordan Poole tho? More specifically, what team that has assets Washington actually wants needs a Jordan Poole?
If Poole is your franchise player, your franchise is in trouble
Lakers
Poole is at best a pretty decent 6th man he is not the dude who can lead his own team
What? You mean the guy leading us to a 7 win season isn’t our long term answer?
I mean any gm who legitimately sees Jordan Poole as a franchise piece should immediately be removed from that position
They are acting as though they didn’t trade for him thinking that he WOULD be a franchise player for them.
The problem is, so do the 29 other teams
if anybody on the wizards right now has value as a trade piece, it’s kuzma imo. he’s not putting up eye popping numbers, and clearly he’s not enough to move the win needle as a no. 1 guy. but he’s been consistent in his contributions. i think he could be a great addition to a contending team, assuming he’s a good fit w the existing scheme and can acquiesce to whatever role they put him in. even tyus jones seems like a more appealing trade to make than going after poole
Just a reminder that the warriors had to ADD assets to JP to get 38 year old Chris Paul
On what planet is this guy their franchise player when Kuzma has looked a million times better in basically every aspect of the game?
Bro, he better start playing better, this guy is getting paid way too much to be a trade piece.
Is this entire thing based solely on this tweet from a fake Legion Hoops parody account?
https://twitter.com/LeqionHoops/status/1724554590291464511