I honestly think it’s pretty obvious that this experiment won’t work. I root for the team so I would love to be wrong.
I know Poole played better at the 1 last season, but that’s because he loves pounding the ball. He’s a ball dominant guard.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. 📍
Tangy_Salad_8088
Is the Draymond – incident actually sticking up with him that things are just not going down
GulfCoastLaw
Poole (at Wizards media day): “I think we’ll be back to seeing just how I’m used to playing, how I am able to impact the game, how I can influence the game with my offensive ability. Also, being able to get in transition. Building confidence into my teammates is something that I’ve always been able to do, especially with the ball… It’s something that I really flourished in the first four years, five years of my career.”
Turbo2x
I thought we learned from Beal that your best player can’t be a short ball dominant guard who doesn’t protect the ball or play defense, but apparently some people really want to see Poole be that. I don’t get it.
rcinfc
Yeah I’m not on the Poole train. He’s really a third guard. The literal definition of it. You bring him off the bench for points and spurts of production. As a starting 2, he’d want to be way too ball dominant. As a PG, way too offensive minded.
There is a huge difference between running the ball in transition and finding guys…. Vs running a team. Let alone his willingness to defend….
pete_the_puma51
Give the PG keys to Bub and go through the ups and downs of a rookie PG and really see what we have in him.
CardiacKemba1
Agree. Unfortunately we have absolutely nothing to lose by giving it a go so I’ll guess we will find out for sure
waskittenman
Unfortunately there is a level of buy in that he can’t get to unless he has the ball in his hand
e_milberg
I don’t even know why we bother with these labels at this point. No matter how you slice it, we all know Jordan is most effective as an on-ball player. *That’s* why people wanted him at the 1. Not because he’s some incredible facilitator or POAD guy. He can’t really guard 1s or 2s, so you might as well put him on lead guards who don’t have a big size advantage on him. His best role is as a sixth man/microwave scorer, and I don’t even know if I’d bother calling him anything other than that.
Honestly, I’m not sure this “debate” really matters. We have our lead guard of the future (Bub) and the short-term bridge to get there (Brogdon). Poole is irrelevant. As soon as his stock is rehabbed enough (and it will), he’ll he out of here.
rueiraV
You can call him what you want but he’s better with the ball
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I honestly think it’s pretty obvious that this experiment won’t work. I root for the team so I would love to be wrong.
I know Poole played better at the 1 last season, but that’s because he loves pounding the ball. He’s a ball dominant guard.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. 📍
Is the Draymond – incident actually sticking up with him that things are just not going down
Poole (at Wizards media day): “I think we’ll be back to seeing just how I’m used to playing, how I am able to impact the game, how I can influence the game with my offensive ability. Also, being able to get in transition. Building confidence into my teammates is something that I’ve always been able to do, especially with the ball… It’s something that I really flourished in the first four years, five years of my career.”
I thought we learned from Beal that your best player can’t be a short ball dominant guard who doesn’t protect the ball or play defense, but apparently some people really want to see Poole be that. I don’t get it.
Yeah I’m not on the Poole train. He’s really a third guard. The literal definition of it. You bring him off the bench for points and spurts of production. As a starting 2, he’d want to be way too ball dominant. As a PG, way too offensive minded.
There is a huge difference between running the ball in transition and finding guys…. Vs running a team. Let alone his willingness to defend….
Give the PG keys to Bub and go through the ups and downs of a rookie PG and really see what we have in him.
Agree. Unfortunately we have absolutely nothing to lose by giving it a go so I’ll guess we will find out for sure
Unfortunately there is a level of buy in that he can’t get to unless he has the ball in his hand
I don’t even know why we bother with these labels at this point. No matter how you slice it, we all know Jordan is most effective as an on-ball player. *That’s* why people wanted him at the 1. Not because he’s some incredible facilitator or POAD guy. He can’t really guard 1s or 2s, so you might as well put him on lead guards who don’t have a big size advantage on him. His best role is as a sixth man/microwave scorer, and I don’t even know if I’d bother calling him anything other than that.
Honestly, I’m not sure this “debate” really matters. We have our lead guard of the future (Bub) and the short-term bridge to get there (Brogdon). Poole is irrelevant. As soon as his stock is rehabbed enough (and it will), he’ll he out of here.
You can call him what you want but he’s better with the ball