This is called an emotional lift! Hit by Draymond Green in training 12 days ago, Jordan Poole won a superb contract extension this weekend: $140 million over four years. It was unexpected 12 months ago, and it is more than the most optimistic forecasts.
” If you like stats, this in many ways justifies » reacted GM Bob Myers. ” If you don’t like the stats, that’s fine too. He has his youth for him. Frankly, what encourages us the most about him is his work ethic and how much he loves to work and play. A lot of people think these are things that are automatic in the NBA, but that’s not the case. I don’t think everyone likes to work, but he does. »
At 23, Jordan Poole is now tied to the Warriors until 2027, and he represents the future of the franchise. It’s a huge show of confidence from its executives coming off of an explosive week for the franchise with that punch from Draymond Green and then the leaked footage.
Unsurprisingly, Jordan Poole had to answer questions about this incident, and he did it in… 18 seconds. ” Draymond apologized. We are professionals and we intend to conduct ourselves as such. We are going to play basketball. Everyone in the locker room and in our team knows what it takes to win a title, and we’re going to do it on the pitch. We are here to win a title and keep hanging banners. »
“It’s a very special moment that changes a life”
No need to say more, and Jordan Poole remembers above all that he is a kid from Milwaukee, a city plagued by crime, and he is simply happy to be one of the rare players born in this city to play in the NBA: ” We were just so desperate to get out of it. There was nothing else we could focus on but getting by » he recalls about his hometown.
Today, he is in San Francisco, alongside another former kid from Milwaukee, Kevon Looney, and he knows that this contract will “change his life”.
” I couldn’t stop smiling. I really tried to quit he concludes. ” All that hard work at every level. You know you will face adversity, but you must have faith, trust and believe in yourself… This is a very special, life-changing moment. »
| Jordan Poole | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2019-20 | GOS | 57 | 22 | 33.3 | 27.9 | 79.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 8.8 |
| 2020-21 | GOS | 51 | 19 | 43.2 | 35.1 | 88.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 76 | 30 | 44.8 | 36.4 | 92.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 18.5 |
| Total | 184 | 25 | 41.6 | 34.1 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 13.7 | |
