Good enough that defenders have to respect it. That’s why he can blow by a defender at the 3 point line and finish with a jam. He’s averaging less than 3 attempts per game. If that goes to 5, I’d expect the average and consistency to increase, but, unlike Duncan, threes are only a facet of his skillset.
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Poole is torching the Pistons tonight. Has 24 and it’s only halfway through the 3rd. He also made this play:
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Rested Steph and Draymond at the same time and won…slanderous!
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And is that John Beilein on the bottom? Sick.
Pistons just need to trade for Poole, keep Livers, and play the Magic for this to be the greatest pic of all time.
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The Pistons did lose Isaiah Stewart early in the 3rd with an ankle injury. Already down Olynyk, it’s no surprise that they were out-rebounded by 13. Killian Hayes also left after re-injuring his wrist in the 4th. That looks like it’s going to be a lingering issue throughout the season, unless they shut him down for a few weeks.
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All images of The Last Supper eat your heart out
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Poole with a good first half so far. 15 points on 7 shots.
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Mo Wagner leading scorer for Magic tonight with 18pts while Brother Franz 0-9 -0 pts…
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Bit of a rough patch for Franz lately. He’ll bounce back.
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Ah man, this would’ve been a great game to attend for Michigan fans from Grand Rapids!
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Never change JP
One of the smoothest Euro Steps I have ever seen.
Jordan Poole is genuinely a special player.
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Rocking short hair and head band.
Poole has found a home at GSW. His play would allow them to hold off Klay as long as possible until they’re confident that he’s 100% back plus GSW being the best team in the league helps. It’ll be interesting to see once they integrate Wiseman into the rotation. Wiseman can make them better than they already which is scary but he is so raw and wasn’t all that great last season in limited time.
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Franz Wagner has seen some bloom come off his shooting numbers - hitting 36% from the floor since our 11/2 update, but maintaining 36% from 3 in that time-frame, albeit on limited volume (under 3 per game in well over 30 minutes). This seems largely due to his shooting profile - last time we remarked that Franz was one of the foremost “rim or threes” shooters in the league, but in the past 2+ weeks, the dreaded mid-range jumper has creeped into his game, and lots of his layups have become floaters. His defense is still highly regarded despite making few “plays” there (blocks well under 0.5, steals well below 1 per game), and he’s kicking in close to 5 boards and 3 assists per game. He has shown a knack for the offensive glass (1.3 per game in the last 2+ weeks), and his ability to get to the line is either good (18 shots in a four game stretch!) or bad (0 shots in the next 3!). Overall, this is still looking generally encouraging for Franz’s future.
Mo Wagner has contributed his strongest run this year, and arguably his best in the past 2. After essentially DNP’ing on 11/13 (49 seconds), Mo has worked his minutes from 4-7 to 12-15 (as high as 22) over the past two weeks, and has largely responded: he’s scoring 11.4 ppg in his last 5 outings, and shooting (47.2% from the floor, 43.5% from 3). His three point volume is great as well - getting up 4.5 in about 15 minutes - that’s about 1/3 more attempts than his brother in half the minutes. Importantly, he’s only had 1 profligate fouling game in this span (4 in 17 minutes) and has also produced 21 foul shots in the 5 game stretch, missing only 1. Mo has had these runs in the past, and they’ve faded, but lets hope he can keep it up.
Ignas Brazdeikis has mostly collected DNP’s since we last updated, but with 3 massive blowouts, has gotten 10+ minutes in those games. Unfortunately, he hasn’t done much in that time to remark on (he shot 2/9). I think his time in the NBA is limited, with the two-way clock ticking.
Jordan Poole continues to contain multitudes - over one two-game stretch since our last update, he shot 23/35 and 12/19 from three, and has ALSO shot under 40% from the floor five times. All in all, the numbers paint a player producing somewhat average efficiency on high volume since last time - 46% from the floor, 35% from 3. The main difference from his cold start here is that he’s really starting to get to the rim, and the quality of his 2-point shooting reflects that. His assist/to rate is a bit precarious - 30 dimes over the last 9 games to 24 turnovers, and at this point, his performance in the past 9 games largely mirrors his overall season-long stats. Overall, average efficiency on high volume matters, especially on a team that has had as few options as the Warriors have outside of Steph going super-nova. The big question obviously, with Klay Thompson’s return impending, is if the decrease in Jordan’s workload can bring more efficiency from here. I imagine he’ll continue to start for the time being, but likely not long term.
After I obliquely accused Caris Levert of dominating the ball and the offense a bit much last time, he has reduced his season-long usage from 33% to 27% (so maybe landing low 20’s in the stretch)? And his overall performance is on an uptic (though the counting numbers have obviously reduced). He is only at modest numbers (for him) - 13.5 ppg., 2 assists - but the shooting is much improved, at 46.7% from the floor, 32% from 3, and he’s played his two best games of the year in his last 2 (42 points in 60 combined minutes). He’s also reduced the three in the mix of his shot diet, and efficiency has improved. Caris is a good player, but he’s not a star. Now that his usage pattern reflects that fact, I have some hope we’ll see his overall numbers improve.
With Luka Doncic missing time for the past five games, Trey Burke has crawled out of the DNP doghouse and into 10+ minutes per game. His job is to score, and he’s done fine at that - he’s putting up 8 points a game in about 11 minutes in this stretch, and shooting ok (48% from the floor, 45% from 3). He did drop 4 assists in one game, but 1 total in the other 4. We’ll see if this shooting warrants some PT when Luka comes back.
Burke isn’t the only person who has seen an uptic in workload due to Doncic’s absence. Tim Hardaway Jr. has jacked over 20 shots twice since Luka has been out, and his field goal attempts have climbed from 11.7 per game to 17. Unfortunately, he’s not making any more shots, as he’s mired in a pretty rough cold-spell, shooting 31.8% from the floor, and 27% from three without Luka’s presence. This obviously makes a ton of sense - Tim’s job is to spread the floor around a dynamic ball-handler/passer/scorer, and now that guy is gone. Thus, Tim is creating more of his own offense (something he’s never been good at) and probably getting worse looks on would-be assisted baskets.
Duncan Robinson’s numbers still lag his career numbers, and are somewhat poor overall 37%/34% on pretty identical shot volume to the last two years. They are, however, trending up - 43% from the floor since our last update, and 38% from three. He’s still not shooting at the rate of an elite shooter (which is obviously what he’s getting paid for), but the numbers are starting to round a bit more into shape.
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Franz with 27/6/5 tonight
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