The Jordan Poole: Washington Wizard experience is going to be must-see TV. Poole was traded from the Golden State Warriors to the Wizards over the offseason as Washington started a massive rebuild by tearing down the roster.
Jordan Poole’s alley-oop pass off backboard down 20 was shameless even for him
Jordan Poole on the Wizards is pure chaos.
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
For Golden State, trading Poole brought back Chris Paul, and also hoped to serve as addition by subtraction. After helping the Warriors win a championship in 2022, Poole had a nightmare season a year ago that started with getting punched in the face by Draymond Green, and also included numerous instances of terrible defense, awful shot selection, and careless turnovers.
The idea of Poole playing for a Wizards team with zero expectations was bound to produce some hilarious moments. He couldn’t even get out of the preseason without pissing off his teammates. On Wednesday night, Poole authored another viral moment for all the wrong reasons.
Down 21 points to the Atlanta Hawks, Poole decided to throw an alley-oop off the backboard to Kyle Kuzma. Watch the play here.
This is peak Poole: it’s a showtime moment in a situation that absolutely did not call for it, it was super fun, but completely pointless. It was also only the third quarter! Given how many big comebacks we’ve seen throughout the short NBA season, it wasn’t time for goofin’ around quite yet. Of course, it’s always goof time for both Poole and the 2023-2024 Wizards.
The Hawks beat the Wizards, 130-121. Poole finished with 13 points and one assist.
Poole and Kuzma both already have championship rings. Now they get to play in a low-stakes environment and have a little fun while creating viral content for Instagram. Not such a bad gig.
The Wizards are 1-3 on the season. Don’t expect many more wins this year.
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