Knightro wrote:thelead wrote:I'm not going to continue arguing against Poole. If you want low IQ players, fine, enjoy your losses. He won a championship with one of the greatest teams of all time loaded with future hall of famers at the end of their primes. Your holding onto this pipe-dream of Poole from 4 years ago even though he's been downhill since that punch. Might as well trade Paolo or Franz for LaMelo while you're at it too

You're underrating what he did this past season. Yes, it was on a losing team and you have to take it with the appropriate grain of salt, but...
20.5 PPG, 4.5 APG, 1.3 SPG on a .591 TS%. Only four guys in the NBA did that... SGA, Jokic, Irving... and Poole.
Now do it to Kuzma for 2023-24 and tell Bucks how elite he is
One of 10 to put up 22-6-4
Rest of guys: Tatum, Lebron, Luka, Randle, Giannis, Jokić , Embiid, Durant and Banchero.
Almost if it's like... putting stats on terrible team with no stakes isn't that hard?
ShockingPoole has 30% usage rate on terrible 4,5 APG -3,0 TO. Whole efficiency stuff is blown out of proportions. They have games where he plays late in 4th for nothing but stats because what's there for Wizards to do but to play him?
Guy averaged more 4th quarter shots than Luka Dončić, Jamal Murray, NIkola Jokić , Giannis... Do you know how many close games Wizards even played? 12. Do you know what was their record? 1-11.
That pretty much shows you how Poole was often there in 4th quarters just to "fix" his numbers.
I don't give a flying F about his 59% TS. Zach Lavine had 22 ppg, 60% TS seasons in back to back years. Kings will be more than happy to handed him over. Sheesh, i wonder why is that?

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