HOUSTON — Warriors coaches and teammates have praised rookie guard Jordan Poole early on for his confidence. On the flipside of confidence, however, lies recklessness.
In the first game of the preseason, Poole put up nine 3-pointers on a team with a healthy Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell. Just getting that many shots while playing among two All-Stars is an accomplishment (let alone making four of them).
While Poole has been shooting just as freely in the regular season, the shots haven’t been going in as much as they were in the preseason. It’s partly due to a shooting slump, something that afflicts most players at some point.