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How Jordan Poole’s passing helped get rookie season back on track

SAN FRANCISCO — As to not make it sound like a demotion, the Warriors have a public relations policy that they don’t send players “down” to the G League but, rather, “over.”

However, after making only four shots in the entire month of December, Jordan Poole was assigned to the Warriors’ G League affiliate in Santa Cruz — a move hard to argue was anything but a demotion.

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That G League stint proved to be helpful in Poole discovering his game. Despite a disappointing start to the season, the playmaking he displayed as a ball handler in three games with Santa Cruz has been a pleasant surprise for the Warriors, and helped turn the rookie’s season around.