Let’s rewind back to the 2020-2021 season. Jordan Poole — then a second-year guard who spent time shuffling back and forth between the big leagues and the G League — displayed flashes of the kind of player he was about to blossom into.
Those flashes involved competency as a ball handler and decision maker, particularly as the person pulling the strings in the pick-and-roll. He had what it took to evolve into the kind of auxiliary ball handler the Warriors have historically lacked at the guard position.
Those flashes were aided by a rookie James Wiseman, whose combination of athleticism, size, and agility made him the perfect partner for Poole in the pick-and-roll.