Jordan Poole’s emergence as a scoring threat has helped give Golden State the flow and feel of its championship teams. “They allow me just to be me,” he said.
Early in the 2019-20 season, as the Golden State Warriors were in the initial stages of amassing the worst record in the N.B.A., Coach Steve Kerr tried to offer some perspective. He knew that he had been enjoying a charmed life in the Bay Area.