I was kind of hoping that these last two games by Jordan “Poole Party” Poole where he scored a combined 35 points would bump him over the magical 30 percent field goal percentage threshold, but I forgot to consider that he made a grand total of 8 shots in his prior 7 games (while playing…
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Jordan Poole 21 Points Full Highlights (1/18/2020)
It’s been fun watching Jordan Poole miss shots at a historic rate, but now I feel like it would be more fun to see him start making a bunch of shots instead. There’s a basic human psychological need to see balls go in holes. That’s why people watch basketball. And that’s why people (mostly) don’t…
Read MoreJordan Poole 17 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/14/2020)
In the three-point era, out of players who attempted at least 250 field goals, only three players had a worse effective field goal percentage than Jordan Poole has this season: Kendall Gill (2000-01 Nets) Speedy Claxon (2006-07 Hawks) Nikoloz Tsktzhkitvstilivili (2002-03 Nuggets) If you raise the FGA to 500 (a number that Poole seems likely…
Read MoreJordan Poole 20 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2019)
One of these games, ONE OF THESE GAMES, Jordan Poole is going to totally break out and start making all the crazy shots that he’s taking. This game doesn’t count; 20 points on 10 shots is wildly efficient for him, but it’s still a bit low on the pointage to qualify as a true breakout…
Read MoreJordan Poole 20 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2019)
In my limited exposure to Jordan Poole, I have ascertained two things: Thing one: he looks like a mini version of D.J. Wilson. I think it’s the shorts. Thing two: he loves to shoot shots. Now, a mini version of D.J. Wilson who loves to shoot shots sounds like a perfect candidate to be “DownToBuck’s…
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