[Greg Finberg] Strong words from Michael Winger on Jordan Poole: “He kept saying ‘I’m gonna work, I’m gonna work and the work will pay off.’” “He had a slump, but he came through because he’s a worker, gamer, hooper, high-character player.” “It was moving,” Winger said with visible emotion.
Strong words from Michael Winger on Jordan Poole:
“He kept saying ‘I’m gonna work, I’m gonna work and the work will pay off.’”
“He had a slump, but he came through because he’s a worker, gamer, hooper, high-character player.”
“It was moving,” Winger said with visible emotion. pic.twitter.com/thtRAgLYjt
— Greg Finberg (@GregFinberg) April 18, 2024
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Poole came into the league straight ass and was the deserving most improved player of the year the season Ja won it. Dude is a grinder
This has to make Poole feel good. He had a trying year for a number of reasons, but to have your GM be this emotional over you as an athlete/person? Pssshhhhttt…they’re gonna do right by him. This has to be it for Tyus Jones seeing how Poole can play PG1, Butler can be the back-up, and Deni can also run the offense. I truly believe that we’ll see the best pro-version of Poole in a Wizards uniform. I’ll take it a step further…he’ll have a total bounce back season (if healthy,) and find himself in the MIP discussion.
Earn that trade value back for us Señor Poole 🙏
The main thing I want to see from JP is to abandon the heroic, showboat balling and really work on fascilitating. The dazzle-ball should be on a backburner till his fundamentals are shining strong.