

Curry called him the type of player who can influence a game and a series-and, because he’s on the Warriors, he can influence the whole season. Green offered the ultimate compliment by comparing him to Curry whizzing around the court slipping defenders. Andre Iguodala floated the idea of a maximum contract extension. So the Warriors were in a strange place when they turned the 28th pick in the 2019 draft into a shifty guard from Michigan named Jordan Poole.īut a player dripping with youthful energy is quickly seizing his place among the franchise legends he calls his colleagues. This was so long ago in the Bay Area that Elon Musk looked at Twitter as a place to discuss rockets. Curry hadn’t unleashed the prettiest sight in basketball with nobody in the arena to see it. Draymond Green hadn’t suffered through a losing season. Thompson hadn’t injured his ACL, torn his Achilles or boated to work.

The last time they were this good, the Warriors were playing in another city. This guy who was still in college when the Warriors made five straight Finals appearances now appears to be essential to their chances of getting back.
