Jordan Poole Profile (Yahoo Sports)

I really liked this profile. I’m in the Bay Area, so I follow the Warriors.

A few bits that stood out but there’s a lot here.

Poole is constantly searching for loopholes. Those gaps in the rules that hang over classrooms and practice gyms that, when exploited, can unlock what’s yet been imagined. “We taught all our kids, always believe in Poole is constantly searching for loopholes. Those gaps in the rules that hang over classrooms and practice gyms that, when exploited, can unlock what’s yet been imagined. “We taught all our kids, always believe in yourself. No matter what. We even told them you can always question authority, as long as you do it respectfully,” said Anthony Poole, the Warriors guard’s father. When most youngsters played rec ball on lowered rims, Anthony’s 8-year-old followed him to pick-up runs at the Atonement Lutheran court and hurled triples while the grown man guarding him spat junk in his face. “I could live with it,” Jordan Poole said, “because it feels better when you take something.”. No matter what. We even told them you can always question authority, as long as you do it respectfully,” said Anthony Poole, the Warriors guard’s father. When most youngsters played rec ball on lowered rims, Anthony’s 8-year-old followed him to pick-up runs at the Atonement Lutheran court and hurled triples while the grown man guarding him spat junk in his face. “I could live with it,” Jordan Poole said, “because it feels better when you take something.”

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“I’m kinda, like, writing this blueprint for myself, and I had to see what it looked like, what I had to do, what I had to figure out after my first couple months in the NBA,” Poole said. “Then I had a foundation of like, this is what I want to work on? OK, boom, boom, boom. This is what I need to do to get better at that? Just being around Steph, being around Klay, just being around these people, it really comes out. ‘What’s this? What are you thinking for this?' This isn’t 23-year-old Jordan asking as a professional athlete. This is 15-year-old Jordan, basketball fan, asking because I’ve seen you hit 29 threes in a game, you know? I just wanna know! It just happens to be that I’m in the situation where I can apply it to my life and apply it to my game and apply it to my style of play and still add on my personal, natural flair.”

https://sports.yahoo.com/how-jordan-pooles-past-is-helping-him-forge-the-warriors-future-165007428.html