Former Michigan Basketball standout Jordan Poole is an NBA champion
No one knew at the time but former Michigan basketball player Jordan Poole getting selected by the Golden State Warriors was part of a championship rebuild.
A lot of people didn’t think Jordan Poole should have left Michigan basketball early like he did and many others didn’t think the Golden State Warriors should have drafted him in the first round.
But it wound up being a perfect fit.
Learning under Steph Curry and Klay Thompson was vital in the development of Poole and a few years after his selection, he helped the all-time greats on the Warriors continue their dynasty as the franchise beat the Celtics for a fourth NBA championship thanks to a Game 6 win in Boston Thursday night.
And Jordan Poole definitely had his role to play.
The game wasn’t overly climactic as the Warriors held a fairly comfortable lead for most of the fourth quarter but Poole certainly helped build that advantage as he connected on 3-of-4 triples in the first half of the clinching game.
Curry was the main weapon for Golden State and he reinforced himself as one of the best ever with a 34-point performance that included six triples. Andrew Wiggins, the hero of Game 5, added 18 points in the win and Poole managed 15.
An incredible postseason run by Jordan Poole
After averaging 18.5 points per game this regular season, Poole carried that over and scored 17 a game in the NBA playoffs and did so while shooting 50 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range. He made 91.5 percent of his free throws and averaged 3.8 assists and 2.8 rebounds.
His game has grown by leaps and bounds since he left the Michigan basketball program and it was awesome to see him celebrating as an NBA champion.
Poole deserves every second of glory that he’s going to receive in the comings days and weeks, plus the fat contract Golden State is going to have to dole out to keep him.
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The former Michigan basketball star is going to be a rich man. He’s also an NBA champion and now he can truly say he proved all his doubters wrong.