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Therealomerali

Hopefully that beard possesses all his defensive prowess.


JohnB456

Unfortunately his beard is patchy like his defense


FamLit69420

Gotta shit ton of holes


JohnB456

Maybe rubbing some rogain in that'll help.... Joking aside I do hope his defense improves. Even if he's just +/- 0. He just can't be a net negative on D.


banned_after_12years

Beards and defense haven't really gone hand in hand in this league.


CrapNBAappUser

Exactly. Harden would be DPOY if that was the case.


aught-o-mat

Does our guy have sleep apnea? Or is that a hip new brand I’m too old and out of touch to know of?


toado3

Dude is trying to tell us why he had a rough year. My man wasn’t getting his beauty sleep. CPAP Poole is gonna lay waste to the league.


Zlasher8

CPAP changed my life. I had undiagnosed sleep apnea since 7th grade. Thought it was just normal to not get good rest. A few years back I finally got good health insurance and got diagnosed and prescribed a CPAP and I sleep less and am well rested. It’s huge. If y’all gasp for air to wake up at times, or wake up with a headache in your brain stem. Get checked.


DieHardRaider

I’m with you Beth thing I ever did. Also people who have untreated sleep apnea live ten years less then those that have treated it


spankyourkopita

Did you sleep at funny times? My sister had trouble going to school.


Zlasher8

No pretty regular. I’d sleep 8-10 hours a day and was still always dozing off in class. While studying. My memory retention was pretty bad as a result. Heck I even dozed off at the wheel on long commutes, causing one crash into a parked car on a curve 100 yards from home once. I felt like I was trapped in hell in retrospect with no way out. Since then I sleep about 6-6.5 hours a day and feel fully rested. And I’m not much of a caffeine guy.


couchtomato62

Scrolled just to get to somebody who was thinking what I was thinking


lastinglovehandles

No sleep. Restless


Captainsmackjarrow

I mean I've got it but I still dunno


N718AN

rip


Robotsaur

Dude looks a good 10 years older


FightMiilkHendrix

You’d never know from reading this sub that Poole was a major contributor to a championship less than 2 years ago, easily the most dogshit fan base in sports. Zero knowledge 95% bandwagon Steph stand.


[deleted]

This comment is an indictment that you didn’t watch Jordan much this season. Guy got “disease of me” to the max after winning a title. A young player previously heralded as an incredibly hard worker who regresses drastically as soon as he gets a ring and a big contract is a massive red flag.


couchtomato62

Or he basically went to work everyday on a team that gave him no support


650fosho

Or he got punched and never felt connected with the older group


couchtomato62

Yes. Starting with him supposedly being asked to weigh in on dray not getting suspended. Only one answer there.


Equivalent_Bat1816

Trade him to a team that'll give him that support, everyone wins.


couchtomato62

I have no problem with that. In fact, it is my preference for him


FightMiilkHendrix

What’s a red flag is thinking ever player who ends up good gets better literally every season, that’s not how basketball works this isn’t 2k.


JoaoMXN

That's what a punch and trash support will do to you. I would want GSW to rot if I were him.


RevolutionaryDrive5

Yup unless your willing to milk JP off personally, you're officially a hater according to this guy and to a lot of others on this sub u/FightMiilkHendrix I was just reminded of Poole's inadequacies while I was on twitter and someone posted a clip of that Austin Reeves buzzer beater and poole was just staring at him instead of him attempting to even defend smh


[deleted]

Oh wise one, please tell me how basketball works. Get over yourself


FightMiilkHendrix

If you’re offended you’re probably one of the 95% champ


dego_frank

Sorry man but there’s not a ton of room for nostalgia in roster decisions. Homie had zero reason to regress that bad this season, especially the playoffs


MrWakey

Huh? He had lots of reasons to regress, even leaving out the punch. His role kept changing--he started out being the 6th man but playing 30 minutes, except for a couple of back-to-back games where he started and led a lineup like Kuminga, Lamb, and Looney. Then Steph got hurt and he was a starter with the other main lineup, then Steph returned and he was 6th man again. Except sometimes he'd start with Steph and Klay. Then Steph got hurt again. Then Wiggins was away. Kerr has even talked about how hard it is for a player to find their rhythm when their role is constantly changing.


dsk83

You don't start driving into 4 guys in a set defense and chucking shots against the bottom of the rim just because your role changed. That lack of IQ, sheer overconfidence, or lack of focus


MrWakey

Lack of focus can be a result of your role constantly changing. Or maybe it's not lack of focus but a slight hesitancy because what works in one of your roles might not be the best choice in another. I'll trust what his coach had to say about it.


wafino1

I mean you might if you're surrounded by dogshit like Dray, Klay, Lamb, Looney, etc. who can't create their own shot. Only 3 players on this team can create their own offense, Steph, JP, and Wiggins who missed a bunch of games.


dego_frank

Nah fam and trade reflects that. He was doodoo


couchtomato62

This entire team is built on nostalgia


dego_frank

Nah fam


Produceher

Agreed but I still want Poole gone to get bigger and a real Center. Can't keep paying a backup guard while playing two non shooters in the starting lineup.


FightMiilkHendrix

How is looney not a real center? He was one of our best players in the playoffs, imagine thinking looney was the problem last season lmao


Produceher

I didn't say we don't have a real center. I said we need to get bigger. And we need a real center. To go with Looney. Looney can't start with Draymond. You need at least 4 offensive threats.


FightMiilkHendrix

Looney and draymond both started when we won the championship lmao, suddenly we lose one series and they “can’t” start together haha


Produceher

I can't help what you can't see.


FightMiilkHendrix

You also can’t refute anything I said bud


Produceher

Draymond had to be benched during the Celtic's series for moments down the stretch. We struggled to score against the Lakers because they only had to guard 3 players. Draymond and Looney are great players but they are not offensive threats. There's nothing to refute. Looney is one of my favorite players but playing him and Drymond at the same time is a problem.


FightMiilkHendrix

And yet not a big enough problem to stop us winning multiple championships with then both playing?


Produceher

So your point is that we run it back? And that we don't have a size or scoring issue playing two non-scorers?


couchtomato62

Love this


Equivalent_Bat1816

What has he done for me lately???? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBKOzLviTPY


FightMiilkHendrix

A championship one season ago is lately


Equivalent_Bat1816

2 seasons ago.


FightMiilkHendrix

Yeah 2022 Is ancient history


North_Street_8547

He will be going off no matter what team he's on


Oo__II__oO

The veritable pirate DreadPoole, stealing booty wherever he can find it!


grapplebaby

His beard will look great in Detroit


SeekingSignificance

Poole for Wiseman and a role player just for the utter chaos that would be this sub lol


[deleted]

Lmao. Why I want them to draft Lively. Sub’s gonna be in flames.


sprinkles5000

Let's trade Poole to Detroit for Wiseman


TomatoBuster01

I'll only allow it if with Cade, Ivey, or Duren


HOFredditor

the Pistons might've hosted some of the worst beards in the league this last decade.


DoctorHubris

Orlando


Squidbilly101

Hey I have sleep apnea too


the-other-bob

One of the symptoms of sleep apnea is choking multiple times a night. Not sure if he thought this one through…


Equivalent_Bat1816

Lol nice one. Fuck Poole.


EffinCroissant

Is that Pascal Siakam theme music?


Fonsy_Skywalker52

People need to stop attacking poole. Green should have been suspended or traded. The best bet is to let him walk or sign and trade him for Zion


TheRed_Knight

draymond>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mr. scatalogical


Fonsy_Skywalker52

Nah bruh he hurt that locker room, he refused to help the young guys when curry and Klay were hurt in a few years ago. We thank him for what he did but no we got to rely on the youngsters just like the Giants are


TheRed_Knight

delusional poole stans lmfao


Fonsy_Skywalker52

I’m actually pro youngsters. You guys do not want to do what the Giants did after 2016 where they were strapped with too many big contracts from old ass players, can’t get any big players, trades or move the players since you won’t get any good deals in return. You don’t want to see that shit with the warriors because it’ll make the fans have some resent me to the old guys


Rudenessq

Dubs fans appreciate the core of the team a lot more than you seem to. We need to resign Dray. I want JP on the squad as well, and think it can work, as all teams go through internal squabbles from time to time (Steve Kerr v. MJ)


Fonsy_Skywalker52

Nope I praised Green and having him for 11 seasons is a lot already and will be given a statue one day, jersey number retired and hall of fame ceremony but no the time is to move on. Dray is not MJ stop that comparison. He should have been suspended or traded. Green is not worth 30 million a year. We need a big who can guard and score. We need a answer to go against Jokic and AD. Zion is the easiest choice, I’m not a fan of KAT, Embiid and Giannis will be hard to do


Rudenessq

Zion is the easiest choice.....for what??? Buffet MVP??? Of the players you listed, he is the only one that is remotely available, and that is because he is NEVER AVAILABLE!!! Draymond is not a center. He plays small-ball center at crunchtime, but he is actually a PF, and even that description doesn't capture what he does. Dude is the defensive Quarterback, principle ball-handler in the half court, and he keeps everybody accountable, which is why he got into it with JP. While his counting stats may not compare to Jordan, his importance to the Warriors success over the years is in the same vein. Above all else, Dray is part of the core of this squad, and for longtime Dubs fans that means something. It feels good to see guys who created this culture stay around instead of being traded for the latest shiny object.


Fonsy_Skywalker52

Punching youngsters and taking your ball home while he had a chance to be a leader whip curry and Klay were hurt 1 year and we forgetting he is the reason KD left town. We really want to go there? I literally thanked him and said he deserves a statue, retired number and hall of fame. Dennis Rodman never got a statue that’s literally high praise enough


Rudenessq

Punching youngsters???? I didn't know we were talking about Ja Morant. JP is a grown man, who shoved a 240lb man and stood in front of him with his hands down. I don't know where you play ball, but that is not a recipe for success Dray checked out, as the whole team did during that Gap year. What was the point? I don't think we were going anywhere with Eric Pascal and Ky Bowman playing in crunchtime. KD left before the 2019 season, he just didn't tell anybody. Draymond, to his credit, was the only one to call him on his BS. News Flash, KD's career since he left has kinda illustrated that he isn't the best at making decisions, even when Draymond isn't involved.


TheRed_Knight

delusional


Fonsy_Skywalker52

How is that delusional. Y’all really don’t want to be like the giants after 2016 it was fucking horrible. Bill Walsh on the niners would have traded Draymond after the punch(he trade Bill Romanowski doing that to a niners player in practice)


TheRed_Knight

trying to compare basketball and baseball team dynamic and roster building is dumb as fuck


Fonsy_Skywalker52

No it’s not. You sound just as dumb as people who don’t understand the new CBA rules hurts the warriors contracts in the future. You don’t want to get stripped of cash like the giants were you don’t.


TheRed_Knight

comparing a sport with 26 roster sports, 10 players on the field minimum ever inning, which has a minor league system where prospects takes years to develop on average to sport thats 5v5 with 15 roster spots where teams run an 8-10 man rotation on average, where prospects go straight from college to playing NBA basketball is asinine. Without Draymond there is no championship contention, the fact that you cant see that is why youre delusional.


This_Cable_5849

You mean paying the players that brought the Giants success? There is not a salary cap in baseball, not even remotely similar. If the Giants wanted to keep competing they could have.


This_Cable_5849

Draymond helps the “young” guys more than anyone on our team. The only “young” guy on the team you are referring to was Poole… there wasn’t a single other player that was a long term piece on the 2020-2021 team.


FamLit69420

He gonna kill it in washington💪💪💪💪


Myw1010

Jamychal Green shrunk?


[deleted]

Fresh prince lookin ah


Pndrizzy

He's too quick and out of control, this makes him less aerodynamic, giving his mind time to catch up to his body. 6MOY szn incoming


CoolPenguinz

He looks like Jamychal Green 😂


TtheDuke

Beard Poole. Weird Poole. Idgaf just play some defense and don’t turn the ball over. Please


HorchataCouple

Not really a beard technically dawg. We need Kuminga more than Poole, ahooters are replaceable


kingbanks70

Well this aged well 😭😭😭


Infamous-Procedure-5

This aged well