Jordan Poole speaks out on what he finds positive about Washington Wizards, and missing out on All-Star selection

The Washington Wizards are slowly rebuilding, and Jordan Poole detailed his outlook on his long-term role with the team.

At 11-48, the Washington Wizards boast the worst record in the league, which was to be expected.

In 2023, they traded away the face of the franchise, Bradley Beal , to the Phoenix Suns , seemingly dodging a bullet by unloading his contract and no-trade clause, and are earnestly rebuilding.

Earlier this season, the Wizards traded veteran Kyle Kuzma to the Milwaukee Bucks and added veteran leaders Khris Middleton and Marcus Smart , but they remain uncompetitive and have hopes of landing the first overall pick in 2025, adding to their promising young core.

With promising rookies Bub Carrington, Alexandre Sarr, AJ Johnson, and Kyshawn George, along with sophomore Bilal Coulibaly, the Wizards have a solid young core, although they lack the experience that comes with competing.

In theory, the Wizards could flip Jordan Poole this summer, although he seems to be along for the ride long-term.

Poole is happy with the Wizards After being a key part of the Golden State Warriors title run in 2022, Poole was expected to eventually take over as the face of the franchise in the Bay.

However, he was famously punched in the face by teammate Draymond Green , which clearly put him on the outs with the organization.

In 2023, he was traded to the Wizards and has embraced the new culture.

In terms of basketball, its two different ends of the spectrum.

You go from the West Coast, the Western Conference, and on a contender to the East Coast, the cold, different conference, and now Im a leader on a rebuilding team, Poole o utlined in an interview with Locked Ons Brandon Scott.

This season, Poole is averaging 21 points and 4.8 assists, both career highs, on 37 percent shooting from deep, also a career-high.

He admits that he isnt quite an All-Star caliber player, but he expects to get the recognition when Washington starts winning.

Winning plays a big part in that, Poole said of missing the All-Star Game despite having a career season.

While I do believe I presented a good case, itll come in time.

With that comment, Poole made it clear that he plans to be in Washington for the long haul.

Poole is slowly becoming a veteran leader Once Poole left the Warriors and was no longer under Stephen Curry and Andrew Wigginss wings, he was given the keys to the offense for the first time in his career, and it was immediately clear that he was not equipped to play winning basketball as the first option.

Luckily, the Wizards seem to have drafted well and now have young talent on the team and will add even more this summer, and Poole seems to get along well with the youngsters.

We have genuine relationships, genuine friendships, he said of the younger, more inexperienced players on the roster.

Its been great building chemistry on the court.

Were all mostly around the same age, so we connect on music and things we might have watched.

We enjoy being around each other.

Theres a good vibe here, and this is a good group when it comes to personality.

Poole is only 25 years old and is under contract through the 2026-27 season.

By then, there is reason to believe that Washington will finally be ready to make a playoff run, and Pooles shooting and offensive prowess should be able to play a significant role on the upcoming success in Washington, where he seems to be happy with his position (despite losing) and continuing to grow as a player.

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