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“I remember when I got into it with Poole… I remember one person when the Jordan Poole incident happened with me who was really, really outspoken about it, and it really bothered me, was Udonis Haslem,” Draymond Green said. “I saw Udonis Haslem get into it with guys on teams that was younger than him before. Ala Jimmy Butler. Then he came out like, ‘That’s ridiculous! You get into it with your young guy I would never. I can’t believe you did that…' So when I first saw this, I was like damn. This is two young guys Udonis Haslem has raised. If you raised this young guy in the light of what you was saying about me, and now he punches this other young guy, that y’all kind of co-raised, are you going to have that same energy?”
Udonis Haslem: @Money23Green I see some things just don’t change. lol. You was on sucka shit four years ago when you swung on Jordan Poole and you on sucka shit now. I usually don’t engage but since you went so far left to get my attention here it is!!! If you think your big 32 year old, 3 or 4 rings at the time having ass swinging on a 23 year old Jordan Poole at the time is the same then you are even more delusional that I thought.
Udonis Haslem: First of all Bam is 28. Tyler is 26. Neither one of them got it all figured out yet. Maybe I was giving you too much credit at the time cause I thought you did so that’s why I commented. 2nd, anyone who knows bam knows he’s strong as baby bear. If he would’ve unloaded on Tyler 100% it’s over. You fired off on that young boy like it was a club punch and you never met him before in your life. 3rd yeah I did go at Jimmy. You damn right. The shit you pull in golden state and that shit he pulled in Chicago talking crazy to Hoiberg and disrespecting teammates in practice in Minnesota ain’t gon fly in the 305. So yeah. I checked his ass.
Udonis Haslem : Ion really vibe you and I think you know that so unless it’s me on prime talking hoops I won’t mention you at all. You brought me into this and I am retired and out the way. I suggest you keep it pushing cause I ain’t giving out no more hall passes bra!
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Austin Rivers on Draymond Green: This guy to have the delusion and I said the word delusion to think that you're supposed to be the point a more focal point of a offensive threat scoring-wise, we're talking about scoring with Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Steph Curry on your team not to mention all those other names I said because the role players they had aren't your typical role players like Livingston and Wiggins, Wiggins was the second option on on another team you know what I mean like Wiggins was the fourth option on that team and then we're not talking about Jordan Poole and other guys. So for him to come out after everything his career has amounted to the Hall of Fame, everything and say, "I should have been more of a focal point of an offensive threat and Steve Kerr hindered my career." I'm sorry. There's no other way to look at it. It's comical. Okay? It's comical. It's comical. And if there's a reason why you talk about a focal point, he could have shot at any time. He was open. Every time he had the ball, he was open. He could have shot a shot anytime he wanted to.
His Golden State tenure ended about five months later, when he, Jordan Poole and Patrick Baldwin Jr. were traded to the Washington Wizards for veteran guard Chris Paul. Though his time with the Warriors was short, Rollins said he learned a lot from sharing a locker room with two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry. “The main thing I would say is just his routine and how he went about it on and off the court,” Rollins said. “He had his routine on the court, what he did pregame, practices, how he was working out after practice. He was Steph Curry, but he was still acting like he was a rookie, in a way. He was very down to earth, very humble, communicated with you like he was just a regular person. “That was probably the biggest thing I took from him, was just his humbleness and how he was down to earth. And just because of who he was, it didn’t make him go about and interact with anybody else differently.”
“He just kept my head straight,” George recalled. “I didn’t necessarily shoot it well at the beginning of the season, but he was always there to tell me, ‘Keep going. Keep going. We need you to make shots at the end of the season. We need you to make shots through the next couple of years on the road, the important shots.’ “(He was) just making sure that I stick with my habits, and I don’t lose confidence. I think that’s a big thing for me that he taught me: (With) 82 games in the NBA season, the first 15 don’t define you, the first 30 don’t define you. It’s really how you finish. And when it’s time to really play and hoop, you’ve got to show up.”
Poole smiled when he was told about George’s comments, as well as hearing what Coulibaly and Sarr said about what Poole meant to them. “I know what these guys are capable of, and I wish I had a little bit more time to interact with them and play with them a little bit more,” Poole said. “But they’re all talented, and they all work hard. So I knew what they’re capable of, and it’s kind of good to see a lot of these guys in their second year kind of flourish and grow into their personalities.”
At least some of those fans were upset at comments Poole had made early this season, when he said that the crowd inside Smoothie King Center had been much more vocal than the crowds inside Capital One Arena. Poole had called the atmosphere inside Capital One Arena “dead in there,” and a hefty segment of Wizards fans took offense. When asked about that comment, Poole said he was “definitely not trying to take a shot” at Wizards fans. “Even if you were looking at it statistically, just the actual attendance for some of the games was just pretty low,” Poole said. “Granted, we didn’t give them much to cheer for when you’re not winning games. But (Washington) is also a city where you’re in such a big market, and people come for the entertainment as opposed to strictly (being) Wizards fans. It’s different throughout the league. It’s different with different fan bases. Obviously, there were moments and there were nights when it was really loud and it was very active, and the fans were engaged.”
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Oleh Kosel: Pelicans beat 76ers 126-111. They outscored Philly 69-46 in the second half. Feels like a top-3 win of season. (Perhaps comebacks versus Houston and Minnesota only rank higher?) Jordan Poole: 23 PTS, 5 3s, 5 AST; Zion Williamson: 21 PTS, 8 AST; Saddiq Bey: 20 PTS, 4 3s; DeAndre Jordan: 6 PTS, 15 REB
Jeremiah Fears: Man, Jordan Poole's been huge. I mean, he's just been talking to us each and every day, pouring into us. He don't have to do that because he's been in the NBA for a while now. Guys like that, when you prove yourself, you win a championship, and you've shown everybody years and years of what you're capable of, you don't have to continue to pour into the young guys. But I think that just shows his character and who he is as a person. Because like I said, he won a championship, and he's proven himself many years. So he don't have to give us the advice he does. And he don't have to talk to us and help us out. He could be somebody that's just sitting there and just along for the ride. But I'm kind of glad that he's here, and he continues to help us each and every day.
On Jordan Poole: Man, JP's been huge...Guys like that, when you prove yourself, you win a championship, and you've shown everybody years and years of what you're capable of, you don't have to continue to pour into the young guys. pic.twitter.com/Wdwg4AEUh5
— Sam Yip (@samyip__) February 20, 2026
The Wizards envision a frontcourt of Anthony Davis, Alex Sarr and Bilal Coulibaly as being one of the best defensive frontcourts in the league. I'm told this deal "came out of left field," and one of the reasons the Wizards are said to be ecstatic is the the outgoing first-round picks have relatively little value. The 2026 first-round pick will be Oklahoma City's own first-round pick, meaning it likely will be 30th in the draft order. The 2030 first-round pick came from the original Chris Paul-for-Jordan Poole trade with Golden State a few years ago, and it will convey only if it falls from 21 to 30.
There is a growing sentiment that the Pelicans would prefer to move one — if not both — of the contracts attached to Jordan Poole and Dejounte Murray. Poole, a healthy DNP in the Pelicans’ last two games, is having an awful season, and keeping him on the floor has been difficult for a team fighting to establish a defensive identity. Along with his defensive struggles, Poole is shooting 37 percent from the field, the second-lowest shooting percentage of anyone this season with at least 300 field goal attempts. Poole still has one year and $34 million left on his deal after this season, a point of major criticism for the Pelicans after they traded for him last summer.
