Jordan Poole tops Warriors’ Two-Timelines feelings bracket as voting opens
jordan poole is the No. 1 seed in a newly launched Two-Timelines feelings bracket of former draft picks, and voting opens now on which departed player Warriors fans believed in the most — a choice driven by draft night expectations, peak belief and how long supporters kept the faith.
Jordan Poole’s emotional peak and early spark
Poole’s placement as the 1 seed rests on several concrete moments. He first wore a Warriors uniform at Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019, then exploded in the 2022 playoffs where he delivered four 20-point games off the bench at age 22 and gave fans the “Poole Party” moments that made the Bay area believe he could carry the torch.
From summer league breakout to the G League bubble jump
Before the playoff breakout, Poole’s numbers jumped dramatically in the G League bubble: pre-bubble he averaged 5. 5 points on 42. 6% shooting in under 10 minutes, and post-bubble he averaged 14. 7 points on 43. 3% in 23. 5 minutes. Those shifts are part of what convinced writers and fans that jordan poole was arriving as a consistent scorer.
Highs, the altercation and the fallout
Concrete highs and difficult moments both feature in Poole’s Warriors tenure. He played all 82 games in a season and averaged 20. 4 points and 4. 5 assists while shooting 87% from the free throw line; without Stephen Curry in the lineup he averaged 26. 1 points and 5 assists. But October 5, 2022 — the day Draymond Green threw a punch — marked a turning point, and Poole’s 2023 playoff performance against the Lakers included a 34% field-goal rate and 25% from three.
Bracket matchup: Jordan Poole vs. Alen Smailagic
The first-round pairing puts the No. 1 seed Jordan Poole against the No. 8 seed Alen Smailagic, and the bracket’s creator seeded the eight ex-draft picks by emotional gravity rather than pure metrics. The bracket lists matchups including Eric Paschall vs. Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jonathan Kuminga vs. Patrick Baldwin Jr., but Poole’s slot is anchored to the moments — from buzzer-beater memory to playoff bursts — that made fans believe he could be the next franchise driver.
What followed and what fans will decide
After the roller-coaster season and the playoff struggles that included public clashes — a must-win game moment when Stephen Curry was ejected for throwing his mouthguard is noted in the timeline — Poole was traded that summer to Washington for Chris Paul. Now the new bracket returns attention to feeling and faith: voters will choose which departed pick captured the most belief during the Two-Timelines era.
Voting opens now on the eight-player bracket, which runs three rounds to crown the winner; the immediate next step is the first-round vote between Jordan Poole and Alen Smailagic.
