If there was one thing Jordan Poole needed to prove going into this season, it was his ability to balance multiple offensive roles. Wearing different hats on offense — as a supplementary scorer and secondary playmaker alongside Stephen Curry with the starters, and as the main fulcrum of the second-unit offense — was key in his development and paramount in achieving a monumental leap.
Preseason can often present the danger of making fools out of everyone who takes the gold, but even if what Poole showed against the Portland Trail Blazers is preseason folly, it may have still presented a glimpse of the kind of potential he can fulfill — that is, if he hasn’t already fulfilled it by now.