When the Golden State Warriors made a shocking trade for Chris Paul, one of the first questions was, Who will start?
It was hard to imagine the team moving away from their standard starting quintet of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green, and Kevon Looney — a starting five that not only won a championship together in 2022, but that fits together fairly perfectly in terms of complementary and diverse skillsets.
But it was also hard to imagine them trading an ultra-talented young player in Jordan Poole just to bench Paul, who has started 1,363 games in his career and come off the pine exactly zero times.