If he sees Poole with the ball in his hands, he then should set a screen, make sure it elicits contact or is disruptive enough to obstruct Poole’s defender, and roll to the rim to put pressure on the defense. That behooves Kerr to make his tasks simple. Without proving himself to be a reliable shot creator, he will be counted on to do the simple big-man things: screening, diving, and making himself available at the dunker spot, to name a few.
On the other hand, Wiseman’s development has remained relatively static, which limits his role in the offense. That evolution has exponentially skyrocketed his value, triggering speculation about his worth and whether the Warriors are willing to swallow heavy tax penalties to keep him. Poole has evolved into a burgeoning offensive weapon who has proven that he’s a three-level scorer, with the kind of playmaking chops that add another dangerous element to his game. Two seasons have passed since we last saw this duo in meaningful regular-season action.
I would argue that, at this point, the potency of this pairing is such that - with all due respect to Steve Kerr - to not see it that often would be a coaching oversight.īut I’m fairly confident that Kerr will call for loads of actions that will intertwine these two skill sets together, whether through direct pick-and-roll actions such as spread ball screens and early offense drag/double drag screens, or through pick-and-roll adjacent actions such as dribble handoffs and downscreens, particularly “Wide” action. Still, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to be seeing a reasonably moderate dose of Poole and Wiseman in screening actions together. As a result, their 25 pick-and-rolls per 100 possessions during the regular season ranked them dead last in terms of pick-and-roll frequency. Other than frequency, another obstacle comes organically from how the Golden State Warriors run their offense: cuts, movement off the ball, and passing from multiple hubs. That mark would easily surpass the most efficient pick-and-roll team during the 2021-2022 season, but of course, the extremely low volume serves as a significant asterisk. Per InStat, the Poole-Wiseman pairing was involved in a grand total of 26 ball-screen possessions, which generated 33 points - a gaudy 1.27 points per possession (PPP).
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