Jordan Poole has surprising take on a potential reunion with Warriors

Jordan Poole sounded like a man longing for the good old days on Monday in his return to the Bay Area.

The New Orleans Pelicans guard played the most minutes of any player in his team’s 138-87 blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. Poole finished with 7 points on 1/5 shooting across 34 minutes in a game that turned ugly before halftime.

After the game, San Francisco Chronicle’s Luca Evans asked Poole if he’d be open to rejoining the Warriors if the opportunity presented itself. Based on his answer, Poole seemed to have already thought about it.

“Yes,” Poole told Evans. “I mean, it just feels like home though, you know? Driving into the f— arena, crossing the Bay Bridge or wherever you’re coming from, it definitely feels natural. And I think it’s pretty evident that the way I play is very fitting to how I used to play here. Nothing’s changed, other than the systems that I’m in.

“We won a championship. So it works … to answer your question, definitely. This is my last year on the deal. I’m a free agent at the end of the season. So you never really know what’s going to happen.”

Poole looked like a budding star during his age-22 season, averaging 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.0 assists on a 2021-22 Warriors team that eventually hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Some even viewed him as Curry’s potential heir apparent, assuming Steph would slow down in the years to come (he has not).

But ever since the infamous confrontation in which Draymond Green punched Poole during practice, the dynamic scoring guard’s career has gone downhill. Poole posted gaudy numbers on a tanking Washington Wizards team from 2023 to 2025 before settling into a bench role with the middling Pelicans.

27-year-old Poole still has time to turn his career back around. Perhaps a second stint with the Warriors is what it ultimately takes to make it happen.