2025-26 Season
JORDAN POOLE
2025-26 Season
JORDAN POOLE
Poole produces at an below average rate for a 24-minute workload.
About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works
TEAM COMPARISON
of 16 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Jordan Poole's first twenty games were defined by maddening volatility and a destructive addiction to erratic shot selection. Even when his jumper was falling, hidden costs routinely dragged him down, perfectly illustrated during a 30-point eruption on 10/31 vs LAC. Despite burying seven threes in that contest, his -1.7 impact score revealed how empty defensive possessions and momentum-killing mistakes completely neutralized his offensive firepower. His shot diet frequently sabotaged the offense, bottoming out on 11/04 vs CHA where he forced heavily contested jumpers on his way to an abysmal -13.9 impact. He was a walking pendulum swinging between the starting lineup and the bench. He poured in 21 points on a scorching 6-of-8 from deep on 01/11 vs ORL, yet still posted a -0.4 impact because his defensive apathy and loose ball security gave every point right back to the opponent. While brief flashes of rhythm kept his scoring totals afloat, this stretch was ultimately anchored by a player whose reckless habits hurt his team far more than his highlights helped.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Inconsistent. Poole has clear good-night/bad-night splits, with scoring swinging ~8 points between games. You're never quite sure which version shows up.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 22% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Poole locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Performance has dropped off. First-half impact: -1.2, second-half: -6.0. Worth watching whether it's fatigue, injury, or opponents adjusting.
In a rough stretch — 6 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 6 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 58 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
36 games played