Jordan Poole will make his first Finals’ appearance with the Warriors and entering his fourth-year in the league will be eligible for a rookie scale extension. Golden State is willing to pay whatever it’s needed to keep Poole in the Bay Area, per GM Bob Myers.
“I mean, thankfully (I) work for an ownership group in Joe (Lacob) that has committed all kinds of resources to winning,” Myers told Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill. “And I know that because every time I asked him about roster and strategy, it’s always winning.”
Poole will be eligible for a five-year, $186-million rookie extension this summer that would kick in following the 2022-23 campaign. The two sides will have until October to agree on a new long-term deal.
If the two sides are unable to come to an agreement, Poole will be a restricted free agent and Golden State will be able to match any offer next summer. Any extensions agreed to won’t kick in until after the 2022-23 season.
The Warriors’ payroll is some $40 million over the luxury tax threshold, and they’re expected to pay approximately $72.6 million more than the next highest team. Poole backed his eligibility for a max-contract with his play this season.
“You don’t need me to tell you what our payroll is. It’s pretty high,” Myers said. “So he just wants to win. And we’ve spent a lot, and we’ve kept all the players we want to keep, so I don’t see that changing.”
He registered career highs in points (18.5 per game), assists (four), and 3-point shooting (36.4%) over 76 appearances this season. Poole finished fourth in the Most Improved Player balloting and amped up his numbers in the postseason.
Through 16 games in the playoffs, he has averaged of 18.4 points on 53 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent shooting from deep. He has a pretty efficient 91.7 percent from the charity stripe.
Poole has been a huge contributor in the Warriors NBA Finals runs and he hopes to help his team add another championship to its collection. Poole reflected on his journey from his rookie season until the 2022 NBA Finals.
“I think something that stood out from my first year was that even though we didn’t win that many games, there was still championship coaching and championship DNA every single day we came in to work, came into practice,” told reporters Wednesday.
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