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Jordan Poole New Orleans Pelicans · #3

Guard · 6'4", 194 lb · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Age 27 · 7th season

Jordan Poole is a high-scoring guard for the New Orleans Pelicans and a 2022 NBA champion. Drafted 28th in 2019 out of Michigan, 'Poole Party' won a title with Golden State, led the NBA in free-throw percentage, and set a Wizards franchise record for three-pointers in a season before joining New Orleans — a dynamic scorer and high-volume shooter.

MVP race · #188Guard rank · #71Balladex Impact · 58
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New Orleans Pelicans · #3 · Guard
Jordan Poole
Season avg13.4 pts · 2.0 reb · 3.1 ast · .372 fg
Career avg16.6 pts · 2.6 reb · 3.7 ast · .413 fg
Live win probabilityMavericks 65%
Balladex model · projected 122–118 · 100.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
18.0pts
2.0reb
4.2ast
35%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Jordan Poole
New Orleans Pelicans · Guard
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Dallas Mavericks · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Jordan Poole — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Bench Scoring Guard · Impact 58
Jordan Poole is a high-scoring guard for the New Orleans Pelicans and a 2022 NBA champion. Drafted 28th in 2019 out of Michigan, 'Poole Party' won a t
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jordan Poole stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
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Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
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Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #174 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
58Impact index
175Star score
Career scoring average16.6 ppg
Seasons in the index7
Accolades on file2
1× NBA Champion (2022) · 1× FT% leader (2022)
Stat explorer

Jordan Poole — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
13.4 PPG
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Playmaking
3.1 APG
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Rebounding
2.0 RPG
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Shooting
.333 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jordan Poole

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  72% confidence
13.0
pts
10.9–15.1
1.9
reb
1.1–2.7
3.0
ast
2.3–3.7
23.2
min
proj
55
gp
health
.411
fg%
~base
.348
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 7-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 13.4 → projected 13.0 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.4
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
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Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season-0.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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7 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 27 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 78 / 68 / 39 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jordan Poole career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2019-205722.48.82.12.4.333.279
2020-215119.412.01.81.9.432.351
2021-227630.018.53.44.0.448.364
2022-238230.020.42.74.5.430.336
2023-247830.117.42.74.4.413.326
2024-256829.420.53.04.5.432.378
2025-263923.913.42.03.1.372.333
Career45127.216.62.63.7
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the New Orleans Pelicans built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

30–52proj record
#11conf seed
-4.1net rtg
113.4off rtg
117.5def rtg
2%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Herbert Jones, Derik Queen.
How his role moves
Projected 30–52, 11th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
58 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
1× NBA Champion (2022) · 1× FT% leader (2022)
Act IV

The Ballad of Jordan Poole

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Jun 19, 1999

The beginning

A dynamic, high-scoring guard and champion — shot-making and shooting for the Pelicans.

New Orleans Pelicans

Turning pro

Drafted 28th overall, 2019 as a Guard.

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A dynamic, high-scoring guard and champion — shot-making and shooting for the Pelicans.

Chapter

A Michigan buzzer-beater hero, Poole was drafted 28th in 2019 by Golden State.

Chapter

He won an NBA title with the Warriors in 2022 and led the league in free-throw percentage.

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Poole's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 4"
Weight
194 lbs
College
Michigan
Experience
8th Season
NBA debut
2019
Draft
28th overall, 2019
Born
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Age
27
Jersey
#3
Beyond the game

Poole is a Milwaukee product whose confident, flashy game earned the 'Poole Party' nickname, and whose NCAA buzzer-beater at Michigan launched his profile before he became a champion at 22. The son of Monet and Anthony Poole, he built his reputation as an instant-offense scorer.

His on-court identity is dynamic scoring and shooting — a 6-foot-4 guard with deep range, off-the-dribble shot-making, elite free-throw shooting, and high three-point volume (a franchise-record season with Washington). His efficiency and defense are the variables, but his scoring punch and shooting give New Orleans a bench or starting spark.

The person

A dynamic, high-scoring guard — off-the-dribble shot-making and high-volume shooting.

Scoring guardA dynamic shot-maker with deep range.
ChampionWon the 2022 title with Golden State.
SharpshooterSet a franchise record for threes in a season.
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FAQ

Jordan Poole — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jordan Poole, answered.

What is Jordan Poole known for?
Dynamic scoring and shooting — a shot-making guard with deep range who won a 2022 title with Golden State and set a Wizards franchise record for threes in a season.
Did Jordan Poole win a championship?
Yes — the 2022 NBA title with the Golden State Warriors, the season he also led the league in free-throw percentage.
Why is Jordan Poole called 'Poole Party'?
For his confident, flashy, instant-offense scoring style.
Jordan Poole career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
81%
7 seasons
Last 3 seasons
75%
61 games missed
Games missed
103
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
57
19-20
51
20-21
76
21-22
82
22-23
78
23-24
68
24-25
39
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady — 75% of games over the last three seasons, low of 48% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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