Is Jordan Poole or Tyus Jones Best Addition In Wizards Tradings Spree?
The Washington Wizards set sail on a new era of DMV hoops, and they didn't do it quietly.
New Wizards team president Michael Winger delivered the biggest blow to his new organization by dealing star guard Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns.
In return, Winger got the asset - guard Chris Paul - that will eventually be flipped to the Golden State Warriors for Jordan Poole. That deal can't be made official until July 6th.
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Along with the Beal trade, forward/center Kristaps Porzingis was sent packing to the Boston Celtics after agreeing to opt in to his player option to make the deal happen.
Both the Beal and Porzingis trades are official.
As is the partner deal that the Memphis Grizzlies joined in on that sent guard Tyus Jones to Washington as well.
And while everyone is waiting for Poole's arrival to be official, it's the addition of Jones that NBA.com's numbers evaluation points to as a more substantial addition.
"Jones has led the league in assist/turnover ratio in each of the last five seasons," says NBA.com's John Schuhmann. "He has a career assist/turnover ratio of 5.27, the highest mark among the 2,012 players with at least 100 career assists over the 46 years for which turnovers have been tracked. New teammate Monte Morris has the second-highest mark, while Jones' younger brother, Tre, has the fifth-highest mark."
But it's not just the assist/turnoever ratio that sounds good for the Wizards.
Schuhmann also reports Jones had 51 more steals than he did fouls, tying him for biggest spread between those two stats in the last 20 seasons.
And Jones is on of just 10 players in the past 50 years to record five seasons with more steals than personal fouls while playing at least 500 minutes.
Now that's a deep numbers dive.
Meanwhile, the bigger name, Poole had the third-highest turnover rate among players with a usage rate of 25 percent or higher.
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His effective field goal percentage also dipped to 40 percent during the playoffs, the worst among NBA players with at least 100 field goal attempts in the postseason.
We don't tell you all this to downplay the addition of Poole, of course.
His arrival, while still part of a directed downgrading of the roster, should still be looked at as an exciting part of rebuilding.
Consider it a pre-fabricated part of what will hopefully beocme Washington's basketball foundation.
But perhaps Jones' arrival should be getting equal or at least similar praise.
And with some wise drafting and future free agent signings, the arrival of Poole and Jones could be the start of something good for the Wizards.
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