“He doesn’t belong in the league”

During the program “Ticket & The Truth”, this last Wednesday, 22nd, alongside his former teammate Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett made strong statements about what he thinks of Jordan Poole. The former player stated that the current point guard of the Washington Wizards is not the right man to lead a team NBA. According to the champion, the athlete does not have the attitude of a leader, making it clear that others will probably not respect him if he continues to act in the same way.

“I saw a situation where he was talking to a teammate, he wasn’t paying attention to the game. This is not leadership. No one on the team is listening to you, no one is listening to you. You’re telling the guy to get down on the ground, he’s going to look at you and say, ‘What?’”KG began. “You’re not acting like that. He’s showing off like a champion, but he’s not bringing a championship environment here. You learned that in Golden State, didn’t you?”added Garnett.

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The former NBA champion’s comments come precisely at a time when Poole has received more attention from the media for the difficulties he has been experiencing, with averages below expectations. “They took him out of there because he didn’t follow the rules. A guy like that doesn’t belong in our league. He doesn’t belong to the league. He is the leader of a team. No, I don’t want my son with any guy like that. Do you see how he talks to his teammates? ‘Shut up my bro, this is my team, I’ll take over’. He enters the game, throws in the towel. You can say what you want about me, but I never disrespected the game, I never disrespected the position of being a leader.”concluded The Truth, referring to when the shipowner was in Golden State Warriors.