Well. It would be not hard to guess that Poole is not suitable for top-2 role (and those comparisons to Harden, even with all problems of Harden himself, always looked ridiculous).

But no one expected him to be literally worst player in the league.

He certainly was inefficient ball hog in GS too, but his eFG% there was not great 51.5%, not horrible 45.3%

So… “everyone bad” and so on. Well. No

According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA\_2024\_leaders.html

WS/64: Gaff 50, Deni 115, Tyus 137, Kuz 173, Poole 198 (of 198 qualified)

BPM: Kuz 103, Deni 113, Gaff 116, Tyus 142, Poole 197 (of 198 qualified)

VORP: Kuz 104, Deni 123, Gaff 126, Tyus 167, Poole 491 (of all 491)

WS: Gaff 84, Deni 119, Tyus 152, Kuz 221, Poole 491 (of all 491)

eFG%: Gaff 2, Deni 34, Kuz 61, Tyus 75, Poole 139 (of 139 qualified)

TS%: Gaff 4, Deni 51, Kuz 120, Tyus 129, Poole 181 (of 194 qualified)

PER: Kuz 45, Gaff 47, Deni 83, Tyus 106, Poole 178 (of 198 qualified)

All Wizards players have bad BPM, some players are relatively bad in some metrics, but none of them in worst 10% in any, and same player have good results in others … except Poole which is bottom 10% consistently in each and every category

Yes. Poole is the worst player in NBA this year. It’s not any kind of exaggeration

So… “everyone bad” and so on. Well. No

WS/64: Gaff 50, Deni 115, Tyus 137, Kuz 173, Poole 198

BPM: Kuz 103, Deni 113, Gaff 116, Tyus 142, Poole 197

VORP: Kuz 104, Deni 123, Gaff 126, Tyus 167, Poole 491

WS: Gaff 84, Deni 119, Tyus 152, Kuz 221, Poole 491

eFG%: Gaff 2, Deni 34, Kuz 61, Tyus 75, Poole 139

TS%: Gaff 4, Deni 51, Kuz 120, Tyus 129, Poole 181

PER: Kuz 45, Gaff 47, Deni 83, Tyus 106, Poole 178

All Wizards players have bad BPM, some players are relatively bad in some metrics, but none of them in worst 10% in any, and same player have good results in others … except Poole which is bottom 10% consistently in each and every category

Detroit is causion tale for teams believing that high picks are medicine for all ills.

It’s probably the team with most high picks: Cade 1st, Wiseman, Buggley - 2nd, Ausar (ok, still can be good) and Ivey - 5th, Hayes - 7th, Knox - 9th

Worst team in the league.

Poole is MUP - most useless player in NBA

Well… it’s tempting to say Poole, Poole & Poole

But well it’s not only Poole.

1. Yes. Poole - supposed to be tank commander not really good enough for top-2 option role, but sadly he is not just not good enough but really pathetic

2. Defensive rebound. Supposed to be bad, but it is historically bad

3. Development of young players. Supposed to be the year to get them experience, but team plays instead vets which don’t have much trade value anyway. And Poole shouldn’t get green light to chuck 26 shots

Well, this time Kuz just couldn’t hit any shot… but mostly it’s about Tyus Jones and Poole being worst starting guards pair in recent history… Here’s +/- per 100 pos for Wizards starting lineup

Jones -44.6

Poole -35.6

Kuzma -29.7

Gafford -9.1

Avdija -4.7