It’s official, Chris Paul is a member of the Golden State Warriors, and Jordan Poole is a Washington Wizard. On Thursday, the Warriors and Wizards formally announced their blockbuster trade headlined by Poole and Paul from early in the offseason.
With the trade turning final, a key member of the Warriors took to social media to say goodbye to Poole and welcome longtime rival turned new teammate Paul. Steph Curry shared a long farewell message on his Instagram story, saying goodbye to Poole. At the end of his Instagram story, Curry had a quick message for Paul, welcoming him to the Bay Area.
Via @StephenCurry30 on Instagram:
Yo — so, now that the trade is actually final, I felt like I needed to come on here and just say — JP, how much I appreciated the four years brother. You’re a champion. You grew up right in front of everybody’s face in terms of, you know, that first year where it was rough — a lot of injuries, just trying to find your way to going to the G League and coming back and helping us finish 15-5 down the stretch of your second year to us winning a championship your third year and fighting till the end this past year.
I can’t wait to see your blossom, big fella. I can’t wait to see you shine in your own situation. Just looking forward to competing, obviously with being a fan of everything you become. Good luck to you.
CP, I can’t wait to rock with you, brother. It’s going to be different with us on the same thing. Let’s get it! Let’s get it!
Via @DaltonJ_Johnson on Twitter:
Steph Curry on Instagram gives a long goodbye/thank you to Jordan Poole, and welcomes Chris Paul to the Warriors
“It’s gonna be different with us on the same side. Let’s get it!” pic.twitter.com/aFOZ3fej7J
— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) July 7, 2023
Early in the offseason, the Warriors agreed to trade Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Ryan Rollins and multiple draft picks to Washington for the veteran All-Star point guard.
Poole was initially drafted in the first round by the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Michigan. During his four-year career with the Warriors, Poole averaged 15.8 points on 42.1% shooting from the field to go along with 3.4 assists and 2.6 rebounds over 266 regular season games in Golden State.
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