4 Guards who will somehow be paid more than Knicks’ Jalen Brunson in 2023-24

1: Jordan Poole

Jordan Poole went from being a Most Improved Candidate in 2021-22 and winning a championship with the Warriors to being a disgrace in the playoffs in 2023. Life comes at you fast. The 2019 first-round draft pick was sent to the Wizards earlier this offseason in a deal centered around Chris Paul.

Poole averaged 20.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists in all 82 regular season games for Golden State this past year. He shot 43% from the floor and a dismal 33.6% from three. Poole was a disaster in the playoffs as he averaged only 10.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 13 games, shooting a terrible 34.1% from the field and an even worse 25.4% from three.

Before the start of the 2022-23 season, Poole signed a four-year, $140 million extension with the Warriors. To follow that up with a poor playoff performance didn’t help Poole’s cause. Even RJ Barrett managed to turn it up in the postseason.

Poole is on a younger team in D.C., where he’ll be allowed to be in the spotlight he craves. He won’t be competing for a championship, but the 24-year-old could have quite the bounce-back season with a more significant role. The $27.5 million he’ll be making is only slighter more than the $26.3 million Jalen Brunson will be making, but Brunson is not only a better scorer, but he plays selfless, too.

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