The turning point of Poole's tenure in Washington was Keefe's decision to make Poole the team's sixth man last season.

Curry, of course, is coming off a historic performance in Golden State's 121-115 win over the Magic on Thursday night. With 56 points on 12-of-19 shooting from 3-point land, Curry came up one triple short of his career high, and he now has an NBA-record 26 career games with at least 10 made three-pointers.

Portland plays Washington for a non-conference matchup. The teams square off Wednesday for the first time this season.

Issuing a correction on many previous posts of mine, regarding Jordan Poole. You DO, under these narrow circumstances, “gotta hand it to him” Poole was the hottest of messes last season ...