If you haven’t figured it out by now, Jordan Poole is a cat guy. More like a cat daddy, as he tends to say. Though Poole’s shooting a career-best mark from the three-point line (40.1 percent) and ranks in the top 10 in the league with 141 triples made, he might be better known as the lead crusader of the Secret Society of NBA Cat Dads, a small but growing contingent to which Poole personally has recruited new members. “I may or may not have convinced Steph to get a cat,” Poole says coyly, referencing former Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry.

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And recently, Tristan Vukcevic, his Washington Wizards teammate, adopted a cat at PetSmart. When Dawn Wallace, the executive director of Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation, tells Poole that she heard he inspired Vukcevic to become a cat guy, a Wizards staffer leans over and whispers to me, “More like made him.” -via Washington Post / January 29, 2025

The Washington Wizards have a self-described “crazy coach.” Brian Keefe wouldn’t address his moniker — “You’re not getting me to comment on myself,” he said recently — but his players confirmed he calls himself a crazy coach, and they have no quibbles with the title. “That’s a crazy dude, for sure,” rookie Bub Carrington said. “But I’m crazy, too, so we work well.” “He’s from Boston, so heavy East Coast energy,” Jordan Poole said. “… I think [crazy coach] is a term of endearment to him. Which speaks volumes.” -via Washington Post / January 28, 2025

Jordan P said, 'I love those guys over there. I love most of those guys over there.' And then you responded with a tweet that says, 'I really am sorry. I really am sorry.' Why did you respond to that?" DRAYMOND GREEN: "I responded because, you know, it's been three years. Like, let's move on. You know, where's the love? We moved on. We're supposed to move on, man. I really am sorry. You know, that statement was kind of like... it was kind of looking for some sympathy, you know what I'm saying? Like, I feel like he wants to make me out to be the bad guy. Move on, bro. Like, it is what it is. I'm sorry. I shouldn’t have punched him, but you know, it happened. Let's move on, man." "I even apologized to his parents. I got his dad, who popped off one time on the internet, and I went back at him. It was just like, 'Bro, why you popping off?' And I actually didn’t like myself for it because I wasn’t even on that, you know what I’m saying? I kind of let him get me off my square a little bit because I’d said what I said about it. You know what I’m saying? Like, it’s over, bro. Yeah, bro, it’s over." -via YouTube / January 22, 2025

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