詹姆斯·怀斯曼并不是第一个挣扎的NBA新秀，更不用说他自己球队里的唯一一个了。
勇士队后卫乔丹·普尔在NBA的第一个赛季就和这位20岁的球员有着千丝万缕的联系。他还可以给怀斯曼带来希望，即中锋的新秀斗争不一定是永久性的。
“我只想提醒大家乔丹·普尔一年前的样子，以及他今年的样子，”金州主教练史蒂夫·科尔周五在KNBR的“托尔伯特、克鲁格&；布鲁克斯。”
“所有的年轻球员都必须经历这些。詹姆斯正在经历这一切，但他有这么多的能力，这么好的孩子和工作如此努力。我想这一切都会为他准备好的。”
普尔是勇士队在怀斯曼之前的最后一个首轮选秀权，他的新秀生涯也同样艰难。在斯蒂芬·库里的手受伤后，普尔比金州早早地被要求扮演一个更大的角色，但在新秀赛季结束时，他并没有完全适应NBA。
作为一名新秀，普尔只有33.3%的投篮命中率和27.9%的三分球命中率。虽然在休赛期延长后，他的投篮有了明显的提高，但普尔在2020-21赛季为勇士队出场的前15场比赛中，每场上场时间不足10分钟。
在赛季中期分配给G联赛后，情况发生了变化，普尔找到了自信，在佛罗里达州奥兰多郊外的小联盟泡沫中蓬勃发展。
从3月4日回到勇士队直到常规赛结束，普尔场均14.7分，命中率43.3%，弧外命中率35.4%，罚球命中率87%。在这段时间里，勇士队以20-16领先，普尔巩固了他在金州队轮换中的位置。
当然，普尔在他的第二个NBA赛季享受到了怀斯曼所没有的某些优势。
普尔在密歇根打了两个大学赛季，而怀斯曼只为孟菲斯打了三场比赛。普尔在他的第一个和第二个NBA赛季之间有九个月的时间是由于冠状病毒的流行，而怀斯曼将修复他两个赛季之间撕裂的半月板。28号门将普尔在G联赛中的表现也远不如去年的2号门将怀斯曼，如果他被裁掉的话。
然而，根据科尔的说法，怀斯曼下个赛季仍然有很好的提升空间，只要在自己的手下呆上一年就行了。
科尔在同一次采访中说：“我认为今年的经历，他学到的一切，都将是巨大的。”随着他的重复次数越来越多，明年上场时间越来越多，他只会越来越好。”
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尽管他在新秀赛季遇到了种种困难，怀斯曼仍然场均得到11.5分和5.8个篮板。据统计，自本世纪初以来，只有11名中锋在这两个级别上的平均得分都有所提高。所有的NBA中锋鲁迪·戈伯特都没有，MVP领跑者尼古拉·乔基奇也没有。两位球员都没有怀斯曼那么高，但两位大个子在来到NBA之前都有多年的欧洲职业经验。
怀斯曼的工作仍在进行中，但普尔的道路应该给他希望，他将不会有太久。
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What Wiseman can learn from Poole's second-year improvement
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James Wiseman isn't the first NBA rookie to struggle, let alone the only one on his own team.
Warriors guard Jordan Poole can relate to the 20-year-old's up-and-down first season in the NBA. He can also provide hope to Wiseman that the center's rookie struggles aren't necessarily permanent.
"I'll just remind everyone what Jordan Poole looked like a year ago, and what he looked like this year," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said Friday on KNBR's "Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks."
"All young players just have to go through this. James is going through it, but he's got so much ability, such a great kid and works so hard. I think it's all going to come together for him."
Poole was the Warriors' last first-round pick prior to Wiseman, and his rookie year was a similar slog. Pressed into a larger role sooner than Golden State expected following Steph Curry's broken hand, Poole didn't fully acclimate to the NBA by the end of his rookie season.
As a rookie, Poole made only 33.3 percent of his field goals and 27.9 percent of his 3-pointers. Although his shooting had noticeably improved following an extended offseason, Poole played fewer than 10 minutes per game in his first 15 appearances for the Warriors in 2020-21.
Things changed after a midseason G League assignment, as Poole found his confidence and flourished in the minor league's bubble just outside of Orlando, Fla.
From his return to the Warriors' lineup on March 4 until the end of the regular season, Poole averaged 14.7 points per game on 43.3 percent shooting from the field, 35.4 percent from beyond the arc and 87 percent from the free-throw line. The Warriors went 20-16 during that time, as Poole cemented his place in Golden State's rotation moving forward.
Of course, Poole enjoyed certain advantages in his second NBA season that Wiseman will not.
Poole played two collegiate seasons at Michigan, whereas Wiseman played just three games for Memphis. Poole had nine months between his first and second NBA seasons as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, while Wiseman will rehabilitate a torn meniscus between his. Poole, a No. 28 pick, also faced far less scrutiny for a G League assignment than Wiseman, the No. 2 pick last year, would if he were sent down.
Yet Wiseman still is well-positioned to improve next season, according to Kerr, simply by having a year under his belt.
"I think just the experience of this year, of everything that he learned, is gonna be huge," Kerr said in the same interview. "As he gets more and more reps, more and more time on the floor next year, he's just gonna get better and better."
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For all of the pitfalls of his rookie season, Wiseman still averaged 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Since the turn of the century, only 11 other qualifying centers have averaged more in both categories, according to Stats Perform. All-NBA center Rudy Gobert didn't, nor did MVP front-runner Nikola Jokic. Neither player was picked as high as Wiseman, but both big men had years of professional experience in Europe before they came to the NBA.
Wiseman remains a work in progress, but Poole's path should give him hope that he won't have to be for much longer.
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