On Instagram, Eric Paschall shared a highlight tape featuring top moments from his first season as a member of the Golden State Warriors.
If there were a silver lining in Golden State’s league-worst 15-50 season, it would be the arrival of Eric Paschall. The 2019 second-round pick quickly blossomed into one of Golden State’s leading offensive factors in the 2019-20 season.
In the Warriors’ seventh game of the season, Paschall established himself in Steve Kerr’s rotation. The rookie dropped a season-high 34 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field with 13 boards in Golden State’s 127-118 win victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Villanova product’s performance against Damian Lillard and the Blazers set the tone for his breakout rookie season in the Bay Area. On his way to landing at No. 6 on the Rookie of the Year voting, Paschall averaged 14.0 points on 49.7% shooting from the field with 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. The 23-year-old ranked in the top 10 in both points and rebounds per game for 2019-20 rookies.
On Sunday, the young forward shared a highlight video with some of the top plays from his rookie campaign. Along with a bevy of dazzling dunks, the video created by Cameron Hussein featured moments from Paschall’s draft day. The video is set to Jack Harlow’s hit “WHATS POPPIN.”
When they were on the clock in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors landed Villanova product Eric Paschall.
While the second round of the NBA Playoffs is underway in the Orlando Bubble, the page has officially turned to draft season for the Golden State Warriors. For the first time since 2002, the Warriors will have the opportunity to make a selection in the top five.
Before October’s draft pops up on the calendar, Warriors Wire is rewinding through Golden State’s draft history to highlight some of the most memorable selections — trades, surprises, busts, sleepers and everything in between.
With a pair of second-round picks in the 2020 edition of the draft, Bob Myers and Steve Kerr could try to build off their late pick success from 2019.
June 20, 2019
The New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies kicked off 2019 draft day by selecting Duke’s Zion Williamson and Murray State’s Ja Morant with the first two picks. Fast forward 39 selections and the Golden State Warriors were on the clock with the No. 11 pick in the second round of the draft.
After taking Michigan’s Jordan Poole in the first round, Myers and Kerr opted to draft Eric Paschall out of Villanova with the No. 41 overall selection.
During his senior season, Paschall averaged 16.5 points on 44.7% shooting from the field with 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. In his final season in Jay Wright’s program, the New York native earned All-Big East honors.
With injuries to Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in his rookie season, Paschall quickly developed into a lead offensive weapon for Kerr. In Golden State’s first win at the newly opened Chase Center in San Francisco, Paschall broke out, leading the Warriors with a career-high 34 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field.
Paschall capped off his first season in the association averaging 14.0 points on 49.7% shooting from the field with 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
Watch highlights from Paschall’s rookie season via YouTube:
After ranking in the top 10 in both points and rebounds per game for 2019-20 rookies, the 23-year-old earned votes in the Rookie of the Year race. Paschall placed at No. 6 in the award voting. The Warriors rookie was the only second-round pick to receive votes.
Along with Paschall, Morant and Williamson, other notable members of the 2019 draft class included North Carolina’s Coby White, Kentucky’s Tyler Herro, Washington’s Matisse Thybulle, Gonzaga’s Brandon Clarke, and Rui Hachimura
Undrafted free agents from the 2019 class included Boston College’s Ky Bowman, Ole Miss Terence Davis, Arizona State’s Luguentz Dort, and UCF’s Tacko Fall.
After the release of the highly anticipated NBA 2K21, Eric Paschall wasn’t happy with his athleticism rating in the new basketball game.
Following the drop of NBA 2K21, the ever-debated ratings were released for each player in the new video game. The latest edition of 2K21 hit the shelves on Friday, and the ratings are already generating buzz on social media.
One member of the Golden State Warriors chimed in with a comment about one of his ratings on Twitter. In an exchange with his former Villanova teammate Josh Hart, Eric Paschall took a jab at his athletic attributes in the game. While Hart was happy with his athleticism in 2K21, Paschall wasn’t satisfied with his rating.
In a season full of downs, Paschall’s rookie campaign served as a bright spot for the Golden State Warriors. With the trade of D’Angelo Russell and injuries to both Splash Brothers, the Villanova product blossomed into one of Steve Kerr’s lead offensive weapons in 2019-20.
The 23-year-old averaged 14.0 points on 49.7% shooting from the field with 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. Paschall ranked in the top 10 in both points and rebounds per game for 2019-20 rookies. The young forward registered 20 or more points in 13 games, including two 30 point performances.
Paschall’s impressive rookie season earned him points in the race for Rookie of the Year. Behind winner Ja Morant, the former second-round pick landed at No. 6 on the 2020 Rookie of the Year list.
If he can build off his high-caliber rookie debut, Paschall’s ratings in NBA 2K21 are bound to grow to a level he sees fit.
For a look at the complete ratings for the Golden State Warriors, click here.
The Memphis Grizzlies are not the top team in the NBA at the moment, but its young roster has sprung some surprises along the way. Ja Morant is the NBA Rookie of the Year favorite, but he is not the only first-year player making noise for the Grizzlies.
Brandon Clarke is contributing with an average of 12.1 points per game. More impressively, he is shooting at 62.0% from the field, fifth best in the league. That shooting percentage is also putting him on track to break the rookie record, currently held by Steve Johnson at 61.34% during the 1981-81 season.
Clarke almost didn’t finish the season on the court. He suffered a quadriceps injury late February but the NBA pause gave him enough time to heal.
Prior to becoming the No. 21 pick in 2019, the Vancouver native was a college basketball standout at Gonzaga University. But before that he actually started his career at a less high-profile school. After graduating from Desert Vista High School high school in Arizona in 2015, he spent his first two college years in California with the San Jose State Spartans.
His freshman year he averaged 8.8 points per game and was named Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year after putting up 10.1 points and 7.3 rebounds in conference play.
The following year he more than doubled his scoring average. He was registering 17.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks, which got him into the All-MW First Team and Mountain West All-Defensive Team.
The Spartans, not usually at the top of the conference, held a 23-38 losing record through 2015-17 even with Clarke in the roster. Head coach Dave Wojcik resigned in July 2017 and Clarke entered the transfer portal not long after. He landed at Gonzaga that August and sat out for the first year.
As a redshirt junior during the 2018-19 season, Clarke made 37 appearances, 36 of those as a starter. He averaged 16.9 points and 8.6 rebounds while shooting at 68.7% from the field. He showed off his shooting abilities against North Dakota State on Nov. 26, 2017 going 9-for-9.
Clarke was first in the West Coast Conference in field goal percentage and made it into The All-WCC First Team. He earned both the WCC Defender and Newcomer of the year honors.
Clarke was part of a Bulldogs roster that went 33-4 overall and 16-0 in the conference and made it to the Elite Eight in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. He set the single game record in an NCAA Tournament game for Gonzaga with 36 points when the Bulldogs played Baylor in the second round of the Big Dance.
Now at the next level of his basketball career, Clarke continues to stand out. He was the 2019 NBA Las Vegas Summer League MVP, and also made the first team All-Summer League.
He has done enough during the regular season to get his name mentioned as a potential member of this season’s All-Rookie Team, one of these mentions coming from ESPN’s Zach Lowe’s ballot.
Clarke has also been talked about for Rookie of the Year and 6th Man of the Year award. When asked about the latter during his media availability on July 22, Clarke didn’t try to hide his confidence but also expressed gratitude.
“Just me as a player, I have a lot of trust in myself. I’m not shocked to have my name there but it is really cool to see that because obviously it’s my first year and there’s so many other great players that come off the bench,” he said. “Just to have my name even near them is something that’s really cool to me and I’m very grateful about it.”
Five Memphis players are scoring in double figures, and four of those are under 25 years old. Morant leads with an average of 17.8 points and 7.1 assists per game.
Jaren Jackson Jr. followed closely with 17.4 points per game while leading the team in blocks with 1.6 per game. The team won’t count with him anymore as he’s out due to a meniscus tear, but they have the third most consistent scorer in 24-year-old Dillon Brooks with 15.7 points per game.
Memphis is still in the running for a spot in the playoffs, but injuries and inexperience are making it more difficult as the Grizzlies have yet to get a win since the restart.
Even though Memphis has been getting itself into an uncomfortable situation, Clarke was still positive on Thursday afternoon.
“Our group is also very, very resilient and able to fight back,” he said in a post-practice press conference. “It’s something that we’ve done pretty much the whole season… We just gotta keep on doing our thing and tune up the things that we were doing wrong and then we’ll be fine.”
After a bevy of impressive moments in his first season with the Warriors, Eric Paschall revealed his favorite play from his rookie campaign.
With the Golden State Warriors season officially over, the team is counting down some of the top moments from the 2019-20 season on Twitter. On Saturday, Eric Paschall was the focal point.
After being drafted in the second round, the Villanova product quickly developed into one of Steve Kerr’s lead options in the Golden State offense. In his first season in the Bay Area, Paschall averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. The Warriors rookie ranked in the top 10 in both points and rebounds per game for 2019-20 rookies.
The Warriors counted down Paschall’s top plays from his rookie year. High powered dunks and blocks filled the 23-year-old’s list. However, according to the rookie, his favorite play was a drive against a four-time Most Valuable Player.
Paschall paired a series of crossovers with a burst to the basket for a finger roll layup over LeBron James. On Twitter, Paschall crowned his moment against James and the Lakers as his “favorite play of the year.”
Paschall’s highlight-worthy drive came during the Warriors trip to Southern California in November 2019. Against James and the Lakers, Paschall tallied 15 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field with three rebounds in 32 minutes off the bench. James led the Lakers with 23 points on their way to a blowout victory against the Warriors, 120-94.
In an interview with Howard Beck of Bleacher Report from June, Paschall shared said “Welcome to the NBA” moment came against James and Anthony Davis.
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Paschall’s two-handed slam against the Dallas Mavericks ranked at No. 1 on the Warriors’ top 10 list. View the rest of Paschall’s top 10 plays from his rookie season on the Golden State Warriors Twitter account.
In a recent tweet, Golden State Warriors rookie Ky Bowman had high praise for Eric Paschall, calling him the “strongest man in the league.”
Although tipoff for the NBA’s Orlando Bubble is right around the corner, the Golden State Warriors are already in offseason mode. With their league-worst 15-50 record, the Warriors were one of eight teams not invited to the league’s restart at Disney World.
With no hoops on the calendar, the Warriors’ official Twitter account has been sharing some of the top moments from the 2019-20 season. On Wednesday, the Warriors posted a video celebrating Eric Paschall.
The Villanova product retweeted the video with the caption “Blessed.” After Paschall’s tweet, his rookie teammate Ky Bowman chimed in. Bowman had high praise for Paschall, calling Golden State’s young forward the “strongest man in the league.”
Paschall joined Bowman and Jordan Poole to lead a solid rookie class in Golden State. With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson injured, Paschall quickly blossomed into a lead scoring option in Steve Kerr’s offense. The rookie was instrumental in Golden State’s first win at San Francisco’s new Chase Center, scoring a career-high 34 points against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The second-round pick averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Paschall ranked in the top 10 in both points and rebounds per game for 2019-20 rookies.
After a solid debut season, Paschall is slated to play an important role alongside a healthy edition of the Splash Brothers and Draymond Green. The Warriors will need Paschall to replicate similar production from his rookie year in their path back to the Western Conference Postseason.
After an impressive rookie season, USA Today’s Rookie Wire had Eric Paschall off the board in the Top 10 picks in their 2019 NBA re-draft.
Although players arriving at the Orlando bubble for the restart of the NBA season will steal most of the headlines, draft season is quietly heating up. With the Draft Lottery approaching, mock selections for the top picks are beginning to pour in.
However, instead of looking back to 2020, USA Today’s Rookie Wire hit rewind on the clock for just one year. Rookie Wire’s Cody Taylor re-drafted the entire first round of the 2019 class.
Both of the Golden State Warriors’ picks from 2019 made the list, with one young forward earning a spot in the top 10. Although he landed with the Warriors in the second round, Eric Paschall was taken off the board at No. 6 in the Rookie Wire’s 2019 re-draft.
In his debut season in the Bay Area, the Villanova product averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 60 games. Over his rookie year, Paschall was able to hit the starting lineup in 26 contests for Steve Kerr. Paschall ranked in the top 10 for rookies in both points and rebounds per game.
Paschall’s jump from 41 to six was one of the more significant swaps in the 2019 re-draft. Paschall, Memphis’ Brandon Clarke and Cleveland’s Kevin Porter Jr. were the only three players to be named in the top 10 that were initially drafted outside of the top-20. Paschall was the highest second rounded selected in the re-draft.
Jordan Poole was also included in Rookie Wire’s re-draft, getting selected one clip higher than last year. The former Michigan Wolverine was tapped at No. 28.
After a shaky start from Poole, the young guard strung together a handful of notable performances. In his rookie campaign, Poole averaged 8.8 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 rebounds per contest. Poole’s 2.4 dimes per game were solid enough to place in the top 10 of rookie assist leaders in 2019-20.
View the rest of the Rookie Wire 2019 Re-Draft here.
Instead of picking his five all-time greatest, Eric Paschall named off his personal favorite NBA players.
With no basketball on the schedule, players are turning to social media to entertain themselves. A popular time-filler online has been interactive Q&A sessions with the players and fans.
Next up is Eric Paschall. In a Q&A on the Warriors Twitter account, Golden State’s rookie was asked to name his top-five NBA players of all-time. According to Paschall, narrowing down his top-five would be too hard. Instead, the Villanova product pivoted to sharing his personal favorite players.
The rookie named off a group of Hall of Famers, mixed with three current players — including one of his teammates.
Via @Warriors on Twitter:
I’m not going to name my top-five of all-time because that’s too hard. I’ll pick my favorite players of all-time. Tracy McGrady is definitely up there in terms of one of my favorites. LeBron [James], Kobe [Bryant], [Michael] Jordan, you can go with Shaq [O’Neil], you can go with Steph [Curry], you can go with Kevin Durant. There are too many players to just name five because there are players that are great for different reasons. I’m just going to go with my favorites with that.
After averaging 14 points on 49.7 % shooting from the field in his first NBA season, there’s a chance Paschall is already starting to catch the eye of some of his favorite players in the NBA.
Once the game action returns to the court, Golden State’s second-round pick will have 17 games to finish out an impressive rookie campaign.
During the NBA hiatus, Eric Paschall spent time answering different questions on social media.
While Golden State’s season has been filled with injuries and losses, a bright spot in the Warriors down year has been the arrival of Eric Paschall. After being drafted in the second round of the 2019 draft, Paschall has exploded onto the scene in his first season in the Bay Area.
The Villanova product started his career on a Rookie of the Year pace, earning a nod to the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star weekend in Chicago. Paschall is averaging 14.0 points on 49.7 % shooting from the field in his first season in the NBA.
Prior to the NBA suspending the season due to the coronavirus, Paschall was racking up significant numbers. Over his past seven games, the rookie tallied 19.7 points on 54.9 % shooting, with 5.4 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game. Golden State added three wins to their record during that seven-game span.
During the NBA hiatus, Paschall spent time on Twitter answering questions from fans. The New York native revealed what he thinks is the most underrated part of his game.
The most underrated part of my game is definitely my playmaking ability. I feel like I have all the tools to make the right plays. I can continue to find my teammates open because of my aggressiveness. So I would definitely say playmaking is a huge underrated part of my game.
Q: What do you think is the most underrated part of your game? #NBATogether
When the NBA returns from the COVID-19 hiatus, Paschall will have 17 games remaining with Golden State to finish his impressive rookie campaign on a high note.
Before he was drafted in the first round by the Warriors, Jordan Poole knocked down a game-winning shot at the Buzzer to send Michigan to the Sweet 16.
The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament is marked as a holiday weekend for basketball fans across the country. However, there will be no March Madness this time around due to the coronavirus pandemic.
With no brackets being busted, Warriors Wire is highlighting standout March performances from members on the current Golden State roster.
Before he was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole was coming off the bench for the Michigan Wolverines.
In 2018, Poole turned into a March Madness icon overnight. In the second round of the tournament, Michigan linked up with the sixth-seeded Houston Cougars. The round of 32 matchup turned into a classic.
Michigan and Houston exchanged haymakers throughout the game, but in the final minute, thing were notched at 61. Back-to-back free throws from Devin Davis gave the Cougars a two-point lead with 24 seconds on the clock. Luckily for Michigan, Davis missed his next set of free throws to give the Wolverines the ball back down two.
With four seconds left, Poole checked into the game. Michigan heaved the ball to the half-court line where Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman found Poole open behind the 3-point line.
Poole launched a shot deep beyond the arc that swished through the net as time expired. The 18-year-old freshman was mobbed by his teammates as they danced to the Sweet-16 with a 64-63 win. Poole finished the game with eight points in 11 minutes for Michigan.
Watch Poole’s epic game-winner via YouTube:
Poole’s Wolverines advanced all the way to the championship game, where they met Eric Paschall’s Villanova Wildcats. Jay Wright and Villanova cruised to a 79-62 victory to bring a banner back to Philadelphia.
