The Washington Wizards will likely listen to trade calls on any player on the roster except for a select few that were recently drafted. Someone not in that club is point guard Jordan Poole, who has gotten off to a good start for the Wizards so far this season.

Jordan Poole grinned as he listened to the question. It was his second media day with the Washington Wizards, and Poole, fresh-faced and sporting a mustache, was asked how he could return to being himself after a teammate said that the adjustment to a new situation turned Poole uncharacteristically “a little bit quiet and