After Snubbing Jordan Poole, Zendaya Named 4x Champion As Her Favorite NBA Player

Raahib Singh | 05/05/2023
After Snubbing Jordan Poole, Zendaya Named 4x Champion As Her Favorite NBA Player

The Golden State Warriors are hosting the Los Angeles Lakers tonight for Game 2 of the 2nd round series. The stars are in the house, with personalities like Zendaya, Danny DeVito, and more out courtside. Seeing Zendaya courtside made us ponder about the time Jordan Poole thought he was coy, asking her out on Instagram. Sadly, Poole got snubbed, but what the award-winning actress answered when asked about her favorite basketball player might have hurt the Warriors’ star.

With the Lakers-Warriors poised to be the best series this offseason, stars have been showing up every single game. First, it was Jessica Alba in Game 1,

and now Game 2 features Zendaya.

Zendaya once named Stephen Curry as her favorite NBA player

Born in Oakland, Zendaya grew up a Warriors fan. She must have seen the ‘We Believe’ era and then the rise of the current ‘Warriors dynasty.’ We have seen her put out quite a few tweets for her favorite team.

In 2015, when the Warriors made their first Finals 40 years, she put out a tweet for them.

Like many Dubs fans, Zendaya knew it was over when the team signed Kevin Durant.

In 2017, Zendaya was there to root for them when the Dubs took out the Cavs in Game 5 of the Finals.

After seeing all of these, it should come as no surprise who she named her favorite NBA player. In an interview, the Euphoria actress was asked about her favorite player and she named Stephen Curry.

“Currently, Steph Curry.”

After all, Steph led her team to 4 NBA Championships in eight years. However, this might have hurt JP just a little bit.

Jordan Poole once tried shooting his shot with the Spiderman Actress

When Disney got Spiderman back in the MCU, they cast Zendaya as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones. Watching her several successful roles, she instantly became a lot of people’s crush. One of them was Jordan Poole. When he was drafted by the Dubs in 2019, Klay Thompson was still dating Laura Harrier. Harrier and Zendaya are good friends.

Using that connection, JP thought he should shoot his shot on a post that Laura shared with Klay. He replied to Zendaya’s comment on the post asking her for a double date with Klay and Laura.

Sadly for Poole, he never received a response from Zendaya, and not soon after, she started dating Tom Holland.

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Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh is an NBA Journalist and Content Strategist at The SportsRush. A Computer Science Engineer by qualification, Raahib's passion for sports drew him towards TSR. He started playing basketball at 14 and has been following the NBA since 2013. His entry into the basketball world perfectly coincided with Stephen Curry putting the league on notice. Having followed the league for a long time, he decided to use his knowledge to become a sportswriter with The SportsRush in 2020. Raahib loves to put up some shots in his spare time, watch Cricket, Formula 1, and/or read a nice thriller.

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