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Except, as I pointed out, that would still require playing off-ball, which BI doesn't like to do and about which he complained to Green in the playoffs.
Pelicanidae 05-07-2024, 03:28 PMThe difference in a true point versus Zion is likely what shots are created. When Zion is at point everyone is just playing off of him and his gravity.
P_B_&_G 05-07-2024, 03:26 PMHere is @ShamsCharania confirming what I wrote about in today's substack - Willie Green and Brandon Ingram got into after Game 2 in OKC pic.twitter.com/gVSbzn5L6R—
Pelicanidae 05-07-2024, 03:13 PMThat's what I was saying, so glad to see you're seeing parallels.
Get rid of his favourites. It's a rule for good writing too - kill your
Shamit's article very closely tracks what I've heard and posted earlier, particularly about Ingram.
The story also put me in mind of the
Saw someone say that part of the way to approach teambuilding is just going to have to involve taking Green's toys away. If you give him offensive players,
Pelicanidae 05-07-2024, 12:18 PMread that email at lunch. pretty dark stuff. a ton of issues and the only way out is just to pray that Willie changes or greatly reduce the defensive
b_l_p 05-07-2024, 11:45 AMZion puts Gobert in a blender every time they play, it's just how it is. Zion has his number.
Pelicanidae 05-07-2024, 11:25 AMhttps://intheno.substack.com/p/willi...year-in-review
Really good article here from Shamit on Willie Green, as a retrospective. Won't
Maybe I'm delusional but I think the Pels matchup well against the Wolves.
hornetsrebirth 05-07-2024, 11:23 AMAnd also, Murray is crippled and Denver lost half their bench in the last year.
Also, the Wolves have one of the best defenses of all time.
The Wolves have one of the best stars in the NBA, also they are just a good matchup against Jokic.
hornetsrebirth 05-07-2024, 07:42 AMYea watching the wolves makes me think the best path forward is to just go for a suffocatingly dominant defense and then just hope the offense can stay
Pelifan 05-07-2024, 12:54 AMThe thing is that this hasn't been true for some time.
For better or for worse, Zion has played almost the same number of game as BI over
Timberwolves GM on the tv screen . Tim Connelly
Look up 2010 New Orleans Hornets Frontt Office . Yep that is him
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 10, 2013
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Willie Green was asked after Game 1 about the looks Brandon Ingram got against the Thunder. pic.twitter.com/kPf3AbGulV— Christian Clark (@cclark_13)
Pelicanidae 05-07-2024, 03:44 PM