Kings vs Pelicans Play-In Game 4/19/2024, GAMEDAY THREAD

Who knows what happens today. Who knows which CJ or BI you get tonight. Still plenty of tickets available.

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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 18, 2024

Time to pack the Blender 😤

🕣: 8:30pm CT
📺: TNT
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 19, 2024

They can win this but they need Ingram to show up

At what point do you just let a dude play if he wants to play and disregard the minutes restriction? At what point is playing with a contusion just about dealing with pain and no further or long term damage will occur? If there is a game where they need to free Ingram and let him decide if he's in or not, certainly this is it.

I think BI's future as a Pelican could be at stake here. If he fails to perform in this game and we miss the playoffs, the odds of a shakeup are increased.

ingram is about to have a repeat performance from his first play inn and suns playoff series...i believe in him...

pels win tonight..

Woot.

Bad bad unforced TOs.

We'll turn it around.

How the hell did TM3 make that! damn son

JV is 1 rebound away from a double double and we are not even halfway through the 2nd quarter

Trey and Naji are ballin. Shout out to Nance as well since he catches so much flak on here lol

HERB JONES!!!

Herb Jones steal -> CJ three -> BI rejection -> Herb 3... maaaaaan

If CJ can help us maintain a cushion while Ingram is out we should be okay.

I feel like if Zion or JV used their elbow like Sabonis they'd be getting flagrants.

Jose with the dagger.

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

I feel like if Zion or JV used their elbow like Sabonis they'd be getting flagrants.

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For sure..

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

I feel like if Zion or JV used their elbow like Sabonis they'd be getting flagrants.

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Nah, it would be murder. Zion would kill someone

Playoffs!!!!!!

Good win Pels but CJ??? He has master the art of shrinking in big games.

Thank the lord

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Good win Pels but CJ??? He has master the art of shrinking in big games.

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His lack of athleticism kills him against playoff defense. It was similar in Portland.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

His lack of athleticism kills him against playoff defense. It was similar in Portland.

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That's 35Mill in salary btw. Since some are so apposed to paying Ingram. lol While at the same time suggesting we keep CJ.

I'm going to be optimistic. Stretch thus series out with the possibility of Zion coming back fir game 5 or 6 and watch out.

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Originally Posted by Nichols

That's 35Mill in salary btw. Since some are so apposed to paying Ingram. lol While at the same time suggesting we keep CJ.

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Ingram is a tradable asset. CJ is not. CJ is $35 for 2 years. BI is $50 million for 4-5. BI has shown to be ineffective when playing with Zion. CJ has not. Zion is the future of this team. All decisions should be made with he as the centerpiece. The team needs shooters, a true point guard, and an athletic paint protector who can run the floor. A volume mid range shooter doesn?t fit a Zion centered team.

Beat YHT!

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Originally Posted by Darkhorse985

Ingram is a tradable asset. CJ is not. CJ is $35 for 2 years. BI is $50 million for 4-5. BI has shown to be ineffective when playing with Zion. CJ has not. Zion is the future of this team. All decisions should be made with he as the centerpiece. The team needs shooters, a true point guard, and an athletic paint protector who can run the floor. A volume mid range shooter doesn?t fit a Zion centered team.

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I don't have much to say that I haven't already said on this issue. Some of you want Ingram gone. Nothing is changing that. Many of you never liked him from the beginning, so this doesn't surprise me. We can agree to disagree and leave it at that.

Congrats to the Pelicans, and the long-suffering home fans who went to the game. Jose and Naji and Nance were gold. I'm very glad that Sacramento shot less than 30% from deep.

I think need to win 3 road games plus one home game to beat OKC, and we have to beat them in 6. CJ will probably need to avoid sucking in several of those victories. If we go to 7 SGA will shoot 40 free throws a la Dwayne Wade.

On a side note (pun intended) to the Pelicans, once you break the press you may want to move a few feet away from the sideline to avoid getting stripped, perhaps quickly toward the hoop where there is only one defender so you can score another basket. You're welcome.

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Good win Pels but CJ??? He has master the art of shrinking in big games.

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It's true he has like the reverse clutch gene. He's been good this season, I just want him to play now the same way he has been playing all year.

While CJ didn't play his best game last night... let's not forget there was a stretch (down the stretch) where CJ averaged almost 30 ppg, and without those performances the Pels wouldn't be where they are.

Maybe that stretch of games took more out of him than we know. No doubt he does need to play better, but I'm giving him his props for getting us here.

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

While CJ didn't play his best game last night... let's not forget there was a stretch (down the stretch) where CJ averaged almost 30 ppg, and without those performances the Pels wouldn't be where they are.

Maybe that stretch of games took more out of him than we know. No doubt he does need to play better, but I'm giving him his props for getting us here.

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That's what I'm saying... he is a good player and was performing well for most of the regular season. And we need him to be that guy now. It seems like he has a tendency to play worse in big moments. Hopefully he can shake that in this next series.

Congrats to the team for winning, missed the game because life happens but catching up on it now.

JV the play-in GOAT. Not even exaggerating.

Going into the OKC matchup will be interesting. There's a lot of places where we match up well with them, but they often require us to behave in ways that the team doesn't really like doing, and it will be interesting to see if Green is going to make the adjustments and if the team will ACCEPT those adjustments in the playoffs, after having such a stubborn regular season in a lot of ways.

CJ is an amazing low tier 3rd guy and elite top tier 4th guy in the rotation. The perfect compliment to Zion and BI because he can calm things down and hit open threes while other teams key on BI and Zion or even open things up so Zion can destroy the paint and BI can cool the midgame. He could even be a poor man's #2 behind Zion.....but BI as your #1 franchise player and CJ as your number #2 is just not a playoff contending combo....unless JV really punches above his level.

So I totally expect CJ to disappear and understand it a bit. He just isn't that guy. If he turns it on a game or two during this series it will be lagniappe. We need two to three players to really catch fire.

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

CJ is an amazing low tier 3rd guy and elite top tier 4th guy in the rotation. The perfect compliment to Zion and BI because he can calm things down and hit open threes while other teams key on BI and Zion or even open things up so Zion can destroy the paint and BI can cool the midgame. He could even be a poor man's #2 behind Zion.....but BI as your #1 franchise player and CJ as your number #2 is just not a playoff contending combo....unless JV really punches above his level.

So I totally expect CJ to disappear and understand it a bit. He just isn't that guy. If he turns it on a game or two during this series it will be lagniappe. We need two to three players to really catch fire.

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The ball needs to find TM3 and he needs to be aggressive.

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

While CJ didn't play his best game last night... let's not forget there was a stretch (down the stretch) where CJ averaged almost 30 ppg, and without those performances the Pels wouldn't be where they are.

Maybe that stretch of games took more out of him than we know. No doubt he does need to play better, but I'm giving him his props for getting us here.

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He was incredible before the collapsed lung. I?m not really blaming CJ for getting paid or whatever but he hasn?t consistently reached the level we need from him. It?s unfortunate.

I just think he should run his own unit as a sixth man so we can balance out the team a bit better and his lack of athleticism won?t be exposed as much.

Yes ! After such a good season, this team deserved to play in the Playoffs. Even playing with the first team in the West Thunder will give the players additional experience, which will only pay off in the future. I’m still fu…k with Zion injury but we have to play this series with heart and very good defence.