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When you’re trailing why are they playing for last shot. Gotta start offense so that there is time to get an offensive rebound. Just stupid.
BI that $50 million man. If we lose Trey Murphy because we paid BI, I hope the arena stays empty.
Last edited by Darkhorse985; 04-21-2024 at 11:12 PM.
Close. Promising. But yeah. Poorly managed and a bit anti clutch towards the end. We look in it at least.
Based on how this team matches up, JV has to get significant minutes. OKC has really good individual defenders. Isoing with Ingram and CJ will not go well. Willie is going to actually do some coaching.
If you go to CJ, or Ingram it has to be on off ball movement utilizing picks to catch them on the move.
Nance was awful in the last 3 minutes.
Willie was even worse not calling a timeout when they were doing the 3 stooges act at bout 2 minutes left.
Not inserting JV who had 20 freaking rebounds.
And how about that awesome playcall on the last possesion. Single screen above the 3 pt line for CJ. Not a fancy double screen for TREY, but ice cold CJ.
I actually don't mind just playing for the win. If you miss the shot early and THEY get the rebound, then with a team like OKC and the way the officiating is going they're just going to get FTs and then you've got no chance.
The only issue was that we should have drawn up a play to get Trey a corner three, not whatever the hell that was
Basketball.
I get it.. You don't want to pay a non franchise player 50Mill. He certainly didn't look worth it tonight. With that being said it's not a lot of players in this league that can Iso you into a win. I guarantee CJ, and Ingram would look a lot better if they weren't forced to iso so much.
How did I throw CJ under the bus? I didn't say he played bad. But I know he's even better if he didn't have to iso for everything he gets. Especially at this stage of his career. Even on that last possession, I actually trust CJ, but can we at least make it easier for him? Is it too much to ask to want this team to utilize more off ball movement and picks to free up our best offensive players on the move.
I'm simply saying catch CJ, and Ingram on the move so they don't have to work as hard to shake their men.
Zion is an unreal talent, so he can rise above bad coaching. Some players are going to need some help depending on the match up. Obviously Ingram can't eat at will against this team.
I've been a BI supporter this whole time, through all the contested mid range jumpers, but I am at the end of my rope. With Zion out he is supposed to be the guy. If he cant be the guy when we need him, then he is not the guy.
Why are we giving the ball to CJ when you knew he would brick it? Perhaps it is time for a change if Willie can’t draw up a simple play.
Part of the superlative season I mentioned is that he hasn't been isolating all year long. For the most part he's been released from that role and, especially when Zion has been playing, he's been awesome off ball. It's allowed him so much success.
When it comes to isolation on this team, CJ has not been the issue by and large.
i wish willie would have put in all shooters at the end and ran some type of screen play to try and get a shooter an open shot to win..
How many last second shot has CJ bricked in the final seconds this year for us? Tired of the bricks. Ingram garbage too.
"Its not about what we need to do to free up BI. This is gonna be playoff basketball. He's gotta to continue to play through it, have some gamesmanship out there, gotta go to the FT line a bit more... Continue to play with force"
— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) April 22, 2024
-- Willie Green on freeing up Brandon Ingram pic.twitter.com/Vxt6RcEVvi
Willie Green with the rare W
He's absolutely right. A lot of BI's problems this game came from him just wilting.
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