Summer League Pels Thread

Here is the summer league roster:
Trey Alexander, guard
Tytan Anderon, forward
Will Baker, center
Keion Brooks Jr., forward
Hunter Dickinson, center
Jeremiah Fears, guard
AJ Hoggard, guard
Chase Huner, guard
Yves Missi, center
Micah Peavy, forward
Derik Queen, forward/center
Lester Qui?ones, guard
Antonio Reeves, guard
Christian Shumate, forward
Trey Townsend, forward

Here is the Pelicans' schedule:
Thursday, July 10 – vs. Minnesota Timberwolves at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Saturday, July 12 – vs. Los Angeles Lakers at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Tuesday, July 15 – vs. Portland Trail Blazers at 9 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, July 16 – vs. Oklahoma City Thunder at 8:30 p.m. on NBA TV
Game #5 will take place on July 18th, 19th or 20th

What a pass by Queen there

Unable to watch game. Would appreciate updates.

Queen has taken 1 shot



Pels down 8 at half

I wonder how many times the team will play a Zion,Queen, Missi front court in season

Reeves and Missi looked the best Pelicans by far. Peeve look solid. I thought Fears and Queen struggled massively, but both put up decent stat lines which is a good sign. I think they will have to adjust to the intensity big time, but to be fair a Chris Finch coached team will be a wakeup call for most rookies. We cannot match their intensity.

Reeves is fighting for an NBA contract

Fears has looked good overall.

Queen was horrible in the first half. Got blocked early by Beringer and then seemed like that affected him the rest of the first half. Made some good passes for assists but played awkwardly and had some weird turnovers where he basically just lost the ball by having the chair pulled on him a couple times.

Finally turned it around in the second half. Made a decent play to get a layup for his first bucket. Ball bounced back into his hands and he held onto it too long and got called for a delay of game tech. Just a complete mental lapse. But after that point he played fairly well and finished with a double double. 13/10/3 assists with those 7 turnovers. 1 for 1 from 3.

Not great defensively but I don't think it was horrific. But clearly if he's not getting the ball, or if he's struggling on the offensive end, then he might look unplayable because he's not an all defensive team type of player. Develop the 3 point shot a bit to mitigate that for games he might struggle getting his shot off depending on the matchup.

Peavy was pretty good overall. Probably will get the most playing time early. But he's also 24 so it's more expected that he'd be better immediately. He doesn't need the ball in his hands like Fears or Queen to be effective, so it will be easier to insert him into a lineup early in the season with Trey, Poole, and Zion.

Missi was pretty good overall as well. Double double (13/14) with only 1 foul. Needs to improve his free throw shooting though. Had a great block on Beringer at the rim that unfortunately was called for a foul on Peavy for grabbing his jersey.

I liked it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cZ...seofHighlights

From the Pelicans youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vppw9K5GRog&ab_channel=NewOrleansPelicans

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Originally Posted by bradael

Not great defensively but I don't think it was horrific. But clearly if he's not getting the ball, or if he's struggling on the offensive end, then he might look unplayable because he's not an all defensive team type of player.

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I don’t know, I thought his defense looked horrific. Especially his defense around the basket. He has no burst either offensively or defensively around the basket and looked like the least athletic player out there.

I think he’ll be able to score some in the NBA, just because his offensive game is a bit wonky and probably hard to defend. But the problem is I don’t think Willie’s going to want to play him at all, because he’s so bad defensively.

Hopefully some of yesterday’s performance can be chalked up to a lack of conditioning (but of course that’s its own concern especially considering his teammate). But if he ends up being a bust, then Dumars needs to be run out of town.