April 7th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Brooklyn Nets - 22-28

Celtics fans swore to you with a straight face that IT was better than Kyrie a couple of years back

At this point, I don't think we could beat the Washington Generals...

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Originally Posted by WildlifeAirGrp

At this point, I don't think we could beat the Washington Generals...

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...and they are built to lose!!!

If we aren't going to get make an effort to get a stretch 4/5, we might as well build one.

Keep shooting, JAXSON!!

Bradley Beal to his agent.....

"Mark, under no circumstances will I accept a trade to New Orleans."

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Originally Posted by As I See It

Bradley Beal to his agent.....

"Mark, under no circumstances will I accept a trade to New Orleans."

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"That's a very out of character thing to say, Brad. It's something fans would say in a kneejerk fashion while impersonating you."

Paging donato? Are we still having kne jerk reactions as you said earlier today?

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

"That's a very out of character thing to say, Brad. It's something fans would say in a kneejerk fashion while impersonating you."

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I’d rather stay in Washington too

Y'all really expected them to win tonight? Good lord.

2 quality NBA teams now on ESPN. PHX vs Utah

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

I’d rather stay in Washington too

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Nothing Beal wants more than to be a on a 18-39 team. I'm so sure.

Christ...

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Nothing Beal wants more than to be a on a 18-39 team. I'm so sure.

Christ...

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https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/02/02...-with-wizards/

https://theundefeated.com/features/w...-finish-in-dc/

Has Zion said he will die in a Pelicans jersey yet?

You sure like to throw feces on the wall when they lose. High point of your day I assume.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Paging donato? Are we still having kne jerk reactions as you said earlier today?

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Yes. It was a bad loss to arguably the best team in the league. I’ve been full on the tank for most of the season and if this helps us lose more for the betterment of the long-term through a real difference maker in the draft or via trade then good.

We’re not playing good basketball right now. What did you expect with this matchup and starting Bledsoe (still), Johnson, no Kira, Naw, Hart, Ingram against that team on their home court on a back to back?

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Originally Posted by SeapeaNOLA

You sure like to throw feces on the wall when they lose. High point of your day I assume.

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S.O.S.Same ole ********. Pretty much sums it up. Shame on me for wanting to win.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

S.O.S.Same ole ********. Pretty much sums it up. Shame on me for wanting to win.

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You're right. It is the same ole ****.

This is why I'm just apathetic. Even more so with the injury situation. No Ingram, our best guards are out, We're starting a washed James Johnson with an even more washed IT coming off the bench.

Zion had a bad game for his standards, Lonzo had a Lonzo game by his standards, and this roster isn't very deep.

Add in this defensive scheme being balls and playing a legit title contender on their floor on national TV with KD coming back.

Why should I lose my mind? Writing is on the wall.

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Originally Posted by Spec3333

They can start fitting the rings for the Nets right now. Somebody got in the ear of Harden, Griffin, and Aldridge to dog it until your teams get rid of you, then join the superteam.

Other teams have tried this in the past, but the Nets just perfected it. Small market NBA teams just took another step toward irrelevancy.

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Kyrie, Durant, Aldridge, Griffin, and Harden being able to be on the same team is ridiculous. The NBA cant allow this.
Small market teams like the Pelicans have no chance of ever winning.
The NBA will get what they want, a Bklyn vs Lakers final, and I cant wait to watch anything else.

Meh...this loss was expected. Time to check the tankathon website.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/02/02...-with-wizards/

https://theundefeated.com/features/w...-finish-in-dc/

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That's not what you were saying. You were saying he'd choose them over us especially. Those links say he'll choose Washington over ANYONE.

One is your fabricated deliberate parody and insult. The other is Beal saying the right things. And I'm sure he means it.

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Originally Posted by SeapeaNOLA

You're right. It is the same ole ****.

This is why I'm just apathetic. Even more so with the injury situation. No Ingram, our best guards are out, We're starting a washed James Johnson with an even more washed IT coming off the bench.

Zion had a bad game for his standards, Lonzo had a Lonzo game by his standards, and this roster isn't very deep.

Add in this defensive scheme being balls and playing a legit title contender on their floor on national TV with KD coming back.

Why should I lose my mind? Writing is on the wall.

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This is precisely the attitude you have to have atm I think.

Did anyone come into this game expecting a win, even assuming a good Zion performance? I hope not. So when you get a poor Zion performance as well, why is anyone even remotely surprised or upset that we get blown out? Anyone with a brain expected that.

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Originally Posted by akhan786

Celtics fans swore to you with a straight face that IT was better than Kyrie a couple of years back

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People swore to me only a few days ago that he was still a good NBA player :shrug:

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Originally Posted by DaFranchise80

Meh...this loss was expected. Time to check the tankathon website.

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Disappointment

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

People swore to me only a few days ago that he was still a good NBA player :shrug:

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He's actually marginally exceeded my expectations. He's not totally basketball dead. I could see him eventually busting out a 30 point game as he is. But...it would be because he got slightly hot from deep and made like five or six 3s.

But...if he's basically playing as good as he can ever play again? I wouldn't be shocked. When you're so tiny, losing what quickness and explosion you had is a death knell.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

People swore to me only a few days ago that he was still a good NBA player :shrug:

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He's proven you dead wrong already. He's not "bad at basketball". Just Sayin'

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

He's actually marginally exceeded my expectations. He's not totally basketball dead. I could see him eventually busting out a 30 point game as he is. But...it would be because he got slightly hot from deep and made like five or six 3s.

But...if he's basically playing as good as he can ever play again? I wouldn't be shocked. When you're so tiny, losing what quickness and explosion you had is a death knell.

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Yeah I could see there being an outlier scoring night here or there - you can get those from basically any NBA player regardless, remember the almighty Terrence Jones 36pt 11rbd game from a few years back?

But he's played two games for us so far.

Game 1: 10pts, 2asts - 4/13 from the floor, 2/6 from 3
Game 2: 11pts, 3asts - 4/12 from the floor, 1/6 from 3

So in his 2 games with us so far he is averaging: 10.5pts, 2.5asts, 0.5rbds per game on 32%FG (8/25) and 25%3PT (3/12). And he's been somehow probably the worst defender on the team in both of those games as well.

He's bad, flat out. Not sure why some people find that so hard to accept: like you say, it's what you expect when a 5'9 score-first player loses all of their burst. Sucks but it's true.

NBA is trending towards a new type of boredom. 3 point shootouts dominated by superteams.

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Originally Posted by KoMikaera

NBA is trending towards a new type of boredom. 3 point shootouts dominated by superteams.

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Very true. I miss Oakley type battles. It’s too soft now but then I got happy when Hayes hit his three again :)

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Originally Posted by KoMikaera

NBA is trending towards a new type of boredom. 3 point shootouts dominated by superteams.

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The superteam critique I get but I've never understood the idea that lots of 3s = boredom.

Firstly, the fact that two teams might shoot a lot of threes says absolutely nothing about how they generate them. Teams play very different styles of basketball with very different types of creation and different offensive structures, and reducing them both down to ''they shoot threes'' is as silly as saying the 2001 Lakers and the 1979 Blazers were the same type of boredom because they both revolved around post threats.

Secondly, and this is personal opinion, the NBA has never been more exciting to watch than it is today. Go back and re-watch a game from like, 1995 or 2004 and be stunned by how painfully dull it is most of the time. The level of play today is so much higher than in the past, it's almost insane.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

This is precisely the attitude you have to have atm I think.

Did anyone come into this game expecting a win, even assuming a good Zion performance? I hope not. So when you get a poor Zion performance as well, why is anyone even remotely surprised or upset that we get blown out? Anyone with a brain expected that.

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Gamblers rejoice!

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

That's not what you were saying. You were saying he'd choose them over us especially. Those links say he'll choose Washington over ANYONE.

One is your fabricated deliberate parody and insult. The other is Beal saying the right things. And I'm sure he means it.

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Just know Zion does not have to stay here forever. Apparently the fans in Brooklyn were chanting his name last night. Oh how the NBA would love him in a big market too.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

The superteam critique I get but I've never understood the idea that lots of 3s = boredom.

Firstly, the fact that two teams might shoot a lot of threes says absolutely nothing about how they generate them. Teams play very different styles of basketball with very different types of creation and different offensive structures, and reducing them both down to ''they shoot threes'' is as silly as saying the 2001 Lakers and the 1979 Blazers were the same type of boredom because they both revolved around post threats.

Secondly, and this is personal opinion, the NBA has never been more exciting to watch than it is today. Go back and re-watch a game from like, 1995 or 2004 and be stunned by how painfully dull it is most of the time. The level of play today is so much higher than in the past, it's almost insane.

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I 'm not opposed to 3 point shooting as such, i'm talking about the preeminence of three point shooting in this era featuring the new superteams. I enjoy the modern game skill levels including improved shooting and old fashioned slam dunks are still cool. . As three point shooting becomes increasingly determinative of the outcome however it can trend towards a more one dimensional type of contest where grit and grind teams don't stand a chance which i personally think is a shame. And when superteams can surround the circle with KD, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Joe Harris, alongside a bunch of all star ring chasers they have an unfair advantage and I don't see how small market teams can be competitive, which makes it potentially boring for me supporting a small market team that exists as cannon fodder for the privileged. I'm hoping that Zion and the Pelicans can develop their own unique style and win, that would be immensely enjoyable.