November 13th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Memphis Grizzlies - 1-12

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

It Was Foretold

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...and so it shall be done.

I really like Herb.

smh

Garrett Temple should not be in the game.
3rd Qs are horrible for us. Fix it Willie.

Garrett Temple and Satoransky never fail to destroy any lead. No Pelicans lead is safe when this combo is on the floor.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Garrett Temple and Satoransky never fail to destroy any lead. No Pelicans lead is safe when this combo is on the floor.

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Absolutely the harbingers of the Pels-pocalypse. Temple had a good game yesterday but that was just fool's gold.

There is no reason for Garrett Temple to get a single minute when Trey Murphy exists and Ingram is healthy.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

There is no reason for Garrett Temple to get a single minute when Trey Murphy exists and Ingram is healthy.

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Lonzo Ball for these 2 losers has to be the worst deal in the history of the NBA. Griffin should have been fired at that very moment.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Lonzo Ball for these 2 losers has to be the worst deal in the history of the NBA. Griffin should have been fired at that very moment.

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Don't be silly. You're being silly again.

Willie thinks he has to play everyone but he doesn't. Why doesn't Trey play over Garrett Temple?

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Lonzo Ball for these 2 losers has to be the worst deal in the history of the NBA. Griffin should have been fired at that very moment.

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Can't be the worst, we also got a 2097 second round pick

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Don't be silly. You're being silly again.

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Should have traded them before the deadline if he knew he wasn't going to pay him.

He would have most definitely got more then.

And Temple was a -21 plus minus last game. I don't consider that a good game.

Gotta believe if we don't make the playoffs, Griff will be fired.

Willie get them outta there man!

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Should have traded them before the deadline if he knew he wasn't going to pay him.

He would have most definitely got more then.

And Temple was a -21 plus minus last game. I don't consider that a good game.

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If you're using single game plus minus to make your argument, it may not be a good argument.

I agree that Lonzo should have been traded before the deadline but once he wasn't the situation becomes ''okay well, what now''. Lonzo was guaranteed to leave: he did not want to stay. That much is obvious. So for Griff the choice at that point is lose Lonzo for nothing or try to get something. He got two pieces of what should be very movable salary ballast and a pick - for a situation where Griff had zero leverage, I call that fine. It's not great, but it's fine. Certainly not in itself a fireable offense.

Of course if you want Griff gone there are other, better reasons for that argument, but it just comes off very spilled-milk to pick on this, relatively unobjectionable move.

Lol. The whole team wants NAW to be the man.

NAW being able to work as the secondary perimeter guy rather than the number 1 is just so helpful for him.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

If you're using single game plus minus to make your argument, it may not be a good argument.

I agree that Lonzo should have been traded before the deadline but once he wasn't the situation becomes ''okay well, what now''. Lonzo was guaranteed to leave: he did not want to stay. That much is obvious. So for Griff the choice at that point is lose Lonzo for nothing or try to get something. He got two pieces of what should be very movable salary ballast and a pick - for a situation where Griff had zero leverage, I call that fine. It's not great, but it's fine. Certainly not in itself a fireable offense.

Of course if you want Griff gone there are other, better reasons for that argument, but it just comes off very spilled-milk to pick on this, relatively unobjectionable move.

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Sato and Temple are clearly not playable NBA players, and Chicago saw sucker written all over Griffins dumb mug, and were like "HELL YES. LETS MAKE THAT DEAL NOW"

They are both huge liabilities, and should not be playing unless a mass casualty event happens. Even on the worst NBA team they should not get minutes. They suck.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Sato and Temple are clearly not playable NBA players, and Chicago saw sucker written all over Griffins dumb mug, and were like "HELL YES. LETS MAKE THAT DEAL NOW"

They are both huge liabilities, and should not be playing unless a mass casualty event happens. Even on the worst NBA team they should not get minutes. They suck.

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I mean, I agree with you, neither should be getting minutes. That's not the point. None of that makes acquiring them in itself a fireable offense. In fact, the number of times anything that any executive does regarding the 9th and 10th men on the roster becomes firable can probably be counted on one hand.

The real potential for mistake with Sato and Temple isn't acquiring them, but keeping them. If they're still here after the deadline, that's when I think you can start putting heat on it.

Seriously though, did Trey get hurt and I just missed it or something? How has he only played 6 minutes?

It was the play before the play where Sato took the charge. Ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I mean, I agree with you, neither should be getting minutes. That's not the point. None of that makes acquiring them in itself a fireable offense. In fact, the number of times anything that any executive does regarding the 9th and 10th men on the roster becomes firable can probably be counted on one hand.

The real potential for mistake with Sato and Temple isn't acquiring them, but keeping them. If they're still here after the deadline, that's when I think you can start putting heat on it.

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Somehow Willie has them as a major part of the rotation, and I don't see that as showcasing them for trade bait. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the rest of the league is playing chess and we are playing checkers.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Seriously though, did Trey get hurt and I just missed it or something? How has he only played 6 minutes?

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I been wondering. I don't understand either.

Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

Woooooooo

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Somehow Willie has them as a major part of the rotation, and I don't see that as showcasing them for trade bait. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the rest of the league is playing chess and we are playing checkers.

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Actually Sato isn't bad, the last two games he has been good. He just can't shoot but as far as being a guard who can run the offense, he's good at that. Like someone said Kira prob should go to the Gleague and have Sato or Jose be the guards coming off the bench.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Somehow Willie has them as a major part of the rotation, and I don't see that as showcasing them for trade bait. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the rest of the league is playing chess and we are playing checkers.

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Part of them playing has been injuries. Up until today we'd been missing Zion, Ingram, and either Naji or Herb for most of the season. If you're missing your 1st, 2nd, and 6th men, then your 9th, 10th, and 11th men all move up one in the rotation. Plus, Kira was supposed to be playable this year, but has turned out thus far to be god-awful. So they all have to arguably move up two spots in the rotation.

Hopefully Naji comes back soon (and plays more like his 2020-21 self) and then Zion isn't too long after and both Sato and Temple can get bumped out of the rotation. And then Trey can get more minutes too.

When Zion comes back we don't see much Temple.

I AM CALLING MY FIRST BORN HERBERT JONES

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Originally Posted by PELSGIRL

Actually Sato isn't bad, the last two games he has been good. He just can't shoot but as far as being a guard who can run the offense, he's good at that. Like someone said Kira prob should go to the Gleague and have Sato or Jose be the guards coming off the bench.

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Fun Fact: Sato is a career 37% shooter from 3, but every single team he's ever been on hates him because he refuses to take them.

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

We need to get way better at LAYUPS.

reading the last four posts consecutively made me laugh lol. love this board

BI gotta knuckle up. winning time!

I like how in Ingram's first game back, he's been good but hasn't really had to do too much. Won't play more than 30 minutes, isn't the leading scorer, hasn't really had to do anything wild, just him being there helps adjust the rotations a bit for other people, provides another threat on the court which makes things easier on other scorers since you can't cheat off him as much. Doesn't have to go for 35, just giving you 20 ish on good efficiency and chilling and it works. Good comeback game for him.

So glad we have Jonas and Herb. They are always gonna give you max effort.

Herb with the cool career high 17 points on 77%TS isn't bad either

Eat garbage Memphis Grizzlies, Eternal Frauds and Losers

We won y'all.

This is such a good squad of guys man. A shame our front office is headed by an absolute charlatan, but nonetheless

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Eat garbage Memphis Grizzlies, Eternal Frauds and Losers

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Originally Posted by Funcrusher

This is such a good squad of guys man. A shame our front office is headed by an absolute charlatan, but nonetheless

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Yeah, if we could get two more bench guys to contribute consistently and not have Temple coming in the game, we would be alright. Like the five on the floor to end the game.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Part of them playing has been injuries. Up until today we'd been missing Zion, Ingram, and either Naji or Herb for most of the season. If you're missing your 1st, 2nd, and 6th men, then your 9th, 10th, and 11th men all move up one in the rotation. Plus, Kira was supposed to be playable this year, but has turned out thus far to be god-awful. So they all have to arguably move up two spots in the rotation.

Hopefully Naji comes back soon (and plays more like his 2020-21 self) and then Zion isn't too long after and both Sato and Temple can get bumped out of the rotation. And then Trey can get more minutes too.

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Actually, if your 1st, 2nd and 6th man in the rotation are out, those 9-10-11 players become your 6-7-8 players, moving up three spots in the rotation. Your point is valid, but even more so than you stated.

Tank on | off

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Originally Posted by Funcrusher

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You know I'm right

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Originally Posted by RobertM320

Actually, if your 1st, 2nd and 6th man in the rotation are out, those 9-10-11 players become your 6-7-8 players, moving up three spots in the rotation. Your point is valid, but even more so than you stated.

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You are right and I cannot count, it seems.

Herb looking like the steal of the draft.

Sato hasnt been terrible, but his minutes always make me nervous.

Trey's minutes are just weird. Dont get it. His minutes dont have to be attached to BI.

Nice win they needed it. Here comes this ridiculous schedule again.

Hopefully Naji can come back and take away Temple's mins. Sato hasn't been bad, his shot isn't falling right now but he's taken the spot from Kira. Willie may have to ask him to shoot 3s more if needed.

No one wants more Naji