November 26th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz - 9-8

Refs taking this game over.

Can't stand a weak milquetoast HC in ANY sport

Other than maybe Zeller, there's nothing to write home about on the floor right now defensively. And it shows.

So for the Aussie posters here, is junior in high school not a big deal?

The fact that there's legitimately no recourse for bad reffing is a serious problem in the NBA.

If players suck, they can get benched. If they really suck, they leave the rotation. If they're complete trash, nobody signs them. They just transition from NBA players to none-players naturally.

If refs suck, doesn't matter. Once they have the job, they're in basically forever. Doesn't matter how bad they are, they can ref 15 seasons as complete incompetents and they never have to pay fines, or face media, or explain themselves. The closest we get is the L2M report, which neither changes bad calls nor addresses specific instances of failure throughout the game, nor attributes anything actionable to refs.

It’s a miracle

Hawkins has taken 1 three since the first quarter.

Aussie here, sorry what do you mean?

Jose is being hosed

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

So for the Aussie posters here, is junior in high school not a big deal?

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just realised i need to quote you otherwise nobody knows who i am talking to. aussie here. just wondering what you mean? a junior in aussie high school?

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Originally Posted by AussieHornet

just realised i need to quote you otherwise nobody knows who i am talking to. aussie here. just wondering what you mean? a junior in aussie high school?

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No I meant the Josh Giddy thing. That’s the excuse I’ve been hearing. (Just saw a Thunder commercial on Bally)

such a frustrating game

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Originally Posted by AussieHornet

such a frustrating game

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The refs have made it almost unwatchable

Subtle moves say a lot.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

The fact that there's legitimately no recourse for bad reffing is a serious problem in the NBA.

If players suck, they can get benched. If they really suck, they leave the rotation. If they're complete trash, nobody signs them. They just transition from NBA players to none-players naturally.

If refs suck, doesn't matter. Once they have the job, they're in basically forever. Doesn't matter how bad they are, they can ref 15 seasons as complete incompetents and they never have to pay fines, or face media, or explain themselves. The closest we get is the L2M report, which neither changes bad calls nor addresses specific instances of failure throughout the game, nor attributes anything actionable to refs.

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Yeah even if Netflix does an expose on them

Maybe the refs think we’re doing us a favor since it doesn’t seem we actually want to make free throws

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

No I meant the Josh Giddy thing. That’s the excuse I’ve been hearing. (Just saw a Thunder commercial on Bally)

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Age of consent in Aus (as in the UK) is 16. No idea how old US high school juniors are though.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Age of consent in Aus (as in the UK) is 16. No idea how old US high school juniors are though.

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Usually 16

I swear if I'm HC next practise is nothing but FT shooting , no 3pt no dunks no layups just FT 's

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

No I meant the Josh Giddy thing. That’s the excuse I’ve been hearing. (Just saw a Thunder commercial on Bally)

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whats the excuse? we dont have "junior" in high school. I dont however think he would be that stupid to jump on social media with a girl he knew as underage.

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Originally Posted by djrnno

I swear if I'm HC next practise is nothing but FT shooting , no 3pt no dunks no layups just FT 's

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I'm not sure if you know this, but the media posts tons of clips of the team practices all the time, and they do practice a lot of FT shooting. Like, a lot. Every practice there's video of guys taking them, often with information telling us that they're staying late after practice to do it.

Hawkins has no fear

Hawkins made a 3!

Or more importantly, he TOOK another 3!

naji and hawkins are the only pelicans players who has been playing fast and hard the whole game..

How is it no one on this team can hold on to a basketball

Get Nance off the floor, for Christ's sake.

He's washed. Done. Finished. Get over it, Willie Green!

Dyson’ almost becoming unplayable

We are both shooting 33.3% from 3.

They've taken 39, we've taken 18.

Guess who's winning?

please get Dyson out of there. His 3 point shots are as good as turnovers. Add him to the list of only good at home players.

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

How is it no one on this team can hold on to a basketball

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The team plays scared. Thank Gawd for Hawkins!!

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Originally Posted by Pelifan

please get Dyson out of there. His 3 point shots are as good as turnovers. Add him to the list of only good at home players.

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For real, some nights he has it but tonight the Jazz are just daring him to shoot and he has nothing for it.

Wtf

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Dyson’ almost becoming unplayable

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he will be back to normal when CJ comes back....

We're getting killed on the glass by a team that consistently plays multiple 6'10+ players and Jonas is going to play sub 30 minutes.

Lol

get to work zIon

Glad to see Jonas back

Zion sitting for a quick breather after playing 1-on-5 on offense for the last few minutes, but BI and JV and Hawk are all in. Come on guys, two or three minutes of actual basketball please.

Good d by BI

BI ties the game. Jazz timeout.

Zion should be back in after this TO imo. Play the main guys. We don't have a cushy lead to fall back on.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Zion should be back in after this TO imo. Play the main guys. We don't have a cushy lead to fall back on.

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Or don't, whatever, that's fine too.

Oh okay now Zions back in. WG had to just let them go on a little run first, had to spot them 5 points for some reason.

Jazz just looking good this game. I don’t get why other tea,s don’t have any issues playing them.

is there some sort of rivalry between these teams? why does utah always step up against us? is it the jazz thing lol

Can’t be successful today without a decent number of 3 point shooters

ugh this last loss I can understand. But this one is going to be really really bad. Zion, Ingram and a team full of gleaguers should beat this jazz team. Not sure if thats more of an indictment of the star or the role players

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Can’t be successful today without a decent number of 3 point shooters

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We have one, and Willie Green benched him for Zion instead of playing him with Zion in the close-out minutes.

Coaching genius, from the guy who brought you Larry Nance + Dyson Daniels minutes.

Is there a reason we changed playing style after Clippers game? Against "bad" teams we play iso so we can give them a chance(and we are giving them more than a chance) or what? back to back loses against one of the worst teams in the league. #Pelslife
That is what im used to, they get three we get long 2 over defender, we miss they get rebound, they miss we dont get it.

2s for 3s.

We hit a 2, they hit a 3. Rinse and repeat.