December 23rd - New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets - 17-12

Amazing what a pair of vet guards and a good psycho head coach will do for a team

This team's a mess.

I'm starting to question the coaching.

Why is Robinson Earl taking more 3's than Trey? That's what it feels like.

Why is J Hawk not playing?

How come we can’t get any loose balls?

If you know you're trash on offense stop shooting the ball Dyson.

Man Dyson has 0 points in 15 minutes... missed both of his 3s from the same spot

I'm sorry but Dyson at the #6 pick was a waste

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Originally Posted by djrnno

I'm sorry but Dyson at the #6 pick was a waste

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Didn't like the pick then, and don't like the pick now.

I guess the refs decided Jonas is the only one who can’t touch anyone

You don't need to be an athlete in the NBA you need to be an actor. Throw your head back and flail your arms and get FTs

Man the rockets have a lot of good players and good balance to their team. They could be good in the post season if things start coming together. They have a beast in Sengun, Green and Smith both legit wing scorers, VanVleet at PG, Dillon Brooks bringing the feisty energy. And a good head coach. I'm surprised they are only at 8th place right now.

Im actually really impressed with the Rockets, one good offseason did so much wonders for them.

WG" I want a guy that can play D and can't shoot and probably never will " Griff " Ok let's take Dyson @6"

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Man the rockets have a lot of good players and good balance to their team. They could be good in the post season if things start coming together. They have a beast in Sengun, Green and Smith both legit wing scorers, VanVleet at PG, Dillon Brooks bringing the feisty energy. And a good head coach. I'm surprised they are only at 8th place right now.

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They are bottom 10 in the NBA in offense, and they cannot win games on the road.

Which is why I have a horrible feeling we're about to let them win a game on the road. Cause we're refusing to capitalise on their inability to score at pace.

What the bleep shot was that Brandon

I feel like I watch too many Pelicans game :hihi: ... Does Zion average atleast one ball bouncing of his leg every game?

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Originally Posted by djrnno

WG" I want a guy that can play D and can't shoot and probably never will " Griff " Ok let's take Dyson @6"

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More like

Griff: Okay, we spent years asking for shooters, I got them.
Green: Cool, not playin 'em tho

MFwe’re a stupid team. Two contested fade always by Brandon with no ball movement

Man this coach is garbage beyond belief.

I see a Memphis repeat

Man we got nothing on back to back offensive possessions with CJ, BI, Trey, and Zion on the floor together

We are such a dumb basketball team its not even funny...

This team lets Brooks get into their head way too often.

That's not the only problem ofc, but it's a big one.

2 tough shots for b.i........

Well that’s game. What a f’ing collapse of a 4th quarter.

our offence stinks

Some god-awful shot attempts going up recently, and then we compound it with a CJ foul and Zion TO.

Team just throwing it away.

This coach is an absolute garbage can on every level of coaching.

It needs to said but this team looks better without Zion.

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Originally Posted by AussieHornet

our offence stinks

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Willie Green doesn't care about offense.

I actually want Willie fired at this point.

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

It needs to said but this team looks better without Zion.

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It doesn't need to be said because it isn't true.

Zion's the reason this team was even in this game after the first half.

Game over.....

lol what a cluster ********

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

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Griff: Okay, we spent years asking for shooters, I got them.
Green: Cool, not playin 'em tho

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Yeah but if Griff drafted shooters BEFORE Dyson WG would have no choice

we have made sengun look like hakeem

Such a dumb team...

This coach is an absolute embarrassment.

When the pressure is on our basketball iq plummets

LOL that was ABYSMAL

It feels like the Pelicans don't know how to go to the necessary gear in crunch time

They killed us in points off takeaways. Just take care of the ball and get some damned spacing on the floor. Don?t wait till the last minute to throw your best offensive players on the floor to try and bail you out for your stubbornness and stupidity. We let other teams hang around and that is why we lose. Take away the offense vs. defense argument. The point still stands. We don?t create separation and we lose.

We run, being 100% honest, the most dysfunctional offense in the NBA.

5 all-star level scorers and we don't attempt to maximise any of them. We barely run plays for any of them. Willie Green lives on vibes and platitudes. Our out-of-timeout plays are regularly garbage. We make no adjustments half-to-half.

LOL LOL and even MORE ABYSMAL FIRE WG FIRE WG FIRE WG

Is Hawk injured? Just give he Trey and Zion a go. Might as well at this point Willie because you look out of answers

Like I said, this team can easily go 0-12 if not careful.

Quote me on that.

Look at the next 11 opponents. None of those are easy wins.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

It doesn't need to be said because it isn't true.

Zion's the reason this team was even in this game after the first half.

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And this is the result we get. The ball doesn't move when he's on the court the offense becomes stagnant and it throws everybody else off rhythm.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

It feels like the Pelicans don't know how to go to the necessary gear in crunch time

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which doesnt bode well for playoffs. they have been going to water in close games or when the other team steps up the pressure

How do we get this organization to make good hires. What does it take?

I'm going to say it again the Rockets are a good team, under the radar right now.

With our 4 beat offensive players closing out the game we couldn't score at all. The Rockets (led by Brooks) stepped up intensity on defense in the final minutes and we just didn't know what to do offensively.

The funniest thing to me is that against Memphis, we ran nothing for Trey and he was barely involved in it, and he didn't close the game despite us needing shooting on the floor.

Willie Green comes out and says that he knows he messed up. Next game, Trey gets heavy minutes, plays a lot with the starters, goes off from 3 and we win.

One game later, Willie Green reverts to playing Trey mostly with backups and refusing to draw up plays for him.

He's got a sieve for a head. Things just pour out.