25th February - New Orleans Pelicans @ Los Angeles Lakers - 25-32

Man. Hart and his rebounding. So good.

Melli sold the hell out of that contact but I'll take it lol

Hart completely bungled that switch.

C'mon Jrue....

Time after time Jrue. Time after time.

Lol Kuzma wtf was that Jesus

WHAT ARE THESE PASSES INTO THE CROWD. MY GOD

Wooooooooooooo

Bad miscommunication. No idea why Redick was running from the corner there. He was wide open in the optimal spot, you should be expecting the skip pass.

Zion wooooooo

Zion scores in transition on Kuzma

You think we could get Kuzma for Zion straight up?

Can't belive we've given Marshall Mathers 3 wide open drive dunks to the basket this quarter

Bad turnovers. No idea how we are up in this game.

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Nor me.

Vader and Sting were both better in WCW.

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He's one of the best HEELS known to the business.

He's really good at what he did in the ring.

His daughter is the exact same.

I've never liked either of them. Inherited from my dad I guess.

If we stop the turnovers we win this game.

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If we stop the turnovers we win this game.

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Defending the defensive glass is a must too. Already hard to keep AD, Magee, and whoemever off the glass due to their length advantage. Can't give up 2nd chance points because we aren't finding bodies and boxing out.

Zion's defensive iq hasn't been good...it's like he reacts to slow most of the time on that end

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Zion's defensive iq hasn't been good...it's like he reacts to slow most of the time on that end

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The one area where Zion is a typical rookie.

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He's one of the best HEELS known to the business.

He's really good at what he did in the ring.

His daughter is the exact same.

I've never liked either of them. Inherited from my dad I guess.

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Flair was one of those guys who could have only made it in the 80s. The era where a promo consisting of 90% cocaine and 10% blood pressure was more important than in-ring performance.

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The one area where Zion is a typical rookie.

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True, and I think it's actually a little worse this game than it has been the last couple.

Does Danny Green have a tattoo of Bullseye on his arm? (The comic book character)?

Apparently you can defend someone by just grabbing their hand now lol. Nice to know from Danny Green there

Call timeout

Zion, practice your dribbling please.

Jrue gets fouled on another drive, no call.

NICE JRUE. NICE!

Turnover. Missed dunk. Does not come back on D and they hit a 3.

REAL NICE BUD! Glad we kept you. Real glad!

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Flair was one of those guys who could have only made it in the 80s. The era where a promo consisting of 90% cocaine and 10% blood pressure was more important than in-ring performance.

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I remember being a little kid, sitting on the floor with my dad watching NWA wrestling. I was amazed by it. He laughed a lot and called it his "cartoons". I never understood that until i got older. To be honest, "Soap Opera" is a better word, but in a lot of cases, "Cartoon" fits also. We both liked Sting. I'm not sure who else he liked though.

Why does the coach of the Pelicans constantly make subs that don’t matchup well with the opponents lineup?

The report is going to say back away, give Zion space and just swipe straight down at the ball when he goes up.

I wonder what Zion's eventual counter will be. Pull up early and add the floater to his shot list? Euro step? Spin into a gather? A ball fake would be my bet. Relatively simple and something that makes it harder to knock loose.

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Zion, practice your dribbling please.

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He's better than he's shown. His timing still isn't fully there yet.

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No. He's not even particularly turnover prone compared to other players with similar usage and assist rates.

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Don’t listen to this. He sticks up for Jrue on this key fact using advance statistics. Even though most people watch him pass and throw up the WTF flag.


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Desperately need Alvin to play Zion with Melli for real minutes at some point here.

Melli is how old??? *spits out drink*

Did not know he was 10 years older than Zion lol

This the kind of test we need. See how far we need to go. Zion already learning and countering the scouting report on the hand swipes

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I remember being a little kid, sitting on the floor with my dad watching NWA wrestling. I was amazed by it. He laughed a lot and called it his "cartoons". I never understood that until i got older. To be honest, "Soap Opera" is a better word, but in a lot of cases, "Cartoon" fits also. We both liked Sting. I'm not sure who else he liked though.

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Wrestling is the exact intersection between theatre and athletics. Roland Barthes, the philosopher and literary theorist, wrote a great essay on wrestling; admittedly, this was in the 50s so a lot has changed, but many of his fundamental observations still hold up. Surprisingly deep stuff going on in wrestling.

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The report is going to say back away, give Zion space and just swipe straight down at the ball when he goes up.

I wonder what Zion's eventual counter will be. Pull up early and add the floater to his shot list? Euro step? Spin into a gather? A ball fake would be my bet. Relatively simple and something that makes it harder to knock loose.

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He had a great fake in college where he hit the hesi-spin to the opposite shoulder before reversing it. He'll probably add that as he gets more comfortable. His spin move in college was electric.

He's already shown off the fadeaway a few times early this season, so I wouldn't be surprised if that started making more regular appearances too.

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Wrestling is the exact intersection between theatre and athletics. Roland Barthes, the philosopher and literary theorist, wrote a great essay on wrestling; admittedly, this was in the 50s so a lot has changed, but many of his fundamental observations still hold up. Surprisingly deep stuff going on in wrestling.

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You try telling that to a 6 year old.:P

Edit: Remember when Earthquake "broke" Hulk Hogan's ribs?

We wrote a letter to him!

Yeah, A friend and I wrote him a letter. We got a response too. But I'm sure it was some canned response from a WWF intern.:P

Feels like one of those games where taking the lead fells like a brick wall

Zion has been too loose with his handle. Add that to the kiddo's homework for the Summer

Okafor?

...okay.

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Feels like one of those games where taking the lead fells like a brick wall

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#PelsLife

Dwight Howard is an effeminate flopper.

Oh look it's Okafor.

Just need to understand we playing 5 v 8 and stop complaining. It is what it is

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You try telling that to a 6 year old.:P

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...I'd rather not :hihi:

Poor Okafor. Finally gets in.....and rust.

Lakers beating us at our own fast-paced game.

Alvin just gave the game away

Big surprise. Okafor can't do anything but score in a slow paced offense. the exact thing we aren't.

I wish Jaxon Hayes had better understanding of defensive positioning and how to rebound...at all.