August 9th - New Orleans Pelicans Vs San Antonio Spurs - 2-3 Bubble Record

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Every other fringe team came into the bubble like it was the playoffs. Even teams like the Nets which are essentially a skeleton crew put it all out there.

We came in like everyone on the team believed Griffin when he said we weren't going to make decisions based on the bubble. Like ''oh nice, if I'm not gonna get judged on this, I won't bother.''

And that perspective combined with Gentry's general incompetence and lack of urgency produces a team that's pointless to even watch. There's no pride right now.

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*Add another thing to the list when I probably prematurely but correctly turn on Griffin*

Thank god for this Zion kid. He’s pretty good...

...... AND THEY TAKE HIM OUT!!!!!!!!????????????

I’m going to go cry in the corner.

And he looks PISSED on the bench.

Screw Gentry! SCRE GRIFFIN!!

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Originally Posted by Taker597

*Add another thing to the list when I probably prematurely but correctly turn on Griffin*

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These are grown ****** men. It's on Griffin for inadvertantly giving them an out to not care about their livelyhood?

I put some of this on the players. I put the poor roster construction on Griffin. And the crap rotations on Gentry.

We really have no other bigs who can clean the glass and we didn't even expect Hayes to play most of the season originally.

If Lonzo is passing up on those kind of shots, he probably shouldn't be out there.

— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) August 9, 2020

Zo is scared to shoot

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) August 9, 2020

This feels like one of those times where Zion isn't happy about being taken out of the game. Scored the last 8 for the Pels, made the great move on the play before, and has to come out.

We'll see if he sneaks back in at the end of the 3rd like he did last game.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) August 9, 2020

Yah Zion pissed at being subbed out

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) August 9, 2020

Keep fighting guys!

Hey NAW. Nice to see you again.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

These are grown ****** men. It's on Griffin for inadvertantly giving them an out to not care about their livelyhood?

I put some of this on the players. I put the poor roster construction on Griffin. And the crap rotations on Gentry.

We really have no other bigs who can clean the glass and we didn't even expect Hayes to play most of the season originally.

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More about handling the offseason and building a poorus roster. Wasting trade value for a soft rebuild. Gentry was forced on to him. So, I can't blame that on him. Whoever he hire next is on him. Being too conservative and passive.

Not gonna gonna bring his PR relations. Just his actual decision process. He can't make grown men play better, but he is the one that gets the grown men on this team.

JJ is the hero we need and but don’t deserve. This guy is awesome.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Hey NAW. Nice to see you again.

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It’s about time.

Probably the best pass I've seen Jrue ever throw.

NAW with the 3

One thing this game has doubled down on is that I have never seen a coach more consistently bench the hot hand than Gentry. He doesn't understand the concept of riding momentum.

Not a flagrant. Great play NAW. Excellent sequences.

NAW will mess up as he's asked to do odd things that aren't in his wheelhouse. But he's gonna be solid.

Spur blowing a 20 point lead would be like the last time they blown a 20 point lead against us like not even 2 years ago. That's wild.

We're gonna somehow win this, I feel it lol

I mean. If any of us on this board we’re the coach NAW would be getting way more playing time.

Love this kid.

What a great halftime adjustment by Alvin. Give him a five year extension.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

What a great halftime adjustment by Alvin. Give him a five year extension.

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I just threw up in my mouth.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

We're gonna somehow win this, I feel it lol

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I will keep My fingers crossed for this W :cool:

Just to be clear, the hustle the Pels showed to close the 3rd quarter, is that Alvin or the players ��

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) August 9, 2020

This is what I mean by prominent figures carrying water for Gentry by the way.

We've all been willing to call out the players for their lack of effort and poor play. This thread alone is filled with it.

But the minute things start to go well, someone like Shamit here will use it to try and defuse the very real Gentry criticisms.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Just to be clear, the hustle the Pels showed to close the 3rd quarter, is that Alvin or the players ��

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) August 9, 2020

This is what I mean by prominent figures carrying water for Gentry by the way.

We've all been willing to call out the players for their lack of effort and poor play. This thread alone is filled with it.

But the minute things start to go well, someone like Shamit here will use it to try and defuse the very real Gentry criticisms.

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Dose it benefit other team fans to see Pelicans get a good coach with this much talent and assets? If we don't stay bottomfeeders... Another team does.

Zion tweaked his ankle.

Game over?

Gentry: We need to play this like Game 7
4th QTr: Rotation is game 7 pre-season.

I mean... He ain’t wrong.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Dose it benefit other team fans to see Pelicans get a good coach with this much talent and assets? If we don't stay bottomfeeders... Another team does.

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Exactly. It’s like we are the chosen sufferers of the Southwest.

Reddick... I saw that face. Lol

Favors... You're completely worthless

I hope next season that Favors is somewhere else watching a rebound going over his head

5 minutes left. And this still feels like a preseason game. Let’s go!!!

Somebody really did a number on JJ Reddick hairline. I had to log in just to say that.

2 minutes, down 5. It's officially clutch time.

Pels usually choke here. Let's see.

All these falls.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

2 minutes, down 5. It's officially clutch time.

Pels usually choke here. Let's see.

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Called it

What are our odds in the lottery?

And now we're down 9 with 1 minute to go.

Just let it fly out of our hands. Pels cannot play in the crunch.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

2 minutes, down 5. It's officially clutch time.

Pels usually choke here. Let's see.

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Sigh

And that’s that. Dig such a big hole that we can never get out of it.

Thanks Gentry.

How many runs has Zo killed with an ill advised step back 3 in the bubble?

lonzo is hot garbage man

Ball is terrible today, Man Oh Man... :bah:

I hope Lonzo burns his shoes on the way out.

The thing about Lonzo is that coming into this game he was shooting like, less than 35% from the floor, less than 30% from three, and less than 35% from the FT line the in bubble.

And he's somehow had a game bad enough to make all of those numbers worse.

Lonzo is about as bad in that playoff run game against in 18 where he went 1-10.

Next two games:

NAW
Jrue
BI
Zion
JAX

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Originally Posted by As I See It

Next two games:

NAW
Jrue
BI
Zion
JAX

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Would require a smart head coach. We don’t have one.

The only team that we can beat are the Grizzlies and now eliminated Wizards.

Lonzo in the bubble over 6 games now:

5.5 points per game
6.6 assists per game
4.5 rebounds per game
26.0% from the field (13/50)
19.2% from 3 (5/26)

Jesus Christ.

Still averaging basically 30 minutes a night for those numbers.

I don’t think any team in history has played 13 players in a game 7.