April 16th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Washington Wizards - 25-30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjA5A86V6SY

********ing hell there was no contact there

Pels life

Gotta got to get better draft pick. So, win-win.

Bledsoe and Adams are dead weight. Griff needs to do something because SVG won't.

What a mess

- Zion with the worst game of the season
- Lonzo going 2/10 from the floor and 0/7 from 3
- Baffling endgame rotations involving Adams and Bledsoe, for some reason no Naji
- Ingram's ice cold second half (2/11 from the floor in the 3rd and 4th quarters)
- Bledsoe stunk, as usual
- Jax sat the second half from back spasms.


Miserable stuff

Teams a joke. Get rid of Adams, Bledsoe and Van Gundy

Very entertaining watch. Solid outcome for the pick.

Steven just went to give Russell a five on the free throw line after his first make. Guess he thought he was in OKC (or wishing that he was).

Long term plays..... Play the hell out of Adams and Bledsoe to up some trade value hell, maybe even throw lonzo in there and overhaul this roster please.

Can't wait for the trade Zion takes

Da well.

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Originally Posted by donato

Very entertaining watch. Solid outcome for the pick.

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Well true if we lose the rest of our games

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Originally Posted by SeapeaNOLA

Can't wait for the trade Zion takes

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I kinda feel bad for Zion because that final call was extremely questionable but you just don't get the benefit of the double when you've been so bad for fouling through the first 52 minutes of the game. You just don't get that credit.

MAC is right...Zion is not a closer at this time.

- Lose
- Get more ping balls
- Naji playing really well away from home

Really that's a win

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Originally Posted by AusPel

- Lose
- Get more ping balls
- Naji playing really well away from home

Really that's a win

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#FadeForCade

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Bledsoe and Adams are dead weight. Griff needs to do something because SVG won't.

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What can SVG do? This is the roster he has.

Oh well. Guard play is so important. Guard play was atrocious. Lonzo/Bled continue to be a ball and chain on this season.

At least they found one in Naji.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I kinda feel bad for Zion because that final call was extremely questionable but you just don't get the benefit of the double when you've been so bad for fouling through the first 52 minutes of the game. You just don't get that credit.

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Blame the refs. Z gets a touch foul on him but gets mugged and no calls for him. NBA needs to be ashamed to put that product on the court.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

What can SVG do? This is the roster he has.

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Make Bledsoe the waterboy

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

Long term plays..... Play the hell out of Adams and Bledsoe to up some trade value hell, maybe even throw lonzo in there and overhaul this roster please.

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Yep, everyone outside of BI and Zion is fair game in a trade.

We badly need a 3rd scoring option :hihi:

Tbf that Westbrook 3 though was just god laughing in our face

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Originally Posted by AusPel

- Lose
- Get more ping balls
- Naji playing really well away from home

Really that's a win

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Originally Posted by sterlr

Blame the refs. Z gets a touch foul on him but gets mugged and no calls for him. NBA needs to be ashamed to put that product on the court.

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Well sure, you're right that the refs are terrible. If Zion got all the foul calls he deserves he'd shoot 15 FTs a game.

But the fact remains that you can't put the game in the refs hands like that. Maybe you can if you've been stellar all night and you think the refs are calling in your favour, or if you're a vet with sway, but you can't give them the chance to make that call if you're 5 fouls deep.

NAW, Kira, Zion, Hayes, Hernangomez, Hart, (Sometimes) Ingram, and Maybe James Johnson as well, would be the only players that Id want to see on this roster full time next year. everyone else is expendable.

Edit: Naji playing nice as well.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

What can SVG do? This is the roster he has.

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Exactly...he’s playing the guys that Griff overspent for. They both better be on a different team by the start of next season.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

What a mess

- Zion with the worst game of the season
- Lonzo going 2/10 from the floor and 0/7 from 3
- Baffling endgame rotations involving Adams and Bledsoe, for some reason no Naji
- Ingram's ice cold second half (2/11 from the floor in the 3rd and 4th quarters)
- Bledsoe stunk, as usual
- Jax sat the second half from back spasms.


Miserable stuff

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But...but.. run this team back, they will grow and get better and make the playoffs next year.

Not saying you said that of course.

SVG losing support quickly now

Zion was bad all night. But the decision to close with the starting backcourt sealed the game. Never should have made it to overtime

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) April 17, 2021

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

But...but.. run this team back, they will grow and get better and make the playoffs next year.

Not saying you said that of course.

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Yeah, I think there's an extent to which you have to just expect growth but the reality is that we just don't have the talent right now.

Let Lonzo go, potentially let Hart go, see if you can move Bledsoe, see what the market's like on Adams, sign Naji if you can get him on a cheap deal, and look to add talent through every avenue available: trade, draft, and FA.

The Spurs are winning right now in Portland.
If they hold on NOLA will be 3 full games back of San Antonio for the 10-seed and the final spot in the NBA play-in tournament.

So 3 back with 16 to go for Pels
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— Fletcher Mackel (@FletcherWDSU) April 17, 2021

Our starting guards = 12 points

Their starting guards = 66 points

Not only is our starting backcourt terrible offensively, they are atrocious defensively.

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

But...but.. run this team back, they will grow and get better and make the playoffs next year.

Not saying you said that of course.

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I dont think anybody on this entire site has said that. And with all the odd ball takes and topics on here, that's saying something.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

I dont think anybody on this entire site has said that. And with all the odd ball takes and topics on here, that's saying something.

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Originally Posted by Stalwart385

I think another year and a full offseason should be enough to make the current team a playoff team. I don't think they are very far from that. They are young and I expect each year of experience will make them better. Especially considering how much they were thrust into a season this year with little time to develop between games during the season. I hope they have goals to more than just eek into the playoffs though.

Zo is the big question mark. As far as the trade, I'm not really worried about that. We don't know how much was offered. How much do you really expect to get for a half-year rental on a player with very mixed opinions on his future. If you are a team that really believes in him just go get him at the end of the year. You only give resources up for a player on a contract like that if you think it's a piece you need to push you into a chip.

As far as his future here, ideally, I would like him to just be on Bledsoe's contract. I don't know how that happens, or if it's possible, but that would be the ideal end game imo. If you get anything from moving Bledsoe that would be lagniappe. If we don't sign Zo, oh well, use that money on another player.

My hope is they focus on two things. Find a forward to give some kind of presence when BI and Zion are off the floor (really like what JJ has brought) and find shooters. Every player they bring in needs to provide some defense until our stars show more progress there.

This team was never going to tank this year. As up and down as we are, having BI and Zion is too much talent alone to tank. You can't ask those two to tank, you need them to develop. The team's goals were to make the playoffs. They have fallen short of expectation but they are still good enough that they aren't going to completely suck. Hoping we would tank for a good pick is wishing against what the team is and what it's trying to do, it's just not a fruitful mindset. Just enjoy the talent we do have and hope to see some development to finish the season and maybe get lucky with some extra games at the end of the season. It'll be an interesting offseason, they still have plenty of options to play with even if they won't have a top 5 pick.

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I literally posted a Rant thread today and this was said.

We are in a very worrisome spot long term.

http://www.tankathon.com/

The Wizards just beat us. The Timberwolves embarrassed us. We are so far away from being an actual competitive playoff team it's not even funny.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

http://www.tankathon.com/

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I think if they fall 5 games behind, and with BI having to run into the locker room for treatment during the game, they'll find reasons to shut the front line down.

Zion is already dealing with a thumb issue. Lonzo has the hip. And Bled has been tank commander all year.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

http://www.tankathon.com/

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We was the 8th pick like two weeks ago, mannnn..... This depresses me.


Wish Griff took advantage of that two weeks ago when everyone went down with injury and shut them down

This team is soooo stubborn.

dae,

I'm sure you'd know the answer to this. Do we have to tender a contract offer to Lonzo in order to retain the right to match any offer he gets? If so, what is the minimum tender we would have to offer?

Trade the pick

Bring in somebody who will help the young talent grow

We would have to tender him a large QO - one that if he signed would be the largest in history.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

We would have to tender him a large QO - one that if he signed would be the largest in history.

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Do you know the number, Mac?

Meanwhile that overrated(according to some members)Julius Randle has 39 pts in the 4th qtr vs the Mavs

Update 40 pts now

42 pts now

43 pts now, and he can rebound.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Meanwhile that overrated(according to some members)Julius Randle has 39 pts in the 4th qtr vs the Mavs

Update 40 pts now

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I'm sure there are many who are still happy we let him slip away for nothing in favor of trading a couple of second rounders for Derrick Favors (or a treasure chest for Adams for that matter). Even if Griffin didn't know his true worth, you would think that 'Elmer' Gentry would have known and talked up.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

I'm sure there are many who are still happy we let him slip away for nothing in favor of trading a couple of second rounders for Derrick Favors (or a treasure chest for Adams for that matter). Even if Griffin didn't know his true worth, you would think that 'Elmer' Gentry would have known and talked up.

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Randle just might get 50 tonight

Got to give props to the Memphis Grizzlies rebuild too.

Next Up

A recruiting trip to (I mean game with) the New York Knicks and ex-Pelican, Julius Randle, on National TV at high noon on Sunday.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

Next Up

A recruiting trip to (I mean game with) the New York Knicks and ex-Pelican, Julius Randle, on National TV at high noon on Sunday.

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Then a national TV home game with a very possible healthy Nets team. I hope they like lots of Eric Bledsoe. If it was anything like the first meeting. It should be over quickly.

Anyone know where UnoGracias has been? I hope this Lebron James run organization did not kill him.