Summer League 2021

Should we be reading into the fact that Hart is there?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Go watch Coby White or Colin Sexton for a few games and see them miss every single open read and your perspective may shift a little. The number of NBA guards who can't/won't make the obvious, open play is astounding.

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Gross. Never was a big fan of them. Granted... I think must people overrated them because they only saw them vs. Our defense.

Kira does so much in transition. Pairing him with an elite 3 point shooter has been beautiful

Trey looking very much what we need to be honest. Could be a gem

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Gross. Never was a big fan of them. Granted... I think must people overrated them because they only saw them vs. Our defense.

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It's part of why guys like Ricky Rubio or Patty Mills carve out long NBA careers despite never having Dennis Smith Jr verticals or LaMelo Ball playmaking or whatever. They just know how to actually play basketball with their brains turned on, and it turns out there's value in that.

For as good as our starters are, our bench outside of Herb is that bad

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

For as good as our starters are, our bench outside of Herb is that bad

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You're not seriously worried about Summer League bench, are you?

Didi has significantly more arc on his than he did last season

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Originally Posted by AusPel

You're not seriously worried about Summer League bench, are you?

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Nah just making an observation and regretting a bet

Herb and Trey Parker have been great

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

For as good as our starters are, our bench outside of Herb is that bad

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i like what alvarado has brought. Hommes is a nightmare though.

Yeah I feel bad for Hommes

I'm hoping Didi is just having a bad game. It's not just his shot, there are times where he looks lost at times. Hoping it's just a bad game since they game him a new contract.

Trey is nuclear

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Originally Posted by PelicanProf

I'm hoping Didi is just having a bad game. It's not just his shot, there are times where he looks lost at times. Hoping it's just a bad game since they game him a new contract.

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I'm not holding out much hope for Didi tbh

Another 3 from Trey

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Originally Posted by PelicanProf

I'm hoping Didi is just having a bad game. It's not just his shot, there are times where he looks lost at times. Hoping it's just a bad game since they game him a new contract.

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I thought Didi has been fine. He'll look better with a better half court creator around him

Max Trey

So basically you can’t leave Trey open. Good to know

Murphy is having about as good of an opening game as you can have!

3s 3s 3s tr3y

Kira-Didi-Naji-Murphy-Herb is just nasty defensively. Insane amount of length and athleticism

Anyone else have trouble differentiating between Trey and Herb?

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

Kira-Didi-Naji-Murphy-Herb is just nasty defensively. Insane amount of length and athleticism

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Agreed, that is a nice summer league lineup

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

Kira-Didi-Naji-Murphy-Herb is just nasty defensively. Insane amount of length and athleticism

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Herb has been stellar on that end. Hopefully he gets more comfortable offensively as he may find a spot sooner if he can figure it out.

good things happen with Herb on the floor

Trey coming for that ROY

Naji, Trey, Herb, and Kira have all showed really good stuff. Everyone else, fairly predictably, has looked extremely Summer League.

Murphy showing a bit of everything to be honest. The feint and pass inside and then finished the alley oop in transition. Lovely

I could see Trey playing the 2

Who would of thought a 50/40/90 guy would be a 50/40/90 guy..

Good stuff.

Didi's best play thus far. Push the ball then then alley oop to Murphy

It would not be surprising for a guy with Murphy's combination of both top tier athleticism and elite hand eye coordination to develop a deeper offensive repertoire. Like I said earlier, he spent two years at Rice, so we shouldn't look at him as a traditional 3 year college guy.

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Originally Posted by PelicanNation

I could see Trey playing the 2

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He will. And the 3. And in a year or two once he's put on another 10lbs, occasional ''smallball'' minutes at the 4.

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Originally Posted by PelicanProf

Didi's best play thus far. Push the ball then then alley oop to Murphy

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Didi has expanded his dribble game. I'll hold off judgement on his shot until the end of summer league. It's a different shot though. Way more arc, but the arc was inconsistent. Was different on all 3 attempts.

For rookie SL debuts, I'll have to put Trey's 2nd only to Jalen Green. And Trey doesn't have that Ignite advantage.

Impressive for the young man.

I can't remember the last time i saw a Pelicans team play this kind of defense.

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

It would not be surprising for a guy with Murphy's combination of both top tier athleticism and elite hand eye coordination to develop a deeper offensive repertoire. Like I said earlier, he spent two years at Rice, so we shouldn't look at him as a traditional 3 year college guy.

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Obviously we'd all love for him to develop into a superstar but for me the one thing I want to see him add to his game immediately is movement shooting. He's got a good, quick shooting form and solid touch - if he can maintain accuracy while coming off screens or dragging people around off-ball Duncan Robinson style, that turns him from 3&D into something a little more and greatly increases his value.

26 points 9 boards 2 assists on 9/15 from the field. No turnovers. No fouls.

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Originally Posted by redrum

I can't remember the last time i saw a Pelicans team play this kind of defense.

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Word. The D was amazing

Very impressive finish to the game. Absolutely locked down defensively when we needed to and Pelicaned the Bulls. Tired of being on the receiving end of that.

I was actually more impressed by his defensive motor and rebound than shooting. Excellent 1st showing.

Damn Trey is so well spoken too

Trey Murphy, 26 points, 9-of-15 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 assists is today’s “Way Too Good To Be Here” guy @JADubin5

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) August 9, 2021

If Lewis can be more efficient and he improves his shoot. The sky is the ceiling. Fantastic good day. It's refreshing to see him get deep minutes.

Kira with 7 assists and 0 turnovers. That's beautiful

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Damn Trey is so well spoken too

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Thought that too. Seems a smarty pants

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Damn Trey is so well spoken too

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Well, he did go to Rice and Virginia. Its not like he went to LSU.

I?m really impressed with Trey and Herb. Herb needs to finish better at the rim but defensively he certainly did well. Trey will get a lot of minutes this year, if his role is to cut to the basket and shoot corner threes, he?ll kill it.

Im not really worried about Kira, I think he was trying to create a lot and read the floor more than anything. Tends to play up to the competition and talent on the floor as well.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

For rookie SL debuts, I'll have to put Trey's 2nd only to Jalen Green. And Trey doesn't have that Ignite advantage.

Impressive for the young man.

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Jalen Johnson did his thing as well, Trey and Jalen shocked a lot of people thus far.