December 31st - New Orleans Pelicans @ Memphis Grizzlies - 23-12

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Junk time Jax beasting

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He can only play when he's in the game... if anything positive come out of Nance injury, maybe its Jax earning back a little trust

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Hopefully we see Brandon Ingram in 2023. He's been gone for too long we miss him.

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He was at practice recently and did some media so hopefully that's a sign. He's now missed 21 games, which is usually about how many he misses in a season not how many he misses by January.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

He was at practice recently and did some media so hopefully that's a sign. He's now missed 21 games, which is usually about how many he misses in a season not how many he misses by January.

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idk wtf happened with that injury but enough is enough jeez. it turned out to be 3x worse than advertised.

Like I said, thinking they had a chance in this game was just unnecessary brain damage. Was going to be difficult even if not on a b2b.

This is the type team you need BI for. He's feasted on Dillon Brooks plenty in the past. The grizzlies dont have an answer for a perimeter oriented player like BI.

They are built to handle Zion tho.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

He can only play when he's in the game... if anything positive come out of Nance injury, maybe its Jax earning back a little trust

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I mean he's slightly better than before

Still would be a complete liability in the playoffs

story out recently predicting he'd play against the Rockets :fingerscrossed:

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Originally Posted by luckyman

Like I said, thinking they had a chance in this game was just unnecessary brain damage. Was going to be difficult even if not on a b2b.

This is the type team you need BI for. He's feasted on Dillon Brooks plenty in the past. The grizzlies dont have an answer for a perimeter oriented player like BI.

They are built to handle Zion tho.

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You keep throwing the term 'brain damage' around like it's something to joke about

What is wrong with you

They get to do this again next weekend. Another road b2b in Dallas.

If the NBA is going to do this, it shouldn't waste important divisional games like that.

New Orleans/Memphis and New Orleans/Dallas are showcase games.

Even if BI is back I highly doubt he plays in that game against Dallas.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

idk wtf happened with that injury but enough is enough jeez. it turned out to be 3x worse than advertised.

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It's a lower body injury so I can understand an abundance of caution. If it's something structural though - for example, if it is turf toe - then that would have been nice to be told rather than being told it's a contusion which is typically not a big deal and doesn't take you out 20+ games at a time.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

They get to do this again next weekend. Another road b2b in Dallas.

If the NBA is going to do this, it shouldn't waste important divisional games like that.

New Orleans/Memphis and New Orleans/Dallas are showcase games.

Even if BI is back I highly doubt he plays in that game against Dallas.

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Because of brain damage, amirite?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

It's a lower body injury so I can understand an abundance of caution. If it's something structural though - for example, if it is turf toe - then that would have been nice to be told rather than being told it's a contusion which is typically not a big deal and doesn't take you out 20+ games at a time.

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No more ambiguous word in the English language than 'contusion'

Also, another American special. No other country uses such ridiculous dialect like it's common parlance

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Because of brain damage, amirite?

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Are you off your bi-polar meds again? How long you going to keep this going you dumbass?

Attack the person instead of tackling the argument

Classic smol brain move

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Attack the person instead of tackling the argument

Classic smol brain move

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What size brain move is it to antagonize someone and then play the victim when they get tired of your act?

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

What size brain move is it to antagonize someone and then play the victim when they get tired of your act?

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My act? Mans was throwing around the term brain damage like it was going out of fashion

If you had anyone close to you with a degenerative, cognitive disease, you might have a shred of empathy

I actually envy you both with your utter, oblivious ignorance. Must be bliss.

It will probably never happen, but the NBA needs to keep its mid October - April regular season. But move to 72 games. Eliminate all b2b games. Or only the home team has them, never the traveling team.

Quality over quantity.

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Originally Posted by AusPel

My act? Mans was throwing around the term brain damage like it was going out of fashion

If you had anyone close to you with a degenerative, cognitive disease, you might have a shred of empathy

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All good brother, I don?t think he meant any offense to you or your family, but everyone has their own experience that informs how they interpret things. Happy new year to both of y?all :)

Yeah traveling on a b2b is pretty rough. Kind of feels like they could avoid that if they really made a point of it.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

All good brother, I don?t think he meant any offense to you or your family, but everyone has their own experience that informs how they interpret things. Happy new year to both of y?all :)

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You too mate

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

It's a lower body injury so I can understand an abundance of caution. If it's something structural though - for example, if it is turf toe - then that would have been nice to be told rather than being told it's a contusion which is typically not a big deal and doesn't take you out 20+ games at a time.

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There was an interview done the other day, and it seemed almost like more of a confidence issue on BI's part. He said some days it recovers well, other days not. And he doesn't want to play until its 100%.

Read the replies that go along with this tweet.

Brandon Ingram was asked how close he is to returning: "It?s hard to tell. Some days I feel really, really good, and the recovery is bad. Some days, recovery is good. Whenever I feel 100%, I?ll give it a go. But it?s hard to say right now."

— Christian Clark (@cclark_13) December 29, 2022

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Originally Posted by RobertM320

There was an interview done the other day, and it seemed almost like more of a confidence issue on BI's part. He said some days it recovers well, other days not. And he doesn't want to play until its 100%.

Read the replies that go along with this tweet.

Brandon Ingram was asked how close he is to returning: "It?s hard to tell. Some days I feel really, really good, and the recovery is bad. Some days, recovery is good. Whenever I feel 100%, I?ll give it a go. But it?s hard to say right now."

— Christian Clark (@cclark_13) December 29, 2022

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Its becoming easy question the training staff handling of this injury. Like if we had just let him purely rest for a three or four weeks have to think it would be healed.

This just in

Turf toe is worse than a complete achillies rupture

I mean, Durant had a shorter recovery time than BI, who is now AD levels of glass man bad

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Also - I know this has been said before - but Trey needs to shoot more. Guy is a legit monster shooter, I cannot stand when he has games with 2 or 3 attempts from deep. Guy needs to be shooting Klay Thompson volume, 7+ every night.

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The game is played with only one basketball, Podna!!!!

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

All good brother, I don?t think he meant any offense to you or your family, but everyone has their own experience that informs how they interpret things. Happy new year to both of y?all :)

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Don't fall for this. He's a well established troll that's been banned on here before.

Oh My Goodness!!! 9 Turnovers?

Oh My Goodness # 2!!! A -27 Point Differential?

Minus the 1st time we played them Steven Adams becomes a monster when he plays us while Val seems to always struggle against his former team.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

Don't fall for this. He's a well established troll that's been banned on here before.

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What do you provide of value here?

Be honest

What would any other poster say about you that's nice?

Yeah I've been banned for swearing, but that speaks to passion and emotion more than anything else

With all the fighting in this message board you would think that the team is playing like a lottery team...

Pelicans players: One of the best team chemistry out there.

Pelicans fans: acting like its Twilight with team Edward/Zion vs Team Jacob/BI

I've been consistently posting here for years and years, through all the dark days. I could easily necro bump the threads

I could pull up threads where it's just me and Pelicandae posting exclusively, even though we were losing horribly. We are the OGs

Now we have a bit of success, they all come out of the woodwork

Really grinds your gears

I don't like you luckyman. I think you are arrogant, condescending, ignorant and you feel like you are the smartest man in the room at all times

I know you don't like me, so the feeling is mutual

Happy New Year y'all :clap:

I just had to lol at someone starting to do anything in 2017 thinking they’re an OG. Continue on.

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Originally Posted by AusPel

I've been consistently posting here for years and years, through all the dark days. I could easily necro bump the threads

I could pull up threads where it's just me and Pelicandae posting exclusively, even though we were losing horribly. We are the OGs

Now we have a bit of success, they all come out of the woodwork

Really grinds your gears

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Speaking of woodwork, the Austrailian horror movie Wyrmwood is pretty cool.

https://i.imgur.com/lMtXjfK.jpeg

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Originally Posted by NMThreeMVP

I just had to lol at someone starting to do anything in 2017 thinking they’re an OG. Continue on.

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There are people on this board who will consider you a noob unless you were physically attending Jazz games in 1970, as if that team had literally anything to do with this team. Let's not be gatekeeping.

Plus, frankly, caring who is or isn't an ''OG'' is very silly behaviour.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

There are people on this board who will consider you a noob unless you were physically attending Jazz games in 1970, as if that team had literally anything to do with this team. Let's not be gatekeeping.

Plus, frankly, caring who is or isn't an ''OG'' is very silly behaviour.

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Kind of off topic but it’s crazy to see that some posters have join dates pushing 20 years now. Time flies.

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Originally Posted by PelsFan2313

Kind of off topic but it’s crazy to see that some posters have join dates pushing 20 years now. Time flies.

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Thanks for the Existential crisis.

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Originally Posted by AusPel

I've been consistently posting here for years and years, through all the dark days. I could easily necro bump the threads

I could pull up threads where it's just me and Pelicandae posting exclusively, even though we were losing horribly. We are the OGs

Now we have a bit of success, they all come out of the woodwork

Really grinds your gears

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I'm the orginal Australian OG brother. Been here since 2010. 7 years before you lol.

I’m the OG Aussie

The only OG i want is Anunoby

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Originally Posted by AusPel

This just in

Turf toe is worse than a complete achillies rupture

I mean, Durant had a shorter recovery time than BI, who is now AD levels of glass man bad

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They've made it clear on multiple occasions that its NOT a turf toe type of injury.

Is there a way that posters can go to another thread to measure their equipment size against each other? I'd really like to read about basketball on the game threads.

Team looked tired, with many short shots and slow rotations by multiple players (Zion, JV, Herb, Billy). Understandable given the schedule, but was hoping for better given the depth we have been using. If we have to play B2B games on the road, I'd prefer to do so outside of our division. Luckily, it won't be an issue in the playoffs.

It looks like the new go-to defense on Zion is a medium-sized dude with quickness playing him up front with a big or two providing back-up near the rim. Last night Zion tried to dribble through his man more often than making early passes out of the double-team. CJ also had multiple uncharacteristic turnovers. It looked like the fatigue was mental even more than physical for those two.

I really missed Larry Nance in this game, and haven't noticed any update on him. Any word?

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Originally Posted by PaKwAn

Minus the 1st time we played them Steven Adams becomes a monster when he plays us while Val seems to always struggle against his former team.

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Yeah he matches up well against JV. And they hold up decently against Zion as well. To beat them we need a good showing from our perimeter guys, especially CJ and BI

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Yeah he matches up well against JV. And they hold up decently against Zion as well. To beat them we need a good showing from our perimeter guys, especially CJ and BI

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I just believe they blew their wad against Philly the night before. Team played decently but had no energy past the halfway mark of the 3rd qtr. We could never get over the hump.

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Originally Posted by sterlr

I just believe they blew their wad against Philly the night before. Team played decently but had no energy past the halfway mark of the 3rd qtr. We could never get over the hump.

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It wasn't just that. They are still talented enough to beat half the teams in the league on a road b2b.

Unfortunately fully healthy Memphis and next week, Dallas, aren't among those teams. Especially still missing BI.

Hi there! Happy New Year! Better hope we don’t come across Memphis or Utah rebuild mode in the playoffs.

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Originally Posted by AusPel

Because of brain damage, amirite?

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Real nice .

I wish they would all "come out of the woodwork." We (and, i'm sure, this board) need as many fans as we can get.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

I wish they would all "come out of the woodwork." We (and, i'm sure, this board) need as many fans as we can get.

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You talking about attendance? You have had 5 straight sellouts. The future looks bright for Pelicans attendance as long as Dennis Allen remains Saints head coach.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

You talking about attendance? You have had 5 straight sellouts. The future looks bright for Pelicans attendance as long as Dennis Allen remains Saints head coach.

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cold blooded! fwiw i think the problem is quarterback, which is why sean payton saw the writing on the wall and dipped

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

cold blooded! fwiw i think the problem is quarterback, which is why sean payton saw the writing on the wall and dipped

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I still believe, without all the injuries to our WRs and Oline, we'd have won the division regardless of whether Winston or Dalton was the starter. Defense has held 7 straight teams to 20 points or less, but we're only 4-3 in those games.

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

I'm the orginal Australian OG brother. Been here since 2010. 7 years before you lol.

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Just like 13 - 3, I had a different handle back then :hihi:

Definitely been around since early 2010s. You may have me beat by join date though