November 2nd - New Orleans Pelicans vs Detroit Pistons - 3-1

Herb has the clutch gene

CJ bruh, please

Looks like a team out of gas. Three games in 4 days, the same day flight, a lot of energy expended last night after falling way behind, and then having to dig deep again in this game when it looked like we could coast to the end.

HERB LMAO

Herb the Hero

I don’t see Herb ever getting a mystery knee injury between shoot around and the game

Nice surprise win

3 games in 4 days. They are probably exhausted at this point.

Fantastic team effort win.

33/4/5 from CJ
23/13/5 with 3 blocks from JV
20/2/2 from Matt Ryan

And Herb with the gaudy statline of 21/5/3 with 3 steals and 4 blocks

4 guys with 20 points, Herb collecting an insane quantity of stocks, JV holding it down on the boards, CJ fuelling the offense early, Matt Ryan sniping.

Was seriously thinking CJ had Detroit and the points in this game. Line was 4.5 and he "slipped" and turned the ball over, then jacked up a crazy 3 that was way off with plenty of time on the clock, and then kicked his dribble out of bounds.

this team made free throws on a back to back to hold on to the lead....

good win...

Shout out Dyson also for a pretty good game. 10/7/6 with a steal, and a pretty wild 3 late in the game

33/35 from the FT line tonight. 94%. That's different.

Pelicans are now 4-1. We have played zero games fully healthy.

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Originally Posted by RobertM320

33/35 from the FT line tonight. 94%. That's different.

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Including from guys that missed a bunch yesterday. CJ went 10/11 from the FT line tonight - he was 4/7 last night.

Daniels went 2/2 tonight - he was 1/4 last game.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Shout out Dyson also for a pretty good game. 10/7/6 with a steal, and a pretty wild 3 late in the game

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Could you imagine if Dyson ever developed a shot? For extended stretches you could put him on a penetrating guard and Herb on their best wing.

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

Could you imagine if Dyson ever developed a shot? For extended stretches you could put him on a penetrating guard and Herb on their best wing.

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True but also, the number of players who are ''if they shoot'' away from being superstars is huge.

Watching the Pels win on night 2 of a back to back without their 2 stars, their 6th man, and their top bench guard after dealing with travel issues pic.twitter.com/KyZGziOc58

— Dr. Turd Ferguson (@TurdFNOLA5) November 3, 2023

You can tell they are doing well because nobody is talking about trading players.

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Originally Posted by smcgull

You can tell they are doing well because nobody is talking about trading players.

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Oh I’d be more than happy to trade BI right now

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

Oh I’d be more than happy to trade BI right now

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Me too. Gotta make room for Matt Ryan. Lol

Game Recap: pic.twitter.com/e3foo96V7z

— Larry Nance (@Larrydn22) November 3, 2023

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Originally Posted by smcgull

You can tell they are doing well because nobody is talking about trading players.

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I mean, I can if you want?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Fantastic team effort win.

33/4/5 from CJ
23/13/5 with 3 blocks from JV
20/2/2 from Matt Ryan

And Herb with the gaudy statline of 21/5/3 with 3 steals and 4 blocks

4 guys with 20 points, Herb collecting an insane quantity of stocks, JV holding it down on the boards, CJ fueling the offense early, Matt Ryan sniping.

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......and this is why we'd be fools to trade JV. We were +20 when he was on the court.

Sidebar: The first half was the best showing of selfless team basketball by the franchise in New Orleans.

The intrusive pop-up ads getting old. Would be nice if admin would look into it. I come here because of habit, but as things are I may migrate to the site with more game time action if things don’t improve.

We looked a little gassed at the end but we pulled it out. Stoked for Matty with his 20 and CJ for his 30 bomb. Hopefully this is the beginning of us learning how to play without everyone available. We still have plenty of talent and shouldn’t have dropped so many of these in the past. CJ proving he is willing to switch into leader mode and Jonas should never have been neglected. Guy is very good offensively on his night.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Game Recap: pic.twitter.com/e3foo96V7z

— Larry Nance (@Larrydn22) November 3, 2023

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Matty Ice

Didnt catch a game, have to rewatch it but from boxscore looks like a nice team win and what makes me happy are the free throws. We have to make those regularly. GJ!

Impressed by that win without z & BI on a back-to-back + flying home this afternoon. I thought they played mature, focused on getting Val touches down low, getting three-pointers up and making Detroit shoot from the outside. Hitting all their free throws was big as well.

One of the big things I hoped the Pels would address in the offseason was building a roster that could at least stay around .500 when Zion and Brandon were out, as I think you now have enough data to warrant planning on that contingency. Adding two professional shooters in Hawkins and Ryan was a good start. Together with CJ and Trey, the Pels now at least have a solid core of three-point shooters. I hope they continue to emphasize finding and developing shooters, a talent you can buy on the cheap sometimes, as Ryan demonstrates. I'd have at least 2-3 wing shooting prospects on the Birmingham squad at all times.

I'm done worrying about how many games our young star duo miss. They are going to miss games. That much seems clear. When they play, we'll be fine. The real challenge is to at least be competitive when they don't. Tonight was a good model on how that might be accomplished with this roster...

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

I don?t see Herb ever getting a mystery knee injury between shoot around and the game

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He might get one but you won't hear about it because he would just play through it.

Hot take after 5 games. CJ is the best player on this team. Not the most talented but definitely the best. Especially when you factor in availability.

Great TEAM WIN without BI and Z. Masive respect for CJ and Jonas - they play hard in every game. We need guys like that. 4-1 , don’t wake Me up!

Matt ryan has been valid. The offensive sets have been refreshing.

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Originally Posted by P_B_&_G

Hot take after 5 games. CJ is the best player on this team. Not the most talented but definitely the best. Especially when you factor in availability.

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Strongly disagree. He was hot in the first half, but gassed and inefficient with clumsy turnovers in the second half (team-leading four turnovers). After an amazing box score in the first half, at the end of the night the box looks like he's a chucker. 3-10 from 3 is nothing impressive, and somehow he was -17 +/- (worst on the team by far). When he's good he's very, very good. When he's bad he's very bad. Coach should've sat him more in the second half as he was clearly tired.

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Originally Posted by P_B_&_G

Hot take after 5 games. CJ is the best player on this team. Not the most talented but definitely the best. Especially when you factor in availability.

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Nah. He's playing the best right now, but I think that's different from the best overall. I think he's the most prepared though, and in the early season that can be vital to performance for obvious reasons.