April 9th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves - 42-39

Yeah all the CJ haters have been proven right again and again. Sad. Could've very easily been 6, now suddenly the 9.

Great choke

Now they will get bounced in the play in

While zion gets comfy in his latest bench outfit

They have a back 2 back and we have a day off and we look more tired than they do

And the CJ hits just keep on coming. Brutal.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

Yeah all the CJ haters have been proven right again and again. Sad. Could've very easily been 6, now suddenly the 9.

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CJ was doing more in the 4th than anybody else, so no they haven’t.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

And the CJ hits just keep on coming. Brutal.

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Was it brutal when BI was turning the ball over and missing in the last 5 minutes or no?

CJ being CJ he misses 1 FT almost every time at the line

For most of the day it looked like we'd move into the 6 spot. Will be tough to shake how this turned out.

Tired of McCollum taking so many shots he Needs a cap of 13 to 15 shots
Jonas and Trey deserve more attempts
And I rather Brandon put up 7 more shots

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Originally Posted by djrnno

CJ being CJ he misses 1 FT almost every time at the line

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Hey real quick. What is that brace looking thing on his shooting hand? Is it like there for decoration, a new fashion statement?

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Was it brutal when BI was turning the ball over and missing in the last 5 minutes or no?

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BI was still the best player on the floor tonight. He has 42 freaking points.

I'm not a hater but CJ just hasn't delivered. All year long. He needs to be the 6th man. Instead he thinks he's the all-star.

Do not agree with Willie's ending lineup this game

We spent the last 5 weeks learning that BI as combo scorer/distributor was good, Trey is versatile and needs more shots, Herb works best given some on ball responsibility, etc, and then tonight we just through 90% of that learning in the garbage so that we can have a ton of short actions and isos and freeze Trey out for entire quarters at a time.

Genius basketball from the Pels

CJ tried but he just wasn’t good enough to finish that game.

At this point, let’s lose. We get home court

trey was fouled

Can't win shooting 3 for 21 from outside. That really hurts because we're among the best 3-pointing teams in the league.

Hopefully we'll see 'em again in Minnesota soon. We won't shoot that poorly again.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

BI was still the best player on the floor tonight. He has 42 freaking points.

I'm not a hater but CJ just hasn't delivered. All year long. He needs to be the 6th man. Instead he thinks he's the all-star.

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BI was our best player in the first half and CJ was our best player in the 2nd half.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Hey real quick. What is that brace looking thing on his shooting hand? Is it like there for decoration, a new fashion statement?

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I've said this before and I'll say it again.

Saying that CJ's shooting problems result from an injury is fair.

But if that's the case HE needs to wake up and turn his brain on and stop shooting 25 SHOTS IN A GAME.

He is 9/24 from the floor tonight. 0/5 from 3. And he just keeps on jacking them up. Sometimes he'll do it with 18 seconds on the shot clock before even a single pass has been made in the half-court.

That is him messing up. The problem isn't the missed shot, though that sucks. The problem is that he doesn't appear to recognise he's got a shooting problem - no matter how many times you repeat it - and therefore he is not making the smart basketball decision to adjust his game into a different approach.

The problem is not the FG%, that is simply a consequence of the problem. The problem is that he is refusing to adjust and often resorts - as he has tonight - to a selfish form of basketball.

this team just cant inbound the ball smdh..

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

BI was still the best player on the floor tonight. He has 42 freaking points.

I'm not a hater but CJ just hasn't delivered. All year long. He needs to be the 6th man. Instead he thinks he's the all-star.

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That goes back into last season in the playoffs, he didn't deliver when we needed him to. He'll give you good games through the season and even that has been limited.

Cj problem is that he has to cover for zion

If zion could actually suit up he would be the third option

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I've said this before and I'll say it again.

Saying that CJ's shooting problems result from an injury is fair.

But if that's the case HE needs to wake up and turn his brain on and stop shooting 25 SHOTS IN A GAME.

He is 9/24 from the floor tonight. 0/5 from 3. And he just keeps on jacking them up. Sometimes he'll do it with 18 seconds on the shot clock before even a single pass has been made in the half-court.

That is him messing up. The problem isn't the missed shot, though that sucks. The problem is that he doesn't appear to recognise he's got a shooting problem - no matter how many times you repeat it - and therefore he is not making the smart basketball decision to adjust his game into a different approach.

The problem is not the FG%, that is simply a consequence of the problem. The problem is that he is refusing to adjust and often resorts - as he has tonight - to a selfish form of basketball.

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i didnt see you on the board for awhile this game...i thought you went to bed lol..

If they use the draft pick the player has to be able to shoot

TM was FOULED on that 3 shot. Once again refs miss a call on us