Game Day Thread! Pelicans vs Grizzlies 3/07/15

That was huge.

People give Asik crap about not showing emotion but dude gets in the head of a TON of centers. That pre inbounds Gasol stuff shows you what the dude does.

ASIK EATING REBOUNDS LIKE CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like our team. We have to get Jrue back. Imagine how good we will be when Jrue and Ryno are playing!

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

If this game tells me anything it's that I'm cool with keeping Ajinca over Koufus.

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I thought Koufos was good. If you go back and rewatch the game you'd see he forced alot of misses at the rim

HUGE WIN

PELICANS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AD making sure he got his double-double :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

What are yall gonna say about tyreke now!?!

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Originally Posted by speedyG

I thought Koufos was good. If you go back and rewatch the game you'd see he forced alot of misses at the rim

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That wasn't as much a knock against him as it was that Ajinca just looks better.

Champions of the game!

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Originally Posted by tyler

What are yall gonna say about tyreke now!?!

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I like him. He's a good kid. All the neighborhood children like him.

QPon had 7 assists. . .mannnnn

Great win!

0,5 behind OKC again.

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Originally Posted by pelicanchamp

I like our team. We have to get Jrue back. Imagine how good we will be when Jrue and Ryno are playing!

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You are so right. I like our team too. Jrue and Ryno are all we need to be a good team. Boston best us yesterday, but we had some bad match up problems. Playoffs aside, the guys showed they have a little fight. Huge energy in the second half to overcome a brutal first half. Let's not forget, 2nd half of back to back. Great job.

so... the 76ers lead the Hawks by 1 w/ 4:00 left in that game

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Originally Posted by IVICP3

Great win!

0,5 behind OKC again.

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now we get to cheer for a team that's tumbling and playing on the road tomorrow

let's go Raptors

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Originally Posted by rt0307

so... the 76ers lead the Hawks by 1 w/ 4:00 left in that game

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Philly's now up 7 w/ a minute left... 76ers are actually NOT tanking it appears

This has been our teams MO, beat the good teams, lose to the bad.

76ers will beat the Hawks tonight

edit: now final... PHI beats ATL 92-84

on the Chase for 8 front... CLE beats PHX by 10... we open a full game more between us and the Suns

Can they just skip the sub .500 teams from now on?

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Originally Posted by luckyman

Can they just skip the sub .500 teams from now on?

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Not directed at you, just in general.

This narrative bothers me so much. Yes, we lost to some this year. But that 6-1 streak featured 5 sub .500 teams and another one who was/is playing terrible in Toronto.

We are an inconsistent team - as most young teams are. It's not like we beat all good teams and lose all our games to bad ones. Yet, it seems like the funny, snarky thing to say. I read it, literally, 50-100 times after any loss to a bad team.

This is an inconsistent team - partly because of injuries, partly because of youth, and partly because of lack of continuity. I don't think who we play against has nearly as much to do with the inconsistency as those three things.

Okay, I am done. Sorry.

Pels win!!

Fantastic Pels win and Saints re-sign Mark Ingram
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Originally Posted by JunkHead

I like him. He's a good kid. All the neighborhood children like him.

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The same as last night. He's 50%. Half the time his low IQ kills and the other half his talent covers for his low IQ.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Not directed at you, just in general.

This narrative bothers me so much. Yes, we lost to some this year. But that 6-1 streak featured 5 sub .500 teams and another one who was/is playing terrible in Toronto.

We are an inconsistent team - as most young teams are. It's not like we beat all good teams and lose all our games to bad ones. Yet, it seems like the funny, snarky thing to say. I read it, literally, 50-100 times after any loss to a bad team.

This is an inconsistent team - partly because of injuries, partly because of youth, and partly because of lack of continuity. I don't think who we play against has nearly as much to do with the inconsistency as those three things.

Okay, I am done. Sorry.

Pels win!!

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Thinking too hard makes one take things too literal. Relax your nerves man.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

That was huge.

People give Asik crap about not showing emotion but dude gets in the head of a TON of centers. That pre inbounds Gasol stuff shows you what the dude does.

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You can tell something's wrong with his back. Everything above his head he grabs but he won't even try to bend over.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

Thinking too hard makes one take things too literal. Relax your nerves man.

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Like I said - had nothing to do with you. Swear to god - I have had people tweet me that line of thinking no less than 1000 times this season.

Just sensitive to it at this point.

Maybe you wouldn't hear it so much if we didn't always lose to sub .500 teams......

Sorry. I had to.

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Originally Posted by tjharris

You can tell something's wrong with his back. Everything above his head he grabs but he won't even try to bend over.

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I don't have any info on this, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wasn't, and hasn't been less than 100% for a while now.....

I'd love to knw what's the deal with the past few games and the refs not calling obvious fouls for us and touch fouls for the other team I mean come on

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Originally Posted by notime

I'd love to knw what's the deal with the past few games and the refs not calling obvious fouls for us and touch fouls for the other team I mean come on

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I would guess:

25% - we haven't earned the respect from refs yet
25% - we don't sell it like other teams do
50% - all fans feel this way about their teams

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Not directed at you, just in general.

This narrative bothers me so much. Yes, we lost to some this year. But that 6-1 streak featured 5 sub .500 teams and another one who was/is playing terrible in Toronto.

We are an inconsistent team - as most young teams are. It's not like we beat all good teams and lose all our games to bad ones. Yet, it seems like the funny, snarky thing to say. I read it, literally, 50-100 times after any loss to a bad team.

This is an inconsistent team - partly because of injuries, partly because of youth, and partly because of lack of continuity. I don't think who we play against has nearly as much to do with the inconsistency as those three things.

Okay, I am done. Sorry.

Pels win!!

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I disagree, it's all about matchups problems.Pelicans dominate teams who are reliant on frontcourt productions such as grizzlies, spurs and hawks. take out Gasol and Zbo, grizzlies will flounder. same thing happen to spurs if we take out duncan and diaw

Asik is awesome.

A good litmus test of whether someone here is an intelligent basketball fan is whether they want to keep Asik or not. The ones that do not fail the test

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Originally Posted by LOLLakers

Asik is awesome.

A good litmus test of whether someone here is an intelligent basketball fan is whether they want to keep Asik or not. The ones that do not fail the test

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I do not fully agree with this, but I do think that you need to understand some of the more subtle things about the game to appreciate Asik. Casual fans do not spend one second thinking about effectiveness of a guys picks, for instance.

I checked out the games thinking we've been losing to bad teams and beating good ones all season. It turns out that was just for a couple weeks in January. Funny how a couple weeks of playing like that made so many of us (myself included) have such a strong narrative. But the real thing I wanted to ask is, would you rather we win against the good teams and lose to the bad or would you rather they win against the sub .500 teams and lose to the good ones?

I think it shows how good we can be but agree with others on here that we need consistency. I don't think it's an effort thing either. Our guys try hard every game, they just don't have the IQ to play as well or how to adjust to each team. Hopefully they can learn. I'm starting to worry a bit about the IQ of some players I really like such as Tyreke and Jrue (although he didn't play during that stretch). Fortunately knowledge is something that is not impossible to gain.

I appreciate Asik, but I view him in the same role as a defensive tackle or a olineman in football. They don't post amazing stats (or stats at all), but their impact is felt (if they are any good). I am not expecting Deandre Jordan numbers, or anything high scoring (unless you consider 10pts a game high scoring).

I like his game, and he should stay.

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Originally Posted by Jabberwalker

I checked out the games thinking we've been losing to bad teams and beating good ones all season. It turns out that was just for a couple weeks in January. Funny how a couple weeks of playing like that made so many of us (myself included) have such a strong narrative. But the real thing I wanted to ask is, would you rather we win against the good teams and lose to the bad or would you rather they win against the sub .500 teams and lose to the good ones?

I think it shows how good we can be but agree with others on here that we need consistency. I don't think it's an effort thing either. Our guys try hard every game, they just don't have the IQ to play as well or how to adjust to each team. Hopefully they can learn. I'm starting to worry a bit about the IQ of some players I really like such as Tyreke and Jrue (although he didn't play during that stretch). Fortunately knowledge is something that is not impossible to gain.

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I have been saying this same thing to people for a while now. I would be FAR more concerned about this team if we beat all the scrubs and lost to all the good teams. We aren't gonna see any bad teams in the playoffs whenever we get there. Learning how to beat them now is huge. Eventually, our talent will just be too great to lose to the bad ones. That will solve itself IMO.

so the Bucks are 7-1 in their last 8 home games... just beat the Wizards

that's where we are Monday night

Wizards have been terrible lately

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Originally Posted by rt0307

so the Bucks are 7-1 in their last 8 home games... just beat the Wizards

that's where we are Monday night

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Bucks offense has relied heavily on Middleton lately. A much better defense than you might imagine too. Will need big nights from both Tyreke and AD IMO. Q-Pon has to stick to Middleton all night.

Reke is Harden without the jumpshot. Dude will be a borderline AllStar for his career. Difficult to stop due to his size, strength and handles.

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Originally Posted by altair

Reke is Harden without the jumpshot. Dude will be a borderline AllStar for his career. Difficult to stop due to his size, strength and handles.

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Nah. If we built things right he can be our sixth man. Harden is the best player in the league at getting free throws and he makes them at an elite rate. Tyreke takes more than half his attempts at the rim and doesn't draw many free throws. Combine that with the jumpshot and Harden is one of the most efficient players in the league while Tyreke seems like a 6th man type player.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Bucks offense has relied heavily on Middleton lately. A much better defense than you might imagine too. Will need big nights from both Tyreke and AD IMO. Q-Pon has to stick to Middleton all night.

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they have been on a downward spiral since trading for MCW. they are missing Knight's shooting the same way pistons are missing Agustin, Singler and Jerebko's shooting.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Bucks offense has relied heavily on Middleton lately. A much better defense than you might imagine too. Will need big nights from both Tyreke and AD IMO. Q-Pon has to stick to Middleton all night.

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Middleton is balling out without Knight. Dude is about to get some serious dough this offseason, would definitely go after him though if we clear enough space

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Originally Posted by speedyG

Middleton is balling out without Knight. Dude is about to get some serious dough this offseason, would definitely go after him though if we clear enough space

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Not me. I wouldn't pay a bunch of money for a guy whose primary skill is scoring on this team. Not enough shots as it is. If I am gonna spend big money, the guy better do at least one or two things at a high level that doesn't involve putting the ball in the hoop. Otherwise, we won't get our money's worth.

So, given the choice between a Danny Green and Middleton, I go after Green every time, even though Middleton is the superior scorer.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Not me. I wouldn't pay a bunch of money for a guy whose primary skill is scoring on this team. Not enough shots as it is. If I am gonna spend big money, the guy better do at least one or two things at a high level that doesn't involve putting the ball in the hoop. Otherwise, we won't get our money's worth.

So, given the choice between a Danny Green and Middleton, I go after Green every time, even though Middleton is the superior scorer.

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I don't think I've ever seen Middleton referenced as a chucker if that's what your getting at. Just because he has more scoring ability than Green doesn't somehow make him a worse fit

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Originally Posted by speedyG

I don't think I've ever seen Middleton referenced as a chucker if that's what your getting at. Just because he has more scoring ability than Green doesn't somehow make him a worse fit

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If I was getting at something, I would just say it. I wasn't even coming close to calling him a chucker. I said his best skill is scoring. That is not the skill we need at this point.

For many teams, Middleton would be better than Green. For the way our roster is constructed, I do not believe he is. Usage rate of 22.2% for instance since the trade went down. And he is putting up 17 per game. Good to see - guy can score. But he won't get those kind of touches here. And if he isn't touching the ball, how is he effecting the game? This is my point. I want a guy who can effect the game without touching the ball. Those are the guys I would pay money to.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

If I was getting at something, I would just say it. I wasn't even coming close to calling him a chucker. I said his best skill is scoring. That is not the skill we need at this point.

For many teams, Middleton would be better than Green. For the way our roster is constructed, I do not believe he is. Usage rate of 22.2% for instance since the trade went down. And he is putting up 17 per game. Good to see - guy can score. But he won't get those kind of touches here. And if he isn't touching the ball, how is he effecting the game? This is my point. I want a guy who can effect the game without touching the ball. Those are the guys I would pay money to.

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What? He has been praised all season as a 3 and D guy. The Bucks have nobody that can score the ball without Knight, naturally his usage rate is going to go up.

Hey Mike did you see this ? Thoughts?

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p...pelicans-talk/

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Originally Posted by 4Real

Hey Mike did you see this ? Thoughts?

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p...pelicans-talk/

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Yeah. No thoughts.

Those guys have fun over there. It's not a real board IMO. Kind of a bunch of people blowing off steam, trying to be edgy or funny IMO. Ethically, I could never go over there because of how often they are homophobic, racist, sexist, etc. Even if its just a joke, I can't support that kind of stuff.

But people need a place like that I suppose. Just a shame that there are 2-3 solid posters over there who waste their time trying to talk ball with a bunch of psychos.

To each their own.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

I would guess:

25% - we haven't earned the respect from refs yet
25% - we don't sell it like other teams do
50% - all fans feel this way about their teams

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Not buying the 'earn refs' respect' line. Call the fouls if they're fouls.