They’re a playoff team. And we ain’t.
The despair mongering is quaint.
They’re a playoff team. And we ain’t.
The despair mongering is quaint.
I so tired of taking the easy way out and blame SVG, did Stan tell Lonzo to be a dumbass and leave their best shooter. I be so glad when Lonzo is gone.
And the lack of shooting is killing us we miss Josh and NAW so much. We had so many corner 3's that Josh would have hit.
I would say agreed with a caveat. We need to be better at protecting leads in late game moments. We shouldn’t have lost. Otherwise, it’s not really worth whinging over as we aren’t going to be a playoff team without spacing. It’s a shame NAW went down as these would be valuable minutes for him
Trade Ingram for Beal this summer.
Find a way to get guys like Conley, Norman Powell, Nerlens Noel, Richaun Holmes in free agency.
Dream would be Beal and CP3 next to Zion. That could unlock a player who would maybe contend for GOAT status which the NBA desperately needs with Lebron nearing an end.
6 point leads late in the game feel insurmountable because they have no one who can reliably hit when the game matters. Not that they have reliable shooters the rest of the game either
— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) April 18, 2021
So to recap, the Pelicans got exactly one good quarter of guard play tonight. So for 12 minutes of the game, one guard was good. The other 41 minutes (36+5OT), they got nothing.
— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) April 18, 2021
That’s not a move I’d make anymore. If we move Ingram, we need someone who adds something we don’t have. I’d almost rather we go after Kemba. Or see if Klay one one Achilles/ACL can still move. Someone who threatens and punishes teams when the game is in the balance.
Ah. They lose and here come the ridiculously stupid hot takes. Why I completely avoid gameday posts.
And as I thought, they tried to force the ball to Zion in the last 2 minutes. Zion fumbles it twice for consecutive turnovers. No mention.
Nevermind where the actual problems on this team are.
Well Durant is injured again. That could be one bright spot for Tuesday.
I’m just excited about the draft man. What happens will happen. Development takes priority over winning from here on out and hope the lottery balls fall kindly for us. Hopefully we don’t make a bad panic deal and stay the course until something actually presents itself. That is my one concern.
You could replace BI with Beal or Booker and we will have the same problem we need shooters.
Our pack of spacing hurts BI more than anyone. At least for Zion the defense has to respect BI on the perimeter, BI has no one to give him space to drive even when he pulls up and extra defender is coming. Just think how many times BI was able to get to the basket last year because we had better spacing.
If we can somehow fall to 8th lottery seed. I'd be pretty happy with getting a game changer either by draft or trade.
We maybe locked in at 11th the rest of the season if managed to win some games like we should be able to if we do not shut players down.
It’s remarkable how off the handle ppl get. Like, I get it. Like Brees messed up. Threw a pick but...there’s no point in being especially upset. It like benching him is an option. And you realize where stupid ideas like benching. Rees between the 20s get brought up by announcers. They’re just like stupid fans but have a national platform.
Ball made such a dumb mistake leaving his man open to guard the lane w 4 seconds left. It is one thing to be a terrible shooter but he has played enough basketball to know not to leave 3 pt shooter open and give up the layup.
We have a coach that is hellbent on Bledsoe. Phoenix and Milwaukee could not wait to get rid of him. This coach loves him for some reason.
It's funny, Bledsoe explicitly said in the post game and Zion confirmed: SVG told them to foul. He was very clear about it.
And then the ball got inbounded and Bledsoe refused to foul.
What is SVG supposed to do when the veteran explicitly ignores his clear instructions?
Bledsoe said he didn't foul D Rose because he "wasn't paying attention. Lack of focus."
— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) April 18, 2021
Not sure if he meant he wasn't paying attention in the huddle or on the court.
Either way....yikes.
Just bench Bledsoe. He doesn’t care to win. Let him run with the second unit because we have to. It’s time to tank. I guess Bledsoe could be the tank commander.
Van Gundy "We deserve to lose."
Never go FULL Detroit Van GUNDY, because you give him the minutes.
Yeah. I think he is finally blaming himself
SVG: "It wasn't just (Lonzo), we screwed up that entire play. ... We deserved to lose."
— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) April 18, 2021
We might get somewhere now
It’s about that time where we should just suck up our pride and roll with Kira (at least until NAW is healthy) for better or worse. If we lose, great. If we win, great. Minutes are wasted on Bled at this point.
No he's not blaming himself. Bledsoe was supposed to foul for PLAYER screwup #1. And had multiple Rose dribbles to do so. He didn't.
Given screwup #1, Lonzo had no reason whatsoever to leave Bullock. Let them have the layup. So that's PLAYER screwup #2.
SVG specifically said high school players could execute that. When he says "we" he ain't talking about himself.
www.tankathon.com
Movin on up like George and Weezy.
I'll give OKC credit. They know how to tank properly. 10 losses in a row.
Even ESPN is making fun of Bledsoe. How do you not pay attention?
I actually enjoyed Bled's game
I guess there's a special place in hell for me
Lonzo got caught in no man's land as it appears he was thinking he needed to go to Rose to foul him since Bledsoe failed. He should never have left Bullock regardless. Bledsoe comment about not paying attention is a HUGE red flag. To me it is an indication of the lack of respect this team has for SVG. They really need to move on from him sooner than later.