January 27th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Milwaukee Bucks - 26-19

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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) January 27, 2024

Horrible loss yesterday, very few people had a good game. Can they redeem themselves?

Zion still questionable.

Milwaukee is 31-14, 2nd seed in the East. They're 3rd in the NBA in ORtg, 19th in DRtg, so hopefully we should be able to score but the question is just about how staunch our defense will be able to be.

Team needs to play with a lot more urgency tonight. Hopefully Zion will be back but even if he's not, they can't afford to repeat yesterday's performance.

Let’s go Beta squad!

If zion plays i see no reason they can't win this game

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Originally Posted by Speakthetruth

If zion plays i see no reason they can't win this game

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Possibilities are endless with a team that wins by 20 and loses by 20
On any given night.

0 expectations after that bs yesterday...

Just show up tonight. Hopefully last one put a chip on their shoulder

We need a win here to wash out the the taste of last nights game. And BI needs to step up, he was playing some of his best basketball in December but has really been struggling in January.

If we get destroyed, tell me what they have that we don't

Down 5

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

Let’s go Beta squad!

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Lose by less than 10 points, and it's a win!

I'm not even joking. If we lose by less than 10 points, then I honestly consider that a huge win for this team. It says, we aren't there yet, but we are close...On a good day.

Lol.

Fire Willie Green man.

This team gave up the almost the same amount of points in one half that they scored in total of a game from last night.

So what happened to the 40+ three point attempts a game that Willie said we were looking for? Milwaukee has had trouble defensively all season, Lillard is a turnstile, and we only take 14 first half 3pt shots? We're hitting 50%, maybe if we'd taken another 6-7 like we're supposed to we'd only be down by 3 instead of 12.

Just wait till you see our next opponent

some thing internal that we dont know about has to be going on with this team...

If your Griff and you see this team play against the best teams lately in blowouts after blowouts...yeah, he might just make some changes before the deadline

The team is showing with their effort that they want their coach fired.

No chance Willie gets fired especially if Dennis kept his job .

Time to call another team meeting

I have asked the same question on SaintsReport and will ask it here.

This shall put the arguments of "lack of offense or defense" to rest:

Why are the nuggest and thunder and clippers on the top of the west and we are on the bottom?...

Because they have better defense than us?

Or, is it because they have more better offense than us?

I would very much like to know the answer to this question. What is it that the top teams in the west have that we don't? Is it the lack of offense or defense that this team is missing?

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I have asked the same question on SaintsReport and will ask it here.

This shall put the arguments of "lack of offense or defense" to rest:

Why are the nuggest and thunder and clippers on the top of the west and we are on the bottom?...

Because they have better defense than us?

Or, is it because they have more better offense than us?

I would very much like to know the answer to this question. What is it that the top teams in the west have that we don't? Is it the lack of offense or defense that this team is missing?

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I think those teams have more testosterone. That’s the difference.

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If zion plays i see no reason they can't win this game

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Yea this team isn't it...start making some trades

This team has no identity, no leader

The coach should be fired and players traded

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Yea this team isn't it...start making some trades

This team has no identity, no leader

The coach should be fired and players traded

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Sounds like a Gayle Benson franchise

We need trades. Better or worse.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Sounds like a Gayle Benson franchise

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such a weird comment. sound like mike

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Originally Posted by WhyHornetsWhy

I have asked the same question on SaintsReport and will ask it here.

This shall put the arguments of "lack of offense or defense" to rest:

Why are the nuggest and thunder and clippers on the top of the west and we are on the bottom?...

Because they have better defense than us?

Or, is it because they have more better offense than us?

I would very much like to know the answer to this question. What is it that the top teams in the west have that we don't? Is it the lack of offense or defense that this team is missing?

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I was listening to Isola and Scalabrini on The Starting Lineup on Friday, and a general question similar to this came up (not regarding Pels). Scal said the league has changed. He said you can win championships with an average defense and an elite offense, but you won't win championships with an elite defense but only an average offense. He said between the rules, and the skill of the players, its an OFFENSIVE game. And you have to have an elite offense to be a contender. I know, I know, its exactly the opposite of what the board spammer says all the time, but who am I to believe? A former NBA player turned analyst, or a board spammer? I'll leave it up to you.

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Originally Posted by RobertM320

I was listening to Isola and Scalabrini on The Starting Lineup on Friday, and a general question similar to this came up (not regarding Pels). Scal said the league has changed. He said you can win championships with an average defense and an elite offense, but you won't win championships with an elite defense but only an average offense. He said between the rules, and the skill of the players, its an OFFENSIVE game. And you have to have an elite offense to be a contender. I know, I know, its exactly the opposite of what the board spammer says all the time, but who am I to believe? A former NBA player turned analyst, or a board spammer? I'll leave it up to you.

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That's because the board spammer is living in the NBA 90's . We know it, they know it everybody but Mr. 90's does not know it. Or refuses to

I think this team needs a shakeup. First personnel. If that doesn't work, then Willie has to go.

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I think this team needs a shakeup. First personnel. If that doesn't work, then Willie has to go.

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They definitely need a new coach. They need a leader of men in the locker room.

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If your Griff and you see this team play against the best teams lately in blowouts after blowouts...yeah, he might just make some changes before the deadline

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Don't think you can really trade Trey or Zion right now because teams will just be trying to buy low.

Because of their age/contracts, CJ, Nance, JV probably only return downgrades. maybe the team will bite the bullet and just turn JV into a better stylistic fit, but I certainly wouldn't be using draft picks to plug holes in a sinking ship.

If the pelicans trade Herb, might as well blow it up.

now might be the best time to trade Bi if you're ever going to do it, just like the Jazz did Deron Williams. It would be a bold call, but i'd respect it.

The rest are hawkins and guys with inconsequential value.

I don't think paying yet another coach is the solution personally.

This team has already shown this season that we are one good deal away from competing for the NBA Finals…

Willie is just a terrible coach with a good roster. If it’s up to him to decide the outcome of games, we can rest assure that it will be an L. He’s bad at all things other than maybe being a defensive assistant.

Good thing we have a lot of home games awaiting...oh wait...

Oh yeah. The collapse is coming and then we will be having the same conversation we have around the allstar break every year.

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Don't think you can really trade Trey or Zion right now because teams will just be trying to buy low.

Because of their age/contracts, CJ, Nance, JV probably only return downgrades. maybe the team will bite the bullet and just turn JV into a better stylistic fit, but I certainly wouldn't be using draft picks to plug holes in a sinking ship.

If the pelicans trade Herb, might as well blow it up.

now might be the best time to trade Bi if you're ever going to do it, just like the Jazz did Deron Williams. It would be a bold call, but i'd respect it.

The rest are hawkins and guys with inconsequential value.

I don't think paying yet another coach is the solution personally.

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Getting rid of the head coach is always the easy way out for fans but this roster is severely flawed in many ways, especially in the starting lineup and the end of the bench.

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Getting rid of the head coach is always the easy way out for fans but this roster is severely flawed in many ways, especially in the starting lineup and the end of the bench.

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Well it’s time to build around the coach then. From what I see, only Herb Jones is a Willie type guy.

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Oh yeah. The collapse is coming and then we will be having the same conversation we have around the allstar break every year.

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Overreaction much? This is probably the toughest stretch of games all season. I was hoping just to win 1 of 3, but Celtics will be very tough.

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Overreaction much? This is probably the toughest stretch of games all season. I was hoping just to win 1 of 3, but Celtics will be very tough.

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Well no. They have faced the clippers, nuggets, suns, Thunder , and Bucks with an average margin of defeat being 18.3 points. That to me is a tragedy. Why do you root for a team that you don’t expect to win? 1 of 3 was your hope is just something that means faith is little for you in regards to them. Not to mention, at this point of the season, they are regressing. I look at the current situation and they look to have taken a step backwards and they are healthy.

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

Well no. They have faced the clippers, nuggets, suns, Thunder , and Bucks with an average margin of defeat being 18.3 points. That to me is a tragedy. Why do you root for a team that you don’t expect to win? 1 of 3 was your hope is just something that means faith is little for you in regards to them. Not to mention, at this point of the season, they are regressing. I look at the current situation and they look to have taken a step backwards and they are healthy.

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I do not expect the team to go 82-0. That is just setting your self up for disappointment. I do not think we are on the level of teams like the Celtics or Bucks. My hope was we win the Thunder game. They just lost to the Pistons. I wonder if their fanbase is jumping off the deep end as a result. Too many here just wait and hope for a loss so that they can start their rants again. Why do you root for a team that you love to complain about whenever they lose (or even win an ugly game)?

I said it back in November, I'll say it again. We're a team that, just off talent alone, will win 43-48 games in any given year. But we're lacking the extra bits to make the push to true contender status. The fit isn't quite right with the main guys, the coach isn't quite there, etc.

It's not the worst place to be but sadly the window for making that jump is closing as both Trey and BIs contract extensions loom.