Wolves are Saturday but they and GS will be on the second of b2bs. We have a shot at GS
AD sits down for the night with a final line of 38/13/7/2/4
I don’t know if he is John Starks or Josh Heart, but Frank Jackson will fall somewhere between the two.
Easy win after a rough start. The final score is not reflective of the mood of the game, due to 5 minutes of garbage time.
New career best for Frank
I truly hope this isn't just advertising Frank Jackson for someone else.
I would still look to make a move for Bael (if that is an option).
81 second half points. 33 assists.
But nobody cares. Trade Trade Trade.
At least this dominant stretch against bad teams made espn stfu. For now.
3 win in a row! This is such a nice feeling. Now We need to stay healthy and win some road games!
4 of 5 since the Payton return. And 9 and 2 when plays? Might be off on that last one.
I like Beal because of what he brings offensively... Every time I see Randle play he usually needs the ball in his hands and stops the ball with his back to the basket game... If you gonna be a black hole at lease play defense and stretch the floor but he does neither so that’s why I want Beal plus Beal brings more to the table than Moore. We won’t be able to keep both Randle and Nikola, so if we can get Beal I’ll ship Randle and Moore but I obviously have to get Beal with someone else if they want a pick or 2
Looks like Niko or Randle, plus Jackson and Miller with a healthy squad. Lose one starter, then minus one of the above. Trading for players like Beal doesn't come for nothing, and this team has an identity for scoring in the paint. Where does Beal fit exactly? At the 3?
And you are basin your opinion on a team you haven't seen much until recently. So seems half cocked like most pie in the sky trade ideas around here.
Seems like an ESPN motivated knee jerk stupid idea to me.
So you see the pelicans able to keep both Nikola and Randle? You see Randle wanting to give up his starting position and making less money then Niko? I mean yes they have developed points in the paint but remember we went 4-0 in the beginning with Niko starting and Randle on the bench killing the second unit... I doubt you can keep both so before that problem comes I’ll ship Randle out before we have to choose Niko vs Randle
Nobody in their right minds thought Rondo would be here more than a couple years, and not surprising he only stayed one year. And I'm guessing that was by design of the front office. They upgraded with Payton.
More than anything, they need a semi starting back up point guard and a legit 6'8"+ type wing. Not Beal.
It's nice for team to finally be healthy and get past a lot of birthing pains in developing Jackson, Okafor, Randle(Even though his defense is awful) , and Payton further down the line. So, we are right where I was hoping to be. Only thing really to do is to get rid of Hill and try to get a starting caliber wing.
I could nit pick about the 5. I rather just keep developing Okafor for the time being. Defense is awful, but I don't think that is going to change anytime soon.
I mean... Rondo is 34. The last thing we want to do is hitch our team to that like the Rockets did with CP3. Boogie had a serious injury. Rondo's age and Boogie's injury really forced on hand to move on in my opinion to be better long-term solutions with Davis's supermax looming. It was for the best that they walked.
With Rondo, He was only ever Rondo in the playoffs. I'd like to hire him back as a coach if anything. He seems that his best skills seems to be on the sideline and a key motivator when things get tough.
this team is in the top 4 in scoring offense so AD has help....we are the top team in scoring in the paint and that will come to help out in the playoffs if we get the foul calls....so this team is good on offense......defense and injuries are our problem....and we are getting depth now with jackson and okafor being force to play and playing good.......hill,,diallo,johnson,,fraizer,,clark can be moved for 2 more players that gentry will trust and play......so run this year with the team we have that can out score teams now...
if i can trade niko for barnes i would do it and have jrue,,AD and barnes as a solid 3 going into next season...
if AD stays it will be hard to build a team around him with the money he will make and we dont know what the owner will do when it comes down to spending money for players...so if AD leaves then we trade him to the lakers for ball,,ingram,,hart,,kuzma,,zubac, if they resign him and have them get a 3rd or 4th team to make the deal work and get a couple of players for depth..
i would love to have this team if AD leaves...
payton.....ball
jrue.........hart.......jackson
ingram......moore......miller
kuzma
maybe randall...zubac........okafor
add some pieces to that team and i would be good watching those young cats run the court all day......it would be a fun team and could sneak into the playoffs.......we would have young assets to trade if we need to like ingram or hart to upgrade somewhere.....
so im on board keeping this high scoring team together this season unless we can trade niko for barnes......i always believe this team was a top 4 seed in the west now we just have to get in the playoffs and upset some people which is better for me being the under dog...