January 2nd - New Orleans Pelicans VS Toronto Raptors - 3-2

[Pelicanidae]

Really good foot movement from Ingram on D there

[Pelicanidae]

Adams is so good

[Pelicanidae]

Lonzo passes to a 30 foot giant in the middle of nowhere. Zion manages to save it but gets whacked and takes an unbalanced fall on the way down. Hope he's good

[smcgull]

Eric and Zo getting better at running the offense.

[As I See It]

I wonder how many still think that locking Adams up for two additional years at 17.5MM per was a bad idea?

[HornetGuru]

Bledsoe 4 shot attempts
Zion 0 shot attempts

Makes sense

[Pelicanidae]

Always hate it when Zion goes long stretches without getting any shot attempts. Feels like a waste of him on offense if you aren't even considering looking for looks for him. He's taken 0 shots in his first 6 minutes; by comparison, every other starter has taken at least 2, including 4 for Bledsoe who is 1/4

[neworleanshoo]

how can you not call a foul when the slap is loud enough to be heard on the TV broadcast?

[Funcrusher]

I wonder how many still think that locking Adams up for two additional years at 17.5MM per was a bad idea?

Yeah Adams has probably been our second best player so far. Bargain deal tbh (assuming health)

[As I See It]

Always hate it when Zion goes long stretches without getting any shot attempts. Feels like a waste of him on offense if you aren't even considering looking for looks for him. He's taken 0 shots in his first 6 minutes; by comparison, every other starter has taken at least 2, including 4 for Bledsoe who is 1/4

I'll take a beating, but......

That's what I mean by 'One Trick Pony'. Take away what he does very well, and he not very effective.

[Funcrusher]

how can you not call a foul when the slap is loud enough to be heard on the TV broadcast?

Because officiating in the NBA is at it's lowest point ever.

[Taker597]

Always hate it when Zion goes long stretches without getting any shot attempts. Feels like a waste of him on offense if you aren't even considering looking for looks for him. He's taken 0 shots in his first 6 minutes; by comparison, every other starter has taken at least 2, including 4 for Bledsoe who is 1/4

Are they doubling Zion?

[Pelicanidae]

Are they doubling Zion?

They have a few times but more often than not, he just hasn't been getting a touch on offense. There have been like, 3 consecutive possessions at a time where the ball doesn't even look his way.

On the plus side, on the few occasions he has gotten the ball and been doubled, his passing out of it has been good.

[HornetGuru]

NAW is a beast man, reminds me sooo much of Jrue offensively and defensively

[Funcrusher]

I'll take a beating, but......

That's what I mean by 'One Trick Pony'. Take away what he does very well, and he not very effective.

Honestly, I know you'll disagree with me, but I really think on offense SVG hasn't utilized Zion as well as Gentry did, which was one of the few things he actually did well last year. Ingram rightfully deserves to be the first option, but outside that Zion should be getting force fed the ball, and he's not. It's early, and hopefully that changes.

[Taker597]

Honestly, I know you'll disagree with me, but I really think on offense SVG hasn't utilized Zion as well as Gentry did, which was one of the few things he actually did well last year. Ingram rightfully deserves to be the first option, but outside that Zion should be getting force fed the ball, and he's not. It's early, and hopefully that changes.

Gentry used a lot more motion offense to get Zion wide open looks is what I remember the most from his 24 games?

[HornetGuru]

Also Zion didn’t get any shots but looked great on D so far

[Pelicanidae]

Honestly, I know you'll disagree with me, but I really think on offense SVG hasn't utilized Zion as well as Gentry did, which was one of the few things he actually did well last year. Ingram rightfully deserves to be the first option, but outside that Zion should be getting force fed the ball, and he's not. It's early, and hopefully that changes.

While I'm not interested in making Gentry comparisons at all, I do agree that Zion's usage in this offense thus far has not been particularly creative or consistent.

[HornetGuru]

Honestly, I know you'll disagree with me, but I really think on offense SVG hasn't utilized Zion as well as Gentry did, which was one of the few things he actually did well last year. Ingram rightfully deserves to be the first option, but outside that Zion should be getting force fed the ball, and he's not. It's early, and hopefully that changes.

This entire statement is true.

[Funcrusher]

Gentry used a lot more motion offense to get Zion wide open looks is what I remember the most from his 24 games?

yeah, in general I've noticed a lot less off-ball movement team-wide, and I'm not sure that's really a good thing.

[Pelicanidae]

End of the first, we're up 32-26.

Shot attempts: Ingram with 6, Bledsoe with 7, Adams with 2, Lonzo with 4, Zion with 0.

[As I See It]

Also Zion didn’t get any shots but looked great on D so far

With all due respect, I strongly disagree. He's doing a lot of chasing out there.

[Funcrusher]

While I'm not interested in making Gentry comparisons at all, I do agree that Zion's usage in this offense thus far has not been particularly creative or consistent.

Yeah, I'm obviously not advocating for us to bring back Gentry. I like what Stan's done, overall thus far.

[Pelicanidae]

Zion with a real wrestling match for that O board

[Pelicanidae]

Zion's been making some really nice and decisive passes so far this game. Shame that none of them have translated into assists due to hockey assists and missed shots, but he's been on point with it.