November 20th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Sacramento Kings - 6-7

[Pelicanidae]

I’ll give Zeller props. He works REALLY HARD

Good passer too, plays the system to a T

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Herb and Dyson together in the starting lineup is a real thing.

[JJackisangry]

You can’t teach motor. I wasn’t convinced by Zeller early, but the guy works so damned hard. We keep getting bodies back and he becomes even more valuable as he just has to do the dirty work.

[hornetsrebirth]

Hey Willie never put Earl Robinson in lieu of Zeller again

THIS

[djrnno]

But everyone wants to trade him? Probably, including Willie.

And that is what makes WG NOT HC material

[Freyfamilyreuni]

There you go Hawk

[JJackisangry]

Zeller with the drive and Hawk with the finish. Two of the hardest workers in the side it’s poetic

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Cody looks like a legit backup

[Pelicanidae]

And that is what makes WG NOT HC material

And the sole reason most people want to trade JV is that WG won't play him. Nothing to do with JV himself.

[hornetsrebirth]

Jeeez Zion

[Pelicanidae]

We are up 37 against a team that's 4th in the West coming into tonight.

[Pelicanidae]

Jeeez Zion

Zion makes his own fastbreak with the steal and huge finish pic.twitter.com/Vm0g0rODAf

— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) November 21, 2023

Beautiful

[Fedupfan]

This game has been really fun.

[Pelicanidae]

Every Pels starter was a +28 or better tonight.

They all had at least 3 assists.

None of them had more than 1 TO.

[As I See It]

Just saw 3M3 on the bench. Looks like he's chomping at the bit. This system was is tailor-made for him.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Having Herb and Dyson together lets you get away with Zion, Jonas, and BI against perimeter oriented offenses. Then on offense Zion and JV should be able to pummel those type of teams. And BI should feast on open looks without having to force it.

[JJackisangry]

We are up 37 against a team that's 4th in the West coming into tonight.

I think it’s safe to say we have underperformed missing bodies or not. But I will take our record as we have played the champions twice as well as Minny twice already. Also Atlanta who is almost always a nightmare for us. It should get better with the bodies coming back and we have weathered the storm.

[Pelicanidae]

I think it’s safe to say we have underperformed missing bodies or not. But I will take our record as we have played the champions twice as well as Minny twice already. Also Atlanta who is almost always a nightmare for us. It should get better with the bodies coming back and we have weathered the storm.

There have been plenty of legitimate reasons to be frustrated with this team so far this season.

But we've also lost the 3rd most games due to injury in the league, and had the 2nd hardest strength of schedule iirc, so given all of that, 7-7 after 14 games isn't bad.

Especially when you're 3-1 in your last 4 games, which were all against 4 of the top 5 seeds in the conference and your only loss was to the 1 seed by 1 point.

[djrnno]

And the sole reason most people want to trade JV is that WG won't play him. Nothing to do with JV himself.

JV has always been at worst the 4th best best player on this team. WG is just too blind and stubborn to see it , AND treats him like the red-headed stepchild

[Pelicanidae]

JV has always been at worst the 4th best best player on this team. WG is just too blind and stubborn to see it , AND treats him like the red-headed stepchild

IDK if that's gonna be true when/if everyone is healthy, but I get what you're saying

Is the better than Zion, BI, CJ, Herb, and Trey if Trey comes back like himself from the end of last season? Not sure. But it's a testament to the depth of the team, rather than a condemnation of JV, who is awesome. No shame to be 6th best on a team with:

- Zion (MVP ceiling when he's at his best)
- BI (all-star)
- CJ (all-star)
- Herb (DPOY calibre defender)
- Trey (potential allstar)

[Pelicanidae]

Sacramento Kings' point totals in their last 4 games:

129
129
125
132

Sacramento Kings points tonight:

93

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) November 21, 2023

[djrnno]

IDK if that's gonna be true when/if everyone is healthy, but I get what you're saying

Is the better than Zion, BI, CJ, Herb, and Trey if Trey comes back like himself from the end of last season? Not sure. But it's a testament to the depth of the team, rather than a condemnation of JV, who is awesome. No shame to be 6th best on a team with:

- Zion (MVP ceiling when he's at his best)
- BI (all-star)
- CJ (all-star)
- Herb (DPOY calibre defender)
- Trey (potential allstar)

I get ya , but JV RARELY has a BAD game but all of those guys have had multiple bad games

[Pelicanidae]

There have been plenty of legitimate reasons to be frustrated with this team so far this season.

But we've also lost the 3rd most games due to injury in the league, and had the 2nd hardest strength of schedule iirc, so given all of that, 7-7 after 14 games isn't bad.

Especially when you're 3-1 in your last 4 games, which were all against 4 of the top 5 seeds in the conference and your only loss was to the 1 seed by 1 point.

To support my point:

Vs. #5: +21
Vs. #2: +5
Vs. #1: -1
Vs. #4: +36

That's a nasty, nasty stretch of the schedule. +61 through four games. 3 wins. Only loss on a SEGABABA w/ Zion resting.

Do with it what you will. pic.twitter.com/gMrtkh0f1W

— David Fisher (@Fish_TBW) November 21, 2023

[Pelicanidae]

I get ya , but JV RARELY has a BAD game but all of those guys have had multiple bad games

He's super consistent. Legitimate professional; he plays NBA all season, then goes and plays international ball every off-season and has done basically his entire career. Dude is never rusty or out of form.

[RobertM320]

38 assists on 50 made shots tonight.