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I agree with this. We need an environment where players want to be be here and that just isn't happening under Gentry. I hope he can get them to buy in to whatever he's selling, but I don't see it. We really need to win this next game against OKC at home. Losing to this team 2 in a row would be a serious morale crusher.
I'm looking for real sports fans...not sheep! Are you with me?!!!
Well Ingram cant "pass up" any deals. Either the Pelicans match whatever offer sheet he gets or they dont. That ball is in Griffin's court.
And the difference tonight was OKC has cerebral guards that know what to do in the clutch.
We have a guard that attempts a highly contested left handed floater out of a timeout.
I'll say it a million times until he does something to prove me wrong. Jrue ain't that dude. He isn't a franchise player or a number 1 option. He isn't even a good 2nd option. A good 3rd option at best.
I know but I would consider him signing with another team passing up on us but that won’t happen. Absolutely no way we let Ingram walk. This kid is a flat out superstar right now at 22 years old.
OKC is a very solid team and like you said has 2 very good guards. Just wasn’t our night and we best ourselves. We blew a ton of great opportunities. Outside of Ingram nobody really did anything.
Zion will be back in the next few weeks.
I will repeat that to myself whenever we lose a game now.
This team and this season is one BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
No players pass up on that $ at 22. Especially Ingram who just recently went through a near life changing event. He has an all around skill set and can do it all while being a 25+ ppg scorer at just 22. Not only is he scoring but he is doing it as efficiently as any player in the NBA right now. You put his exact stats on any big name on a winning team and they are in the MVP discussion. Ingram will get the max and he deserves the max.
I still consider Lonzo a starter because this team has no choice. A Jrue/Redick backcourt is not good. They are both very bad decision makers.
Lonzo has all the tools you want in a point guard. He has just been awfully coached his whole life. Whoever puts in the work to get him right will be rewarded.
If not, this team has to ship Jrue and Lonzo and see what they can get out of NAW.
Zion on this current team changes everything. You can’t tell me plugging in Zion for Kenny in the starting lineup doesn’t change everything for this team. Tell me how good the Bucks are with Kenny in place of Giannis? This team goes to a completely different level with the addition of Zion.
Funny that you should post that gif, because one of my biggest worries is that Gentry won't give Zion the opportunity to handle the ball enough.
I've been convinced for a long while that Zion's handle, while not perfect, is actually a plus for a guy of his size and strength and that he has much better vision and passing touch than he was allowed to show at Duke. He got some decent chances in pre-season to initiate the offense, I'm just hoping that he gets those same opportunities once he starts playing properly.
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