For the long-term it's actually a good thing the Pelicans are losing | Zion Williamson injury update
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2024
- It's frustrating that Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans are losing but Jake Madison actually thinks it is a good thing for the long-term. Jake explains that now the Pels can't run this team back next season in such a competitive Western Conference. Plus, it's a positive that Zion Williamson has played 65 games and we have an injury update on his finger.
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Willie’s refusal to play Jonas is a problem more than Jonas actually is
The best way to play Val is sitting him in the bench…
Possibly on another team bench
It’s not that he’s refusing to play him. It’s just that in a lot of situations he’s unplayable.
I agree! I really don’t like them moving to Nance and then we get beat up on the boards
Even if we get the center that fans say we need, Willie will still find a way to misuse that person. He has an unhealthy fetish for small ball.
Yes you are right front office at the end of the season
since u did a whole show on positives ive got one in the chamber: Zion might actually have fixed his injury bug. I used to "clutch my pearls" everytime he went down. But this season he has sprung back up. huge positive there.
The problem is, he’s currently injured and may miss crucial must win games
I’ve made a terrible mistake. No more positivity
I wouldn’t mind trying Karl Anthony towns at center
Pels need a player with killer instinct, we do not have a killer on the court 🏀‼️
Positive: I'm never buying season tickets
Positive: I save money
Another Positive: I'm never leaving work early to watch this team ever again. So I can save even more money!
Thank you Pelicans, Willie, Refs, and NBA for helping me get my 💩 together.
Negative: there's nothing "positive" about this team.
Positive: Zion is Healthy
The good thing about them losing is knowing what’s Bi worth to the team and that point Zion is exposed as one dimensional and not the “superstar” you thought he was.
lol yall so funny on these apps they we were 4-2 without Brandon then he got hurt in the magic game and we are 3-4 in that stretch and a few of those losers should be W if it wasn’t for coaching and you are still 7-6 with out him which shows you he’s valuable but not what YOU think he is and being one dimensional where the opp game plans for YOU says a lot about how nice you really are and the refs be on bs so yuh and Zion has better statistics all around and more impactful
positive: talented roster with a few gaps (center, pg). negative: untapped potential, stubborness and its near the end of the season.
Who would be opposed to trading CJ for Trey Young?
Anything involving a CJ trade can only be beneficial for the team.
The Hawks would be opposed to it
Meeeeee!!!!!
The hawks 😂
Wish Jose was on the floor. We need energy and he BRINGS it! If he comes back for the playoffs Willie, start Jose and bring CJ off the bench and watch what happens!!! Remember 2 years ago in the playoffs when Jose tormented Chris Paul and took the Suns to 6 games.
Ingram went down at the hardest part of the schedule. Type of luck New Orleans has
Positive: we almost at 50 wins
Negative: this team and Willie are SOFT
Charmin Soft!!!
It's super frustrating to see us seeded at #4 and then dropping to the play-in.
Weak podcast. We need to be honest about our condition. An almost full healthy season of Zion and BI and we’re in the same situation as the previous years. We still can’t play half court offense in the fourth quarter as the previous years. Our players are doing things to improve their game but the constant is horrible coaching. Bad substitutions, unused challenges, bad time management, no offense identity, bad game plans according to match ups, no halftime adjustments, and neglecting the young players on rookie deals that need to be developed to replace older expensive veterans.
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Great observations
Exactly. Enough already.
One thing Jake is definitely right about is that losing will highlight this false narrative that we will be ok once BI comes back, not saying anything in relation to BI just saying this team as a whole has issues that should have been addressed at the trade deadline, management showed their stubbornness to make a move now we are here an really getting exposed by the good teams coming up on the end of the season. 0-21 in the clutch, that’s not just players, coaches are culpable as well.
Thank you 🎯👏
Love you jake! great show and thanks for the shoutout!
The best team green get out co
JHart and NAW way better than CJ and LNJ (and cheaper).
Josh Hart *maybe* , NAW hell no 😂
Jv not the PO
Willie and the coaching staff is a bigger liability than JV.
Zion is too limited. PERIOD!!!
JB is a concern for the off-season but it's still a good experience for the future. The biggest problem right now is experience because when it comes to close games they suck. They're not a surprise anymore people are coming for them now they could only learn from this.
I definitely think we need to get better at the center position, but we really also need better lineups from Willie. JV shouldn't be practically getting DNPs even if he isn't the long-term answer.
Coaching is the problem... Maybe the whole staff anda serious need at pg
There's value in anything if you look for it, but losing for the same reasons over and over is what's happening. No lessons are translating to the court. It feels like a coaching issue at this point.
Not using Jhawk is what has been my biggest WTF when we have seen at times that shooting is why we lost a game.. Orlando for example, that game Orlando shit their way into a win after being down and ramped up the defense.
Yeah gotta make something shake at the center position not sure who we can get but I’m big into n Jamarion Sharp out of ole miss if nothing else gives you shot blocking
The best ability is availability. Jonas has been available. More importantly his shot has been available. He doesn't go cold. Your three-point shooters, specifically Trey have gone cold. You need to upgrade your three-point shooting before you worry about your Center my opinion
Not many positives I can think of right now, but there are a lot of negatives comes to mind. And most of the negatives are coaching.
I like Dejounte Murray and Myles Turner for the squad. 🤔🤔
Positive - After a season of everyone playing together, Griffin/Langdon has a good idea of how the pieces fit or not. The center position is only one question the season highlighted. Stars coexisting may be good, but are they good enough to be top tier? How do you add/create toughness on a more consistent basis? How do you create more 3s when only one starter actively and consistently fights to shoot them and a coaching scheme that doesn't seem to achieve enough of them to be elite?
Two questions. Center and Point Guard.
We gotta make a move to get Jarret Allen. I would consider Dejonte Murray. I would have no problem moving Murphy, CJ and draft pics. We need to get a better pg. CJ is great but we need a point God.
Hello Jake. We have bad coaching. When they are healthy, they are 0-19 against 500 teams. 0-20 in 4th quarters. If the general is bad, the troops will be bad. Being in the military, a troop survival is on their commander or leader. Willie is not a general. He would be a good corporal in any army. Pels need a GM and total management, facts!
They are good on D, if your not watching the games
Hi Jake
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They better smash them Spurs...all these games count! 🏀🇬🇧
If only herb was 6” taller
willie green is the problem, teams build walls against z so we should counter that with HAWKINS and MATT RYAN two proven knock down shooters but yet they ride the bench
We blew so many games this year that we should have won. It is not our players.
If we could get KAT we would win a championship!
Off the ballmovement is terrible. Screening and p&r play is bad. Point zion could work but teamates arent cutting or moving to help zion. The cant just stand in the corners every play
Consider trading CJ, for point guard....
I would agree with this only if the player is an upgrade from CJ. If they can’t upgrade for a point guard type player there’s nothing wrong with demanding that bi and Zion just get better. Zion can add a lot to his passing game and offensive game in general that would make this team a whole lot better rn.
@@madisonbordenave4869facts
@@madisonbordenave4869 There is no way # 1 can get better at what he does as what he can do is already elite (though his handle is, indeed, weak)... The problem is he has a limited NBA Skillset and in five years has shown little desire to expand his game.
I agree
Every dayer! 🇵🇭🇵🇭
Imo if we continue to lose, we are cleaning house completely and that probably includes Zion and Ingram
It’s a good thing if we still make the playoffs, but if we continue the collapse, it can have major negative implications for the franchise moving forward.
Just have to play JV more get him to take more threes and start Murphy at the 4 CJ comes off the bench
I need to run plays for Trey Murphy
Willie uh be gone when the pels season over
Trey lost his trigga!
Look.. I think you are awesome Jake but this is copium….
A slide from 5-7 and possibly even further with the best player being injured AGAIN when we need him on the floor the most just sucks…
Im so damn tired of the mediocrity with the Pels and the bad luck. Like I don’t want another play in tournament. I don’t want to squeak by at 6 and lose in the 2nd round. we had a real shot at pushing for the conference finals this year… And I don’t think it’s there anymore.
What is best for the Pels is Zion to be healthy and get a real chance at a solid playoff run god damn.
I feel like a fool sometimes with this team. I bought the Zion 1s in the B/W color wave and still hoop in them every day. I got my herb jones jersey and there are things about this team that I love and am proud of.., just why does it always have to result in bullshit
We're missing the Playoffs! I'm calling it now. Something switched in Zion "AGAIN" starting with the Boston Celtics game. He looks disinterested, discombobulated, he's not cutting, just cut Zion, for the love of God please cut! CJ's got the ball He's telling you to cut and you're not going, you're just standing there!!! He's not helping on defense, he's not even trying to get a rebound (normal) not engaged AGAIN! Has he given up because he knows Brandon Ingram is not there, or is he just tired. I don't know, but I'm done and so is our season.
Every dayer comment
JV is an opposition layup drill waiting to happen, is absolutely horrendous as an offensive rebounder (iron hands) and his defender adds to the Wall vs. Zion. Gone
Zion, Larry, and Trey Murphy are all limited on offense in different ways. They all need to diversify. Zion is 1st team NBA with any kind of outside shot and about a 5-7% uptick in his slightly too flat arc at the line.
They don’t use their bench even if injured players are down, even with 3-point firepower ready to score points.
Watching Booker score 50+ three games in a row is a pathetic statement on an often clueless coaching staff….or a staff where the best ideas are being outranked by the ‘head’ coach. There is one game early in the season when Barrego sat in for WG which was like watching a junker turn into a race car. I have a feeling there is a power struggle there, and a huge discrepancy in in-game creativity.
This organization let Josh Hart get away and Jemison could really be helping at the 5 if they didn’t let him go.
They could still get to the finals, but need the full squad, a lot more bombs being launched from 3-land.m, and someone besides JV getting closer to 10 rebounds per game…don’t care who it is.
Too bad they could miss the top 6 seeding by one game …there are a few they just choked away.
Every dayer and nighter, hopeful, but not optimistic.
Every players is limited somewhere that where your TEAM is suppose to set your best players up for success you can only do so much with a subpar coach and bad roster construction we have this many wins off of talent we your best player is getting 10 eyes on him and nobody I mean nobody on this team gives you that kind of attention so you have to make shots or run plays to make it easier for everyone it’s simple some guys have to go and coaching gotta be better or he has to go too simple
Every dayer
Jose
Hawk
Herb
Trey
BI
Run n Gun
I would like to see CJ traded. He's playing with a young team and he is not providing veteran leadership on the floor especially since BI has been out. His points mean nothing, in my opinion because he doesn't play defense and he doesn't bring it against playoff teams. Finally, his poor shot selection is nothing more than turnovers. Donovan Mitchell would be perfect for the Pels. I would easily give up CJ, BI and JV for Mitchell and Jarret Allen
This team is hot garbage. Here are your 3 main problems.
1. Willie Green
2.larry nance
3. Dyson daniels
You need more reasons? How about zion started the season fat slow and out of breath. The first 30-40 games. How about ingram fragile as glass except when its time to play in europe. This team is garbage, has been garbage for years now.
We know what we need a center vet pg but I don't trust willie our dennis allen no backbone or accountability
You said deepest bench cmon son do you trust this organization?
He said we *aren't* the deepest lol.