With just 23 games left in the regular season for the New Orleans Pelicans it is time for them to figure everything out. Jake Madison takes a look at the 3 biggest questions the Pels need to answer. Is the offense good enough even with Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram? Will Willie Green figure out his rotations? How much of the Pels being healthy do we need to see?
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What concerns you the most about the Pelicans?
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I see a lot of fans blaming willie for the teams recent struggles. I know they were mostly due to injuries but is there any truth to the idea that willie is even partially responsible, if so what does he need to do to fix this.
Just get #1 back and we good
We also need to hunt mismatches better
is chris boucher or naz reid worth chasing as our starting center if we traded jonas?
teams got better so them numbers dont matter …
We played good against the old teams. In order for us to win Zion and Ingram needs to be more selfish
I'm excited but nervous about the rest of the season. 40 and 16 point quarters, sometimes in the same game.. Has made me that way. Geaux Pelicans.
Imagine having two skilled offensive big men and you play 'em like they're bums. All too often it's decisions like these that make me side eye WG
How much do the Pelicans net annually from revenue? I would think that goes a long way in answering the luxury tax question.
Willie Green and the players have to do a better job recognizing the hot hand. There have been times Tre would hit 2-3 threes in a row and won’t get the ball again that period. It’s so frustrating. Tre gets taken out a lot, if we can tough it out w/C.J. when he was in a slump, why can’t we do that with Trè? What would be your 1st, 2nd & 3rd rotations?
Hope to see Zion back before the end of the season.
One thing that concerns me greatly is seeing non-shooters like Herb setting up for corner 3's and long distance shots. He can drive the hoop fairly well. So why not set him up with a shooter as a pic man like LA did against us in the last game? He could even score on an occasional pick and roll and not put up bricks from the outside that turn the ball over.
That shirt is dope bro!
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no i cant trust cj and ingram
keep waiting for Zion
I am so glad we are under the tax- I didn't sleep last night worrying about Benson's money
Let's go
They need to start larry with jv to help with paint protection…bc without zion scoring will be harder but also without zion on defense that's one less big body downlow to help on the boards and it shows when we play teams with solid bigs if we lose scoring at least try to fix the defense
I like Z
How does Zion get points—- in the paint
time to slash to the basket get the point or get the foul plus always hands up.
attack slow game down.
I think Richardson will help tremendously!
I think we look at what we’ve seen. BI, just takes 4-6 games to get his legs under him.. watch what he does… I get it….when Z was out there for that stretch when we got to #1 there was more space….. Z goes down things changed quick guys shots changed instantly gaps closed and shots became more contested as well as driving lanes… Bi comes back and works his way out of this constant pain…. Which I’m sure he’s still in… going to take some time… I even took my first break in 2 yrs because I knew it wasn’t going to be good I came back the game before we finally won. I think we are good, JR is already making an impact that break will be good for us and we will get
Rolling again…. What I’m lost is… how in 10 games the JV trade talk has just gotten out of hand?? I mean I didn’t really watch that losing streak but everything pre injury and lost Yr I think we know what JV is and if anything I thought we all agreed maybe 6 teams give JV awful trouble and that’s why we needed one more rim protector…. Idk but glad we are back let’s make this run!! Stay healthy, #FlockUp
I think we look at what we’ve seen. BI, just takes 4-6 games to get his legs under him.. watch what he does… I get it….when Z was out there for that stretch when we got to #1 there was more space….. Z goes down things changed quick guys shots changed instantly gaps closed and shots became more contested as well as driving lanes… Bi comes back and works his way out of this constant pain…. Which I’m sure he’s still in… going to take some time… I even took my first break in 2 yrs because I knew it wasn’t going to be good I came back the game before we finally won. I think we are good, JR is already making an impact that break will be good for us and we will get
Rolling again…. What I’m lost is… how in 10 games the JV trade talk has just gotten out of hand?? I mean I didn’t really watch that losing streak but everything pre injury and lost Yr I think we know what JV is and if anything I thought we all agreed maybe 6 teams give JV awful trouble and that’s why we needed one more rim protector…. Idk but glad we are back let’s make this run!! Stay healthy, #FlockUp
Thanks Jake! I'm still concerned about our shooting, but don't see any reason why we shouldn't go 23-0 and recapture the 1 seed.
It’s crazy people are starting to be more excited about the pelicans season than the saints
the ball is moving too much.. we need more selfishness from Ingram & CJ because Herb and supporting cast struggle scoring!!!
if you’re not going to feed Jonas the ball down low, just keep him on the perimeter at this point. and we need Trey to be more consistent. We struggle even more when he’s off. We don’t have many other options
I think itll get jonas back into it when we get dyson back hes the only one that can make consistent post entry passes
We basically have a good idea of how the team looks with Zion and no BI and with BI and no Zion. Hope someday we can get an extended period where we see what the team looks like with both of them together. Hard to make a judgement without seeing them together for a bit.
The offense definitely needs to be reevaluated by Willie. First CJ should never bring the ball down. He is too selfish with the ball and he doesn’t look to pass first off of the space he creates. He also isn’t particularly great at getting the team into their sets, particularly in important moments. There are way too many simple reads that he over complicates, and the defender catches him for an easy turnover. It should always be Ingram, Jose, and Herb taking that task until Zion returns. Next if Willie refuses to have CJ take a back door, which he almost certainly will do then Willie must beat into CJ’s head that he needs to look for Jonas in mismatches instead of his own shot. CJ should never take more shots than Ingram as well. Finally Jose needs to be playing 25-30 minutes a game. We are past the point where it’s any longer acceptable to play him fewer than 18 minutes a night. It’s disrespectful to the team at this point that arguably your second or third most impactful player is playing 8th or 9th man minutes.
The main thing that I am hoping for is to have a better record than the Lakers.
I'm finally here during a game! Where are we watching tonight, Jake?
Hi Jake , Health
Jake , great show ! The Pels problem is poor 3 point shooters ! Griff trying to skate by with these bad shooters ! Even when Z comes back , he will be doubled and then he will pass it out and most likley the shot will be bricked !