The PELICANS are secretly the BEST IN THE NBA

The PELICANS are secretly the BEST IN THE NBA

Yo what’s good y’all it’s John O back from Top ball Central and in today’s video I’m going to going over why I think the Pelicans can surprise teams that actually contend so the Pelicans are currently fifth in the western conference right now with a record of 37 and

25 I personally think that they can truly compete because we’ve seen them beat some really good teams this uh throughout the season such as beating the Clippers four out of their last five games against the each other which is honestly just very impressive because they’re obviously one of the toughest

Teams in the whole Western Conference and even beat the Timberwolves the last two times in a row who are now first in the western conference right now and they’ve dominated some of their more recent matchups like the other day versus the Toronto Raptors they won that

Game by over 40 points and last month I think around this time they beat him by uh almost 40 as well which was the Toronto Raptors and obviously I know they’re not that you know impressive really to beat but in the way that the Pelicans did it was just really

Impressive honestly dominating teams like that by that much and I truly think that this team can contend and outplay the best of the best teams and the first really good thing about this team that we’ve seen so far is that Zion is finally healthy and on track the play

More games than he’s played in his career with that only being 61 games in his second year of his career and this season Zion has been averaging 22 a game and shooting 57.6% from the field which he’s having a decent overall year because this team really I mean isn’t you know about Zion

Now and has a ton of other pieces but now he does have some really good games uh like when he scored 36 points against the Timberwolves defense or even earlier into the season whenever he dropped 32 against the Clippers he’s just had some impressive performances this year but he

Has been inconsistent from night to night like some night uh I think one game he’ll score like 30 points I think he did and then the next night he dropped 14 but I’m just glad to see this man healthy uh you know so far the season and he’ll definitely help them in

Some you know in the playoffs if he does make it this year and now this team does have some great pieces around it in my opinion some secret weapons they have such as like Trey Murphy who has impacted this team in such a good way because he shows up in games to give

Them runs and put away teams like the other night he put up 34 points in just a matter of 29 minutes and hit 10 threes and what’s just impressive to watch all night is he was on five because it seemed like this man really couldn’t miss it you know he couldn’t

Miss at all all night and he’s had a bunch of other games where he stepped up like versus the New York Knicks he played great as well uh dropping 26 points which helped this team win by 20 plus a few games ago and I just feel

Like Trey’s impact uh to this team is very underrated and just impressive because he’s been a big factor to why they’re able to win like games against better teams and he’s able to give this team a spark and whenever he gets hot on the court he really just can’t be

Stopped because in that Raptor game he had shot 10 for 14 from three which is honestly insane but Murphy is just one of the role players and weapons that has helped this team be more successful this season but he’s their best shooter and has proven it and this guy is only 23

Years of age with a lot of time to go in his career on a very cheap contract as well but this guy is so underrated and one of the best weapons coming off of the bench in the NBA now moving on from Trey they also have a guy named herb

Jones who is one of the most underrated defenders in the league and he’s been a huge piece and deserves to be on the all defensive team this year for sure but herb is such a good on ball Defender and it’s just honestly crazy to watch

How good he is from that side of the ball like he has the ability to steal the ball steal the ball in passing lanes and make it look effortless as in a lot of plays he just grabs the ball out of midair and he’s and he’s able to poke

The ball away from some of the best guards in the league like Luca for example every time he guarded him he stole the ball off a pass and even blocked him as well but one thing I love about herbs game is his hustle on the

Court and if a team is on a going for a fast break uh point he will do his best to catch up with them and prevent it from happening often blocking them on a lot of attempts but herb is such a underrated player in the league and does

Provide them some offense as well as he’s had some pretty good games from that side of the floor like the last game they played against the Raptors he dropped 17 points and shot five from eight from three which is honestly just very impressive for her and he’s just

Had a good amount of really other solid Knights as well now in last year’s draft they got Jordan Hawkins with the 14th overall pick who I think was a great pick overall and has had a or he has a great future because he’s already uh had some really good games this year and

Showing a bit little bit of what he can do kind of at the start of the Season he dropped 31 points against the Denver Nuggets which was very impressive and had some other really good games as well I think like versus the Mavericks a few games later he had dropped 25 points and

Just his off ball movement is honestly really great and I believe he will be a great shooter in this league in the future soon now moving on over to CJ McCollum he’s having yet another good season putting up almost 19 points a game and has been pretty good as their

Starting guard and he’s been a great playmaker for this team his handles are great and he’s just a unpredictable playmaker with his move set and he’s just lethal whenever it comes to shooting like uh for example uh would be from his game versus the Jazz whenever

He dropped 33 points and shot N9 for 13 from downtown which was just honestly kind of crazy because he’s been a great piece for this team this year as well now moving on over we got Brandon Ingram who is having yet another good season averaging almost 255 and six a game while shooting

49.2% from the field he just continues to impress like the other game whenever he dropped 34 points against the Pacers who obviously don’t have a good defense and they’re one of the worst defenses in the NBA it was still very imp Rive because it helped them win by almost 30

Points in that game and he’s had some really good other performances as well and he’s just had a good overall year but this team is just truly very deep and just has some crazy secer weapons such as Trey uh Trey Murphy uh herb Jones and others but I just think the

Pelicans could Contin with a lot of teams because they’ve already proven it this season uh in multiple games but let me know Down Below in the comments how far do you guys think the Pelicans will make it in the playoffs whenever it starts and if y’all haven’t already make

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