The New Orleans Pelicans were completely cooked by the Miami Heat in a 124-98 loss. Jake Madison looks at what happened to the Pels offense without Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram and offers two adjustments the Pelicans can make to score more points.
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40 Comments
Is it time for the Pelicans to try guys like Kira Lewis Jr more?
I feel like if it wasn't for Kira Injury he would be better than Jose and Graham if he not already is
My team everyday
You left early
They don’t have enough scoring off the bench! Who is our six man?
I don’t see it getting better from here
Coach needs help with his rotations!
These small lineups needs to stop!
Jaxson needs to start at pf while z is out and stop all this nance jr center line up we are becoming predictable.
Aside from the obvious i.e, better defense, we need a couple of consistent three point shooters on our bench.
Imagine a world where Jordan Clarkson and Devonte Graham getting paid almost the same salary.
not enough fire power then we should improve defense…
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Here's a tweak: trade Brandon Ingram. This team could quickly be headed in the direction of the Suns, and he apparently doesn't give a ****.
trade
Jones , seaborne,Liddel temple keep the rest
if Ingram doesn't make after all-star game trade him too
Just hoping this B.I thing is not for the season or an issue of him not wanting to be here as ESPN will soon be all over this if it is. Here's to the long game and hoping for a healthy push after the all-star break 🤞🏀🇬🇧
We need some fire power off of the bench but we actually do they all playing as starters. We just need to play Lewis jr. we need that downhill PG. I’m really just ready to hear some good news on BI. We need to tweak the rotation a little put Lewis jr next to CJ someone to go downhill and attack the paint. We may need to make trade of the guys at the back side of the bench and get a quality reserve.
no trade let keep our draft picks
So you say there’s no real answers, but we don’t need a trade. Make it make sense. Jaxson and DG are 🗑. We have injury prone players, a 4th Star is needed
It's frustrating to watch other players on the apposeing teams hitting wide open 3s and Murphy missing those same kind of shot if a defender is on him he will get rid of the ball because he can't get his on shot. His defense sucks time to put him on the end of the bench. Start Jaxson in his place at least he gives you better D and more rebounds
I hate to say this but with this lineup we will be lucky to be the 10th seed. Praying for the return of number z,bi and herb to get well soon. We need to make a trade or 2 to get more scoring. God bless.
NO IT'S TIME TO GROW SOME BALLS AND PLAY DEFENSE AND STOP GIVING GAMES AWAY
Graham needs to sit. This was a tough game to watch. Miami got everything they wanted.
BOSTON LOSS= CAVS=LOSS= HEAT=LOSS were not a great team maybe on paper
Mark my words there’s just certain rookies with an unteachable iq for the game and Dyson is one of them. He’s a sponge and he’s going to be a very valuable ball handler for our offense some day. Just be patient, the kids only 19, one day he will dissect defenses when we run plays through him
thanks Jake
Need Bojan trade to happen asap
We need to try something because what happened last night just ain't it! I don' t think a big trade piece is the answer, but we need to dig into the bench and make some adjustments. Billy needs to be the #2 big and not Jax. Bring Jax in every 3rd/4th game or so, because he's shown us that he's only effective in spurts.
Larry Nance Jr. Is normally fair shooter but since he hurt is neck he has not been the same. I don't think that he is 100 percent.
Some of you guys are spoiled. The pels are still in the top 5 in offense and in the top 10 in defense (due to lack of starters). Also the Pels lose to quality teams. You guys really expect the Pels bench to beat good quality teams when they are full strength? Geez. Our bench can outscore any bench in the league on any giving day. We have a good, young, and talented team with future draft picks. BE PATIENT! Before the season had started, very few people didn't expect this team to be in the top 3 seed in the Western Conference. Once we get full strength, we "should" climb up the ladder again. If not, then we have a problem. Don't fix something. that's not broken. Jake mentioned before, we will go through some tough times. #GeauxPels
well just like players, the whole team are in a shooting slump right now. without BI and Zion, this team is starting to show their youth. these young guys need to work on their shot creation and attack the rim with strength. not to single Trey out but he still have a LOT of work on his attacking the rim. far to many time when he attack the rim and get stomp and not knowing what to do with the ball. he need to see that if hes stop then work on that mid range and just shoot it over his defender..he has the height to just shoot it over the top of people like BI and Kevin Durant so just pull up and shoot it if he get stopped in the paint.
I know it won't be easy with the upcoming schedule and lack of practice but Coaching staff needs to try to tweak the offense to better suit the available players. More motion and usage of off ball screens/high post bigs. Just something different.
We should trade for Devonte and filler For Eric Gordon
Coach green got a master class in coaching. The Heat respected the Pels and started Trapping Jose, zone defense, and took it to them. The coaching staff better review their weaknesses
Jake!!! Can you ask coach green what is Kira not doing to get more playing time??
We should get Fred from the raptors, imagine Fred CJ Zion Ingram and Jonas starting 5. We could be championship contenders 😮. I would give up a package of Dyson and Herb/Murphy + fillers + 2023 pick max …
I think that trey should shoot the mid range shot more .
Jake , Pels players passing up shots because they are not good shooters ! No confidence in their ability. Trey needs work on his handles.He is to inconsistent !
I understand that we need to make some tweaks to the offense, but if you give up 70 points in the first half, you aren't going to win many games. I love JV, but he is a liability against a good big. Jokic, Sabonis, Wood, the bigs on the Jazz, Ayton, can and will give JV issues.
I agree we need to take more 3s, but we don't have the players who can knock down 3s consistently. This is where we need to make a small trade. We need a 3 and D player, and we need another stretch big who is better defensively than JV.