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re: How does Willie justify dropping Hawk from the rotation?
Posted on 12/13/23 at 5:13 pm to TigerinATL
Posted on 12/13/23 at 5:13 pm to TigerinATL
I guess my argument to that would be I would want to play my best players regardless. I get it winning is more important than development at this stage for the pelicans but I would argue do we NEED to play Naji or even Jose that many minutes? I mean isn’t Naji kind of redundant with guys like Herb and Dyson? A more confident Hawkins integrated into this offense to me might be better than random Naji minutes. This isnt a knock on Naji( been really solid).
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 5:19 pm to Pels_Yaz
Jose and Naji isn't even playing all that much. And Jose doesn't even affect Hawkins minutes since they don't play the same positions.
Naji gives us switchability which is probably why he's always going to get minutes however little it may be.
In the last game, Willie showed me something with Dyson and Trey. They are the one who's going to be battling for minutes.
Naji gives us switchability which is probably why he's always going to get minutes however little it may be.
In the last game, Willie showed me something with Dyson and Trey. They are the one who's going to be battling for minutes.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 5:22 pm to Pels_Yaz
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I would argue do we NEED to play Naji or even Jose that many minutes?
Naji is an interesting case because I know where you're coming from BUT, he's been absurdly hot from 3 and is shooting 42.5% this season, many of which have been very timely shots within the flow of the game. AD also made a comment the other night that Naji was coming in first off the bench to kind of be a Zion lite (no fat joke intended) as a physical attacker.
Jose is just a winning player, and he is shooting 39.4% from 3 this season.
Normally you could even make an argument that they aren't volume shooters so the % doesn't matter, BUT, Jose is averaging 7.2 3PAs per 36 minutes. Naji is at 4.8 which is on the wrong side of the volume 3 point shooter threshold. You need to be about 6-7 3PA per 36 to have a volume the defense will care about. For comparison Hawkins is averaging 9.2 per 36, which is fantastic, but the way Jose and Naji are playing so far this season, they aren't the hole in the offense you would expect them to be based on the rest of their career.
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