re: Zion out, BI questionable tonight vs. Pistons

Im not hating on Zion but for that specific game I thought Jonas offensively and even defensively was playing better. We won so it doesn’t matter but just what I was observing.

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damn you sound like you’re blowing him

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Maybe not some dumbass who thinks his job is equivalent to a professional athlete. I guess you also wonder why your employer does not pay you $30 million a year for what you do either?

“If a team violates any of the above rules, it is subject to a fine of $100,000 for the first violation, $250,000 for the second violation and $1.25 million for a third violation. A team will be fined $1 million more than its previous penalty for any violations beyond the third.”

- I highly doubt Gayle wants to be throwing away money.

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Im not hating on Zion but for that specific game I thought Jonas offensively and even defensively was playing better. We won so it doesn’t matter but just what I was observing.

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Granted we won, but I knew it was going to be an annoying night almost immediately when we didn't post up Jval every single possession to start the game when he had Chet on him. It would have been virtually unstoppable for Val to score or set up a wide open 3 and we never even tried to go to it.

CJ is actully my fav player on the Pelicans now. Even when he is a ball terrorist.

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quote:Zion was such a liability last night I don’t even care. He nearly had a triple double

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He was -7 with no other starter less than +8. He scored 20 points on 20 shots, and he got ten rebounds because the Pelicans shot 30% from the field and OKC 40%. And they don’t have a true center on their roster.

He didn’t even try, probably ten different times he didn’t get back on defense at all. Much less the times he was back and just didn’t stay with his guy. He was terrible, and I can’t believe people aren’t splicing these films and ripping him a new one nationally yet. It was disgusting and it almost cost us the game.

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He was -7 with no other starter less than +8. He scored 20 points on 20 shots, and he got ten rebounds because the Pelicans shot 30% from the field and OKC 40%. And they don’t have a true center on their roster.

He didn’t even try, probably ten different times he didn’t get back on defense at all. Much less the times he was back and just didn’t stay with his guy. He was terrible, and I can’t believe people aren’t splicing these films and ripping him a new one nationally yet. It was disgusting and it almost cost us the game.

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Without the attention Zion was drawing, CJ does not get the looks he gets.

To be fair he was getting those looks with Jonas in the ball game too.

We took a double digit lead in the second half with Zion on the bench behind Jonas and CJ. The second Zion came back in, that’s when OKC came back.

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physical beating he does and would miss multiple days of work with a hamstring or soft tissue injury

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Crazy thought, he could actually play so his hamstring stays loose instead of not doing anything and not stretching (by his own admission) so he could help avoid hamstring injuries.