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Lowe commentary about the Pels….
Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:01 am
Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:01 am
Nothing revolutionary, but he touches on what has been discussed here.
7. The New Orleans Pelicans melting down in crunch time
On the other end of those two stirring Memphis comebacks: the Pelicans, now 6-8 in games in which the score was within five points in the final five minutes, with the third-worst offensive rating in those games.
The Pels are 7-of-25 from deep in clutch situations. They have 24 turnovers in 55 clutch minutes, including some inexplicable gaffes -- botched inbounds passes, fumbled handoffs, dropped balls.
But it's the overall stagnation that stands out amid New Orleans' crunch-time impotence. They wait too long to get into any action, and too many of their key players spend the full shot clock standing around.
Zion Williamson and Jonas Valanciunas do nothing the entire possession. CJ McCollum does nothing between his token entry pass and serving as a one-on-one bailout.
This is a collision of bad shooting luck and lack of reps, compatibility and perhaps even trust -- or at least a clear conception of the hierarchy on offense. In the scheme of things, Williamson, Ingram and McCollum have not played much together. Their skill sets are not so naturally compatible -- at least not within this roster -- so building chemistry will take time.
That process gets harder if three of the crunch-time five are non-threats from deep, as when Williamson, Valanciunas and Herbert Jones play together.
One note on that stalled possession: Trey Murphy III was on the floor over Jones. Earlier in that fourth quarter, New Orleans used Murphy in a super-sized lineup without a traditional guard -- Murphy, Ingram, Jones, Williamson and Valanciunas. Murphy played the entire overtime. He played most of the 4th quarter in New Orleans' clutch win over the Utah Jazz Thursday night.
The early results are scattershot, but it is healthy for coach Willie Green to try more lineups with Murphy over one (current) starter. He just has to play more. He brings too much of what the team needs on both ends.
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7. The New Orleans Pelicans melting down in crunch time
On the other end of those two stirring Memphis comebacks: the Pelicans, now 6-8 in games in which the score was within five points in the final five minutes, with the third-worst offensive rating in those games.
The Pels are 7-of-25 from deep in clutch situations. They have 24 turnovers in 55 clutch minutes, including some inexplicable gaffes -- botched inbounds passes, fumbled handoffs, dropped balls.
But it's the overall stagnation that stands out amid New Orleans' crunch-time impotence. They wait too long to get into any action, and too many of their key players spend the full shot clock standing around.
Zion Williamson and Jonas Valanciunas do nothing the entire possession. CJ McCollum does nothing between his token entry pass and serving as a one-on-one bailout.
This is a collision of bad shooting luck and lack of reps, compatibility and perhaps even trust -- or at least a clear conception of the hierarchy on offense. In the scheme of things, Williamson, Ingram and McCollum have not played much together. Their skill sets are not so naturally compatible -- at least not within this roster -- so building chemistry will take time.
That process gets harder if three of the crunch-time five are non-threats from deep, as when Williamson, Valanciunas and Herbert Jones play together.
One note on that stalled possession: Trey Murphy III was on the floor over Jones. Earlier in that fourth quarter, New Orleans used Murphy in a super-sized lineup without a traditional guard -- Murphy, Ingram, Jones, Williamson and Valanciunas. Murphy played the entire overtime. He played most of the 4th quarter in New Orleans' clutch win over the Utah Jazz Thursday night.
The early results are scattershot, but it is healthy for coach Willie Green to try more lineups with Murphy over one (current) starter. He just has to play more. He brings too much of what the team needs on both ends.
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This post was edited on 12/29/23 at 11:02 am
Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:14 am to elveaux
quote:Someone send this to Willie!
But it's the overall stagnation that stands out amid New Orleans' crunch-time impotence. They wait too long to get into any action, and too many of their key players spend the full shot clock standing around.
Or did Willie see it, and that's why he made changes last night?
It's just so weird that every single person can see this and have a good idea of how to change things except for the 1 guy in charge of changing it.
Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:53 am to elveaux
I hate that it always comes down to Murphy vs Jones over who should play. I like them playing together. They just compliment each other so well. Of course that puts at least one of our big 3 on the bench..
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:48 pm to elveaux
All of that indicates an issue with coaching and not players.
Also if we could swap BI out for someone like Lauri and move Trey into BI spot it would be interesting.
I would be real interested in seeing a lineup like
CJ
Herb
Trey
Zion
Lauri
I like BI a bunch, but he is about to need a gigantic contract. BI and Zion also need the ball more in their hands. We really only need one truly alpha iso guy and then the next guys can be a little bit weaker iso players.
While Zion and BI are not Lebron and DWade. This is kind of a similar issue where two guys can not be the primary ball handler at the same time. The other player playing off ball reduces their effectiveness.
Also if we could swap BI out for someone like Lauri and move Trey into BI spot it would be interesting.
I would be real interested in seeing a lineup like
CJ
Herb
Trey
Zion
Lauri
I like BI a bunch, but he is about to need a gigantic contract. BI and Zion also need the ball more in their hands. We really only need one truly alpha iso guy and then the next guys can be a little bit weaker iso players.
While Zion and BI are not Lebron and DWade. This is kind of a similar issue where two guys can not be the primary ball handler at the same time. The other player playing off ball reduces their effectiveness.
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:33 pm to elveaux
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Zion Williamson and Jonas Valanciunas do nothing the entire possession. CJ McCollum does nothing between his token entry pass and serving as a one-on-one bailout.
Unfortunately this is absolutely the case. The lack of movement is hard to believe. Then you get people on here acting like BI is reverting to “iso ball” during those times . Exactly who is he supposed to throw it to? He gets the ball and everyone stands still. Willie has Zion in the freaking corner watching, which is coaching malpractice. It’s hard to understand how this had to happen more than once for Willie to adjust.
Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:02 pm to elveaux
Trey has to be in the closing lineup
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