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Keith Smith - Western Conference Summer League Notes
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:38 pm
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NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
On the draft night moves: “We loved Jeremiah (Fears) where we were drafting. We didn’t have a long-term player at point guard. We feel like Jeremiah is going to be that guy for us for years and years,” a Pelicans front office executive said. “As far as Derik goes, he was right there with Jeremiah for us. When we had the chance to trade for Derik, it wasn’t something we hesitated on for a second. We now have a floor leader and a versatile big man. That’s huge for our future.”
On trading for Jordan Poole and Saddiq Bey: “It’s no secret our team has had a lot of trouble staying healthy. We felt like we had to have more depth. That’s what this offseason was about. Some of it came with the guys we drafted. Then we signed Kevon (Looney) for depth up front. And getting Jordan is huge. He’s always out there. And all of our intel was really positive for his impact with a really young Wizards team. We’re excited to have him. Saddiq didn’t play last year, but he’s a player we’ve liked for a long time. Again, that’s about having more depth behind some guys who have missed a lot of time,” a Pelicans front office executive said.
On Yves Missi: “Things were pretty messy here (Las Vegas) for him. But we’ve got evidence of his succeeding in real NBA games. That means about a million times more than a couple of wonky Summer League games. Mostly, I’m excited that he owned the paint on defense. Yves got moved a little too easily last year. You can already see that won’t be the case this year,” a New Orleans coach said.
On Zion Williamson: “Zion is still our guy. If he wasn’t, we could have waived him for like nothing on the books. We could have reset everything. But we believe in Zion. He wants to make it work, and so do we. This partnership hasn’t even come close to reaching our best yet,” a Pelicans front office executive said.
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Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:05 pm to GOP_Tiger
From John Hollinger's Summer League notes in The Athletic:
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Antonio Reeves, New Orleans Pelicans: Reeves was waived from his guaranteed contract by New Orleans for reasons that aren’t entirely clear, but he was still on their summer roster. As only can happen with the Pelicans, he was also clearly their best player, posting a 23.0 PER in five games despite struggling in his usual specialty of 3-point shooting. Reeves made only 5 of 16 from 3 but was efficient everywhere else. He had only three turnovers for the summer and shot 17 of 17 from the line. Reeves, 24, has athletic limitations, but he also shot 39.5 percent from 3 in his rookie season and didn’t look overmatched in his minutes. He’s still two-way eligible, and I’m very interested to see where he lands.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:26 pm to GOP_Tiger
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Yves got moved a little too easily last year. You can already see that won’t be the case this year
Should have added "on defense, but on offense we are a little worried".
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We felt like we had to have more depth. That’s what this offseason was about. Some of it came with the guys we drafted. Then we signed Kevon (Looney) for depth up front. And getting Jordan is huge. He’s always out there. And all of our intel was really positive for his impact with a really young Wizards team.
But but we lost everything and added nothing??? What is this talk about "depth" we have NOTHING
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:57 pm to GOP_Tiger
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As only can happen with the Pelicans, he was also clearly their best player
Posted on 7/23/25 at 4:11 pm to Dantheman504
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But but we lost everything and added nothing??? What is this talk about "depth" we have NOTHING
What do you expect them to say?
"Sorry this off-season was a disaster; give us a few more years and hopefully we can fix our depth problems, shooting problems and add a few competent bigs. Let's just pray our draft pick doesn't end up being top 5 first, so we don't get run out of town before we get the chance."
Posted on 7/23/25 at 5:26 pm to RUFshreve
quote:the melt is going to be epic
Let's just pray our draft pick doesn't end up being top 5 first
Posted on 7/23/25 at 5:51 pm to RUFshreve
Crazy how some of you guys are rooting for the Pelicans to fail so you can say you’re right. Instead of rooting for them to win.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 3:23 am to RUFshreve
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What do you expect them to say? "Sorry this off-season was a disaster; give us a few more years and hopefully we can fix our depth problems, shooting problems and add a few competent bigs. Let's just pray our draft pick doesn't end up being top 5 first, so we don't get run out of town before we get the chance."
Nobody expects this to be said, but your message is why so many visit here to get a real dose of the life as a Pels fan. Sure, they’ll downvote and cuss you while knowing deep down you are right and the lackeys in the office are spinning bullshite.
This post was edited on 7/24/25 at 3:26 am
Posted on 7/24/25 at 8:41 am to Geauxldilocks
Shutup ya idiot.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 9:13 am to TigerBait2008
If the Pels go over .500 and the Saints win 1 game the site should just be purged of all these figs. We all know they'll just double down when they're wrong anyway.
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