re: Pelicans 109 VS Kobe Bryant 102 / Final / Official Game Thread

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AD doesn't get nearly enough touches that he should because he's mostly running with Jrue, Evans and, to a lesser extent, Gordon

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First, to the logjam/imbalance. Turn Gordon into a 3 and D SF, start but stagger Tyreke so he plays more minutes with the 2nd unit and Ryan Anderson (those 2 make each other better) and you solve most of the roster flaws.

As for Jrue and AD not mixing, I don't think it's as bad as you're saying. AD is leading the team in shots with 18.0 per game which puts him 9th in the league above guys like James Harden (17.8) and Kyrie Irving (17.3) and within spitting distance of LeBron, Steph Curry and LaMarus Aldridge, all who are between 18.3 and 18.7 FGA. LINK

I think there's a role/scheme issue. One of the maddening things about Holiday is that when he goes to the basket he seems to get there with relative ease, he just doesn't attack that often. He also has a killer off the dribble mid range jumper. From a skill set standpoint we should be running Jrue/AD pick and rolls pretty much every play. Do you stay home on AD or give Jrue an easy jump shot?

The only players I think should be untouchable unless we're really winning a trade are AD/Asik/Anderson The other parts can be replaced, but I don't think they are inherently bad fits either.