re: Great Perspective from Paul Flannery

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when we need smart decisions to be made in crunch time, Tyreke isn't the guy you want guiding the team. He's the guy you want ramming the ball down the other team's throat the rest of game so they are tired in crunch time.

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100% agree.

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Tyreke killed the offensive flow in the 4th when he came back in for Jrue, and Gordon was cold all game. Within 2 plays of Jrue going out I wanted him back in. To me that is where the game was lost. Sure there are plenty of problems to point out, but we've seen it all year, when we need smart decisions to be made in crunch time, Tyreke isn't the guy you want guiding the team. He's the guy you want ramming the ball down the other team's throat the rest of game so they are tired in crunch time.

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1000% AGREED

Up 20 to start the 4rd quarter the Pels answered every GS run through the first 6 minutes of the 4th mostly due to the hot shooting of Anderson. With about 5:30 left and up 15 and the ball after Anderson had hit 2/3 fade away jumpers from the corner consecutively, what do we do? Everybody that had been watching the flow of the game to that point would think run some clock and try to get the ball to Anderson again in isolation. Insert the turning point in the game in my opinion. Tyreke Evans with the ball at the top of the key relatively early in the shot clock drives to the basket in a clogged lane wildly like he is possessed in the movie Poltergeist and throws up a desperate shot that is blocked by Thompson. Curry comes down hits 2 FTs and Evans comes down the next possession AND turns the ball over. Evans equals LOW Basketball IQ and the opposite of what is defined as HERO BALL....

I really would like to see if the Pelicans could move Evans and Asik (seems unlikely because who wants this 7' no talent) in the offseason. Asik is due 12 million next year which seem like grand theft. I'm still baffled that we gave up a #1 for him. I'm hoping I read the terms of the trade correct and we get to keep this year 1st round pick because it is protected if it falls 1-3 or 20-30 and based on our record we would draft 18th. Those terms carry out to 2019 which if the Pelicans pick doesn't fall 4-19 in the 1st round, the Rockets would eventually get their 2020 2nd round pick. Whoever made the Asik trade should be fired PERIOD!!