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Cousins is good enough with the ball to make you wonder if the Pelicans need a traditional point guard at all. They have outscored opponents by almost 19 points per 100 possessions -- insane -- when Holiday, Cousins, and Davis play without either of the Rajon Rondo/Jameer Nelson duo, per NBA.com. (The margin doesn't drop much when you slide Davis out, either.)

was about to start a thread on this subject. pretty insane. kind of makes you wonder...do we really need a traditional starting-caliber PG?

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Posted by ShamelessPel

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Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:42 am to Machine

There is a lot of really intriguing data surrounding this team that makes the puzzle complex. I'm hoping Hill eating up some Nelson/Clark/Dante minutes will solidify the rotation some.

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:45 am to Machine

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was about to start a thread on this subject. pretty insane. kind of makes you wonder...do we really need a traditional starting-caliber PG?

with the way Jrue is playing, no. We need a PG, just not a Rondo type PG. You need one that can play defense on either the opposing teams 1 or 2, and can either hit an open shot, or penetrate the lane.

What would be ideal is if this cat we drafted could actually play, and we could actually get minutes from him where all he's really being asked to do is play good defense and either hit an open shot or drive after one of AD/Cousins/Jrue creates for you. We see 2nd round guys give minutes to playoff teams all over the league. We on the other hand have only 2 guys on the roster that have been drafted in the last 5 years and neither play. A simply Fred VanVleet type production would do, not asking for Brogdon level.

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