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re: Zach Lowe on the Pelicans
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:45 am to Machine
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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Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:49 am to TeddyPadillac
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with the way Jrue is playing, no. We need a PG, just not a Rondo type PG.
We will see later in the season if Rondo has that second gear that many of us expect he does. I think Gentry has done a good job of figuring out how to use this version of Rondo. He's not playing particularly well, but he does take some burden off Cousins/Holiday and allow them to save their legs some. Not using him much in the second half and letting him chew up some time at the beginning of the game.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:55 am to TeddyPadillac
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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
Which is hard to find even with cap space and trade assets. I’ve been on the thought process lately of finding a way to trade for an injured Pat Beverly (they are saying he could be back come playoff time). He plays with intensity & fire, solid defender, and can hit open shots.
My dream is Pat & Lou Williams (oh and Ersan Ilyasova). But it’s called a dream for a reason.
This post was edited on 1/23/18 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:55 am to TeddyPadillac
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We need a PG, just not a Rondo type PG.
Jrue/Moore/Hill/AD/DC was a +16.4 NetRtg last year. That was before the stuff Finch installed and the team finally seems comfortable with where open shots are easy to generate as long as everybody moves.
There's still the problem of crunch time though. The Pels don't have anyone reliable to create their own shot or for others when the opposing defense is really trying. Boogie is as close as it gets, and a lot of the moves we saw him pull off against Memphis and Chicago are the same moves that have lead to turnovers against other teams sending multiple defenders at him. It doesn't even have to be a starter either, a 6th man like they always hoped Tyreke could be would be enough.
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