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Bench Jonas, Start Jax
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:36 pm
Tired of watching 6’11 Jonas hunch over on defense and play small. At least Jax can run the floor and make some entertaining dunks that fires up the team
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Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:42 pm to PappaSwolio
It’s our year again?
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:43 pm to PappaSwolio
team sports are great. Jonas is the better player by most metrics but the team may still be better off with Jax
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:46 pm to PappaSwolio
I’m all for it.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:48 pm to MrJimBeam
I don’t know about benching Jonas for Hayes long term. But, I’m definitely riding with Hayes rest of this game while he’s hot.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:52 pm to PappaSwolio
How many times in 4 seasons have we fallen for the random good Jax game?
This post was edited on 3/8/23 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:52 pm to shel311
Against a team with no legit bigs? It’s almost like Willie should be changing his lineups based on the matchups.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 7:54 pm to shel311
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How many times in 4 seasons have we fallen for the random good Jax game
Better than JV. Fact. Can rebound better too. Additional Fact.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:08 pm to BigPerm30
quote:Normally we'd laugh and enjoy those 2 jokes but I'm worried that you actually believe both of those lines BigPerm
Better than JV. Fact. Can rebound better too. Additional Fact.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:17 pm to shel311
I’d rather resign Jax and ship Jonas out. Rotate Billy/Jax on matchups
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:36 pm to PappaSwolio
I'd rather let Jax walk and trade Jval.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 9:39 pm to PappaSwolio
Hayes should get the bulk of the post time here on out. He’s prone to head scratchers but is Pels only big that can move his feet. Additionally, he finishes offensively at a very good rate. Glad Coach Green reinserted him in the 4th. Naysayers will point out the inconsistencies but he was key in the 4th. thwarting Mavs raining threes from the perimeter.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 7:51 am to PappaSwolio
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ship Jonas and Jax out
Unless you plan to keep Hayes at the end of the bench on minimum salary, I think it's time for a reboot
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:09 am to PappaSwolio
I say start either depending on matchups....but Billy needs to never touch a fricking basketball for the city of New Orleans ever again. All that bitching he was doing about playing time....just to get chances and blow dunks at the rim and play bad defense.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:18 am to southsidedell
We play the Thunder and Blazers this weekend. Neither with a real center. Both very athletic. If you throw out Jonas to start, we are setting ourselves up to fail IMO.
But hey, maybe I’m jinxing things and Jonas will go for 40. Who knows.
But hey, maybe I’m jinxing things and Jonas will go for 40. Who knows.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:31 am to PELsu
Playing these teams w/o a real center we really need to force it to Jonas down low when he does play.
He has the advantage. We just don’t get him the ball in those spots enough. Also he needs to be more offensively aggressive.
He has the advantage. We just don’t get him the ball in those spots enough. Also he needs to be more offensively aggressive.
This post was edited on 3/9/23 at 8:33 am
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:46 am to aswemajor
Jval has had his fair share of struggles this season, no question.
But like you said, we also aren't using him to his strengths like we did last season nor do we trust him any more.
We need to move him this offseason.
But like you said, we also aren't using him to his strengths like we did last season nor do we trust him any more.
We need to move him this offseason.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:54 am to aswemajor
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Playing these teams w/o a real center we really need to force it to Jonas down low when he does play.
He has the advantage. We just don’t get him the ball in those spots enough. Also he needs to be more offensively aggressive.
The problem is that JV often starts dribbling, and then the other team doubles and gets the steal.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:59 am to PELsu
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We play the Thunder and Blazers this weekend
Against the Blazers Hayes is averaging 15/4/3/2 on 80% shooting and against the Thunder 7/3/1/0 on 73% shooting. He had one game where he played 2 minutes against the Thunder and recorded no stats factored into that, so really averaging 10.5/4.5/1.5 against them.
Jonas is averaging 7/11/1/0 against the Blazers on 51% shooting. Against the Thunder he's averaging 10.7/8.3/1/0 on 60%.
IMO Hayes loses some rebounding but provides more scoring over the next two games. He should be getting some run this weekend.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 9:01 am to GOP_Tiger
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The problem is that JV often starts dribbling, and then the other team doubles and gets the steal.
My high school basketball coach would drill into the big men's head that "when in the land of the giants don't bring the ball down to where the ankle biters live." Someone needs to preach this to Jonas. He almost always brings the ball down, both on entry passes or after rebounds, and it makes him more prone to getting it stolen or his shot blocked.
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