re: Pelicans 98 Vs Rockets 107 / Final / Game Thread / Bama Refs

Your record proves my point. You and a lot of posters here act like the spacing he provides is the best thing this team has going. You're a .500 team until you get a center. Playing Anderson at the 3 isn't going to give you the spacing that you value so much. That happens when he's at the 4 - which happens to be the position your franchise player plays. Anderson is a really good shooter but as long as Davis is your cornerstone, he's not a good fit unless you want to give him 20 minutes a game. You'll continue to be a fun team to watch that isn't a serious threat. Anderson needs to be next to a dominant center to maximize his true value. Davis needs someone to body up those big centers.

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Your record proves my point. You and a lot of posters here act like the spacing he provides is the best thing this team has going. You're a .500 team until you get a center. Playing Anderson at the 3 isn't going to give you the spacing that you value so much. That happens when he's at the 4 - which happens to be the position your franchise player plays. Anderson is a really good shooter but as long as Davis is your cornerstone, he's not a good fit unless you want to give him 20 minutes a game. You'll continue to be a fun team to watch that isn't a serious threat. Anderson needs to be next to a dominant center to maximize his true value. Davis needs someone to body up those big centers.

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I tend to agree, but that doesn't mean Anderson can't play the 4 at all. He and Davis should be the only players that get minutes at the 4.

There are 96 minutes in a game at the 4 and 5. Anderson should be played like we play Morrow now, but he actually works. Davis can play 35 minutes a game, Anderson can play 30 (2 minutes at SF), and a big, defensive, rebounding C can play 33 a game and we'd be rolling. Ryno does more than Smith. Monty's rotation with these scrubs isn't helping anyone.

Anderson is a great 6th man in the rotation. Portland and Miami and Houston all played a 9 man rotation tonight, while the pels played an 11 man rotation. Getting it down to a solid 9 needs to be a priority. The pels are spending time developing player this year, i guess, and trying to find who's worth keeping around.

I don't think Smith, Aminu, or EG are fits if we're committed to Jrue, Reke, Ryno, and AD. Need to turn those misfits into fits.

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Seems every fan base thinks they have a better understanding Anderson than New Orleans. Literally every postgame wrap up I read has to point out how much better Anderson would look on their squad.

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Well y'all have a perennial all-star PF who isn't a center. Anderson plays the same position. Put him at SF and his value goes down a bit because the spacing that some of these tards covet so much isn't as big of a factor as it is when a PF is drawing a big away from the basket.

I'm not saying he needs to go to Houston. I love what T-Jones brings to the table and he will only get better. Just seems to me that Anderson and Davis don't fit that well together.