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#1 Defensive Rating Since the IST

Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:26 am
Posted by GOP_Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
20730 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:26 am
From a Will Guillory article today:

quote:

Since the end of the In-Season Tournament, New Orleans leads the NBA in defensive rating (108.3 points allowed per 100 possessions) while ranking first in opponent field goal percentage (44.5)
Posted by PrayingMantis
Member since Jul 2013
1295 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:47 am to
I know Willie gets a lot of hate but he deserves his flowers for this.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
67567 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:03 pm to
Flowers
and a box of candy.
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
31066 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

know Willie gets a lot of hate but he deserves his flowers for this.


Somehow he got BI and Z to buy in on the defensive side. Mad props
Posted by supe12sta12z
Tiger Town
Member since Apr 2012
12940 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:31 pm to
I'll say this. Green currently has a lifetime record of 101-101 today and will more than likely have a winning percentage after the season with steady growth from year to year.

We give him a lot of flack due to our impatience and poor luck with this franchise but at the end of the day, he's getting results with steady progression and development from the team.

If he was hired in 2019 instead of 2021, I think we would have been a lot more patient with him.

Posted by Terrific Tales
Member since Jan 2019
19919 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:20 pm to
Let’s go further back shall we?

For the last 28 games the Pelicans are:

1st in NET
1st in Defense
5th in Offense
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
73964 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:26 pm to
quote:

Somehow he got BI and Z to buy in on the defensive side. Mad props


Chuck, Shaq and the national media got Zion to buy in

BI hasn’t been he best defender but I feel his heart was in it at least
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128040 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:27 pm to
Zion actually trying on defense is a game changer for us.
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
5571 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:30 pm to
quote:

Chuck, Shaq and the national media got Zion to buy in


It kind of makes me wish the team pushed Zion to play in last year’s play-in game.

The IST final was a real embarrassment for Zion. 39 year old Lebron was running wind sprints around him, and just humiliated him.

I wonder what the offseason might have looked like if a similar event played out last season in the play in game elimination. Sometimes, things need to be laid bare and not covered up.
Posted by Pistol44
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2019
2298 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 8:41 pm to
quote:

I know Willie gets a lot of hate but he deserves his flowers for this.


For sure
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