re: Pelicans have the best coach in the league

Pels are 6-6 vs the top 4 in the West this year.

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Well they’re basically getting paid like one

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We have the 11th highest Salary in the NBA and we have the 9th best record in the NBA.

I'd say we're outperforming our Salary right now.

I said nothing that suggested a bottom feeder. I just suggested this isn’t necessarily a championship roster.

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middle of the run playoff team.

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We’ve never made the conference finals so I don’t get the complaint, we should be happy if we win 1 playoff series.

Also, Zion hasn’t played in the playoffs, how do you know we’re a middle of the road playoff team? We have one the best point differentials in the nba and also the sixth best record against winning teams.

It would be nice if our “fans” waited until the season ended before making blanket statements like you did.

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Because franky the fanbase is happy being a middle of the run playoff team

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You have no idea if this is true, you just sound like you’re projecting. Nobody is happy with losing early in the playoffs every year. But there’s a difference between being realistic and unrealistic. Nothing wrong with being satisfied with losing a hard fought series in the 2nd round to the nuggets this year. Pels actually winning consistently year to year is a huge accomplishment and never has been done here before. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying that. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to win titles, it just means I’m being realistic and don’t want to fire the coach or blow up the roster if we don’t make the conference finals this year.

I remember literally people saying the exact same thing when the saints hired Sean Payton. “Benson won’t spend enough to get us over the hump, management is OK with being good not great”. Yet we won the Super Bowl a couple years later because we continued to build up the roster and didn’t over react to a disappointing loss or season.

Pels are doing the same. We’re on pace to have a top 5 season since they moved to New Orleans. Try to enjoy it instead of projecting whatever insecurities you have.

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You have no idea if this is true, you just sound like you’re projecting. Nobody is happy with losing early in the playoffs every year. But there’s a difference between being realistic and unrealistic. Nothing wrong with being satisfied with losing a hard fought series in the 2nd round to the nuggets this year. Pels actually winning consistently year to year is a huge accomplishment and never has been done here before. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying that. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to win titles, it just means I’m being realistic and don’t want to fire the coach or blow up the roster if we don’t make the conference finals this year. I remember literally people saying the exact same thing when the saints hired Sean Payton. “Benson won’t spend enough to get us over the hump, management is OK with being good not great”. Yet we won the Super Bowl a couple years later because we continued to build up the roster and didn’t over react to a disappointing loss or season. Pels are doing the same. We’re on pace to have a top 5 season since they moved to New Orleans. Try to enjoy it instead of projecting whatever insecurities you have.

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This has nothing to do with the Saints and comparing the two is nonsensical. But thats the problem, pelicans in fans views will always be second to the Saints- its why fans expectations of this organization are a lot lower.

Do you think this is NBA title contending team? If you think it is you don’t watch basketball. This is a typical response from a NFL fan who thinks anything can happen once you get into the NBA playoffs. This isn’t the NFL and unless you think this team is a title contender- then yes this is a middle of the road NBA playoff team. The fact you think there is nothing wrong with enjoying that completely proves my point of the low expectations people have of this franchise.

Having high expectations isn’t projecting insecurities. Its expecting more. Maybe aim a little higher for your sports teams instead of satisfactory and you’ll get more. I’m sorry this enjoy the first round loss ride is typical “participation trophy BS” in sports nowadays.

Yes I watch literally every game I can. Since you watch so many games I’m gonna assume you know the following:

We have one of the best records in the nba
We have one of the best point differentials in the nba
We have one of the best road records
In our wins, we have a top 3 margin of victory
We’re in the top 10 in offense and defense ratings
We have one of the best core group of young players in the league
We have guys below David Griffin being interviewed for GM roles
We have assistant coaches getting interviewed for head coaching jobs
We have one of the best records against teams over .500

And your complaint is that our ownership and fan base are accepting being mediocre and will never compete for titles because in your extremely limited basketball knowledge you don’t like some of Willie’s rotations and timeouts?

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And your complaint is that our ownership and fan base are accepting being mediocre and will never compete for titles because in your extremely limited basketball knowledge you don’t like some of Willie’s rotations and timeouts?

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What?? Lol I was answering two different posts of yours and you just combined the two to come to this conclusion. I literally laughed when I read this.

Willie has issues as a coach and that is one of the issues of this team. My comment that some of this fan base wants us to be happy because we lose in the first round is a completely different topic. Forget basketball knowledge you need to go back to reading comprehension.

Our roster has almost zero playoff experience. It's hard to make a deep run in the playoffs without having been there before a few times.

If we can make it to the second round this year, that is a successful season and our fans should be happy with that. That doesn't mean 2nd round is a success forever, but right now I think it is.