Bradle

Preach.

Your right. with that being said.

Overall wise, where did you expect us to be 23 games into the season with Zion?

That's my point. We are surviving. We were suppose to win 10 games of the first 30 with Zion. We already have 6 before 30 has been played, without Zion. If we reach 10 wins by 30 without Zion. We overachieved what was in the realm of reality with him actually not being injured.

For that, I'm ecstatic. This team could have easily crumbled, slid frick it. And have maybe 3 wins to its name by the time Zion got back. Although, that is not happening

Scratch the injuries. Going into the season. People expected us to be 10-20 30 games in. We aren't far off from how we were suppose to start the season. Our record is not something we didnt expect. We have had a lot of losses, that if this was a more experienced roster, playing together wise, we probably would have won. The beginning of the season was never going to be pretty. Gentries, BS, has just amplified the negative war drum against this team.

All I'm saying is, we right where we predicted we would be this far into the season. Let's see how the final 2/3s of the season plays out before we call this team complete crap. When, it's really not.

I have stated my disapproval with Gentry multiple times on this post.

When did I state such a thing?
I believe we will play .50o ball when our schedule eases up in a couple weeks. That's what I believe. But since you want to bring up the one of the very few bad teams we have played. Here is a list of games we have played and the score.

L - TOR -130-122 OT
L - DAL -123-116
L - HOU -126-123
L - GS -134-123
W - DEN -122-107
L - OKC -115-104
L - BKN -135-125
W - CHA -115-110
L - HOU -122-116
W - LAC -132-127
L - MIA -109-94
W - GS. -108-100
W - POR -115-104
W - PHX -124-121
L - UTH -128-120
L - LAC -134-109
L - LAL -114-110
L - OKC -109-104
L - OCK -107-104
L - DAL -118-97
L - PHX -139-132 OT
L - DAL -130-84


Of, all the games mentioned we had 1 bad loss, and 1 bad blowout. Let's keep in mind that, that blowout was after we played a game which we went into overtime.

The other bad loss was against LAC. And we played them between UTAH AND LAL. look at the schedule and explain to me how in any kind of way. Or fashion that this is an easy schedule to begin the season. I'll wait.


This team does exert effort. This last Dal game was a really bad night for the Pels. But based off history, that isnt who they really are. In terms of effort and resiliency. They will bounce back. And most of the dudes who hopped in this thread will have their opinions 180 in 2 months. (Regarding effort)

Gentry is coaching us out of games, but we are exactly at the spot a lot of people thought we would be in at this point of the season. Regardless of how Gentry has really screwed up some games.

From what I remember he said we are not going out there with the mentality to lose, we are going out there to beat peoples arse. He was speaking on the mindset of the energy they want to have within games. A lot of those quotes are not the entirety of the quote and what he was trying portray. I don't believe that was the full quote of what he actually meant, that you stated, respectfully. To be fair on the defense, Griff also thought he would have Zion flying around. Swatting shots to the heavens when this statement was made.

I am on the same bandwagon, with Gentry. I havent been a fan of his emotionless approach for the past 3 years. The only time the guy has any personality is when the mic's are in his face. I just never saw him as a leader of an nba basketball team. So, I get it with everything involved, in context to Genrty.



I'm just not disappointed with the overall results so far into the season, we are exactly where I thought we would be. And doing way better than what I thought we would be, when i heard that Zion was not going to be playing.


Now, this was never a defend Gentry post. I wasnt revolving my ideals on Gentry alone, but the aspect of our record, that everyone is melting over. While personally, I believe we are overachieving without Zion just a tad, given strength of schedule yo to this point.

Not griffis fault, our fan base has a lot of overhyping whine babies.

Griffin stated we would compete. Which we have, besides the 50 point blowout. Griffin also thought he would have Zion at the start of the season.

Have you looked at these boards over the past 5 months, nor the pelicans reddit? There has been a lot over overhype. Your delusional if you think otherwise. We lost ONE GAME by 50. Out of 82. What about the multiple games that went down to the wire? How about we pull up the roster that played during that 50 point loss. Everyone thinks they are an espn analyst, but doesnt have any credintials.

If we beat a team in the next 2 weeks by 40. Your opinions will more than likely be irrationally back on the hype train.