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iykyk985
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re: Jake Madison brings the Coaching update, decision coming soon
Posted by iykyk985 on 5/13/26 at 4:17 pm to Circle K Beggar
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Zion Williamson 2.0
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re: Trajan Langdon very interested in bringing some our players to Detroit?
Posted by iykyk985 on 5/8/26 at 11:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
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He's better than Desmond Bane
At what?
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Where is Todd Graves when you need him?
It's not a money thing as much as it's a culture thing.
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I’m guessing he has a little more experience than Rondo.
You think?
I'm still holding out hope for Jared Dudley. This is not an indictment of Hetzel; I just like the idea of a coach who has, in fact, worn an NBA uniform.
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The guy can’t play in pain?
Coming from anyone following the Pelicans over the last seven years, that's quite rich.
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Queen has improved but can’t tie it to Jordan
The mental-side of the game, how a player is 'taught' to approach his profession, in-game tweaking of one's game are all under-appreciated parts of the maturation of a player in any team sport. In New Orleans, enter DeAndre Jordan!!!
Don't believe me? Ask Zion Williamson who does the same thing over and over with diminishing results regardless of what a situation requires.
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Hey BI, Thanks for nothing!
That's funny!!! Let me give it a shot.
....Hey, Zion, Thanks for seven years of less than nothing!!!
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re: It all comes down to this.. The franchise just doesn't want to spend money
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/28/26 at 9:13 am to Mickey Goldmill
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They just changed it a few years ago to significantly increase the financial penalties
Right!!!
My point is that $$$ aren't an impediment to Big Market Teams as they can make the tax up on local media contracts, marketing opportunities, and operational sales. In order to make the punishment 'real' and equitable, you have to affect the on-court product otherwise Big Market Teams will continue to have a decided advantage. Fines, alone, are not an impediment.
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re: It all comes down to this.. The franchise just doesn't want to spend money
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/28/26 at 8:11 am to Geauxldilocks
Truth is...
The penalty for the luxury tax isn't steep enough. If there's going to be a tax, make the bite for violating it deeper and more painful. The luxury tax is nothing to big market teams who can make up the difference in local media contracts and sales. Let team's lose future draft picks, lower a violating team's luxury tax threshold (on a sliding scale based on years of violation), take roster positions away, take coaching positions away, adjust shared TV revenue, and raise the tax.
If you want to even the playing field, you have to stiffen the penalties otherwise big market teams will always have decided advantage and the back-office rules of the game will continue to be rigged in favor of 'Big Brother'.
Just Sayin'
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The penalty for the luxury tax isn't steep enough. If there's going to be a tax, make the bite for violating it deeper and more painful. The luxury tax is nothing to big market teams who can make up the difference in local media contracts and sales. Let team's lose future draft picks, lower a violating team's luxury tax threshold (on a sliding scale based on years of violation), take roster positions away, take coaching positions away, adjust shared TV revenue, and raise the tax.
If you want to even the playing field, you have to stiffen the penalties otherwise big market teams will always have decided advantage and the back-office rules of the game will continue to be rigged in favor of 'Big Brother'.
Just Sayin'
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If it's going to be an assistant coach who has no previous head coaching experience I prefer in order:
1. Jared Dudley
2. Sean Sweeney
3. Rashon Rondo
4. Micah Nori
5. Chris Jent
6. Steve Hetzel
7. Jarrett Jack
If they were open to a college coach:
1. Todd Golden (Florida)
2. Dusty May (Michigan)
3. Dan Hurley (UConn)
If it's got to be a retread:
1. James Borrego
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1. Jared Dudley
2. Sean Sweeney
3. Rashon Rondo
4. Micah Nori
5. Chris Jent
6. Steve Hetzel
7. Jarrett Jack
If they were open to a college coach:
1. Todd Golden (Florida)
2. Dusty May (Michigan)
3. Dan Hurley (UConn)
If it's got to be a retread:
1. James Borrego
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re: With Taylor Jenkins gone we need to make our move.
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/25/26 at 9:25 pm to Chalkywhite84
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What is this gay shite?
With all due respect, if it bothers you, I'm gratified!!
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Think about all the bone head decisions the front office has made, trade NAW at that time was not one of them.
I beg to differ.
To put it all into context, the year we traded NAW and JHart to the 'Blazers for CJ and LNJ do you recall what the Pelicans were attempting to address? Put succinctly, they were in the market for a point guard. They offered the 'moon' to Kyle Lowery and tried to acquire Chris Paul but got rebuffed by both.
So, in order to address the PG vacuum, they traded away two young players (who both professed their desires to stay in New Orleans) for a 30-year-old shooting guard (Damian Lillard ran point for Portland) and an undersized, always injured, 29-year-old center, Larry Nance Jr. Then, they ordained CJ as our point guard
To further muddy the situation...
Please note that at the time, they had just dumped Lonzo (Satoransky and Temple), Kira was busting, and they had just sent draft capital to Charlotte for Davonte Graham.
So forgive me, if I disagree with you.
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Congrats to NAW. He is a useful player now, and it only took five years and four teams. Im sure thats all the Pelicans fault.
Meanwhile, Pelican fans are still waiting for HIM (genuflecting) to become a useful player, and we are only going into his eighth year but who's counting? Of course, that must be the Pelicans' fault, too, huh? SMH
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So let me get the correct.
The 17th pick of the 2019 draft class (NAW) has won an Annual League-Issued Award and has participated in the playoffs five times.
The 8th pick of the 2019 draft class (JAX) has won the NBA Cup and has participated in the playoffs three times.
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The 1st pick of the 2019 draft class (the Generational Talent) is empty-handed and still developing his game. Got it!!
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The 17th pick of the 2019 draft class (NAW) has won an Annual League-Issued Award and has participated in the playoffs five times.
The 8th pick of the 2019 draft class (JAX) has won the NBA Cup and has participated in the playoffs three times.
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The 1st pick of the 2019 draft class (the Generational Talent) is empty-handed and still developing his game. Got it!!
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re: Zion Williamson = Anthony Bennett?
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/24/26 at 7:30 pm to longhorn22
At least Bennett didn't get a near Max second contract. So, Zion is the bigger fraud by far and the joke's on us.
Sidenote: David Griffin was responsible for both overall # 1 picks and thus is 0 for 2 and batting .000.
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Sidenote: David Griffin was responsible for both overall # 1 picks and thus is 0 for 2 and batting .000.
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re: With Taylor Jenkins gone we need to make our move.
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/23/26 at 8:45 pm to LSUPilot07
I like Todd Golden, Dusty May, and Dan Hurley.
If NBA experience is a must, then Jared Dudley or Rashon Rondo.
Just no retreads, PLEASE!!!!
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If NBA experience is a must, then Jared Dudley or Rashon Rondo.
Just no retreads, PLEASE!!!!
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re: Jarron Collins let go
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/23/26 at 8:36 pm to Geauxldilocks
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What are you talking about? Did you not see the Priest next to Gayle in the Saints War room?
If that bothers you, it says much more about you than it says about her.
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re: Jarron Collins let go
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/23/26 at 5:49 pm to Geauxldilocks
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Coaching Candidate: Oh. Can I at least meet the owner?
Joe: You can, do you have $100 on you?
Coaching Candidate: Sure, why?
Joe: She’ll want a donation to her for the Catholic Church to see her.
Your schtick is getting stale and boring; you really need some new material.
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re: O/U 100 combined wins the next three seasons
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/23/26 at 12:00 pm to supe12sta12z
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You're saying there's no way they can win an average of 33ish games in the next 3 seasons? That's really isn't an accomplishment.
At some point during the next three years (sooner rather than later) the organization is going to have to blow it up, as what we are right now is unsustainable. A seven-year engagement is more than enough to know that this team is never going to walk down the aisle with its present bridegroom.
Get what you can get with our quasi-premium assets (Herb, Trey, Zion. and Murray), let Hawk and Poole fall off the books, and build upon Fears and Bey (maybe Missi). Oh!!! Say a few novenas that Queen proves the experts wrong.
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re: We need to try to trade Queen if it helps get us a top 20 pick
Posted by iykyk985 on 4/23/26 at 9:15 am to ghost2most
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He’s a trap. He could get it together and be an all pro or he could just float through like Zion and we waste years on his potential.
If he got committed, he could be dominant.
My friend, you nailed it.
We've just been through seven years of false hope and some people refuse to learn. I guess most Pelican Fans believe in the one in a 1,000,000 Powerball, too.
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