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Do you truly believe the Hawks will do this trade or are you trolling?

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Oh, I agree whole-heartily. I merely answered the question as posed; I would be pro-active and try to dump the load.

FREE THROWS

Miami: 25 - 33

New Orleans: 16 - 19

^^^

PERSONAL FOULS

Miami: 15

New Orleans: 23

^^^^

Game...Set...Match!!!!

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The Ingram that stops the ball and acts like a pussy when he’s guarded tough and is unplayable against dort, brooks and anyone physical?

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With all due respect, Ingram wore # 14 when he was a Pelican; not # 1. I'm kind of surprised with your confusion. One looks like a basketball player who is a triple threat, while the other 'stops the ball', has a limited game and looks like a nose tackle.

Just Sayin'

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For the sake of my sanity, I need this pick to fall out of the top 5.

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Right now, it's all academic. Once we are established as a lottery team, where our (Atlanta's Pick) falls is at the mercy of the ping-pong gods. If you don't believe me, ask Dallas.

I love GTA and the brand of basketball he brings every play...never mind every night. I hate to see him go as much as anybody but we all (me included) should step back and be real. Jose' is not a front-line player and never will be. He's a solid role player who does have his moments of grandeur and likewise has moments when he is almost unplayable.

On the other hand, Murray was brought in with the idea that he would be the 'straw that stirred the drink' (as bitter as the concoction might be). Through no fault of his own, until now, fate stepped in and consequently he has been denied. I think we have to find out what Dejounte' is all about over the last half of this season, if not with the idea of keeping him, then to establish his true value for an off-season trade.

Too, Poole has to be played to rehabilitate his value (if he has any at all). I do not want to "Davonte Graham" him and attach valuable assets to get rid of him. (To this day I am conflicted about which is worse: the draft day trade for Queen or the McCollum Deal. I currently lean to the Queen fiasco as we did get Bey in the McCollum trade)

Lastly, it's an absolute that Fears has to play.

So, to keep GTA would only obstruct these three vital objectives.

Weaver talent identifying skills?

54 - 192 (.281 winning percentage) at Detroit

...and with moves like Queen for two lottery picks and identifying / trading for that transformation talent from Washington (Poole), he's not going to be anywhere near 'just a bad GM' any time soon; he's on a level of bad all his own.

By comparison he's made David Griffin look like a cross between Sam Presti and Pat Riley (and Griff was garbage).

As angry as I am, they are still my team. I will be there.

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How in tf is Zubac worth 2 1sts and a good young player? What am I missing here? He’s like the most average center of all time.

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Wasn't the draft compensation we gave up for Queen considerably more than what the Clippers got for Zubac?

We did give up two first round picks (one likely an unprotected, top 5 lottery pick next year) for an untested rookie who was passed over by twelve teams this year (ourselves included).

Zion and this?

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BI and what we had last year with one of Fears / Queen?

Who's got more game...more in his bag?

Herb or Zion?
Trey or Zion?
Bey or Zion?
BI or Zion?
JHart or Zion?

..and as preposterous as it might seem...

Queen or Zion?

Just Askin'

But I can confidently say this: Every player I compared Zion to in this post is more marketable than 'Charmin' Williamson.

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Why does it seems like the Pelicans are the new virgin of the Basketball Saints.

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"Virgin", you say? No way!!! We are screwed regularly.

DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!!

So get rid of # 1.

Wait!!! I forgot; he has no market!!

The stark difference in the halves was on display for all to see.

In the first half we were sharing the ball, making Carolina move their feet, forcing them to rotate, had them switching and made them playing laterally. Ball movement always makes defenses work, keeps them guessing, and creates alleys and mismatches to exploit.

In the second half we became Zion-centric so Carolina sat back knowing exactly what was coming (don't we all?) They built a wall, licked their chops, and ate him up at the rim possession after possession after possession. We've seen this script before: Zion misses games and the ball moves. Zion plays games and the ball stops moving.

Bottom line: 64 points in the first half, 31 in the second half says it all. Absolutely unforgivable.

Great Defense will trump Great Offense every day of the week; ask Trey. Offense comes and goes but defense has to be the constant; it's non-negotiable

DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!!

Queen Makes Luka and 'The Joker' look like a cross between Shaq, Dr, J., Nureyev and Baryshnikov.

Hate to say it, but in today's game, because of his lack of athleticism, he's almost unplayable. Unless something miraculous happens (and if it did, it wouldn't be anytime soon), he will always be handicapped on the defensive end regardless of his remarkable vision and offensive 'feel'.

This isn't the 1960's, 70's, or even 80's, Gone are the days of Rick Robey (no disrespect intended). Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves couldn't translate, and he was more ballyhooed than Queen.

DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!!

Sidenote: I'm fairly certain that this post will be met with scorn but I can handle it.