NBA/Pelicans Substack blogger | Contributor @beinthekneaux Hoop-fiend. Pick up player Comp: Shades of TJ McConnell and Steve Blake.
Joined November 2022
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Got to collab with the best in the game @tipoffball — his incredible graphics and my words demonstrating why the Trey Murphy buzz is justified. Check it out! 🙏
Garrison Giddens retweeted
Trey Murphy has two games with fewer than 10 FGA in 4 outings.
Last season he had 4 in 66. None of those occurred in the same month.
Garrison Giddens retweeted
I see some Troy Weaver chatter on here and while I think he had made some poor moves, the decision to keep this roster intact was Joe Dumars, not Troy Weavers.
Weaver would absolutely go in a different direction if it were his choice.
Only caught the last 8 minutes of the Pelicans game, same offensive issues where the ball sticks and rarely crosses the midline.
Everybody fending for themselves, disgraceful.
The Pelicans have the strangest cast in the NBA, & it's living proof that basketball is so much more about fit than raw talent.
Here's a @dlee4three inspired table emphasizing this team's lack of connective skills & + team-influence... & how that creates shoddy offense.
Garrison Giddens retweeted
(and the big news here from Shamit, anyway, is that the Pelicans aren't really taking offers on Herb Jones as it is. Which is fine, but if you're not going to take offers, you should probably play the elite defender you just signed to a large extension)
Garrison Giddens retweeted
3 games in and the Pelicans are playing like a bad AAU team with multiple guys only concerned about their own stats. I don't think there's any cohesion, alignment, togetherness or whatever buzz word
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There's so many baffling stats and moments from the Pels vs Nugs game
- D Jordan gets start for defensive purposes, plays more than Herb Jones while Murray scores 42
- DEN shoots 79% in restricted area
- 1 rebound from Zion
- Pels 1/17 from 3 in 2H and OT
- out reb 14-8 in 4thq
You are conflating a talented roster for one that makes sense, it is not the coach every season.
There is no identity because there is no real team building philosophy.
That is the issue.
Game 2 @beinthekneaux
- #1 sticky-ball team in the NBA, we’re watching Trey suffer and he isn’t helping himself
- Karlo!
- 18 min for Herb, save him
- Defense 1st coach is pointless if the personnel doesn’t match
- Excited to hand track Utah putting DQ in PnR!
- Yves :(
Garrison Giddens retweeted
It's worth trying the extremely successful small lineup from last season next half...
You can’t just say you’re going to a tough, defensive team and play Herb Jones 4 minutes a quarter.
Watching this makes me feel like I’m living in a simulation.