Zion Williamson took just 3 shots in the New Orleans Pelicans loss to the Houston Rockets. Jake Madison tries to make sense of what happened to the Pels offense. Why was Zion barley used. Did that impact Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum turning the ball over? And what easy tweaks can the coaches make to get back on track in the next game?
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42 Comments
Point Zion is the fix.
Every dayer!!
I did not like that kind of offense and effort at all. 😅
Missed the game, but caught the "highlights." I'm not one to totally dismiss pre-seasons. Often you do see issues that crop up in the regular season. I honestly worry about this team's head space. I'm not sure what its internal make up is, its internal drive. In darker moments it actually occurs to me that the window for this group has closed before it ever opened. Too many injuries. Too much drama. Too many misses in the top half of the draft. Not enough dogs. Too much competition in the West. This time last year I was sky high. This year, even before tonight, I'm oddly disinterested. I think I just don't believe in this group anymore. And by the looks of tonight, that feeling may be in the locker room as well…
Everyday is another day
Every dayer, love the show!
Im sorry but willie gotta go.
This is the BI led offense some idiots wanted. We have a generational talent who is unstoppable driving the rim. And we center our offense around a fringe all star BI and freaking CJ for some reason. This is what happens when you make "Brandon Ingram the Pels offensive identity" instead of our best player
Getting Tired of waiting on this team
like it or not its zions team
work around it willy
dyson at 5
for zion to roam and they grow together
all summer i said trade cj n go under tax wil see how that works
"It doesn't mean we need to back fully to point Zion". Why the fuck not? Zion is BY FAR the best player on the team when we run point Zion. The best we have looked in the Zion/BI era is when we fully went point Zion. But for some reason, we want to go away from that in favor of fucking CJ and BI running things? Like why the hell do people want Zion setting screens for BI? Zions numbers when a shooter sets a screen FOR HIM are stupidly good. Our only hope of being good this year is if Zion is the focal point of the offense. Enough of this point BI shit. The offense stalls when he has the ball because he takes too long to make a decision
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Just glad these results don't count for 💩…..🏀🇬🇧
He's already done for the season.
Let's get real they absolutely gave up from start to finish 😮
I don't know what type of circus show I saw but apparently they were wearing the pelicans logo🤡
Every other dayer
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Its just a Preseason games and Zion stans looks distressed already…😂
Zion is out there pouting, meanwhile he’s making max money for only a handful of games played. Smdh
Pelicans ❤
where was Zion lmao
This team is in trouble, don't get me wrong I like the perimeter players at point, SG and SF. But this team lacks quality athleticism, height and depth at the Center and PF positions. No matter where you look in the West or around the league, these teams have a lot of legitimate Tall, athletic depth at the Center and PF positions. I don't care what anybody says Jaxson Hayes was a legit star in the making at the PF position when given a legit opportunity like he had on our playoff run. Call me crazy but I think they stifled his growth to avoid a controversy at the PF position with the guy that had the hype train behind him. Don't get me wrong Zion will score from any position, but having him defend Centers is a disaster waiting to happen. This team does not value the Center and PF positions and it will cost them dearly. Small ball may work on less talented Bigs, but when you look at the true talented bigs in the West and the East this is going to be a problem. In the West alone the amount of truly talented starting Bigs is crazy, but the depth behind them is also crazy. I like Jonas but he is limited athletically and so is the new guy and there is no legitimate 6'10", 6'11" or 7 footer behind them with athleticism and skill at the PF or Center positions . The depth in the West alone is going to be a problem mark my words!!!
I just really don’t know how much mental toughness Zion & BI posses…. The pouting and disappearing is a terrible sign.. and pretty much looks more and more like their norm & not a “bad” game.
JV is a massive issue alongside Zion. He was getting doubled on almost every catch because JV and Herb aren't good shooters. That's not to mention BI is not a willing 3pt shooter either.
On the interview Willie green said he hasn’t made any half court sets ran for Zion yet . Are you serious ???? Fire Willie green immediately, I’m telling you now smh this not gonna be good
Pelicans problem is that they think BI is a super star he isn't he's a good player that's about it, Zion is the only reason this team will be able to compete at a high level not BI. Willie need to recognize his best player is the only reason that he has any chance of making the playoffs
Also Zion looks so out of shape it's mind blowing that a professional basket player looks that overweight on the court when he's had a whole offseason to slim down and get into shape. All that talked this summer about how he stayed around to workout, and he still looks about 20 to 30 pounds overweight, it's gonna take him about a month to get into game shape.
I am going out on the limb with this one. This had to be a lesson from coaching to show the team what’s going to happen if they don’t get ZION INTO THE GAME WHEN HE IS AT THE 5 position, I know it sounds crazy what’s coming out my mouth but I know we are not coming out like this already PRESEASON OR NOT. WE MUST NOT SEE THIS AGAIN THIS SEASON. PLEASE😮
WE NEED A PURE POINT ( GUARD ) More ( HEIGHT) and A PURE 3 (POINT SHOOTER).
Sorry Jake but this "off ball" crap you've been pushing is ludicrous. GIVE YOUR BEST PLAYER THE BALL
Every dayer
The Team is used to playing without Zion. Once he’s playing, he’s almost an afterthought to the other 4 players.
Cj and brandon do not pass well to him
1 shot in 20 minutes is total bs
Point zion
Every dayer, for years. Didn't see the game last night, but I'm not surprised at the outcome. The Pelicans are playing a game of smoke and mirrors. Please explain to me why they refuse to go get a legitimate NBA starting caliber point guard? I love BI, but he's not it. Not enough handles to play the position. Is there another SUCCESSFUL NBA team playing this foolishness. I don't think so. Anyone who thinks that your team can be a winner without a PG is delusional. The offense stinks because there's not a brain at the PG position. A body without a brain is kinda useless. Just my opinion.
Two blowout loses just blow this team up now and get draft picks, time to clean house
I been tryna get a grip on what's goin' down with them Pelicans. That game today had me all kinds of stressed. After a disappointed season and this long break offseason, ain't nothin' lookin' up for the Pelicans. Ain't even feelin' that same hype this team used to bring.
I was at the actual game I left earlier than I wanted to we lacked effort the entire time we Need to move JONAS asap he is a liability not an asset if he's not giving the team the ball he's too slow to do anything else ….loved Dyson Daniels though and Speed doesnt mean anything if you can't shot……none of our players but CJ , Dyson, BI , DONT HAVE GO TO SHOTS UGH