The New Orleans Pelicans were extremely shorthanded in their loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves with no Zion Williamson or CJ McCollum. With that in mind did Brandon Ingram have a good or bad game for the Pels? Jake Madison looks at both sides of the argument. With such a shorthanded roster what else should BI do? But should he have been able to keep the score closer than it was? Let us know in the comments what you think.
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20 Comments
This roster sucks great job griff
The switch this fanbase has done towards BI is crazy
Trade BI
What player can we get for BI?
Good show…..it’s awesome how Jake speaks likes Zion and BI are actually going to play 😂😂😂😂
There's absolutely nothing positive to say about this injured ridden team. NOTHING!!!!! Same script every season. Fake injuries and requests trades to bigger markets. THATS WHATS HAPPENING!!!! Whether you admit it, or not.
Trade Jordan Hawkins to a actual good team, because this franchise doesn't deserve him.
BLOW THIS INJURED MESS UP!!!!!!, AND TRADE EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
Zion has already missed 2 games, NOT do to injury. This team doesn't want to win and I cant support that.
My only thing is if Zion was out there and not Ingram they would’ve gotten blown out the same way. Gobert and Kat have the paint locked up. Gobert had 17 and 20 and Jonas had 8 and 7. Also we had a rookie starting and JRE on a 2 way deal. And the wolves funnel everyone to the rim where Gobert and KAT are waiting. So that took away Matt Ryan. Hawkins is a gamer so he played relatively well. Mcdaniels and Ant and Kyle play very good defense. I mean I’m happy Ingram got out there and played but I knew he was going to get killed for this game.
Can’t be mad at a loss with how many players we’re missing…..
But I still am
I think it’s unreasonable to expect BI to lead this team to a win given the lack of support and the opponent.
However: what I was looking for is for BI to improve the deficiencies in his game. That being: Turnovers, 3s, and defensive rebounding. Well, he had 2 turnovers (good), shot 1/6 from 3 (bad) which btw, that improved his season average % from 3, and had 3 defensive rebounds (bad). I know he can score, but I’m looking for him to show something different, and he didn’t really do that.
B I had injuries he is going play his self back right I'm not worried
What's going with Zion
Down 6 of regular players and you talking about bi. Like we didn’t watch Jonas give up 10 point swing himself in second quarter. Y’all BI. Takes are so stupid
I thought Ingram came out aggressive and played his tail off. He had some good passes that ended with blown layups or the next guy not catching it, stepping out or whatever. I really don’t see how Ingram gets any blame for this one 😂
I don't blame BI. I don't blame Zion. I have never blamed CJ. They are all exceptional NBA players that any NBA team would love to have on their squad! I blame the coaches for not getting the rest of the team to compliment your big 3 players. They are not passing the ball enough! They are not sharing the ball enough! They are not cutting to the rim enough! They are not attacking the paint enough! They are not shooting enough! The Pelicans star players are playing too much isolation basketball while the other players are just standing still watching the game from the floor! I repeat it is not it is not the fault of BI, Zion, or even CJ! This fan base is too quick to blame them! It is not their fault that they are getting double, triple, and sometimes quadruple teamed. This offense is not involving any of the other players, but Jordan Hawkins, and Matt Ryan. JV is occasionally included in spurts! But, for the most part the Pelicans are playing only iso b-ball with BI, Zion, & CJ so it is just too easy for teams to gang up on them when one of those 3 get the ball to try to contain them. Remember the Jordan rule! Gang up & beat up on Michael Jordan to defeat the Bulls. But as soon as the Bulls got Scottie Pippen and other playmaking teammates to help him is when they became the dominate NBA championship dynasty! They are going to have to start playing more modern NBA basketball!!!
wow 25 shots ingram is for sure the biggest ballhog in the nba
It would’ve been the same result if you would’ve substituted Z with BI. Being down that many players and against a very good team there’s not much more you can do
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I don't like anything Ingram is doing including his attitude he shows and his lack of playing time- trading Ingram may be the only way to get anywhere- the world cup where they benched him shows he has trouble playing with others
If pelicans fans are ok with the way BI is playing than we deserve to suck if y’all wanna feel good in the inside instead of wanting these wins then we deserve to suck
This is why no free agents come here. The turn this fan base has done on this man in fuckin mind blowing. First of all look who he was on the floor with tonight. They started a dude at pf that we signed TWO DAYS AGO. We played seabron almost FIFTEEN minutes tonight when he played NONE the last 6 games. No zion. No cj. No trey. No herb. No Jose. Don't even get m started on jv and nance. Bi would have had another 6 or 7 assists If those dude could actually finish point blank wide open layups. He was looking for his teammates all game. Problem is nobody was making anything. Even the fact he shot 25 times. What else would you rather happen. Him be passive and get guys involved who aren't hitting shots? Or actually keep shooting cuz he wad the only guy on the active roster that can make it happen ? What's sad is I seen a Twitter feed of someone bashing bi after the game and 6 different wolves fan got on there and said shit we'd take bi what did you guys expect him to do with the lineup he had to work with. The wolves are the top d in the league !