New Orleans Pelicans’ injury struggles: A season-defining challenge
Can the New Orleans Pelicans Overcome Their Injury Woes? The New Orleans Pelicans face a challenging season with significant injury struggles, missing key players like Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. How will these setbacks impact their NBA journey?
Host Jake Madison and guest Will Guillory explore the Pelicans’ current challenges, focusing on Zion Williamson’s recurring injuries and Brandon Ingram’s performance under pressure. They discuss Yves Missi potential as a starting center and the team’s defensive issues. With insights from Guillory, a Pelicans insider, this episode offers a deep dive into the team’s dynamics and future prospects.
Don’t miss this engaging analysis of the New Orleans Pelicans’ path forward and the strategies they might employ to turn the tide.
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23 Comments
All of us have to admit to the facts. Gregg Oden, in three years averaged 35 on-court games per year. "Zion Williamson", you ask? Coming into this year (five years in), # 1 has averaged 38 games played per season (and who knows how many he will be a 'DNP – Injured' this year). Like it or not, the numbers just don't lie.
Funny how one player is deemed a generational bust, while the other (playing in a comparable number of games annually) is viewed a generational talent (if not, a future League MVP).
P-P-Please!!! Lord, I don't want to suffer the same fate as Portland!!!!
That said, if we could somehow hoodwink the Utah Mormons into trading us Lauri Markkanen and their 2025 first round pick (they also have Cleveland's and Minnesota's) for the Duke prodigy, sign me up. It's a huge ask, but you have to start somewhere.
Lauri, Bi, Missi, Herb, and Murray would be a formidable starting lineup.
In reserve: 3M3, Hawk, GTA (???) CJ (???), Karlo (yes, Karlo), Boston, Antonio, JRE, and a high first round pick in this year's draft.
Every Other Dayer
I really enjoyed this episode.
Go Pels!
Hi Jake
Bro teams even win occasionally with back up players, it’s the NBA…. The Pelicans losing multiple games, even with back ups, shows how incompetent Willie is as a head coach… apparently he’s just been winning because his star players are actually good… and I was a Willie fan… the man just isn’t a good head coach and I see that now
If or when the Pelicans trade Zion you may not get the expected return everyone hopes for. Tanking for Cooper Flagg or Ace Bailey is not guaranteed the top pick in the lottery Especially when you have Griffin in charge. New Orleans is not a Free Agent destination. Zion is just 24 which is crazy
This is sad we never got the chance to see this team at full strength this organization just have the worst of luck fr
I ain’t gonna lie atp we might as well blow this whole thing up and start over cause both franchise players can’t never be on the court at the important times of the szn plus neither player never played 70+ games in a szn as a tru pels fans this gets frustrating cause it’s the same story every year and we always wondering what could’ve been if they were healthy 😢
I ain’t gonna lie atp we might as well blow this whole thing up and start over cause both franchise players can’t never be on the court at the important times of the szn plus neither player never played 70+ games in a szn as a tru pels fans this gets frustrating cause it’s the same story every year and we always wondering what could’ve been if they were healthy 😢
Loved seeing Will on your show.
Zion just dumped his agent. Weird timing. Why?
I'm so tired of hearing this Benson paid media BS. The people of New Orleans are getting sold false hope year after year. Zion been a fail for the last 5 years. Willie Green is garbage , Brandon Ingram is a wanna be star…this team is a big fail….they need to bring players that want to be here clearly Zion has never wanted to be here and that's a fact . All the pelicans doing by drafting players that are playing with players that don't want to be here, is make the new players want to leave to. Get the dam bum off the team. What's the point of having him here he is worthless to the team. Did you see the tattoo video…he's fat again seriously get this bum off the team
Media lies every year says he looks like he's in great shape blah blah blah then the video of his fat arse getting tatted.
This guy here instead of stating the obviousness of this team he focus is on the positive..because of the Benson people. But he is selling false hope this team is trash and has been trash. I feel like half the players don't want to be here and the half that do are just mediocre at best
From today forward every positive video you make im come behind you with the reality of the game. What i see unbiased
Zion williamson with titties and a homer simpson gut…true all star what a joke
Dunkin donuts were going to give us 20% every time zion made a dunk in a game. Well they cancelled cause his fat arse ate them all
Gotta put as much pressure as we can on Z and have him start next year hot. Trade him after. Can't trade him RN tho. It's sad. He's embarrassing himself with these recent posts on social.
Send Will a new mic
Every dayer
Now an article that Zion fired his agent because they failed to get him traded to NY. And he's always wanted to play for NY he told everyone before the draft he wanted to play in NY. Pels need to stop drafting players that don't want to be here.
Zion and Ingram don't want to be here. Fire griffin for forcing players on the team that don't want to be here. And fire Willie Green while you at it, dumbest coach I've ever seen
Zion isn’t getting trading. Just Adam Silver and the league trying to change the subject from ratings and Bronny. Guess it’s working…. Sheep.