Zion Williamson needs to have more impact for New Orleans Pelicans
Zion Williamson’s impact was missing as the New Orleans Pelicans faced a tough 137-101 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Can the Pelicans bounce back and prove their potential in the NBA?
Host Jake Madison breaks down the game, focusing on Zion’s recent performances and the experimental lineups featuring Trey Murphy, C.J. McCollum, and Yves Missi. He explores the team’s need to establish a “proof of concept” for building around their core players and discusses the coaching staff’s strategic decisions.
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14 Comments
Have they fired their head coach yet?
Zion also only had 2 rebounds.
Pelicans vs OKC? Blowout? Surely it was BI's fault.
Pels probably have to go back to point Zion, 3 spacers, and a big.
The positive is that Reeves & Karlo are finally getting some minutes. And Dort didn't stop Trey.
I’m 🔒 on THUNDER may I enter
Zion knows his minutes limit is to help the team tank. I think it probably makes it harder to get up for every game.
We all know what missing pieces we need, so let's wait for the off-season to get inferior players and hype up the 26 season only to be disappointed yet again.
Truthfully a big mistake was trading Dyson an not CJ. I’ve never liked the fit of CJ and Zion. They have a negative plus/minus as a two man combo this year. CJ is a great shooter, but for him to be maximized his skillset takes away from what other guys who are better facilitators do with the ball. Dyson fit perfectly because he covered Zion’s weaknesses like perimeter defense and rim protection. Pels could have waited for Dyson to develop a shot and just traded CJ
Thunder are playing historically. They have the best net rating of All-Time as of now
Every dayer!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭
While I think Z needs to develop a consistent jumper so teams don’t load up on him to drive, it’s not all on him that the Pels are losing this bad. It’s other factors such as injuries, and coaching. The management needs to be better with player development and drafting’ also. I’m not speaking on coaching with just X’s and O’s, but motivators and willing to hold players accountable. That’s something that’s lacking imo.
Every dayer comment
They have 2 7’ centers that start and only Trey to space the floor. I mean fading is an overreach 2 days after he scored 40. Also why does Reeves play yet he almost never gets passed to even when he’s open.