EMBARRASSING: Can the New Orleans Pelicans FIX Their Defense? Zion Williamson & Star Effort EXPOSED
New Orleans Pelicans’ defense unravels with Zion Williamson and Jordan Poole leaving fans questioning the team’s effort. Seven straight losses highlight a broken defensive culture, as star players struggle to set the right tone and young talent receives mixed messages. Can head coach James Borrego and executives spark the needed change, or will lackluster defense doom the season?
Jake Madison breaks down creative lineup experiments, including Zion at the three and Karlo Matkovic’s new role, while spotlighting Trey Murphy’s historic franchise record for three-pointers. Key topics cover the Pelicans’ ongoing struggle with defensive rebounding, lack of shooting, and the urgent need for more accountability. Are roster moves or benchings on the horizon, or is a youth movement the only way forward? Get insight on the team’s path ahead and the significance of upcoming decisions for New Orleans basketball.
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23 Comments
Trades trades trades.
New era of Pels ball pls
We've been much improved on offense with the coaching change, yet we remain anemic on defence. We had a respectable defensive duo with Herb Jones paired with Dyson Daniels, especially at the perimeter. We can not keep trading away complementary and talented young players. Now that Dyson is gone and when Herb is out also, our perimeter defense is severely compromised.
I believe once dance come back we might be better on the defense end
I’m on board with everything you said tonight Jake. Nice show
Cant lie Jake you was in your bag with this show. You spoke truth about Zion and Jordan Poole. Poole has been bad this year. I was excited to see him at first but now Im like man its hard to watch him. He's too erratic with the ball plus he jacks too many deep 3s and make it look much harder than what it has to be. Zion doesn't have that gear to put a team on his back and win a game no matter what. Losing to the bulls without Giddey and White proved that
Can we not just get relegated to the G League….Put us out of our misery. 🇬🇧
With their roster, there defense will remain as it is. With no hope of making the play offs, players play for themselves.
Poole thinks his role is just to get up shots.
Is anyone else tired of Zion losing the ball over and over again when he's dribbling? Don't the high turnovers he and the team are committing drag the defense down? Turnovers lead to bad defense..
They over-help and give up waaaaay too many wide open 3's. They need to learn to live with letting opponents take contested midrange shots in 1 on 1 settings and no giving up an open 3 one pass away. It's dumb.
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out with the old in with the new you got 2 guards a Zion and one of herb and trey all need to go you don't have to be on the team to see this, the problem is pels don't want to, with the return you get you get a second chance to get it correct you just have to want to
Way too many turnovers
tRADE ZION AND POOLE ASAP nobody talking about we loosing since Zion back in starting 5
Hi Jake
Let's just face the fact this is a poorly ran organization from top to bottom. It doesn't matter if you change the coaches trade the players they don't have a winning culture in New Orleans. The team is not built for success and never will be if it stays in New Orleans.
It's the coaching. New coach same shitty defense. Hold these players accountable. I watch Trey Murphy on 3 straight plays half ass out to the 3pt line only to raise his hand as if that's a real contest of a jumpshot. THEY ALL PLAY SHITTY DEFENSE!!!!
From what I gathered watching the Miami game, they're too careless with the ball.. too many turnovers…we have everything but a pg
Please stop spamming the chat with Zion Williamson takes every day. We all watch the games. We see every player dealing with defense issues. Trey Murphy lets smaller players back him down and score. I support Trey, but fair is fair. Call what happens on the floor.I watch the same game you watch and see guys struggle to stop basic mid range actions from role players. Say that too.
If you want real basketball talk without nonstop negativity, listen to Antonio Daniels on the Giving Go.
Pelican’s ID = Allowing penetration into PAINT CONSISTENTLY + defending 3 point shooters from 10 ft away 😢 DEFENSE WIN GAMES IF ONLY BY 1 point when the game clock is 0 by GAMES END
Once again I am disappointed as a Pelicans fan
JP has been the most disappointing of all the player's this year. The defense is awful.
It's really simple. Just call a team meeting and announce that anyone who doesn't want to at least try to give effort on the defensive side of the ball won't play. I doubt they would ever do this, because they couldn't field a roster if they did. Do you think OKC or Houston would play guys didn't give a crap on the defensive side?