Around the NBA 2022 Playoffs: The Thread

Well the Pelicans are winning the rebound battle.

 

Don’t sleep on Jackson Hayes.

 

Man this pelicans GM really played us lmao

 

Pelicans rookies Jones and Murphy can defend and shoot. Can’t believe Cronin did not ask for one of them. He got Pritslapped

 

I'm definitely not on the Cronin bandwagon and think he has done poorly as interim and therefore should not be made the GM. I think he dropped the ball with all of the draft capitol that the Pelicans have not to secure better contingencies for if they made the playoffs. However we just don't know what efforts he made that he failed in. It would stand to reason that if the Pels liked CJ and Larry that Cronin would have asked about the availability of Jones, Murphy and Hayes all of whom would fill needs that we have and are young with upside.

Just like people who support Joe say that those of us who don't support him have no proof there were better deals out there, they actually have no proof that there weren't because we know through experience that not every exec in the league leaves no stone unturned. So there's a possibility that you're right and he didn't ask but I think the more likely thing is that he asked for things of teams and acquiesced far too easily to giving more talent than he received in return because his number one priority was cutting salary (just so he can spend it on guys already on the roster), create a big TPE and get that pick that slipped through his fingers. The guy did get unlucky but I don't think you can trade away the amount of valuable NBA rotation minutes per game that he did and only end up with what he did in return. I also don't think you can wager that amount of production even if it doesn't fit well on your team on getting lucky or not getting unlucky. Might not have asked, might not have played ruthlessly enough, might have let others decide the narrative that we were the desperate ones but whatever it was that he did, it didn't work out.

 

he may have asked for both of them, or one of them, and the Pels didn't cooperate. Besides that, no way were they trading Jones

 

Pelicans are not scared and got better. Great coach too. Imagine with a healthy Zion.

 

Me J has done his Me J shit too much but he's also come through with some clutch shots and if they didn't have him drawing attention from the opposing defense and had Hart instead, this team wouldn't be in this game at all.

 

Wow pelicans are fucking filthy what an up and coming team

 

Well Barkley did guarantee a sweep by the Suns.

 

Me J one on five doesn't help things. I don't know why coaches don't get on him about that shit.

 

Pels got better… damn

 

The throw in Larry Nance Jr. giving the Pelicans the fifth most minutes on the team and was very efficient and productive on both ends.

 

Blazers should pay Zach Lavine and pair him with Dame

 

Damn so Cronin really just threw in Nance jr in that trade? Smh

 

No man, I've been assured by a few posters in here that we got the best deals possible for the four guys that we sent out.

 

Yes

 

I see what you did there...

 

Me seeing Booker with 31 at the half

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Me seeing Booker with 31 to end the game

Did he get injured or s*** the bed?

 

That’s a huge blow for PHX and completely changes the outlook of this series let alone their championship hopes.

They rely heavily on book