They’re somehow out doing themselves from the past 2 games with how bad this 4th quarter has been.

What the hell happens to the offense at the end of games?

How can we play 3 quarters of great, free flowing offense, with so many assists and then just turn into straight iso ball in the clutch? It doesn’t matter who is bringing the ball up the floor, they just don’t pass it. There were 3 straight possessions in the 4th between dejounte and fears where the ball did not touch another pair of hands! And if someone does figure out they should pass the ball it’s not until there’s 10 seconds on the shot clock!

WHY ARE YOU PLAYING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BRAND OF OFFENSE THAN THE LAST 40 MINUTES???

And how does it happen every single game? And that’s ignoring the fact that they turn it over half the time anyway! The biggest problem is that the team genuinely just forgets how they played for literally the entire game and completely stops playing as a team. I just don’t understand.

First and foremost, jose is my favorite player so he can win another and i still wouldn’t care. Theres also players I’d be ok with due to their professionalism if they were to win a ring, cj, bi, trey, herb, trajon langdon, bryson graham, etc. Im just glad Jax hasn’t won one.

I do see the reason we haven’t seen success as the injuries to zion, bi not progressing after 2019, the j rich trade, our inability to get a playoff center, and gayle if anything else.

I have basically been a lifelong Pelicans fan since I was 7 in 2012. This was because my family was big UK fans, and my introduction to basketball was Anthony Davis. The Pelicans are how I fell in love with basketball, I still have found memories of the Davis and Holiday Pelicans. Jrue gave me my favorite archetype to this day.

When we traded them to Milwake and LA and built a new team, I was really hopeful. The furthest we made it since then was a first round sweep. Zion is a bust. The team can't finish a game. Our defense, even though noticeably better, is still bad, but it's still super early in the season, so I have hope.

That all being said, I have made up my mind, I don't think I will ever stop being a Pelicans fan. I have no ties to the city, but my fondest basketball memories are tied to this team. They may be ass but they're our ass.

Just seen a comment that said Aaaron Gordon is better at every other aspect of basketball other than driving. And that he wouldn’t help jokic.

Comments saying he’s a bad defender. (Outdated he’s improved a lot)

Soooo many people still think he’s out of shape or fat .

Some people think he’s completely fallen off impact wise.

Like I said I’m not a pelicans fan but I watch pelican games throughout the season and he’s still very impactful . It’s very frustrating hearing people who are not informed just parroting narratives.

He apparently made quite the impression on them. Does Joe Dumars just despise the 11 of us that are left supporting this hole of depression? I can't think of anything more demoralizing for this fan base than going from no gameplan Willie "You Gotta fight" Green to no gameplan Darvin "I have no idea what to do" Ham. This man is clover valley Willie Green. He managed to tank a team with LeBron and AD. I'm struggling and I can't be the only one out of the dozens of us.

This organization is in the dumps. We have done NOTHING in free agency after an abysmal season, and allowing these little mistakes to slip through shows that nobody at the top even cares. I can’t stand being a Pelicans fan.

This loss to Denver is unfortunately such a fitting example of the pelicans experience. It is difficult to fathom how you can consistently play 3 solid quarters of ball, just to totally forget how to defend, rebound, and take care of the basketball.

One would like to imagine that the fourth quarter would be when a team would play their best ball - running crunch time sets/actions on offense to keep things moving and generate non-iso looks, running at guys/trapping on defense to get the ball out of opponents’ best players’ hands, boxing out, not turning the ball over- all seem like simple things an NBA team should be expected to be doing.

Alas, the Pels season is truly upon us, and it seems that we are in for more of the same. Worst part is that I am fully aware of this, and I will be equally upset when things play out the exact same way next game.

Dam bruh, what happened

Buddy

CJ

Dyson

Nickeil

If the move is "Win Now" then why not Trey and DJM for Jaylen Brown? I'm sure calls have been made and I'm sure Weaver would prefer to unload Poole over DJM but I don't see a better move on the market for us.

We are 0-3, BUT, there are some positives in the doom and gloom.

First of all, despite being three games down already, our point differential is -3.3, which is better than every other team with a losing record so far, except for the Spurs.

Second, those three close losses include the Nuggets and Pacers, both somewhat recent finals teams, two road games, and an OT loss on the second half of a back-to-back.

Third, despite two road games and a tough b2b, we have a top ten offence (currently 7th in the league).

Am I approaching LD50 copium? Yes, absolutely. But it's real to me, dammit!

Go Pels

Have little faith in Trajan Langdon, here from the East (Pistons). Pelicans are going to be my West team and we'll see what happens. In Troy I trust

Im just really sad man. The pelicans were the one thing i had in this world and every week it just feels like my chest getting ripped open and my heart ripped out and stomped on over and over again. Its hard to keep going on living like this. But thats just what i signed up for being a #PelicanFan

How do we have no sets on offense to run? Improv is great in transition. The fact we have no ability to run actual offense and control tempo is mind-boggling. Especially considering he is considered an offensive head coach. I’m done with him wasting this potential on the roster. This bubble has exposed how weak as a unit we play because we lack a strong influence as a head coach. (End of rant).

Coming off the post from r/NBA , of which many commenters there are hoes, I would like to say if you are a greasy ass Lonzo fan, get the FUCK out this sub.

If you’re a Grizz fan, get the FUCK out this sub.

Have we squandered generational talent before? FUCK yes we have and FUCK yes we probably will in the future.

HOWEVER

This off-season was different.

HARTHROB is back and he will be taking 20 rebounds a game

ZION and his CHUNGUS DUMP TRUCK will be 30/10/5 and developing some semblance of fucking defense.

APPLE JAXON HAYES knows the NBA is some bitches and is about to make all of them his.

BI, THE SLIM REEFER, THE KOLLOSUS OF KUSH, is here TO DOMINATE all these bitches.

I’m tired of mother fuckers doubting us.

THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET BIG WILLIE GREENED AND LEARN THEYRE FUCKING PLACES

These fucking LOSERS in every other NBA city are about to see the greatest turn around of all time and we’re going to skull fuck every last Laker one of them.

Lets go win the

WHOLE

FUCKING

THING

FLOCK THE FUCK UP OR FLOCK THE FUCK OUT.

IM ROLLING WITH THIS TEAM TO MY GRAVE AND LETS WIN THE GOD DAMN SHIP

We’ve stuck with him for how long now? We’ve made the playoffs twice and never won a series (was the 8th seed both times) every single game in the 3rd quarter we collapse and can never come back in the 4th does he have dirt on the owners??? Can we do something about him I’ve had it man I just want a competitive team and coach I’m sick and tired of all of WILLIE GREENS BULLSHIT! FIRE WILLIE GREEN RIGHT NOW!!!!

This franchise clearly isn’t serious about winning if we are giving up an unprotected 1st round pick for the 13th pick in this draft. It’s incomprehensible the thought process this franchise goes through in their decision making.

Gayle Benson is either senile or a masochist with the moves she’s made this offseason.

Has there been more than 2-3 seasons in this franchise’s whole history where we thought we could make a run to the finals, much less win it?

Year after year we go in with hopes of improving, but never succeeding. We’ve been “handed” multiple “superstars” through NBA drafts and have NOTHING to show for it.

I legitimately ask, what is the point of supporting this franchise other than to be let down or waste time? Even more so, what is the point of watching this season?

“Zion is healthy this year!” - we’ve said that the last 5 years. News flash, this franchise is never healthy. Ever.

We’re running back the same coach, a historically worse FO, almost the same roster, I just don’t see what the point of the future of this franchise is or supporting it.

“Go ahead and stop rooting for them then” - that’s the plan

“Don’t come around and cheer for us when we start to succeed” - I legitimately will never have to worry about that

That pick will most likely be a lottery pick and a good one too, possibly top 3. Trading that pick away for the 13th pick is genuinely malfeasance.

How would you guys feel about the team and org if the hawks get a top pick because of this trade?

On one hand, I hate the NBA. The super team bullshit. The stupid lottery. I used to love the NBA in the 90s. Now I hate it.

On the other hand, I can get decent Pels tickets for dirt cheap. No idea why anyone would buy season tickets or tix at face value.

Obviously it’s far less than ideal to start the season off 0-2 but we definitely look like a competitive team. We didn’t succumb to our usual abysmal 3rd quarter tonight and managed to score against the tallest man in the world not diagnosed with gigantism. Of course the offense collapsed in OT, but this gives the team a lot to learn from and adjust to. I feel great about our guys moving forward and hope others don’t feel so defeated this early in our 82 game season. Flock up!

Look, I'm getting tired of people who claim to be fans constantly ripping anything possibly positive or optimistic in the sub.

Of course we all want to see wins and good basketball and not the absolute garbage that this franchise tends to be. However, I choose to try and be positive and optimistic even in a games like we have had in this homestand. Basketball is an escape from the daily crap we all deal with and sure it sucks we lose WAY more than we win and it looks like we will be forever stuck in this mess. But this is just a dang game man. It's not life or death. Does any of this actually matter when all is said and done? The answer is no. So just stop ragging on people who look at the team as more than a constant state of doom.

I’ve been watching this team since the Chris Paul days and I genuinely just believe we’re cursed. I want to chalk it up to Gayle being the worst owner in sports history, but that’s not the only thing. We have a ton of talent and all of a sudden, someone blows out their leg. I’m one of the few in the world who think Joe Dumars didn’t make the worst trade on the planet, but even then I just feel no hope. We’re the type of organization who would lose a coin flip 10 times in a row, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Fears AND Queen somehow ended up being busts. I spent so much time telling my friends that our team had a WCF ceiling last year just to throw that ENTIRELY out of the window when we had the worst season in all of Willie’s tenure. It’s just really hard being a fan, and it hasn’t hurt any less with time. Someone please give me an industrial dose of hopium. Please.

Can we all take a second and really look at who this game was against last night? we had our 2nd team vs a bunch of g league and end of the bench players.

If JP and Hawk had a normal night, we wouldn't have won that game. Let's not act like any of us expect them to be that consistent every night. They have proved they can't be trusted.

Fears is legit but he ain't no all NBA guard. DQ looked good because the jazz didn't play a competent big.

There wasn't any reason for the Pels to allow 137 points against that roster. I just don't see how everyone is glossing over that.

sure I'm a doomer blah blah blah. But the truth is, this team is still ass and they won't be much better next season.

ban me. idc

It’s really annoying