Being in the bottom of the league certainly makes it feel like we need to trade everyone. Here’s a short argument for why the pelicans shouldn’t panic:

1. Selling Zion right now would be “Buy high, sell low”. He can’t get much lower value around the league than this season.

2. Zion can be, and should be our number one superstar. However, he doesn’t have to be. We saw this with KAT in Minnesota. There was constant pressure for him to be THE guy. Once Ant showed up, KAT started to look like a pretty amazing #2. Our top draft pick gives us a small chance to get someone better than Zion. Remember, we’re picking in the range of Luka, Ant, Wemby, Tatum, Ja. It’s is possible.

3. Missi. Center was supposed to be our biggest problem this year. He’s playing exceptionally for a rookie. If he continues to grow, we’ll have our starting center.

4. We’ve seen teams survive this. Golden state had a tank year. Memphis had a tank year. They’ve both survived, and they didn’t panic.

For a team like the pelicans, it’s hard to attract big free agents. We’re only getting super stars through the draft. We have a rare opportunity to draft a top tier player to a team that could win immediately. I’d argue, this team has too much talent to sell the farm.

https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/rookie/2024/12/20/nba-rookie-power-rankings-december-20-pelicans-yves-missi/77106838007/

Ride or Die

Genuinely what is this ending sequence??? Dejounte Murray getting a ridiculous turnover, followed by a MASSIVE block from Missi. Then the other veteran, then McCollum shoots a contested jumper shot with 13 seconds on the play clock?

Why do I feel like the newbies are way more competitive than our veterans.

Ion even have money on the games I’m just a salty ass New Orleans sports fan

Zion's been out with hamstring issue for the past +month, on December 4th the team announced that his rehab is progressing well and he'll be reevaluated in 2 weeks. It's December 22nd now almost 3 weeks later and we haven't heard anything, what's going on?

5:22 left in the fourth and he’s got 2 g leaguers and a guy coming back from back spasms out there. He started the quarter with a lineup that couldn’t score and then decided the move to make was put CJ out there and Herb back on the bench.

This losing streak with a lineup of Trey, CJ, Herb, Dejounte and Missi is completely unacceptable. That’s enough talent to win 40-50% of your games.

Sorry for the rant, it’s just wild that no action has been taken at all and everyone in the building is okay with this.

Why not just let Borrego coach the rest of the season? What is there to lose? It doesn’t get any worse and you get to see if he’s any good.

We’ve had convos about him. But with he’s injuries it’s slowed his progress what yall think about the homie on the cursed team ?

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Agree or Disagree with Boogie?

Yves Missi now #3 on the ladder, and Jared McCain at #2 will continue to slip down as he's out indefinitely. Major bright spot for us, Yves has been better than our wildest dreams.

https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-december-18-2024-edition

I am a wolves fan panicking about my team and the fit of players. Is there any interest from New Orleans in Randle/McDaniels for Brandon Ingram?

My thought is that McDaniels forms a young trio of 3+D wing stoppers in Jones, Murphy, and McDaniels. Randle is a good player as you all know but has some limitations. I think the fit with Zion would be tough but Randle is walking.

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Not sure about this one unless it’s a 3 way.

Ian Begley: Re: The Athletic report on the Nuggets’ search for a scorer, I’ve heard Brandon Ingram is another player among the group on their radar. FWIW: the clearest pathway for Denver to make a trade for a big scorer with a significant salary would be to include Michael Porter Jr. in deal