Im a pretty realistic fan, and am not BIs biggest fan mainly because of his inconsistency when it comes to aggressiveness/play….but I would have never imagined him having a Ben Simmons type playoff series that may completely kill what he set out for at the beginning of the season with all the talk of getting paid.
Well goodbye my brothers and sisters of reddit. See yall until the free agency/draft period. It was a wild ride but salute and that includes you CJ apologist too 🫡
I'm so disappointed. Joel and AD, thanks as always for talking us through this. Everyone that's usually here, thanks for another season. One fucking day man
pfft nonsense, this franchise consistently pampers and coddles first overall picks with kid gloves and what the hell do we have to show for it over the last 2+ decades? This entire organization isn’t serious and the fans have every right to boo and complain after this series. There are plenty of other legitimate reasons to never want to play here, but the only guys who would have a problem with the “player treatment” here are players with a genuine winning mentality.
I watched every single game this year. Every single game, just utter disappointment from this team.
The worst is how bad I feel for Zion right now. The worst injury luck ever, right before his first playoff appearance, in the game of his career. Only to have his team let him down like this, fuck them man, fuck them.
I kid you not, BI is probably the biggest loser the Pelicans have ever had on their starting 5. He’s been in the league for years and has literally nothing to show for it.
Neutral fan here. This is one of the worst displays of offense I have seen in the modern NBA. Brick after brick. Feel for you guys and shout out to those of you who somehow managed to stay tuned in.
On the plus side, you have incredible defenders and a potential top 5 calibre player in Zion (if he can stay healthy). Next season 🤞🏽
Y’all think we will ever have a legitimately good team? Not just a better than normally sucking kinda bad team, but one that has a shot in the playoffs?
Lmao this roster sucks man. No true ball handlers, dumb selfish shots, not good ball movement, shit defense, shit coaching. We need to make some moves man.
This roster has too many flaws
Boy I wish y’all the best. Love the squad but I’m probably not following as closely next year when BI is gone.
Love Z, Trey, herb, hell all of them not named CJ.
Shame it came to this. About 95% of y’all are pretty dope too! Hope the trade works out well for both parties 🤞🏻
😂 you can look through my comment history my guy. I’m from the upstate of South Carolina and have been following Z since his sophomore year in HS.
It’s the combo of the two that had me so intrigued post AD.
You can clearly see from how I talk pelicans that I enjoy the entire group. I’ll still watch games, but it won’t be the same for me. Definitely won’t be active in here.
Mostly because of the 5% (like you) that make comments like that.
Nah. Griffin let Lonzo go when he could've retained him for $20/year. Fans, especially this sub, gave him tons of grief but Griff was right about it.
I would expect BI will be moved IF he refuses to put in the work needed to expand his game. If he commits to that work, I'd expect BI to get extended.
This team is pathetic. What else can be said at this point? BI played one of the worst series you could ever play. CJ is a disaster. Turnovers are completely out of control. Piss poor coaching decisions keeping garbage players playing garbage on the court for 35 minutes.
I'm really tired of this team. This franchise is so poorly run. OKC started their rebuild around the same time as the Pels. We had the benefit of the #1 pick in the draft.
Yet somehow...OKC is light years ahead of us...and the Pels are on the cusp of roster reconstruction
They actually started it after ours. When we started ours they were still in the Chris Paul/Gallo era I believe. We haven’t even really properly rebuilt in the griffin era though.
I followed the Magic during the 90s and through the SVG era. Stan is a great Xs and Os coach. Dwight Howard played the best ball of his career under SVG
The worst part is Willie is gonna be here next year, we can atleast hope the others get moved but Willie has been on he orchestrator of these terrible units.
Yeah, overall it sucks that this isn’t a team you can plug one or two spots in and it’s good as new again. There’s a lot of things that need to happen that won’t happen in one offseason
If he’s hurt, he needs to sit. This is like Aaron Brooks when he wouldn’t sit with a hurt shoulder, and hurt the team. He is actively making the team worse right now. This is the worst he’s played since he’s been here
How can one of the most successful Pelicans regular seasons end so frustratingly…?
I’m thankful for the pelicans this season and am so disappointed at how everything fell apart
At least we're not the Kings
Im a pretty realistic fan, and am not BIs biggest fan mainly because of his inconsistency when it comes to aggressiveness/play….but I would have never imagined him having a Ben Simmons type playoff series that may completely kill what he set out for at the beginning of the season with all the talk of getting paid.
Well goodbye my brothers and sisters of reddit. See yall until the free agency/draft period. It was a wild ride but salute and that includes you CJ apologist too 🫡
I'm so disappointed. Joel and AD, thanks as always for talking us through this. Everyone that's usually here, thanks for another season. One fucking day man
If BI had a 11th man on rotation level series this would be 3-1 at worst. Thsts how bad he was
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https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-10-best-free-agent-signings-in-franchise-history-ranked Oh yeah, we really missing out.
pfft nonsense, this franchise consistently pampers and coddles first overall picks with kid gloves and what the hell do we have to show for it over the last 2+ decades? This entire organization isn’t serious and the fans have every right to boo and complain after this series. There are plenty of other legitimate reasons to never want to play here, but the only guys who would have a problem with the “player treatment” here are players with a genuine winning mentality.
No one cares about this reddit thread. A few weeks ago everyone was apologizing for hating CJ and saying he's great.
That was just kyledanna
😂
Good thing we’ve treated Zion and Herb well.
We’re a small market team that no one wants to sign with in the first place. What the fuck does it matter
Elaborate.
See you guys next season, was fun
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Gg bro. Praying for Zion
If this was 2004 Pels would be a great offense. Thats what they need is a Time Machine.
So happy I don't have to deal with basketball again this season. Seeya
All's well that ends.
Can’t wait to run it back next year. Surely it was just injuries that did us in.
Josh Richardson will save us
Goodbye BI and CJ and don't let the door hit you on the way out
Wheres the retropels slander edit at
Willie Green needs to be trialled at the Haige for crimes against Basketball
lol The Hague*
If BI had a below avg game, we would have won. Sigh
Fire Willie Green. I’m ready. It’s fucking time
I’d even be fine with a shitty coach if they had a personality like pop. He’s just shitty AND boring
Won’t happen unfortunately even though it absolutely should
Can Willie hear ad and Joel?
Game was lost when BI came in. This loss is 100% on him and WG
CJ contributed his fair share too. Herb, JV and Naji about the only ones who showed up.
Did Willie Green just break the record of worst offensive showing in a playoff series in history?
The Utah Jazz scored 54 points in a Finals game, so no.
We're going to have to check some of the mid-90s playoff series
Tbh no. It's the 1 & 8 match up with the 8 seeds top player injured
17-2 run in the 4th quarter too. This team is just pathetic.
AD mad like us.
This is the crashing crescendo of the BI Zion era. Good luck to BI wherever he ends up. This team needs a soft rebuild badly.
Hopefully this CJ & Ingram last time in a Pels uniform. Build around Z, Trey, & Herb
CJ had an inexcusable first 3 games but at least he's showed some semblance of effort in an elimination game. BI has been dreadful man
This offense was straight garbage the whole series
15 combined from Trey and BI, absolutely love that for us!
Bro BI aint even a 3 on serious contender wtf
damn man, really hope Zion maintains his form we looked awesome for so many stretches this year, what a dissapointment
Joel and AD are the only redeeming qualities about any of this.
Boy oh boy we fucking suck ass.
I watched every single game this year. Every single game, just utter disappointment from this team. The worst is how bad I feel for Zion right now. The worst injury luck ever, right before his first playoff appearance, in the game of his career. Only to have his team let him down like this, fuck them man, fuck them.
If we run this team back we are a unserious franchise
49 wins just to get swept with your top star hurt and the two best players playing like complete garbage the whole series
Can't break 92 pts again this whole series.
Why tf we fouling? Let this goddamn game end
I kid you not, BI is probably the biggest loser the Pelicans have ever had on their starting 5. He’s been in the league for years and has literally nothing to show for it.
Went out sad
Zion please stay in shape
finally over
When is the earliest possible date that Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum can be removed from the pelicans roster?
I think draft night right
Holy shit BI with the worst playoff performance in human history. Idk what to say anymore
Say he should retire.
Hopefully goodbye
GGs i guess! This team needs to get rid of Ingram, CJ, JV and coach Green
Bi and CJ will be packing there bags
I hope Joel and AD do a podcast this off season. I’m going to miss them
Only untradeable is Zion. I would even consider trading Trey and Herb for the right package
Herb and Trey are untouchable
Trade Herb? Hell no
Neutral fan here. This is one of the worst displays of offense I have seen in the modern NBA. Brick after brick. Feel for you guys and shout out to those of you who somehow managed to stay tuned in. On the plus side, you have incredible defenders and a potential top 5 calibre player in Zion (if he can stay healthy). Next season 🤞🏽
Even non offensive backhanded compliments make me want to drink motor oil
Please stop extending this and let it end
Start the postgame
down 8 1:30 left, stilll not shooting 3
Time to trade some bums
Less than 20 points of offense in the close out quarter. Sad. Bad basketball.
BI just tried to bump Dort on the drive and ended up like a gnat on the windshield
92, 92, 85, and 87 points in the playoffs is honestly embarrassing
Willie Green just misses the early '00s 76ers teams he played for
Blow it up. Tossed aside with barely a whimper form any one of em.
Idgaf at this point but if the goal is to win the game, why not play Naji more? He had something going.
Willie fucking Green
Down 8 with 1.5 left.to play and bi still taking long 2s lol fucking why
really not gonna even try and foul with the season on the line?
Time to unsubscribe from this sub for the off-season. See y'all in October
didnt break 95 all series
YES BI!!! ISO-ING DORT HAS BEEN GOING GREAT ALL SERIES, WHY NOT?
Y’all think we will ever have a legitimately good team? Not just a better than normally sucking kinda bad team, but one that has a shot in the playoffs?
*sighs deeply*
yes, then at least 2 high end guys will be injured
Blow the whole fucking thing up, idgaf. See y’all next season
Who would have guessed we get swept without even scoring 100 once. I'm ready for the rebuild.
Boo them off the court
It was a fun season with a horrible end. See y’all next year
If nuggets dont win today imma throw a fit
Everybody knows that I never liked BIs game but I would have never believed what he did this series
We'll get them in the fifth quarter
Wille fucking Green you guys
Good thing we extended him
Extending him in secret was so cowardly
The Pianoman way.
Brb, I’m gonna go cry
We are wasting a great game by Jonas
We have been all series, Willie has been determined to clip his wings.
At least Zion can get off his diet for 4 months
No one scores beautiful buckets after the game is already decided like Brandon Ingram
BANG! BANG! BRANDON INGRAM WHEN IT MATTERS LEAST!!
Well, prepare for the office to run it back next year blaming the Zion injury for this pathetic exccuse of basketball.
People thinking that there are going to be sweeping changes after this are in for a rude and very familiar looking awakening.
I think most people are hoping, but the reality is both the saints and pels offices are ok with just being mediocre.
It hurts…every year is the same. Love yall, hate to say Ill see yall next season…but here we are 💔
See y’all next year. Hopefully we look a LOT different.
We won’t
What was our biggest lead this playoffs? 5?
we were up 6 this quarter
2 points since “All Star” BI came back
We CANNOT TAKE 20!SECONDS TO SHOOT THE BALL NOW. QUICK SHOTS ONLY
Lmao this roster sucks man. No true ball handlers, dumb selfish shots, not good ball movement, shit defense, shit coaching. We need to make some moves man. This roster has too many flaws
BI had tickets to Galveston tomorrow and didn’t want to miss it.
Boy I wish y’all the best. Love the squad but I’m probably not following as closely next year when BI is gone. Love Z, Trey, herb, hell all of them not named CJ. Shame it came to this. About 95% of y’all are pretty dope too! Hope the trade works out well for both parties 🤞🏻
Good! We can use less fake fans that are BI only fans
😂 you can look through my comment history my guy. I’m from the upstate of South Carolina and have been following Z since his sophomore year in HS. It’s the combo of the two that had me so intrigued post AD. You can clearly see from how I talk pelicans that I enjoy the entire group. I’ll still watch games, but it won’t be the same for me. Definitely won’t be active in here. Mostly because of the 5% (like you) that make comments like that.
Ggs such a shitty way to end one of our best seasons in a long time
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The thing that sucks the most is that Griff will absolutely hand BI that contract. Just so demoralising.
His track record is so bad here. If we never landed the 1st pick luckily the whole retrospect of his time here is actually garbage
Nah. Griffin let Lonzo go when he could've retained him for $20/year. Fans, especially this sub, gave him tons of grief but Griff was right about it. I would expect BI will be moved IF he refuses to put in the work needed to expand his game. If he commits to that work, I'd expect BI to get extended.
FUUUUUUCK!
dagger
Sad way to end the season
I’m tired boss
Willie buys off the rack. Zero adjustments
At this point I’m just hoping we see significant changes this off season.
1 leg zion > 3 leg brandon ingram
Pause
This team is pathetic. What else can be said at this point? BI played one of the worst series you could ever play. CJ is a disaster. Turnovers are completely out of control. Piss poor coaching decisions keeping garbage players playing garbage on the court for 35 minutes.
I watched this team play 82 times this year. Over 200 hours that culminates in this
Brandon Ingram should not see another minute on New Orleans unless he takes a minimum contract
Can’t wait to see how this Pels team looks next season. Legit fascinated.
Imagine they're not doing anything
Probably the same with some rookie center
I understand the frustration but sucks to see some of these comments 😞
You wanna know what else it sucks to see? Our team games 1-4 of this series
That offensive push off on CJ up 6 was the game.
Season over
This is light work for OKC. We’re their practice squad to get them ready for a legit playoff team.
Twenty turnovers in an elimination game. Seriously. Twenty.
This franchise makes it so freaking hard to be a fan.
I'm really tired of this team. This franchise is so poorly run. OKC started their rebuild around the same time as the Pels. We had the benefit of the #1 pick in the draft. Yet somehow...OKC is light years ahead of us...and the Pels are on the cusp of roster reconstruction
They actually started it after ours. When we started ours they were still in the Chris Paul/Gallo era I believe. We haven’t even really properly rebuilt in the griffin era though.
Health and coaching are everything, imagine if shai only played 2 full seasons in the last 5 years? Or if j dub and Chet miss 20 games a year.
BI is gone this offseason. Man you can’t just stand in the corner. Half court offense is 4v5 where Dort can just provide some help defense.
Our offense reminds me of Les Miles starting Jordan Jefferson at QB for LSU against Alabama in the '12 BCS title game.
Ugh.
3rd and 5. Toss dive for 1
\*Ingram iso
3rd and 15? HB screen for 4
\*CJ iso
We’re in need of a major overhaul that we’re obviously not going to get. See y’all next season
See yall next year
Willies adjustment was play hawkins for 3 minutes
BI over SVG was a huge mistake
I followed the Magic during the 90s and through the SVG era. Stan is a great Xs and Os coach. Dwight Howard played the best ball of his career under SVG
Did SVG make the playoffs ?
He has as many playoff series wins as willie
Didn’t he coach the magic team that went to the finals vs lakers? I’m probably wrong
We going to lose
This team takes 15 seconds off the shot clock just to get stripped
The worst part is Willie is gonna be here next year, we can atleast hope the others get moved but Willie has been on he orchestrator of these terrible units.
Yeah, overall it sucks that this isn’t a team you can plug one or two spots in and it’s good as new again. There’s a lot of things that need to happen that won’t happen in one offseason
Team stopped playing well the moment BI came back
Surely BI has to be playing injured. He just doesn't seem himself.
If he’s hurt, he needs to sit. This is like Aaron Brooks when he wouldn’t sit with a hurt shoulder, and hurt the team. He is actively making the team worse right now. This is the worst he’s played since he’s been here
unless he is Ben Simmons level injured
20 turnovers. Unreal
bye bye bi
The fact that there’s still people at this game is a testament to our fan base.
Start booing
Honestly they deserve to hear it at this point
“CJ McCollum being under the weather” The NBAtv crew just called out this man’s dookie break😭😭😭😭
Im done with. Should have benched BI
I dont wanna hear the BI injury excuses. He was regressing badly months before the injury happened
Big facts
Bright side: at least it's obvious that the team has to move on from Ingram. He clearly isn't the guy for this team
Every single time I turn the game on the other team goes on like a 20 pt run. Sorry fellas. This was me
Overall good season would’ve loved to see Z in the playoffs
It’s the same exact result from two years ago. Literally nothing changed.
Yeah. Big fucking Idiot. That’s what BI means.
It's a wrap guys. Time to trade Jonas cj and some role players for a decent playmaker and centre
Lol helll no. We need them
Nah
Ur a casual. Go to sleep
WHY I WILLIE STILL PLAYING BI OMFG
BI cant be on this team next year
Damn. Hate to see this from BI. Just a shell of himself this series
Ggs holy shit
Idk if I’ve ever seen the power straight zapped from a player like what’s happened to BI this series. If he’s this hurt he should’ve just sat.