Recent content by hgb

Could be, I haven't been watching them at all, but there are plenty of skilled players there (Zion, Murphy, Herb Jones, Queen apparently looks good, Dejounte Murray will probably be back around New Years. I think they'll end up above us.

Pelicans aren't tanking, so I wouldn't at all be surprised if they started winning significantly more at some point.

I agree that there is no way they for example get to playins, but they have no incentive to lose (and others do), and if they do get healthier, they'll win way more than then have.

Lebron planning to make his season debut, apparently.

I don't have Zion, but I do have the others and OG (and I have Herro, but I knew he'd start out injured).

According to Shams (https://oslo.town/@ShamsCharania@sportsbots.xyz/115531749763321771), he's gone.

I was all for trading for the pick before the injury, but now it doesn't look great for winning games even if they tried real hard. Don't think it's worth it now (I'd give up Brice, maybe Collier, though, not the others).

Can it be a factor that he's a two-way and is limited to how many games he can play during the season?

Yeah, true, but it's looking even better now than it did in June. It wasn't a stretch to see both Bucks and Pelicans reaching the playoffs, after all.

With the Pelicans injury history I'm thinking ATL is feeling really, really good about that Queen trade right now. Could be a tank contender without trying.

I'm sure you can sit him on some b2bs (it's not like he's been an ironman through his career, some rest is probably good), but that's hardly going to matter enough.

I wouldn't feel bad for him, but I still definitely think it's way too early to give up. I think he can become a solid player, he's still 20 and certainly did show flashes during pre-season.

I'd be very surprised. It feels like far too early to give up on Cody or Hendricks, and while Collier might not be a future starter, he's shown enough to pick up a late first contract, for sure.

Trade the 2nd worst of Jazz/Cavs/Wolves/LAL in '27 (worst is already going to Suns) to OKC for that '26 pick, make playoffs, watch Wolves plunge to lottery behind injuries, swap pick with Wolves, draft star, win title.

I thought he hustled really well for lots of rebounds (and got lots of them, including at least two possessions he saved which aren't on the box score).