Colonel Flagg

I do not watch tv news.

My initial impressions

I don’t understand why Looney and Missi played together. I think that stalled the offense.

They went a moment where they took Zion, Bey, and Poole out all at the same time. They were the hot offensive players and they were successful throughout the game. I thought this hurt the team late.

I thought Peavy looked great pestering Brunson.

I don’t think Hawkins was a positive in the rotation.

I really didn’t like how the refs completely changed how they were calling the game in the fourth quarter. I felt like the Pels fought through it; however, I saw the refs allowing the game to get unbelievably physical was meant to neutralize the Pels scheme advantages in the game. The Pels were dominating the paint and getting to the line. They did this and it allowed the game to get sloppy and hurt the Pels offense.

Yeah I am not sure I get this lineup as Poole, Zion, and Bey have been the consistent offense.

Also this is crunch time I am not sure Fears is the person to be running the offense. I don’t even think Hawkins should be playing.

So they call Zion on the steal yet he gets mugged when he has the ball and nothing.

Villanova is more guard heavy and would get wrecked by teams with big guys.

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Whose minutes is Herb taking on those teams? I don't see either team having a real need for him.

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He is easily a sixth man or starter with someone else coming off the bench.

I think he is an upgrade over Dort for OKC.

I think Herb can be a solid foundational piece for the Pels. He is locked up for years on a reasonable contract.

Estime looked like a beast today.

He just seemed to take unnecessary risk. That will not be tolerated in the NFL as that will lead to automatic losses.

Queen, Zion, and Bey were cooking the Suns one-on-one.

If they just could have defended the three point line and didn’t give them absolutely wide open shots then they would have easily won. It was like they didn’t pay attention at all to the scouting report. All the Suns wanted to do was hang out by the 3 pt line. When they forced them off the line they were getting stops.

The Pelicans were actually playing fun offensive basketball. The Suns were just playing dirty on defense and launching 3s constantly. I didn’t feel the Suns were making a bunch of contested shots.

I get Borrego wanting us to kick the ball out more to open shooters. Queen and Zion were collapsing everything. The offense was plenty with just decent defense guarding the 3 pt line.

The Pels win the game playing mediocre defense.

You can’t just give up wide open 3s on defense. It is lazy effort. I am not sure the Suns could have scored wide open in the paint.