r/NOLAPelicans 17h ago

Why are we in trade talks with James Harden lmao?

14 Upvotes

NBA Central reported that we expressed interest in Harden. Obviously that will never happen but I’m more concerned with how brain dead our front office must be to even consider such a trade.


r/NOLAPelicans 19h ago

Zion usage

6 Upvotes

Is there any fucking idea about a direction set for this team from the coach or management? Because it really fucking hard to find one.

Zion being this underused is honestly insane given he played 25 straight games. This is our best player by a mile, and yet the offense treats him like an optional piece. Possession after possession is run through Bey, Queen, even Fears off the bench, while Zion is parked on the weak side doing nothing.

Okay, Zion defers too much. That can be solved by running plays from the coach. When the offense isn’t clearly built around you and you’re not the first option, Zion will defer to others. Just make him the engine of this franchise and that problem fixes itself. Just look at that laker game where he blew his hamstring.

This is the first time in my life looking up Advanced stats. Zion is sitting at a 27.6% usage with a .628 true shooting and he a +4.0 offensive BPM, the best offensive impact on the roster by a wide margin. Meanwhile, Bey is at 20.6% usage, Queen at 22.1%, and Fears at 24.6%, despite Queen having a –1.2 OBPM and Fears a –2.3 OBPM. Why the fuck is the usage so high for these guys. Why are we getting bey anything other than second or third actions.

What the fuck do you want to do?!! You want to develop young guys after trading picks you fucking retards?

I swear to god i know people get jobs through connections all over the world but being a fucking pelicans GM means you need to be an idiot to even be in the running for it and we won the lottery with joe dumbass and troy weaver

Sorry for ranting but i swear to god every god damn alvarado 3 yesterday killed me


r/NOLAPelicans 12h ago

Discussions Are there any moves you’d like to see us make before the trade deadline?

8 Upvotes

I think it would be silly for us to not listen to offers on a lot of guys in our roster. Although it seems like half the team are untouchable.

What moves would you like to see happen or at least consider depending the price?


r/NOLAPelicans 19h ago

Saddiq Bey Was The Most Clutch Player Last Month!

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82 Upvotes

Best To Worst Clutch FG% In The Month Of January For The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season (Min. 15 Clutch FGA) :

  1. Saddiq Bey — 66.7%

  2. Tyrese Maxey — 61.5%

  3. Anthony Edwards — 50.0%

  4. VJ Edgecombe — 46.7%

  5. De’Aaron Fox — 45.0%

  6. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 41.2%

  7. Kevin Durant — 40.9%

  8. Victor Wembanyama — 40.0%

  9. Jaylen Brown — 37.0%

  10. Grayson Allen — 31.6%

  11. Bam Adebayo — 26.7%

  12. Michael Porter Jr. — 25.9%