After a wave of four consecutive wins, the Pelicans finally came to the final position in the playoffs, and the team also traded McClem at this time, at the cost of the top 3d Hart and the chaotic master Walker, thinking of using McCollum to stabilize the team's offense and fully impact the playoffs.
McClum was previously one of the Blazers' double guns, but also a prestige, since experiencing major surgery for lung collapse, and with age, McClum's much-maligned defensive problems have become bigger and bigger, basically a defensive loophole on the court, short and slow, in today's game to the Spurs, basically by the other side, as long as a full-court running position or a rapid change of direction, you can immediately throw it off, the pelicans lost the two games are all suppressed by the opponent, There is no way to stop an opponent from scoring.
The Maxlum Pelicans' first game had a maximum of 21 shots of only 6, the game is still the highest number of shots 24 shots 15, cut 36 points and 11 rebounds of the double-double data, seemingly unlimited scenery behind the data is full of embarrassing defensive black holes, Mikelum is very good at one-on-one single score, but it is difficult to prevent opponents from getting points on him. He may have really mistakenly come to the Pelicans as the boss, and with his talent and the injuries he suffered, no team would consider him a championship core.
McClum himself seems to be unable to recognize this reality, in fact, Ingram has played very well this season, he played in the game, the team is also more than a few wins, the team has also explored a very good and balanced offensive and defensive starting lineup, especially the Pelicans' defense is higher than the top ten in the league, the defensive counterattack is ranked in the top five positions in the league, almost everyone has the ability to change defenses indefinitely, and the young players' abundant physical fitness can also seize the opportunity of defensive counterattack in time. Pelicans management at this time in exchange for a data brush McCollum, overconfident and obsessed with singles he completely affected the normal operation of the team.
Ingram's ball rights are not as much as his, the other players are more sporadic opportunities, basically no right to shoot, the team's defensive system has completely collapsed from him, the Pelicans management is sick and chaotic, in order to stabilize the playoffs, there is no situation at all, completely disrupting the momentum of this gang of youth troops, and the management of the whole league is none other than them.