As a small-ball city team, as a team that missed out of the core season, as a team that entered the playoffs with a playoff, the Pelicans were never favored, but he never seemed to get what he wanted, and this season the Pelicans were absent from the core Zion, and the mid-season trade introduced cj to cooperate with Ingram to enter the playoffs with the playoffs.
Being able to enter the playoffs is actually the Pelicans have exceeded their season tasks, not to mention that their opponents are the league's number one Sun, and in the end, the Pelicans still fell on the road to challenge the first, but are they losers? I believe no one will criticize the Pelicans at the end of the season.
The Pelicans' journey is over this season, and fans and the media should focus on how the Pelicans will build next season. The Pelicans' first priority next season is to deal with the contract of the team boss Zion, Zion has made it clear in the playoffs this season that he wants to return, which shows that his injury situation is not as serious as his private medical team exposed, but the Pelicans reject Zion's request, on the one hand, the team has established a lineup system with CJ and Ingram as the core after Zion's departure, Zion's comeback will undoubtedly change the team's chemistry, and the distribution of ball power is also a big problem. Zion's idea was also simple, to play personal data on a stage like the playoffs and get a big contract.
The Pelicans have yet to complete an early contract extension with Zion, who still needs to prove himself in the regular season. Early in the next season, the Pelicans will put together in the Big Three lineup of Ingram, CJ, and Zion, this combination looks offensively insoluble, and has both inside and outside, Ingram and CJ needless to say have supported the Pelicans' offensive firepower this season, and Zion's play believes that everyone still has the impression that his impact on the offensive end is indeed very significant, but Zion's shortcomings are also very obvious He is not a player who is willing to contribute on the defensive end, to put it simply, he only cares about personal data.
Compared to Zion's Next Season Ingram is the person we should look forward to the most, this season Ingram forced himself to become the team's ball holding point, he originally templated Durant, and in the previous Warbler's style of play is very similar to Durant, are standing singles, but in the team adversity, Ingram stepped forward to become the leader, he developed the ability to hold the ball organization, with good offensive techniques, next season Ingram will continue to grow.
But the so-called no leaky wall, the pelicans' future looks really good, the problem is gradually exposed, Zion returns to the ball is the main problem, Ingram has become willing to string the team's organizers, but Zion is not, this will affect the cooperation between the teams, when the other players on the team are not involved, naturally no longer willing to unite, after all, no one likes to do thankless things.
There is a long way to go, so let's look forward to whether the Pelicans can complete the counterattack next season.