The name reveals that the Pelicans will be semi-rebuilt! Two cores leaving? Changed to play a star-studded game, wanting to follow the old path of the Clippers

Achenggao

2024-05-11 06:36Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 11, Beijing time, with the deepening of the NBA playoffs, many eliminated teams have begun to look at next season, according to American media reports, the Suns are now interested in getting Budenholzer, and they may offer him a contract with an annual salary of 10 million. I have to praise the new owner of the Suns for his resoluteness, they just cut Vogel yesterday, and now they are starting to bring in a new coach, and then look at Pelinka, who was interested in multiple coaches before, but there has been no action so far.

And the Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee that they were interested in before is now also poached by the Hornets, so when Pelinka makes another move, it is estimated that there is no suitable coach in the free market, Pelinka is really thinking about Jeanie Buss, and he will definitely not spend a penny more if he can spend less, but he has been getting some coaches with insufficient experience and ability, which will only waste Zhan Mei's career, since Pelinka took office, the Lakers have a total of 315 wins and 320 losses, and such management is also speechless.

And there are actually a lot of team executives like him in the entire league who have poor functioning, such as the Pelicans, who have recently reported discord on the Pelicans' side, according to Scott, because he was abandoned at a critical moment in the series against the Thunder, Ingram had a quarrel with the coach, and he asked Willie Green for playing time and the ball, but was ignored, and as the team's star turned out to be treated like this.

Normally, teams would choose to cut the head coach to appease the players and locker room, but the Pelicans did not do so, they even thought it was Ingram's problem, and it was reported that the Pelicans were interested in sending Ingram away because they believed that the combination of Ingram and Zion was not compatible, and the two did not work well on the court, so they would put Ingram on the shelf in the offseason and would not choose to renew his contract.

In the playoffs this season, Ingram averaged 14.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1 steal and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 34.5% from the field and 25% from three-point range.

But the Pelicans' decision to rebuild in the offseason was speechless, according to Mitchell Scott, the Pelicans realized that the team's roster was a bit disjointed, they wanted to rebuild the team around Zion, they wanted to seek upgrades in various positions to improve the space on the court, rather than bring in some people who hindered Zion's space on the court, and their meaning was also very clear, remove all the obstacles from Zion, and completely build the team around Zion.

And when it comes to Zion's obstacles, then Varan is definitely one, because Varan has almost no projection ability, and he can only squat in the pit, which also affects the team's offensive space, so the Pelicans will most likely not renew his contract. And the American media also confirmed this idea, according to Hoops reporters, Wallan will not renew his contract with the Pelicans in the offseason, he hinders Zion's space, the Pelicans are not interested in renewing his contract, and at the same time, Wallan averages two doubles per game, but is always abandoned at critical moments, so it also leads to his dissatisfaction, if Wallan leaves the Pelicans, it is estimated that he will be valued in the free market.

Varan is one of the best centers in the active interior technology, although the projection is not good, but with the rise of the centers, Valan's value has also begun to be reflected, to be honest, it is easy for a center of Valan's level to get a contract of more than 15 million in the free market, and he can serve as the interior core of any team. Judging by the news that is coming out now, the Pelicans will give up the two cores of Ingram and Varland in the offseason, is it wise for them to do so?

I don't think it's wise, they chose to rebuild right, after all, the team has no future around the current squad, but it is not wise to rebuild around Zion, after all, everyone knows Zion, the individual ability is indeed very strong, and his organizational ability has also improved this season, but he still has no projection ability, of course, this is not the biggest problem, his biggest problem is health risks.

Zion has not played a full season in his career so far, this season is the season he has played the most, playing 70 games, but he also missed the playoffs due to injury, his style of play is difficult to ensure health, he has played a total of 184 games in 5 seasons so far in his career, and has played an average of 36 games per season per game, such an attendance rate is too low, and the team is built around him, so the Pelicans must be prepared to play without the team boss for a long time.

Their way of building a team can't help but remind people of the Clippers, who also have this kind of team building model, introducing a glass man as the team boss, and as a result, the Clippers have been the favorites for the championship every year in the past few years, and they have fallen on injuries every year. If the Pelicans want to build around Zion, then there is a good chance that it will be another losing strategy. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Pelicans? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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