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As of now, the Pelicans unexpectedly rushed to the top spot in the West District. During this counterattack, all the players in the team performed quite well. No. 3 pick Williamson has regained his ability in health. McCollum , Valan and Ingram and other core players have maintained the team's lower limit. Jones, Murphy, Alvarado, a group of young players have grown significantly, and the whole team has shown strong competitiveness. The most noteworthy in the lineup of
is undoubtedly the rookie Trey Murphy. After experiencing a rookie season, he made rapid progress, with his average score from 5.4 points to 12.9 points, and his shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage increased from 39.4%, 38.2% to 48.1%, and 41.4%. Such personal performance is undoubtedly a great value for a player who entered the league with a 17th pick in the first round.
Considering that the team is still lying in the injured list, including Herbert Jones, the Pelicans' lineup is really rich, but this is another problem for the head coach.
Williamson, Ingram, McCollum and Valanciunas must be the best candidates for starting positions in their respective positions, and the last starting position can basically be chosen between Murphy and Jones. From my personal perspective, considering Murphy's stable defensive performance and his recent excellent personal form, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to put him on the bench.
. On the other hand, although Jones also started out on the defensive end, his performance on the offensive end was still a bit behind. So, perhaps putting Jones on the bench and starting with Murphy will be a good choice for the team's offense and defense and balance of the team's offense and defense and the strength of the bench lineup.
After selecting the lineup, let’s take a look at some of the team’s possible shortcomings in the future.
From the lineup, they still have some things worth thinking about:
first of all, the chemical reaction between insiders Valan and Williamson. Simply put, it is how much negative impact Williamson's appearance will have on Valan. We are most likely to be sure that during the two-way cooperation, Valan's personal data declined was inevitable. Referring to the double-double performance of 17+11 last season, the 13+9 data this season has declined significantly, including his playing time falling from 30 minutes last season to 23 minutes.
As a traditional inside center, although Valan has certain shooting ability, it will still cause unnecessary obstacles to Williamson's inside impact. The opponent's center does not need to expand when defending Valan, which means that Williamson's every breakthrough advantage faces the assisted defense of the opponent's center, which is indeed the weakness brought by Valan on the court.
However, we still need to look at this comprehensively. No matter what style of play I choose, I always think that the inside line needs some standing big men to provide frame protection, and Williamson's energy is all on offense, and someone needs to stand up at the defensive end. Although Valan is not the best, it is already very good at the moment. And considering that there are still Nance and Hernan Gomez in the substitute lineup, this issue is actually not too critical.
followed by the lack of a real point guard player in the team's starting roster. Of course, when they have the top wing group in the league, they must give up some advantages on the back line. For example, McCollum, Jones, Murphy and Ingram all have the advantage of height and body shape in the same position, which is an absolute benefit.But even if the lineup advantage is obvious, are they not short of point guards?
This problem is quite big in my opinion. Although Ingram, McCollum, Williamson and others in the starting lineup all have assisting and passing skills above the level, they are not enough in offense and defense organization, as well as game rhythm control. They can rely on deep rotation to defeat most teams in the league, but if they face teams with strict offensive and defensive disciplines such as Celtics , Bucks , etc., as long as the opponent focuses on the ball holding point, the Pelicans may face a lot of problems.
Of course, it seems that this problem does not have much impact at the moment. Although the coexistence between Valan and Williamson is slightly more serious, it is not a situation that must be changed at the moment; is the most important thing lies in the Pelicans' goal this season. If they ultimately choose to be mediocre, then they only need to vigorously train new players; however, if they want to achieve certain results in playoffs, then the problem of point guards is what they will face sooner or later.
How to solve this problem?
There are three choices from the perspective of management. One is to strengthen the point guard in transactions; the second is to choose from the existing candidates; and the third is to stick to the status quo. Below, let’s discuss these three choices separately:
The first choice is trading. My personal idea is to try trading Simmons with Ingram. The transaction of
This transaction may sound outrageous at first, but it is not completely without opportunities. This transaction is beneficial to both parties. For the Pelicans, they got a defender with a top-level defense and truly achieved a sense of success. Although there are problems on the outside, the Pelicans have enough outside firepower points in their lineup, which is a supplement; and many players in the original lineup have forced their assist positions to affect their offensive performance. Simmons' arrival is also a trick to liberate the original players.
and the head coach can subsequently put on an excellent combination of Simmons, Williamson, McCollum, Murphy and Valan. Judging from the strength on paper alone, this starting lineup is obviously much stronger.
Let’s look at the Nets side. What does this transaction mean to them?
Before this transaction, we have an assumption that the Nets are about to embark on the road of reconstruction. This assumption may sound even more outrageous than the deal between Simmons and Ingram, but it is not completely impossible. First, it is very likely that Irving will leave the team after this season, and the management has no results after going through twists and turns in these seasons. It is hard to guarantee that it will run out of patience with this lineup.
Although it is a pity to give up Durant players of this level, it is not a bad idea to rebuild the system around Ingram. But the most important thing is the transaction value between Simmons and Ingram. Both of them are currently carrying contracts of 30 million, but if they trade, they may have to add more chips to impress the Nets. Similar to Hayes, Graham and others who have obviously given up, and there are also a large number of draft picks, which can be placed on the trading shelves.
Of course, the Lakers will still keep it in the first round next year. If the Purple and Gold Army does not enter the playoffs, this first round may be Wenban Yama. These are the later stories.
then the second option, adjusting from existing people.
They can increase Alvarado's playing time and put Graham on the back lineup of the substitute lineup, which has almost no shortcomings for the team's lineup. But there is a problem. Although Alvarado's personal performance is currently outstanding, we are not sure whether he has the ability to start the defender, especially considering that he is McCollum, the weakness of the two on both offense and defense is somewhat obvious.
So, in a comprehensive comparison, the best way to choose transactions is to choose transactions, but the second choice of transactions does not need to be too radical. You can try some minor patches to fill in the position. or Hayes and Graham mentioned above. You can still trade some mid-level defenders like the Nets' Little Curry , Pistons Burks , and Clippers Kennard and others can all fight for it.
The last choice is to keep the status quo and rely entirely on the original lineup to solve the problem.
team won the eighth pick in the first round of this year's draft. As a 19-year-old defender, although he is young, his offense and defense performance is quite remarkable with only time. He was once placed in the starting lineup by the head coach. We cannot rule out his possibility of growth in the future. However, the question is whether the Pelicans are willing to spend two or three years of McCollum, Ingram and others waiting for his growth in vain. I think this is still a bit difficult. There is also Keira Lewis, who has not played in the new season due to injury. At the age of 21, he still has enough room for improvement.
In general, there are still some potential defenders in the Pelicans lineup that are worth observing, but the price paid in this process is indeed a bit high. Once the training fails in the future, the veteran will be no longer at the peak and the newcomers will be embarrassed by the task, which will definitely be a huge loss for the team.
