Tre Jones is so fucking good at basketball.
Assuming New Orleans doesn't somehow blow a 30-point lead, it's been a good few days for their playoff hopes. Beat Phoenix on the road. Look to beat LA. And Portland has lost two in a row. As you predicted, the magic of their Anfernee Simons and scrubs lineups have worn off.AS EVERYONE WAS SHOUTING FOR WEEKS, the key to unlocking the McCollum-Ingram Pelicans was replacing Devonte' Graham at PG with Jaxson Hayes.
They've been stomped in both games. The front office clearly preferred the tank to the scrap-your-way-into-9th approach. Coming out of the All-Star break, they announced that Nurkic would have to miss 4 weeks due to the same plantar fascia pain he's been playing through otherwise. Replacing him in the lineup with 10-day-contract Drew Eubanks took them down a big notch.And Portland has lost two in a row. As you predicted, the magic of their Anfernee Simons and scrubs lineups have worn off.