At the beginning of the season, Pelicans fans were very disappointed, and failed to keep the ball brother, the ball brother to the Bulls, played an excellent state, so that the Bulls became the eastern powerhouse. On the other hand, the Pelican side is at the bottom of the western stage. We obviously see that there is no tandem of the ball brother, the Pelicans have become a loose sand, the new Graham can not replace the role of the ball brother, the defensive end is also a colander. It seems that without The Ball Brother, the Pelicans lost their brains! At that time, almost everyone seemed to be a quasi-All-Star player, and Holliday was suitable for brother ball and Zion as the core of the team after he left.
He signed the Bulls for 4 years and 80 million in the offseason last year, and this season averaged 13.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, which occupies a very important role in the Bulls' system! But after the ball brother was injured, he clearly saw the fatigue of the Bulls, sliding from the first place in the East to the fifth place in the East, and the Cavaliers in the play-offs were only 2 wins away. It is worth mentioning that today's Bulls are a completely pseudo-strong team, facing the top three teams in the East and West, the Bulls have a record of 0 wins and 16 losses. In essence, it shows that the ball brother did not bring qualitative changes to the bulls!
In terms of statistics, the ball brother has also experienced a certain decline with the deepening relationship of the season, and the bulls' data is even worse than last season's average of 14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the Pelicans. It is worth mentioning that in terms of attendance, the attendance rate of 50% of the football brother season is less than that of the Pelicans' 67%. At the Time of the Lakers, the season with the highest attendance was 63 percent in the 17-18 season. This also shows that the ball brother is also a player with glass attributes, and the players with glass attributes are obviously inappropriate as the core of the team! Let's take a look at the Pelicans' record, 32 wins and 43 losses to the ninth place in the West, and like last season, it is still a playoff marginal team. This also shows that there is no ball brother, the impact is not big!
Let's look at the Pelicans' later operations, sending away Alexander Walker, sending hart, sending Silva, sending away a future first-round pick and two second-round picks, getting CJ McCollum, Larrinas Jr. and Snell. First, Hart's basketball talent isn't high; second, Alexander Walker's scoring efficiency is low and he's not suitable as a core point guard. Moreover, the team has actually completed the team reconstruction because of Zion and Ingram, and does not need too many draft picks. They need to be able to reach the playoffs in the next 3 seasons!
Before getting CJ, the team traded Adams and No. 10 show Zaire Williams for Varan and No. 17 show Tre Murphy. Many people have complained about this problem before, but now, I think it is a perfect deal. Adams is actually not much different from Varan in terms of strength, and Varan also has three-point shooting ability, which is more suitable for the Pelicans' system. Tre Murphy played the limelight against the Lakers, shooting 7-of-12 and 4-of-7 from three-point range to get 21 points and 4 rebounds. Previously, in the game against the Hornets, he shot 12 of 20 from the field and made 7 of 12 three-pointers, a career-high 32 points and 9 rebounds. This also means that as long as the ball is given, the possibility of Tre Murphy playing is very large! You know, 2 meters 03 of him, the template is Paul George!
As long as we wait until Zion returns, we can see that the big three of Zion + CJ + Ingram are still very competitive! CJ and Ingram are both players with very mature styles, and judging by last season's performance, the Pelicans intend to transform Zion into a front-of-the-group role, surrounded by players who can shoot three points. The author thinks that this is also the reason why he sent away the ball brother. Zion wants to transform, he is no longer a player who eats cakes on the inside, but comes to play as an organizational big. The author feels that with the alignment gap of the No. 1 position, Zion's misalignment advantage is obvious!
In addition, Graham, who was introduced from the Hornets for 4 years and 47 million, the team is now looking to play Graham as a sixth-man character. Compared with the ball brother, Graham is much cheaper, and Graham is also the year of playing, it is really not possible, you can also trade Graham. After all, the team also has a No. 13 show Lewis Jr. Coupled with herbert Jones selected this year, Hayes, who has gradually played as the starter, the quality of the team's role players is actually quite high!
The Pelicans' biggest problem is waiting for Zion to return, and although Zion can't guarantee attendance, there are huge problems with injuries. But Zion's talent is not questioned, after all, the comeback stole Morant's aura and was selected as an All-Star a season earlier than Morant. It is worth mentioning that Zion recently resumed training and lost 22 pounds of weight, which is also fully prepared for the organization! Although Zion is almost impossible to make a comeback this season, Zion iron will definitely play next season, as long as the health is guaranteed, the Pelicans are a top six team in the West! In this way, the pelicans sending away the ball brother is really a good move!