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Zion. Something inside me tells me I should have stopped there. This article can only go downhill from here.
Count me in with the people that wouldn’t be as optimistic after winning the lottery if the Pelicans were not reorganizing. That statement is not meant to place all the blame at the feet of Dell Demps. The organization was clearly not in place to be great. Yet, it is amazing how quickly things can change.
The entire structure is changing to where the owner is committed to doing what is necessary. It is strange it has taken this long to figure it out, because the Saints figured it out years ago. The coaching staff, management, and owner must be on the same page. Every layer of the organization must share the same vision.
Meanwhile, you have to get lucky and the Pels you can’t define being lucky any better than winning a lottery. Just like winning the lottery in 2012 and drafting Anthony Davis, the Pelicans have won the lottery in a year where they will draft a player who can be a top 10 player in short order. Zion can actually make an impact faster because his body is NBA ready, whereas Anthony Davis’ body in 2012 was not ready for the 82 game season.
We all know the Pels had a tough time surrounding Davis with players to compliment Davis talent. Whether it was wasting draft picks, bad contracts, or injuries it seemed the roster was getting overhauled every 6 months. Yet, rarely did any of those players fit together and sustain quality performances.
I am not even going to waste my time worrying about whether the Pelicans will trade or keep Anthony Davis because I know either can be successful. I am going to trust management to make either situation work because either choice can work.
If Griffin can convince Anthony Davis to grow up and stay that would be great. Zion, Davis, and Holiday make a great core of players whose style of play complement each other well. Julius Randle had a great year, but his skill set is very similar to Zion. He could stay on the team or be traded for a great shooter which is needed.
If Davis does not want to buy into the program, that can work as well. There are a number of trades that can be made to get back in the beginning of this draft or complete a roster that has been very thin over the years.
All of those moves will be front page news, but the hidden reason for optimism is what is constantly overlooked. When nobody is watching, the Warriors and Spurs develop players in the G league and sign players to fill roles that lead to team chemistry. So when Kawhi Leonard leaves or Kevin Durant goes down, there is depth on the roster to keep winning.
All that being said, I have to be honest. I am on the bandwagon too. I am mostly excited for… Zion!
HEY REF
Hey Ref 5 23 19
This past week while having lunch with some friends I was asked “Why are you constantly putting down the NFL”? At first I didn’t know if the question was an attempt to “bait” me and see if I’d get upset or did I have a valid reason for doing so. Although I do have valid reasons I didn’t think answering the question was the smart thing to do. I mean we were just sitting down and we hadn’t even had time to look at a menu. I had to think why someone would start off by asking me that because I didn’t feel it was right for a so called friend to just “dump” this into my lap. I wasn’t about to spoil a perfectly good time since I thought the question was asked in order to start a fight or put me on the defensive.
I kindly just answered with a little bit of a laugh that we only had an hour and left it alone. But before we finished our meals the question was asked of me again. Trying to make light of the continued asking of my reasons why I “put down” the NFL I just answered “evidently you don’t read Hey Ref because I’ve written on more than one occasion my reasons for my distain for the National Football League”. I promised to find a column where I wrote some of my reasons for not liking the NFL and I must apologize because it’s taken a couple weeks to find one of my better columns where I explain some of my reasons why I’m not a fan of the NFL. The following words of wisdom, aka “The Best of Hey Ref”, were first printed on December 12, 2015. Not much has changed since then and my opinion hasn’t changed on the goings on in the NFL. I’ll make sure my friend gets a “heads-up” so he can read for himself my “WHYS”. I hope everyone else enjoys it too and with no further delays here are some of my reasons for not being a fan… … …
There’s a couple very famous sayings that go something like “There’s a sucker born every minute” and “You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time”. To me these two phrases describe the current and most recent history of the National Football League better known simply as the NFL. Let’s go to those ever all important numbers now that just a few games are left to be played in the 2015 season.
I’m in shock with the poor records and the lack of concern by most of the players and very few of the owners. Why you may ask? It’s shocking to me because out of the 32 teams there are 21 teams with losing records. In the hotly contested NFC East division there isn’t a team with a winning record. Three teams are tied for the lead at 6-7. That boils down to a winning percentage of just.462. In the NFC South where the Saints reside three of the teams are no better than 6-7 with New Orleans just a game behind at 5-8.
That’s just the standings in two of the eight divisions and nobody seems upset with any of it. You’d think the owners would be raising Hell with coaches and the like but really they for the most part are happy at the results. Not the results from the playing field but the one that trumps all others; their bottom lines. That’s the only thing that matters to these new style of businessmen because as long as teams are “in the hunt” for a playoff spot everything is peachy-keen. No need to wonder “Why” because being “in the hunt” translates to full stadiums.
These teams go about daily life, boasting they are the best; no one can come close as they claim to be the best professional football players. Simply put this is supposed to be a league beyond compare. It’s shocking this league generates more than 8 BILLION dollars a year. A large part of those BILLIONS is from TV contracts and memorabilia. That’s a huge sour subject with this writer since the vast majority of NFL memorabilia is made in China just as with the rest of the American marketplace. I say the least, the very least the owners should do is employ American workers to make all the jerseys and the like that fans seem to not get enough of.
The players are for the most part multi-millionaires and just go through the motions of playing the games until they’re in the final year of their current contract. That’s simply because the better the numbers the more an agent can squeeze out of the teams. You’d think with the money being thrown around they’d try to earn a paycheck but the thing killing the won-lost records for most teams is a little thing known as “Guaranteed Money”. For instance Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys signed a $120 million dollar contract a couple years back and more than $60 million is guaranteed. He doesn’t have to play another down and he gets paid.
I don’t understand how in good faith any businessman would not only offer this kind of contract but be happy when a player signs it. And you shouldn’t even try to measure the ego factor many of these owners have. You’ll have an ownerthat wants this highest paid player in the league on his payroll. Why would that matter? Simple answer is fans will buy up every seat possible to see this so called “Greatest/Highest Paid” player. And it goes without saying they’ll buy up the all too familiar and expensive memorabilia.
As I’ve written so many times this writer has been priced out of watching a game live since the cheapest tickets alone will set you back some $300 to $500 each. And if you want to sit closer to the action then be ready to fork over $1,000.00 or more for EACH seat.
So fans of the MFL (Mediocre Football League) don’t get upset that your millionaires aren’t worth the money; just be happy they’re “in the hunt” for a playoff berth. As long as the money keeps flowing, the stadiums remain full and the T-shirts keep selling out the owners have no reason to change the product on the field. But my problem with this formula is the little fact everybody ispaying more for less and people are happy. So who am I to complain?????
Till next week…
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