Exia Ross

appreciate all the new follows from #nbasky there's a lot of hoops & stats talk here! I also talk about whatever else is on my mind which may not always be hoops. got some written stuff about hoops & film study in the pipeline so I hope you'll read it in time, anything I publish will be pinned.

never. carry. last.

If Zion played like Tip Hayes, he'd be MVP

@andytulin.net if hypothetically I were to start playing Marvel snap, what resource do you think would be best to get a basic rundown of the flow of the game & stuff?

Jalen Suggs too? Jeez. Prayers up. Awful day for folks.

underestimate stokes at your own peril

VJ is one of my favorite young players. Just a great personality and a future star.

This Pelicans team is, at best, a collection of NBA players. It is not a cohesive team, & everyone knew that before the season started. After all the mistakes made last season, ownership chose not to do a damn thing about the clear roster flaws. And here we are, 0-3 via 3 crunch time embarrassments.

Hats off is Mose for "give them credit"

Once they didn't bring Borrego back & it wasn't someone new to NBA coaching, I had a feeling the team would look this way.

As someone who has watched a LOT of Pacers games over the last decade, I know what Mathurin is as a player. It's definitely great when it's good, but if he's not on a tight leash, he freestyles too much & has not shown the passing acumen necessary to shoulder any significant offensive load.

I genuinely need to see the training camp documentary from this team bc I have no idea what they worked on. They did better under their coach last year who took over mid-season. The offensive process is bland. The defensive individual technique is solid*. But the defensive scheme is gnarly.

Fears is a solid player but his usage so far this season has been rough. He hasn't been given any sort of green light to create early paint touches. Tbh in early offense transition, he should be Jordin Canada. In the half court, Kelsey Plum OR Mitchell. There is no reason he can't play that way.

man if only there was a hall of fame guard who retired only after no team offered him a contract

The Pelicans stink!

He's good but do not use performance against the Pels as true hype. Multiple teams had *season highs* against the Pels all year long. They're just less than the sum of their parts more often than not.

AD said the exact same thing I said here. There is a lack of intention from the Pels in pivotal moments that is directly related to this 4Q/OT chaos.

a true pg with a cool head (fears is a combo) & a true big that isn't geriatric would be stabilizing factors in a 4Q like that. without those, or people who can be a proper facsimile of that, you'll lose to teams anchored by two that can do exactly that.

there is no reason they shouldn't have run something like this. a veer or delay or ANYTHING

Have a feeling Nuggets will bring out the clutch in OT. I'm going to make dinner so at least I can enjoy this

lmao what I came up with was way better than what they freaking ran

Herb Jones is a +11 Dejounte Murray is a -10 It’s a tied ball game.

Pelicans fans have to come to grips that Zion isn’t close to being a star.

The Zion jumper for a dagger ID wild. I will give him credit for that because wow.

Next possession proved my point. They could've avoided that if they had a plan to scram Jeremiah out of that PG vs C matchup

If Fears is on Jokic why doesn't Mose have a scram plan? Z would be a better matchup here, clearly

The Nuggets stopped playing their worst player. The Pelicans haven’t.

The Pels would be losing rn if DJM & Bey & Trey didn't come out the gate ready to play

Remember Pels fans, the Pels are so lowly regarded (justifiably) that a loss to them is possible grounds for firing the coach lmao

Mathurin seems to me to be just a slightly more explosive Bryce? At least even he's flowing well with Poole for example.

Imagine what this team could do with a young player who does what DJ does?

crazy how good it is for trey when you're not asking him to use his handle for creation

Anytime you have Mathurin creating an advantage instead of capitalizing on one, you're wasting his gifts.

I was unaware that DEN’s willingly playing Cam Whitmore. I take this back, @stevejones20.bsky.social

Part of the success tonight is the reasonable lineups Mose has run tonight. None of the insane ones over the past 2 games. Karlo + Yves have also had exceptional starts to the year. Queen as well.

Best player on the team in a comprehensive sense.

Hopefully Mose sees the chemistry between Jeremiah & Karlo. They play very well together.

That's funny that DeAndre is already starting so early. Borrego did the same thing. The team needs at least two bigs who can do what he does.

this is probably more reflective of age than anything else bc the youths aren't watching tv as much as youtube. but certain journalists (especially the culture ones) should probably know about the largest people in the space. especially when they're litigious & responsible for important precedents

Bone bruise is rough bc he was performing so well, but at least it wasn't something like a ligament. Thank heavens. He'll be struggling with this all season though. Bone bruises are always difficult & directly affect performance bc playing at a certain stage is about pain tolerance.

I repeat: Gabby is the false nine & Burton is the shadow striker