Justin Verrier

It's just so...

damning because none of it matters.

Ultimately, it hasn't mounted to anything.

And that's my worry long term, where it's like fears I feel like can get his and still develop in the midst of whatever is going on because he has such a clear track for his career.

He's going to be just a dynamic scorer.

You saw that against the Knicks recently where I think he had 21 points, which is great.

I just worry that Queen is going to have to be sacrificed the most because in order to fit

him into what they're doing, it feels like you really do need the right parts in order to cover up his defense first and foremost, or just find the right size players in order to mangle together certain lineups.

He and Zion do not fit together.

I'm pretty clear.

That's just not going to work.

The defense is horrid, but also they just don't have any sort of synergy playing off each other.

And so I do worry, like if he's the guy that we're all most excited about his talent, like, is he actually going to be most diminished if they're going to be chasing just 30 wins in like the nine or 10 seats?

So the Pelicans were six and four in February.

That was their first winning month since March, 2024.

And we should note that in February is the all-star break and thus they only had 10 games.

So that certainly helped, but a little glimmer of light.

They were playing well there.

Unfortunately, recently they've now lost five straight as we're recording this.

I just, I don't know, man.