[2016-2017] Donatas Motiejunas as a New Orleans Pelican

If you need the depth, sure. But we can't play five guys in the frontcourt rotation. We barely have enough time for Harrell as it is. D'antoni said he's had to carve out time for him because he's playing so well. DMo doesn't even have a significant role in New Orleans, as a third string center here he'd get no time.

 

Doesn't matter, he's not in Houston anymore.....and that's why the Rockets need frontcourt depth before the trade deadline. Either way, can't do anything about it now.

 

None of their centers are getting any time......Davis is playing Center, when he should be playing PF.

DD

 

Outside of Davis, New Orleans' frontcourt is terrible. Isn't it concerning that DMo can't establish a role there at either position? He'd be third string center here and that's being generous and putting Harrell at primary backup four. Our coach fundamentally hates the post game and he doesn't fit at the PF position in our small ball scheme. He also doesn't finish strongly at the rim.

DMo isn't better than any of our guys anymore. Nene is doing a way better job and only gets paid $3M. I'd rather Les put that $8M he would've paid DMo towards buying picks or paying luxury tax next year. It's not my money, but even NBA billionaire owners don't have unlimited funds for payroll.

 

LOL if Dmo was healthy all along and he is playing like this it just shows he was a scrub and not worth more than the vet min.

If he wasnt DMo and was some random player putting up these numbers would you make all these allowances for him? Terrence Jones has outplayed DMo by like 10x while on the Pelicans, how come you're not talking about him? Based on everything you're saying he would help the team way more than DMo as he is he also playing with Pelicans bad system but naging to score and rebound more than DMo

 

Yeah but at what cost? Dmo's QO was what, 8M? And even worse Dmo's back is whack, thats why after two months in he's still scoring just 5 pts in 16 mins. Healthy DMo was a borderline star offensively and would get double digits in his sleep. Brokeback DMo? Not so much.

The only one blind to this is DD who has officially become a DoF. He's blaming everything except DMo for his poor performance, and still insists DMo wouldve helped the team over Harrell/Nene even with evidence to the contrary, same as LOFs who kept insisting Lin should be played over Bev and Harden was just holding him back. The funny thing is Terrence Jones pretty much smashed DMo's performance on the Pels, and yet DD is choosing to ignore that guy and still fixates on DMo when all the excuses he's making for DMo also apply to Tjones.

 

You guys are funny, don't watch the game don't see what is going on make judgments.

Ok. fine.

DD

 

Motiejunas playing on NBATV.

 

That's a weak technical. Hopefully it's rescinded. It looked incidental.

 

What is there to see? Dmo is getting scrub mins, you have to scour NO games to see him play. If it was really all the other players' fault and DMO is doing his job perfectly how come he is getting scrub mins and scoring sub 50% from the field? The coach is desperate to win the game and the GM wants to look shrewd for getting a good player on the cheap, they have all the intention to give DMo big mins so if he's getting scrub PT that means he's not playing well enough to justify being on the court.

You're the one who's funny, why are you giving DMO such preferential treatment when he doesn't deserve it? Look at your posts, everything is excusing DMo for his bad play, the players dont give him the ball, the coach doesn't play him etc. Is it also the other players' fault the DMo can't hit his shots and rebounds like 3 rebs a game? Maybe if DMo scores better than 60% from the field his teammates will give him the ball. How come Tjones and Davis don't have this problem with getting PT and compiling stats on the same team when they have literally the same conditions? The fact that the Pelicans don't even want to keep him around next season tells you all you need to know about Dmo. If a scrub team like Pelicans don't want him how can he outplay the bigs on the 3rd seed Rockets? Only in your mind does this make any sense, it's like seeing Holic talk about how Rubio with his atrocious 3 pt and paint shooting would be a great fit on the Rox.

 

Ultimate enigma, get curry injured with his sweat, gets Cousins T'd up with his face, talk about FUNDAMENTALS lol.

 

You can see how he is being used or not used, how the team plays, how he looks, and make a qualified judgement. Instead you want to judge without doing the work of understanding what you are talking about.

If you just want to hate on the guy - I guess you are right in the pocket.

DD

 

Way to shake it off, DMo. Watch him pretend he's a boxer shaking off a punch. lulz

 

nice job selling that tech dmo!

 

Oh Great! Dmo is trying to become the next Bill Laimbeer.

 

Again Terrence Jones and Davis are in the same situation, they are not being used correctly or whatever your excuse for him is. How come those guys are producing better than DMo then?

I'm not hating on DMo, I'm just being objective on his performance unlike you who clearly has a bias for the guy. DMo isnt the only underutilized player in the NBA, lots of guys are like that. KJ for example is being underutilized on the Rox. You're the one who is clearly looking at DMo with rose tinted glasses, if DMo was a guy who never played for the rockets and you had no idea who he was before would he be underutilized? Not being used correctly? Not being run plays for? No, you'd call him a scrub! That would be your qualified judgement on DMo, we all know that because you say Dwight sucks and Ryan Anderson is overpaid and the 2nd coming of Juwon Howard!

So Dwight led Houston to WCF and compiled double doubles in the playoffs but he sucks and is a cancer. Ryan Anderson is putting up 15 pts and 7 rebs but he's average output on large salary (ur words). So if those guys are like that what would your judgement be for a dude putting up 5 pts and 2 rebs in 17 mins for Pelicans? And on 47% shooting and only 33% 3 pt? Dont lie to yourself, youd call him a scrub hell you'ee virtually ignoring terrence jones who has put up better numbers and earned more mins than DMo in the same exact situation.

But because its DMo suddenly that guy is coming along great, knocking off the rust, boxing out well, making all his 3 pts except all of his attempts etc. I was a big fan of Dmo. But I'm not so enamored by him that I dont see he's just a shell of his former self. DMo didnt need other people to set him up in Houston, he was like the 2nd option when Dwight went down and he can score on iso in the post. Now suddenly its his teammates fault DMo is scoring sub 50% and 31% from the 3?

 

The Pels suck and overall its not just because of Dmo, of course not.

This team from top to bottom sucks donkey ass.

Their coach is probably one of the worse, if not the worst in the league.

Last night, when Hield got the ejection in the second Q, they were up by about 10, after that, the Kings went on a 17-2 run or something while playing terribly.

And Dmo was on the floor most of the time during the run, and he looks like a helpless ape too.

He ain't the reason why they suck, but for sure he won't be the answer.

 

They are not utilizing him properly. They need to run the offense through him. Once they do so, he & they will find the success they're looking for. As you said, they suck Draymond's ass, so what do they have to lose?

Spoiler

 

Well, Davis is pretty good, but they are playing him out of position. He used to be a PG in high school. It's obvious he needs to get back to that, because no one else knows how to feed DMo. Can you imagine Davis feeding DMo in the low post, then cutting around him for hand offs. That would be unstoppable.