Zion's Critique of Pelicans: The End in New Orleans?

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00:00I have to ask you this question.

00:02So today we ran a clip of Zion talking about blame them blame the pelicans.

00:08They're the ones that are saying I can't play back to back.

00:11I work for them.

00:12They call the shots.

00:14Now we know he's been injured a lot and we know how young he is.

00:19But I said I threw this salvo out there.

00:22I said today that that's the beginning of the end of him in New Orleans.

00:25He now is calling out his, you know, superiors, frankly, and the management and the team,

00:33the organization, calling them out saying you got a problem with me not playing back

00:36to back.

00:37Talk to them.

00:38And that's like saying my bosses are idiots.

00:42And how many people get away with that?

00:47I will say this one thing in his defense.

00:50We climb on players all the time for load management.

00:5490% of the time it actually is the team that's like, hey, I don't try, you know, hey, Kawhi,

01:00you're not going to play as much.

01:02He's still on a minute's limit.

01:04It's usually the team that comes in harder and is more protective of its investment,

01:09frankly, than the player.

01:11That said, Zion's a different case, right?

01:13Because let's just say, Scott, as a guy who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans and

01:19if I had to spend a week there like you're going to, I'd probably come back 15 pounds

01:24heavier.

01:25Zion is not the best conditioned athlete we've ever seen in the NBA.

01:30He's maybe even better this year, but like he's got to take care of himself.

01:35And that's part of the reason you've got to bring him along slowly.

01:38I don't think there's anybody out there who looked at that and said, yeah, they should

01:42be limiting him.

01:43Like, is there anybody who was like, no, you should totally play more?

01:46No, you're 12 and 36.

01:48You're not making the playoffs.

01:50Don't push this guy right now and see what happens.

01:53Try to try to get him right for next season and see what happens is why their name comes

01:56up in a Jimmy Butler trade.

01:57I'm like, why?

01:58First off, Jimmy's not going to want to go there, but why?

02:02What are you, what are you going to do with Jimmy Butler the rest of this season?