New Orleans Pelicans, Naji Marshall troll Jimmy Butler after win
The Pelicans — particularly Naji Marshall — remembered comments made by Jimmy Butler after the Heat’s win last month.
Marshall replied to a video of a Butler soundbite with a “My Volume don’t work what he say ?????” comment in a now-deleted tweet. The Pelicans opted for multiple trolls, including changing their bio to “Keeping Receipts.”
Miami defeated New Orleans 106-95 on Feb. 23 in a game that included four players ejected — Butler, Thomas Bryant, Jose Alvarado and Marshall. The ejections were a result of dustup that began after a Kevin Love foul on Zion Williamson early in the fourth quarter. Marshall and Butler nearly came to blows.
We’ll beat them the next time too,” Butler said after that game. “We’re just a better team. I’m not going to say that they’re not a good team. But I don’t think this really matters. I think that when we get them on our home court, it’s going to be a different game. I hope that they’re healthy. And it’s going to be the same outcome.”
At least for now, the Pelicans will have the last laugh. They have no more matchups against the Heat this season, unless the two sides meet in the NBA Finals.
Injuries are the rules of the road these days, and we’ll stick with finding some injury replacement, under-the-radar guys, as well as looking at some big names who appear to have hit a wall.
Risers
Grayson Allen, SG, Suns (45.3% rostered in ESPN leagues): Allen seems to always appear on this list, but he deserves it because he just keeps getting better and better as the season progresses. He’s been a top-20 player over the past two weeks and has racked up averages of 20.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.6 blocks and a whopping 4.9 3-pointers on 59% shooting and 87% free throw shooting over his past seven games. The Suns play three times in the upcoming week and then finish 4-4 over the final two weeks of the season. I’m not sure how I was able to pick him up in a Yahoo! league on Thursday morning, but it happened.
Gary Trent Jr., PG/SG, Raptors, (27%): Trent has been a top-30 player over the past two weeks with averages of 23.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.2 blocks and 4.2 triples on 46% shooting and 83% free throws in his last five games. The Raptors finish out the season 3-4-4 over the next three weeks as far as games played per week.
Amen Thompson, SG, Rockets (32.6%): Thompson has been fun for the Rockets with averages of 16.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 dimes, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks on 76% shooting and 81% free throws. Those percentages are incredible and the stat line is equally impressive as long as you’re not looking for 3-pointers. He’s hitting just 0.2 of them over his last six games, but has otherwise been fantastic. The Rockets finish the season 4-4-4.
Sam Hauser, SF, Celtics (1.7%): Check on Hauser’s status, as he missed Wednesday’s game with a left ankle sprain. That makes two straight misses but he was absolutely cooking before the injury, returning top-40 fantasy value with averages of 13.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.8 blocks and 4.2 3-pointers on 55% shooting over his last six games. That included a 30-point explosion on Sunday before he went down. Just make sure he’s good to go for Friday before picking him up and deploying him. The Celtics finish up 3-4-
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