Pelicans rookies perform poorly against the Lakers, and it still takes time to adapt to the NBA

In a previous NBA Las Vegas summer league game, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 94-81. After this game, the Lakers won the first victory in the Las Vegas Summer League, with a current record of 1 win and 1 loss, while the Pelicans suffered two consecutive losses since the start of the Summer League, with a current record of 0 win and 2 losses.

In this game, the performance of Pelicans starting point guard Jeremiah Fears was very disappointing. Fells played 28 minutes and 43 seconds in the game, made 7 of 21 shots, 1 of 7 from outside the three-point line, and 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 15 points and 2 rebounds. He also had 3 turnovers and 6 fouls, with a plus-minus value of -8. Fells had no touch on the offensive end, his scoring ability was not fully utilized, and his touch outside the three-point line was also a terrible level. Fells' ability in passing and organizing is also completely unsatisfactory, and his defensive ability is also seriously insufficient. Fells' performance on the defensive end is also very average, and it seems that he does not have any outstanding defensive ability. Overall, Fells' performance on both offense and defense is very bad. It is no exaggeration to say that Fells' poor performance on both offense and defense is an important factor in the team's final defeat.

In the first game of the summer league team losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Fells' performance was also very bad. He shot 4 of 12 shots, 1 of 4 from the three-point line, and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and 7 turnovers and 6 fouls, with a plus-negative value of -13. Fells' offensive efficiency in a game was also a mess, and his scoring ability was not displayed. Most importantly, Fells looks very bad in terms of offensive choices, and he lacks enough view of the big picture and game reading ability. As the team's starting point guard and backcourt core, it is indeed a bit too bad that he can only perform like this.

Fels was born in October 2006 and is 18 years old. He is a backcourt player from the University of Oklahoma who was selected by the Pelicans in this year's NBA Draft with the No. 7 pick in the first round. According to data from the joint trial physical test session before the draft, Fels' bare feet are 189.2cm tall, wingspan is 196.2cm, standing height is 250.2cm, and weight is 81.5kg. In the NCAA game last season, Fells played 34 times in total for the University of Oklahoma, where he was, with averaging 30.1 minutes per game, with averaging 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds (0.7 frontcourt rebounds), 4.1 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.1 blocks, 3.4 turnovers and 1.9 fouls, shooting percentage of 43.4% (5.3/12.2), three-point shooting percentage of 28.4% (1.1/3.9), and free throw shooting percentage of 85.1% (5.4/6.3). In fact, we don’t quite understand why the Pelicans continued to choose Fells when they had already obtained Jordan Poole through the trade. Now that Fells has played such a bleak performance in the summer league, we don’t know how the situation will develop next.