Massive McGowens Leap Incoming...

Massive McGowan's leap incoming one of the pelicans few bright spots last season was bryce mcgowan Who worked his way from a two-way contract to a standard nba contract last season showing flashes of great play in his role But will he be able to survive training camp and get beyond that and get more minutes? We're going to talk about it inside this edition of pelicans digest What's good with it y'all? Let your people mail so they might see back once again inside pelicans digest Thank you so much for tapping in with us today And don't forget if you haven't done it yet hit that subscribe button This is where you get the best analysis opinions and more about the pelicans You can also follow us on x as well at pelicans digest and as ron walker pointed out on x today As a matter of fact, he's a columnist with the times picayunes training camp is one week from today And the season begins in less than a month on october 21st And we're already getting a little bit geeked up about this season of pelicans basketball As they have made some moves towards the end of the all season to make some changes But today I want to discuss one of the few bright spots from last season and that's bryce mcgowan We're going to talk about that plus give you some of the latest news on the pelicans Latest signing after this message from the sponsors of today's video anson belt and buckle You know, what ruins a great outfit fast an old beat-up belt that doesn't fit, right? 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If you remember he went undrafted Uh, and he's coming out of maryland and he's going to be playing a four position But from all accounts, he's a good rebounder representing the ninth wall downtown was ham and um He's going to be joining the g league squadron more than likely as the pelicans sign him to a training camp deal According to cvs sports washington is set to compete for a spot on the pelicans regular season roster in training camp However, the team already owns his g league, right? So he could be way before camp begins as washington appeared in 25 outings at maryland Last season averaging nine points nine rebounds and one combined steel plus blocks and one assist in 31 minutes per tilt And uh, that's gonna be interesting. Uh little look with a squadron over there You got marquise. Noelle locked in you got jr. Pierre playing the shooting guard more than likely you got washington now Uh, it's gonna be very interesting to see what the squadron look like and i'm i'm i'm gonna pull up to the squadron game I'm coming to the pontchartrain center I'm, i'm just saying i'm gonna pull up on the game Uh when the season starts in november at some point looking forward to it Uh, because I think that's that's a nice little squad. You're gonna be able to develop down there, uh in kenner All right, but but today the focus, uh is on bryce mcgowans and I want to talk about bryce mcgowans because a lot of y'all A lot of y'all don't haven't seen what he could do. The guy doesn't do anything. Eye popping a jumping out But last season In the in a couple of games that he was in he played in 42 games last season as a matter of fact pretty much Half the season because a lot of the injuries of course and guys were missing time But in the games that he played he played his role great And now that you're the mood jordan pool, I mean not jordan pool Sorry, not yet wishful thinking you to move jordan hawkins out the way, you know guy michael peavey out the way It opens up the opportunity for mcgowans to sort of work his way in and get more minutes now Will he get those minutes? That's what training camp is for. Okay We're and that's what we're going to see in jamal. Mosley is interesting and giving this guy a few more minutes but I think he's fine as a as a As a third string player Playing his role, but when you start diving into his numbers You start realizing some things very interesting about bryce mcgowan And one of them is that he's probably one of the better three-point shooters you actually have on his team Which the pelicans have struggled with as far as finding somebody that can shoot the ball from three the three-point arc Uh, and we're gonna get into that in a second But of course just to give you a refresher about mcgowan's from last season He was a pleasant surprise for new orleans Appearing in 42 games while averaging eight points two rebounds and one assist per contest New orleans converted his two-way deal into a three-year standard contract Now the former second round pick shot a career high 40 from beyond the arc last year Giving the pelicans one of their few viable threats from deep and you know Like we pointed out last season, you know the guy when he gets in the game He plays his role well, he's not being he's not asked to do too much just get out there find your spot And if we could get you open hit your shot He also has a nice lint to him as far as arm reach so he can play a little bit of defense But this is what this is the thing that that blew my mind about mcgowan's when you look back at his numbers last season the south carolina natives shot nearly 47 from deep on open three partners last year nearly 50 from three last season And most of his shots come from spot of shooting new orleans has long earned a year For some consistent shooting from downtown and now especially with williamson and queen figuring to play a bulk of minutes together Outside shooting will be a premium moving forward. Now the part I don't agree with is that williamson and queen playing together Situation. I I don't see that But uh 47 from three is an impressive number man and considering that that nobody outside of trey murphy shot that well From three point line probably the only closest person was probably trey and sadiq bay Other than that, I don't think anybody. I don't know anybody that got that close to a percentage and three point shooting outside of mcgowan So this season you will hope that he will make a leap and improve in certain areas and One of the things we talked about and again Here's another stat from last season that stood out to us In lineups that featured both queen and williamson last year new orleans only shot 33 from downtown in those minutes When mcgowan shared the court with zion new orleans shot 37 from three and when he shared minutes with queen The pelican shot 40 from distance So you see what i'm saying? You see what i'm saying? And I think that's why he would be perfect for Rotation into your second unit, but mainly for your third unit Uh, but as we go into training camp, you know, we got this glut of guards and wings all over the place And the question is what does jamal mosley see the value in and keeping them and giving them minutes? Because he averaged 21 minutes last season and That's that number could get trimmed down a little bit considering that you'd have bought in ben mathur So it's going to be interesting to see if jamal mosley sees the value in him Now as far as defensively and that's where mcgowan is probably going to have to improve his game While mcgowan has a slight frame at 190 pounds his six nine wingspan helped him Post career highs in steals and blocked shots last season Bigger guards can have their way with their weight wise, but his length can help offset some of those deficiencies And this is according to a terry kimball who works with sports illustrated, uh covering the pelicans now the question is does McGowan's fit into the mode of what jamal mosley is looking for We're going to find that out in training camp here in next week because when you look back at mosley and his time with the magic um His roster last season featured a ton of six five to six seven guards and wings that he used interchangeably Including one former pelican jamal kane who became a favorite of mosley mcgowan's isn't the defensive player kane is but Kane isn't nearly as polished offensively as mcgowan So the question then becomes if mosley tends to swing that way will he see the value in mcgowan's going into the season? That is a question. I think that he will he will see that. Hey, if anything this guy can at least shoot a decent three-pointer You know, so, uh, and that's something that the pelicans have been lacking for a few years now So it will be interesting to see If mosley sees the value in mcgowan's and will he give them the minutes that he's going to need to make a leap this season And as we close it out on this note if he can keep shooting consistently And improve to mosley's defensive standard the former second round pick should see his fair share of playing time this season Okay So that's why I think uh when I started this video, you know, y'all be saying oh you'll be using the clickbait titles No, I think that if he can do those things you will see a massive leap from bryce mcgowan's this season Okay That's why I believe this um now That and that's all gonna show itself in training camp Okay, I think when training camp rolls around and he can show his role especially defensively again He had career highs in steals and blocks last season He can stroke the three which is something Again, we we say repeatedly this team needs definitely needs his more three-point help But to see I just didn't know that he shot that well for three point last season Like that was mind-blowing to read he shot 47. That's crazy So I know it's gonna be a lot more than three pointers, but in all that but if he can improve on those things I do believe You're gonna see a good leap this upcoming season from bryce mcgowan's. Let me know your thoughts though Let me know your thoughts on bryce mcgowan's. Do you see him? Making an improvement this season and being a valuable contributor to the bench unit because man If anything excites you about this team right now, it's the depth. Okay You got at least you're not you're not starting down the barrel of at least three lineups that you can possibly run with And and at least get some good basketball out of as we head into the season But we'd love to know your thoughts man clap back with your thoughts in the comments man Do you think bryce mcgowan's could help the pelicans out this upcoming season? Or do you think that you know, he's just a ticking trade bomb? That's Because I know a lot of y'all over throughout the offseason has said packaging up with pool and ship them out Do you think that's possible still we'd love to know your thoughts as we wrap up this edition of pelicans digest hit that subscribe button If you haven't done it yet and also follow us on x at pelicans digest It's mel talking about those pills and this is where you get the best analysis and opinions and more about the new orleans pelicans Right here pelicans digest. I holla at you