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Just got the genuine Poole before, and the Pelicans selected another weakened version of "Poole"?

12:26pm, 28 June 2025【Basketball】

In this year's NBA Draft, the New Orleans Pelicans, who held the 7th pick in the first round, selected Jeremiah Fears, a freshman backcourt star who had played for the University of Oklahoma with this precious draft pick.

Fels was born in October 2006 and is 18 years old. He is a backcourt player with outstanding personal abilities. According to data from the previous joint trial physical test, 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 this season, Fells made a total of 34 appearances for the University of Oklahoma, averaging 30.1 minutes per game, averaging 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds (0.7 frontcourt rebounds), 4.1 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.1 blocks, and 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). With a series of outstanding performances this season, Fells was also shortlisted for the SEC League All-Rookie Team this season.

From the perspective of characteristics, Fells is a player with outstanding scoring ability. His breakthrough ability and finishing ability are very good. He has the ability to become a reliable scorer. Not only that, Fells also has certain passing ability and organizational ability, and he is also able to eat a lot of ball rights on the offensive end. Fells' performance on the defensive end is actually worthy of recognition, and he also has excellent personal defensive ability and defensive awareness. However, Fels's outside shooting stability is really bad. He really needs to improve significantly in this regard. He also does not do ideal in turnover control. His assists and turnovers are simply terrible. He also needs to do better in organization and tandem offense. Fells is a piece of rough jade, and he also has the opportunity to grow into an excellent backcourt player, but he also needs enough time and trust to reach a higher level. We are more or less confused about the operations of the Pelicans. They just won Jordan Poole from the Washington Wizards in a previous deal. In fact, Poole and Fells have some similarities in their characteristics. They both have strong ability to digest ball rights and their scoring abilities are also good. However, their performance in organization and tandem offense and mistake control is also very worrying. It is enough for each team to have one Poole. Now the Pelicans are equivalent to two Pooles coming at once. Judging from the current situation, Fells is still a weakened version of Poole. Next season, how to allocate the ball rights on the court is a huge question mark for the Pelicans.