re: Pelicans are not expected to offer BI extension this offseason, moving in new direction

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doesn’t extend BI, trades him and puts Trey in the starting lineup.

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I hope this isn't the plan. We would take a large step back if that was the case. I'm the biggest Ingram hater on the board. But he is better than Murphy. So that would be a loss. A bigger problem though is we would lose Murphy's production off the bench. So a slightly weaker starting 5 and a much worse bench. The only way that doesn't happen is if we somehow land KAT or another premier big to replace Val.

I am not a proponent of giving Murphy a huge deal and I have no idea where he would start. But we can't let the asset go, so he'll get a big extension. Then we could flip him later down the road. He'll be backing up 2-4 next year though, hopefully vying for 6th man of the year.

We should focus everything else on upgrading PG and C this offseason. Flipping Ingram should give us a good start..