re: Will Benson's "Win-now" mode cripple the franchise?

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Eh, Lebron was the best player in the league and he couldn't win without Wade and Bosh. Kobe couldn't win without Shaq and Gasol.

The closest thing to a team with one superstar would be the Spurs and even they had a three-headed monster that rotated the load. I'm not saying we're doomed forever I just think it was an incredibly shortsighted decision.

Let's not even address the fact that if Noel returns healthy it was 100% the dumbest move we could have made. Noel being out is a tailormade situation for us to suck hard this year and get Noel back next year plus a Wiggins/Parker/Smart.

Are you f'n kidding me? That would be by far the best young trio since Westbrook, Durant and Harden.

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You seem to have a hard and fast opinion. Trust me, your screen name aside, neither you nor anyone on this board is a basketball Nostradamus. Noel was/is a huge risk who, in his limited college career, showed nothing close to Anthony Davis. Wiggins, in spite of all the amateur white adolescent boys jizzing in their pants, is far from a proven NBA can't miss.

This current Pelicans roster is far from final. It's just a start. We've got our lottery pick franchise already. The rest will likely come from trades and, yes, FA signings. The roster does have tradeable assets, and FA's will come for the right situation and money.

So, unless you believe that every franchise other than those in New York, L.A., Miami, Chicago or Boston should just pack it in and call it day . . . GTFO.