re: Official Pelicans Free Agency Thread(Updated with transactions)

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Not much quality in next years draft

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There's quality every year in every draft.

The critique here is that the Pelicans are no sure thing playoff team even if things go right. The West is just tough. Missing the playoffs and then losing a lottery pick, even a late one, would suck.

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The thing is Lin and Asik aren't comparable

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I tend to agree. Same time, no one offered up a 1st last fall for Asik when they could have had him for 2/$23 instead of 1/$15. Asik is elite on defense, but a zero on offense. The market for those types of guys is considerably smaller, even accounting for his position.

That said, the Asik move suffers because of the moves last summer, particularly the Holiday extra draft pick price they paid. If it's the 1st draft pick they give up in the AD era, not a big deal. If it turns into a 2nd lottery pick in 2 years, that's a problem.

None of this is to say it can't work. They have good talent and should be in the thick of the playoff race. It's just a string of high risk moves. If they don't work, the new brain trust will have a hell of a mess to clean up.