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I don't disagree with what you're saying, but you could easily look at Thorpe's as an indictment of what they have built around Davis. And it's not like they have many assets worthy of getting much of a return to bring more help.

True. But, the other option for the Pelicans rebuild wasn't magically having better, more "ready-to-win" players surrounding him. It was the exact oppposite. It was Trey Burke, Noel, Saric etc...much further away from Thrope's "win now" thought process. Or we could have signed Brandon Jennings like Simmons kept screaming...

Almost any other way Dell went about it, Davis isn't fighting for a playoff spot this year.

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Posted by Fun Bunch

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Posted on 11/19/14 at 4:56 pm to eyeran

In retrospect...I think Dell did it mostly right.

If Davis keeps up his pace this year, the Pels make the playoffs, and Davis improves again next year...the summer of 2016 could be pretty interesting.

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 11/19/14 at 5:07 pm to eyeran

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But, the other option for the Pelicans rebuild wasn't magically having better, more "ready-to-win" players surrounding him

Obviously not. It's a longer term plan that includes more losing and more developing.

Just to play devil's advocate here, it may also have created more flexibility to find a 2nd banana now. Who knows?

I like the frontcourt. Not sold on the backcourt- or the unbalanced roster makeup. But the team right now is good enough to get into the playoffs in the Westl that;s pretty damn good. Nothing to complain about. Hope they find a way to improve the roster- it'll be interesting to see what Demps has in mind.

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