Blowing it all up: How would you want to approach it?

Send everything you have to Phoenix (sans AD) for the Lakers first rounder that they own. Would probably take a 3 or 4 team trade to get the salaries to work.

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Or just Gentry for Monty straight up

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Coming into the season, I would've never thought this would be an upgrade for the team Even though Monty had his faults, so far he proved that he was able to do more with less than Gentry.

-Keep Jrue/Tyreke/QPon/Asik


-Find some way to move Ryno and or EG,Expiring are worth less these days but they're productive. It'd likely have to be a 3 team deal.

Need to get more athletic on the wings so that should be the target. Maybe dell can find another QPon type situation(guy that needs a fresh start and fairly young but younger than QP). If a late 1st/Early 2nd can also be gotten(Boston has 23 and 32 for instance) that'd help.

Not sure about the draft but guys like Brandon Ingram/Jaylen Brown/Jamal Murray and others are interesting...BPA?

Harrison Barnes would be awesome but who knows how that'd work out.

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I think the first thing we have to do is move on from Alvin asap.

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This is ridiculous thinking right now

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I think the first thing we have to do is move on from Demps asap.

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Expirings are seriously devalued, and with the cap going way up, I have to think they are devalued even more.

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I don't know. I could see some teams moving to create max space to bring in multiple max guys. Lakers may be in that pot.

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if things snowballed, how would you want to approach a "blow up" scenario?

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Ziller actually wrote about this yesterday

Pelicans are on life support, but there is hope

I still think Gentry will be fine. I think Erman will be fine. If/When guys come back healthy, I think the team will be good. I'm not sold on Demps, but maybe divide some of his power with another hire; at least take away training staff hiring from him. It's been a disaster the last few years. Something has to change there.

That said, I don't think you should have to account for catastrophic injuries when building a team. So I see their problems as this: no true 2nd guy to go with Davis, determining where you will use Davis in crunch time, and an utter lack of 2 way perimeter guys.

One problem with blowing it up is that none of their players, save Davis, have much, if any, value around the league. It only takes one a-hole to bite, but I just don't see any of the core 6 guys enticing much from other teams. Plus, almost every team in the league will have max space next summer. No one needs expirings.

Another problem is Davis. He just signed a max. He just tasted the playoffs. He is an MVP caliber player now and for the next decade. The time to blow it up and build through the draft was 3 years ago; it is most certainly not now. He is a guy that can get you to 40+ wins with just a little bit of help

The Pels do have all of their future 1sts. If they continue to be awful, like mid lottery awful, I don't think they can afford to trade the pick unless they can get an established star in the league, i.e. someone better than Holiday. If they climb back to respectability and even the playoff hunt, I think it's worth seeing what a first with an expiring might get them in the trade market before the deadline. Maybe they can snag someone who fits better in the frontcourt or on the perimeter.

Regardless, I do think they have to start holding onto some picks (including non lotto 1sts and 2nds) for young guys to (hopefully) develop/fill out the rotation. Instead of guys like Roberts and Ajinca, they need some guys who have potential to grow into high leverage roles. There will be busts, but I'd rather take a chance on a 2nd rounder than a guy like Babbitt.

KD coming next year

I'd let EG and Ryno walk, keep the pick and use whatever cap space I have on a young asset. Wing would be ideal, but if too costly I'd be fine with another guard. Dell is great at finding those 7-9 players via trades/signings. Whatever he does I'd like to see him keep us flexible for 2017. Also, if Holiday is healthy this year we should trade him and go get another PG. I am done with injury prone players and PGs grow on trees.

Hell no to Melo.

Keep Gentry.

I have no problem with going with second/third tier guys and keeping our powder dry for 2017.

Also, I would be fine with trading Holiday and then going after Conley, especially if Conley looks like he wants out of Memphis.

Honestly, though, the cleanest/easiest path is probably packaging our pick with EG and/or Ryno, but that isn't really "blowing it up" per the OP's title.