re: Time to trade Jrue?

After reading this board regularly for a week, it has become clear to me that there are at least 3-4 and perhaps as many as a half-dozen posters on this board who could do a better job of running the Pelicans franchise (at least the player personnel side) than the current front office.

I'm not joking either. I sincerely believe that to be true.

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Again, the trade has to make sense for both teams and we HAVE to get something Proven in the deal besides picks.

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Why?

If we don't trade him and don't resign him (which is likely if he stays provided we don't grossly overpay), then we get nothing in return.

At least with picks we get something. We don't necessarily have to use them in the draft. They can factor in as assets in future trades.

The fact is that we're 11 games under 0.500, just gave up 142 points in a home loss to the worst team in the league, probably won't make the playoffs and resigning Jrue may cost enough that barring something unforseen would prevent us from paying the type of players we need to become a competitive franchise.

What I absolutely don't want to see happen is for Jrue to follow in EG and Ryan Anderson's path and leave via free agency when we could have traded one or both and gotten SOMETHING in return, even if only a late first or second round pick.

On a semi-related note, I would much prefer to pay Tyreke to be the point going forward. I just think he's better than Jrue offensively and adds a dimension Jrue just doesn't have. I think Jrue's defense relative to Tyreke has been somewhat overrated in terms of the perceived difference.

Rubio has a career fg% of under 38%. Barely over 30% from 3.

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You give Dell a 5 year guaranteed deal today and tell him to reset for the future and he will do a solid job. Again, he has stunk under this current mandate, but you give him a fresh start with the green light to rebuild, and he would do a lot of the things we are all advocating for

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You are blinded by your personal connection to Dell's office and the information that affords you. Other GMs could succeed under this owner. Dell could have succeeded under this owner, he just made and continues to make stupid decisions.

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You, like many others don't listen. Again, find me the writer who has done more hit pieces on Dell. You won't. Google the article I wrote on why he should be fired. It is more masterfully written and accurate than any other. But the fact of the matter is that the mandate is wrong. Could someone else have done better? Definitely. But it would have just crashed and burned a different way. Dell stunk. But the mandate is wrong. Is that too hard to understand or do you still think it has to be one or the other? Please read and comprehend before you comment. Thank you

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You operate under the impression that any other GM would have to operate under the same nebulous "mandate". You punt on this all the time. Please explain the mandate in detail. What exactly has this mandate prevented Dell from doing? Are you certain a stronger GM couldn't convince the ownership proxies to operate in a different manner or sell his plan for building the franchise?

The OP is living in some fantasy world of he thinks we are getting a young talent and a first round pick for an expiring injury riddled PG that needs someone else to run the offense B/c he's more of a SG.

I would be ecstatic if we got a mid teen or later first round pick for him. That's Chicago. Rondo is an expiring as well. They aren't giving us Valentine as well in that, unless they are stupid.

The best thing we can do is trade both Jrue and Reke, AD rests a lot, and we get another top 6 pick and hope to find a decent SF FA that actually can play on offense.
Jrue is not netting us anything close to what the OP thinks he's worth.

Dell is severely flawed. Severely. And others could have done better given the same mandates by Benson. But that is not mutually exclusive from the theory that Benson is the #1 problem with this franchise. It all comes from the top down. Yes, Dell executed the Jrue trade that night, but what you guys don't know - that everybody in the know does know - is the mandate he was given less than a week before.

Now, if it was completely up to Dell, maybe he still prefers Jrue over the slow build. Maybe. But if a more patient owner was there and mandated a slower, more sustainable build, Dell would have followed his orders.

In my ideal world, they are ALL gone. But if I was told I could only get rid of one, it would be Benson. From what I know from multiple parties (not just Dell's POV), it is an absolute no brainer.

Do you think the team is sold once he kicks the bucket?

I guess what I wanted to know is if his wife/kids do take over the ownership, will they take a different approach such as building through the draft instead of trying to speed up the process.

I would hope so.