re: Hollinger's Pelicans Preview

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I thought that originally, then read it again. And it is pretty fair & balanced

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I mean that's one way to look at it. Maybe I just dont find the roster flexibility concerns a legit knock on us THIS season or moving forward.

We've always had trouble luring free agents here and probably will continue to struggle with that until we win a championship with Zion and BI. Maybe I'm wrong and those two can lure guys here without winning one combined with players generally loving Willie Green, but I'm willing to bet we still have to use our draft picks to make the necessary additions to be a contender. So, I don't mind locking in guys like CJ or any of our other guys since we finally have a group that wants to be here. And not only that, they're pretty damn good to boot. Sure, we will need to use the Lakers picks to improve through trade, get rid of guys like Graham and JV next year for legit championship pieces but as Hollinger states in the article, this is a huge plus for us and shouldn't really affect our roster management THAT much, especially with the cap on the rise.

I just think there was an overemphasis on this in his critique. His points about our defense and 3point shooting are correct, though we've seen improvements on that in the playoffs and now the preseason.