re: Pelicans Trade Rumors and Chatter

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Y’all need to get off this trading Larry horse because it won’t happen.

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Correct. I like Okongwu too, but between our contracts and roster construction, the only way we make any type of significant move in-season is if we have a major injury, and even that seems unlikely with us needing to pay Trey soon.

The only move we are making is dumping Kira for tax purposes. I had assumed we would be for sure paying for the dump, but after listening to Hollinger and Duncan talk about Kira briefly made me a little more hopeful we can come out close to a net neutral.

If you missed it, they were talking about the G-League showcase and guys who impressed and mentioned Kira. Both agreed that he looks good, okay size, quick with the ball, and has a good looking shot, but for some reason it hasn’t translated whenever he’s on an NBA court. Hollinger basically said that if he was still in a front office, he’d be very interested in taking a flier on him.

The Nets and the Wizards are two teams I could see being interested. Both have a TPE or space to take him without needing to send out matching salary or go into the tax.