re: Pelicans Trade Rumors and Chatter

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Yeah pass on Caruso, he’s great but what problem is he solving for us?

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Both Dyson and Jose are flawed, and one of them is going to be in the rotation, unless you turned one into Caruso or another attainable veteran guard. I personally am not trying to win it all this year, so I would not do a trade like this, but everyone wants to upgrade the center position so I thought it was interesting going the other direction and not without merit. Think back to the season where they turned some fringe NBA player into QPon and peak Norris Cole and instantly went from bad to mediocre. Limiting the minutes of negative players made a big difference for the team.

For the record, I and the advanced stats don't believe Dyson is a negative player. I also like your idea of just targeting Drummond much better. 3rd center is what I've been hoping they upgrade for 2 years because upgrading JV just isn't feasible but supplementing/complementing him is.