re: Pelicans Trade Rumors and Chatter

JA has scored and rebounded the past 3 games with these stats:

20 pts and 17 reb
24 pts and 14 reb
21 pts and 12 reb

They went 2-1 over that stretch that included wins over bucks and clippers. Hes put similar stats for the past month.
Overall hes averaging 15 points almost 11 boards and career high 3 assists.

The spacing issues to me are more about Willie’s rotations than anything else. We have shooters on this team to help with spacing if Willie would choose to use them.

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JA does not help the spacing issues this team faces . He simply can just cover up for some of the defensive deficiencies .

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There’s like 5 centers who can fix both our spacing and rim protection issues and none of them are getting traded because surprise surprise, they are all valuable as frick and already play for teams competing for championships/are franchise cornerstones. So odds are very good that we will not be able to acquire that players at the deadline or in the offseason.

The Pels will have to focus on getting a center that fits better offensively or defensively, not both. It is what it is.