re: SI Offseason Grade: Pelicans...B-

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I'm trying to point out, that minus moving one of those contracts, this is the team we are stuck with for at least the next two seasons.

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Stuck is when you have big contracts tied up in guys like Peja and Okafor, not guys like Holiday and Evans. The Pelicans may not have any stuck money if a Happy Eric Gordon is a Healthy Eric Gordon.

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Dallas will have something like 30m this summer in cap space as well and will reload or do something different.

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No they won't. The cap hold on Dirk will be at least $23 million. I'm sure he'd take a pay cut for a difference maker, but will he take a pay cut for another Monta Ellis type? I doubt it, and Melo and Bron aren't going to Big D. Dallas will have around $10 million to work with, not $30 million.

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I don't get the Evans signing at all. Unless the team is convinced that he can play significant minutes at SF, it is a waste to me. Its the same thing that happened last offseason with Anderson. You make a big splash to sign someone at a position you are already set at.

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Spreading out starter quality players = maximizing utilization of starter quality players. Do you want Aminu taking 7 shots a game and Evans taking 7 shots a game, or Evans taking 10 shots a game and Aminu taking 4 shots a game?