re: Pelicans with plenty of love in Simmons' worst contracts piece

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We don't have a good coach

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I agree there

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We have NOTHING at SF or C

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That's why moving EG is imperative. Worst case scenario we use the MLE on someone next year. I'm not THAT worried about C if ajinca/withey keeps developing the way they are.

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We have about 20 million a year tied up in two bench players and a max deal player that we can't even give away

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Tyreke will start at the 2 if EG goes and Ryno isn't important right this minute.

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We don't have a draft pick

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I could care less for the 12th pick

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And we're a small market team that I'm not sure FAs are going to flock to come play for

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With the way AD is playing i'm not so sure about that.

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I mean I know I'm just mr negative, but how do we get better right now? what is the plan? how do we acquire assets and improve the product?

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I understand your thinking but there's a ton of variables to these situation and you just have to let them play out.

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but how do we get better right now?

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Get healthy. This team was never meant to contend this year. I can't believe how many pelicants are in this thread when if this team were 100% healthy and in 6-8th place most of you would be saying we're a James Posey away from contending.

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what is the plan?

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Keep Gordon healthy so he either opts out or you can trade him next deadline. Follow the money, Tyreke always meant Gordon was not in the future plans. And honestly Tyreke may not be in the future plans. I think Demps was collecting assets hoping that he'd have an appealing package for the next James Harden/Dwight Howard, which now appears to be Kevin Love. Do you think Minnesota wants to rebuild completely, or turn Kevin Love into Kevin Love lite (Ryno) and Tyreke? 2 B to B+ players certainly seems like a better package than a B+ and 2 Cs that you'd have with Vasquez and Lopez. People keep asking where is the big move, you have to wait for the big moves to happen, they aren't always available.

That's the plan. You have to wait. There is no fixing now. The problem with now is health and Eric Gordon. You have to trade Eric Gordon by next(2015) draft (or have him opt out) so you can use his salary space before AD gets his extension. You have to wait for opportunity to trade any of our 3 B players besides AD for a 2nd A player.

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how do we acquire assets and improve the product?

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In the next 2 years we will hopefully turn Gordon's cap space into a B player and add 1 - 2 C+/B- players via the MLE.