re: Noel and Davis on front line minus Holiday at PG

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I remember saying at the time that Demps was under pressure to try and "win now". With Davis, you have an elite player so it's not like he has killed the franchise, but I think you can question the way he's tried to build around him. Go after big names regardless of the fit.

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I honestly think the Holiday trade was too pricey. I think it's fair to question the price of getting Holiday, not the development of the draft picks of players who were picked at those spots or after. Anybody can play the "your GM isn't Sam Presti" game with draft picks. I'm sure in a truly transparent world, Dell would admit to buyer's remorse on Holiday after basically landing Tyreke for peanuts later. In a vacuum, the Holiday move is still in my opinion Dell's biggest misstep outside of He-Who-Has-No-Knees-Heart's extension. Though oddly enough, I actually understand that move more. In reality, Holiday was a big step towards luring Tyreke here, and even with the ascension of Davis, NOLA isn't a sexy landing spot currently.

It is honestly hard for most of us to objectively judge Demps as Monty Williams is a complete nincompoop. He's done a very decent job at acquiring talents and the Evans/Holiday deals are looking like bargains comparing them to Rubio/Burks and other small market teams.