MM's 10 Bold Predictions

As part of McNamara's retirement tour he dropped 10 Bold Predictions on his last day on twitter.

10. Travis Schlenk will be the next GM of the New Orleans Pelicans
9. Eric Gordon will be on (another) playoff team this year and will hit a major shot that swings a series.
8. Jaylen Brown will be the biggest bust of the 2016 NBA draft.
7. Jrue Holiday will get a $100+ million dollar contract in 2017.... from the Pelicans.
6. There will be a new CBA before the Pelicans win a playoff series.
5. The next trade will happen the week of Jan 17th and will involve Tyreke Evans and Alexis Ajinca. Best educated guess - Tyreke and Ajinca to Sacto for Rondo and some combination of McLemore, Belinelli, and WCS. Maybe a pick swap option
4. Anthony Davis will win more playoff series in New Orleans than Chris Paul did, but will not reach the WC Finals in a Pels jersey.
3. The Pelicans will use their first round pick in the 2016 draft on Furkan Korkmaz
2. Ryan Anderson will eventually be shipped (sadly) to Orlando for Channing Frye and picks/assets
1. Monty Williams will be the next Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and will eventually reach the NBA Finals.


I find #10 and #5 the most interesting.

#10 implies Demps will get fired and replaced by the assistant GM for the Warriors. That actually seems like a reasonable course of action considering the circumstances

#5 is interesting because MM has been trade machining Tyreke for over a year and can never find a team he thinks would want him enough. Apparently "sources" told him where to look:

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Michael McNamara ?@McNamara247 12 minutes ago

@shelbywmccarty @Philtherhythm I was surprised too but Karl likes him

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I wonder if Karl might think Tyreke could help him run Boogie out of town since Coup Attempt 1 failed.