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what if the team paid Demps and the front office to come up with contingency plans? or paid them to communicate with players and their agents regularly throughout the year?

As a basketball historian, you're smarter than how you're acting here. How often have teams chased top flight free agents at the same position as the main player they're courting?

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what if Holiday has told them for the past year that he wants to test the market?

or what if he told them at exit interviews that he wasn't thrilled with his new role as 3rd banana and more of an off ball player in the offense?

Yeah, I don't have much faith in Demps, but acting like the Pelicans are going to just chase Holiday around if he implied he's probably leaving as heavily as you just did...that's a special move even for Demps.

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the Pels appear to have ignored doctor's orders for a minutes limit during his 2nd year here, perhaps causing further setbacks for Holiday

Another fairy tale ending for someone on the team with the terrible medical staff. As much as it's easy and I even concur with the likelihood that our staff does suck, these guys are miraculously healthy in contract years. That has to go into your opinion when talking about our staff.

Blindly defend the guy. I really don't care. Ive said Demps was stupid if he gets played here.

Regarding the wife comment, how many times have you seen or heard of Lauren in this city, while Jrue has spent his time here doing charity work etc. She's not exactly a regular wife. Its not hard to connect the dots there. Jrue hasn't seemed unhappy here, yet his famous wife has noticeably been absent.

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Posted by Cap Crunch

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Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 6/20/17 at 8:43 am to ShamelessPel

I don't get what you think Jrue owes the Pelicans.

He got traded here, had to deal with mishandled injuries, and took time off to take care of his wife and kid. When he and his family were healthy, he played well for us.

It didn't work out for either party and now he is looking elsewhere. I don't understand why you are trying to make Jrue out to be the bad guy here.

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Posted by corndeaux

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 6/20/17 at 8:56 am to ShamelessPel

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How often have teams chased top flight free agents at the same position as the main player they're courting?

"contingency plan" doesnt mean what you think it does

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cting like the Pelicans are going to just chase Holiday around if he implied he's probably leaving as heavily as you just did

the only person who has said the Pels will "just chase Holiday around" is you.

they want to keep Holiday and have made public statements indicating how much they value him. you appear to be taking public comments from management at face value, which is typically foolish.

going back to "contingency plan," if they do chase him around, that is a Pels problem, not a Holiday one. if as ATL points out, McNamara is right about a salary line, they seem to have done their homework and would be ready to move on.

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these guys are miraculously healthy in contract years

which wasn't your point. you brought up how much time he missed over the years like he was pulling one over on the poor Pels.

here is the SI piece where Holiday talks about the team ignoring his doctor's recommendation for a minutes limit leading to him going out in January of 2015