re: Kevin Arnovitz doesn't think Jrue will re-sign with Pelicans

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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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I love how it's ok for a fanbase to universally pan a superstar when he demands a trade in much crappier circumstances yet a lesser star, but still a big name player, gets to skate by from criticism while he plays out his deal and potentially leverages the team. Consistency is lacking here.

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When he and his family were healthy, he played well for us

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Well, that's entirely debatable on the played well part. It didn't take a rocket scientist to see Jrue isn't the perfect fit as a PG next to AD/Boogie, which is odd because theoretically many PGs would be salivating at that prospect.

Maybe my first hand contact with brain tumors (an immediate family member having one the size of an egg that was there ten years and has come back) and knowing that if the tumor was small enough, it's not even that big of a deal as long as it's not malignant, which I can promise you it wasn't or we would have heard the dreaded C word. That whole situation was overblown. I've lived it, and people have the right to think its BS he was away from the team that long, essentially killing our season before it even started.

The team owes Holiday nothing while Holiday owes the team nothing. Yet in this situation, the team is at a serious disadvantage by being disingenuous while the player can screw em up and down Bourbon St. in this climate.