Boogie for Porter is really good for everyone.

Boogie gets to play with a playoff team and a buddy. Washington has to try something different esp after being the 8th seed in a weak East and I'm sure they'd be willing to take a chance on him. And it allows the Pelicans to maintain their current offensive scheme of pace and space while giving us young player that fits fantastically in that. And it finally gives the Pels the SF they've always lacked.

Now I still think Boogie is worth more than just Porter. Even Boogie coming off an achilles injury.

fwiw, I don't want DeRozan. Great player and I think we could make it work but its not an ideal fit next to Jrue since both Jrue and DeRozen are better at driving to the basket as opposed to shooting.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 5/16/18 at 8:33 am to DeionDeion

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Now I still think Boogie is worth more than just Porter. Even Boogie coming off an achilles injury.

They are in a tricky tax situation and don't have a tone of spare players. I doubt they throw in a 1st. You want a few 2nds?

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 5/16/18 at 8:34 am to DeionDeion

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Great player and I think we could make it work but its not an ideal fit next to Jrue since both Jrue and DeRozen are better at driving to the basket as opposed to shooting.

If you have guys like Mirotic and AD helping stretch the floor, having Jrue and Derozan take their guy to the goal and muscling them up with little help defense sounds great to me. I'd have no problem with an offense that leads the league in points in the paint despite having very little post presence. That type of offense is less likely to go cold simply b/c you are forcing the issue. You can take 20 wide open 3's and miss 16 of them. That's very unlikely to happen with Jrue and DeRozan getting in the paint at will.

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