re: Pelicans 2019 Offseason: GM and build your team!

I'm torn between keeping AD and trading AD, so I'll do both..

Keep AD:
Draft Zion of course.

Randle opts out.

Hill is moved using a couple 2nds if possible, or send next years 1st top 5 protected. This should open up in the neighborhood of 25 million in cap space.

Sign Brogdon to a 4 year deal, should average in the neighborhood of 18 mil. Make it a S&T using Moore, which should have us around 15 million left over.

Sign Danny Green to a 2 year 10 mil deal.

Re-sign Payton to 2 years 8 mil.

Fill in the roster with vet mins.

Brogdon/Payton
Jrue/Frank
Green/Kenrich
Zion/Wood
AD/Okafor

2nd team doesnt offer much in the way of shooting, but they could be good enough to give a good amount of breathers to the 1st team.

Trade AD:

I'll give my 2 ideal trades.

AD to Boston with Cleveland involved:

Boston recieves:AD and Hill

Cleveland recieves: Hayward

NOP recieves: Tatum, Brown, JR Smith (waived), #14, #22, and Memphis pick

Still sign Brogdon to a deal using Moore as S&T, and I go after Brook Lopez also. Still re-sign Payton also.

I try to move #14 for a future 1st. With #22 draft a high upside guy for the GLeague team.

Brogdon/Payton
Jrue/Brown/Frank
Tatum/Brown
Zion/Kenrich
Lopez/Wood

2nd preferred trade:

AD to LA with Phoenix involved

LAL recieves: AD, Hill

Phoenix recieves: Ball

NOP recieves: Ingram, Hart, #4, #6 2020 pick swap, 21 unprotected 1st

I would still be keen on going after Brogdon here, because we would need his shooting. We also keep LOADS of cap space for other deals, or to take on a bad deal with a future asset.

Brogdon/Coby White
Jrue/Hart/Frank
Ingram/Kenrich
Zion/Doumbouya
Wood/Okafor

Depending on Ingram's injury, I'm kind of liking a potential Laker deal, depending on what we can flip Ball for