re: Steven Adams to Pelicans in Serious Talks

There’s a reason you’re writing on a forum and David Griffin is making the calls. There is not a center out there that puts us in the position to win more games and still give us flexibility. Haynes is a career backup center who’s 33. I’m sorry but I can’t see him signing with the Pels when Boston, Clippers, Wizard, etc have a need for a big. Adams may not be a star, but he’s a quality starting center. If Adams come and it works and he’s wanted by contending teams, it means the Pels made the playoffs. If having Adams for one year gives the Pels young players the experience of having a winning season and a playoff appearance, I would take that over the picks every time. A late first and two seconds not making a difference in the win column. Like I really don’t understand the negativity towards the move. It helps our team for now and doesn’t sacrifice our future. You’re getting too caught up in irrelevant pick assets. Pels have three young bigs in Zion Meli, and Hayes. I think having Adams only benefits them. Zion and Meli both struggle defensively and with rebounding. Adams clean that up. Hayes gets to learn behind a quality center. Maybe Hayes grows and then next year he can move in as your starting center, which is the reason for not getting Favors on a multi year deal. I’m not saying he’s an absolute perfect fit and we should crown Griffin king. He doesn’t stretch the floor and he’s not a great free throw shooter. Favors couldn’t shoot threes, Jrue wasn’t a sniper from deep. But the Pels were still top 10 in the league in three point shooting. But we had a glaring weakness last year and that was interior defense and if he only makes us league average defensively, that makes our team that much better.