re: Anthony Davis will not extend his contract and has requested to be traded

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How much money is this costing Davis?

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I think the figure was somewhere between $30-$50 million when you take out the extra years. BUT if he had taken that extension he can't be traded for a year. so if he took the money he'd be here until the following summer at least and he'd be making enough money that it would complicate trading him.

Last year he only made $9 million in endorsements compared to $18 for Westbrook/Harden compared to $30-$50 for KD/Steph/LeBron. I'm sure his agents have told him he'll make most of the money up in endorsements if he gets to a winning situation in a major market.

I think firing Dell is not something that is that important right now. Hell I have no problem keeping him. Firing Gentry should happen asap, or at the latest, at the end of the season.

Tell AD to stay his arse at home the rest of the season, we'll trade you in the summer unless something great comes along right now, and when I say great, I don't mean anything from the Lakers, where he obviously wants to go and why this crap came out right now. His Lebron agent knows all of this will get uncomfortable and that the Lakers can't compete with Boston so they figured they could force the trade now. Portland has more to offer than the Lakers. THe Sixers have more to offer than the Lakers. Hell i'd rather a deal from Chicago over the Lakers, and the Knicks have better offers as well.
I have zero interest in Lonzo Ball, or Brandon Ingram, and Kuzma isn't enough to go with their pick that won't even be top 10.

What needs to happen right now is trading away Randle and maybe Niko to get some assets back. and we need to continue to suck it up the rest of the season, which shouldn't be hard to do.

If there's a team out there I could see make a play for AD right now that no one is talking about it's Portland.

Send him to Detroit.

Go away Dell Demp. I don’t want your Lakers trash.

Could we fire Demps/Gentry before we trade? lol... so we don't get F'd again

Before the end of the day Demps and Gentry need to be gone. Shut down any and all deals until summer when the Pelicans have a new GM installed as well as a new coach with a defined direction for the team and its roster.

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Fun Bunch

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The next Pels talk meet up will be all of us just in a bar in July crying.

Comments from some national non Pels guys

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John Schuhmann @johnschuhmann 2 hours ago

Is there a reason the Pelicans shouldn't wait until the summer to allow for a Boston bid?

Question 2: Why would the Pelicans, even if he's healthy & even if they're waiting until the summer to trade him, have Davis play another game for them?

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Mike Prada @MikePradaSBN 44 minutes ago

Who says no to Butler + Simmons for AD?

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Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn

On timing of telling Pelicans now, Rich Paul tells ESPN: "Anthony wanted to be honest and clear with his intentions and that's the reason for informing them of this decision now. That's in the best interests of both Anthony's and the organization's future."

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I'm not going to be upset if we can Dell, I promise. I just don't think he's that terrible of a GM right now. I completely understand what you're saying, and you're right about others getting fired left and right. I more meant it there's other things that are more important right now, like trading away Randle.

I said it at the beginning of the season, if we fail this season, the blame lies on AD more than anyone, and I still stand by that. I think our coach is garbage, and as always, we've had shitty luck with injuries, but AD and Jrue have played far too much this year for us to be 6 games under .500 and 5 games back of the Brooklyn frickin Nets.
We'll be better without AD than we ever were with him. I bet we can win more games in a year or two than we ever did with AD, if we make the trade with Boston.

Well Im guessing Pels will get Zion next year. lol