re: Jaxson Hayes "given up on his time with NOLA"

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But what do you think it means?

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I'm not trying to say AD is pawn or anything like that, but I think sometimes he's driving home points the front office wants him to. I'm not even saying they're telling him to go on the broadcast and do it, but I imagine he's a bit in the know in speaking with them and they're relaying their concerns on items.

And potentially, if he agrees, he's taking those opportunities to get those messages out there to the masses.

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How did BI feel about Zion getting so much attention and taking over as the team's Alpha?

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Not saying it doesn't matter because it certainly does but that's for the team. For me, I don't care how he feels. Figure it out, you're a big boy. Zion is clearly our best player and the team building and on the court will revolve around him. The quicker BI accepts that, and maybe he has, the better we'll be. If he cant' accept that soon, he can ask for a trade. That's really it IMO.

But again, that sounds harsh, just playing to the scenario. I've never seen anything that leads me to believe there's an issue right now.

Enjoy China, Jax.

NAW is still with Utah, where he got redirected from Portland after we sent him there.

Fair enough. Didi and Tomas were also part of that trade. And like NAW I think were fillers.

Eh… yes and no.

They were guys on either short contracts or non-guaranteed deals when Portland was desperately trying to clear long term money.

Having guys on expiring deals / non-guaranteed deals plus a TPE to absorb Nance put us in a position to get CJ at a reasonable price.

I’d just as soon not disparage Hayes. He is a current Pelican and getting shite for a supposed like on a tweet?

CJ trade, not AD trade

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I’d just as soon not disparage Hayes. He is a current Pelican and getting shite for a supposed like on a tweet?

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I think he is moreso getting shite for being a complete waste as a lottery pick when that draft had a shite ton of useful players.

For starters there's the whole scenario where we could've not traded the 4th pick and selected Darius Garland instead. But even when you factor in the trade, the next 5 players selected after Hayes all turned out to be rotational players (Rui Hachimura, Cam Reddish, Cam Johnson, PJ Washington, Tyler Herro).

Meanwhile, the most notable thing Hayes has done as a Pelican was a crazy summer league dunk and getting tazed by the cops.

Part of the blame goes to the front office as well. I remember a lot of people on here questioning on draft night when we picked Jax because of his slender build and the fact that he had only played organized basketball for 3 or 4 years at that point. It was always going to be a project that had little chance of panning out.

I think the idea was to get a big to try and let Zion play the four instead of the five.

To say it hasn’t worked out is an understatement.

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Hayes didn't want to exceed 235.

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Yeah but think about it, 250 might impact the "Gram-ability" of his Fits.

skinny is more en vogue these days.

And we all know the work Jax has put into being the team's leader where it matters most: Instagram Fit Posts Per Year.

It's a shame the Pelicans don't want to reward him for his strong efforts over the years...