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re: John Hollinger: New Orleans didn’t understand what they were trading to Atlanta

Posted on 12/13/25 at 10:51 pm to
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/13/25 at 10:51 pm to
A lot of teams weren't as high on Ace Bailey, so it's fair their evaluation were 'top 5 talent"
Posted by GOP_Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 12/14/25 at 4:32 am to
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they had top five valuations on both Fears and Queen, they believed they were trading for a top 5 pick a year in advance


Wait I thought it was fears 5 and queens 6. He saying they was both in top 5. Has anybody seen the exact rumored spot Pels had each?


I think that your memory is correct that Fears was #5 and Queen #6 on our board on draft night. That doesn't mean that we wouldn't have graded out both of them as worthy of top-5 picks.
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21664 posts
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:43 am to
It’s embarrassing. On any given week you can see journalists saying it’s one of the worst trades in NBA history Thanks Joe
Posted by RUFshreve
Shree'pote
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 12/17/25 at 3:24 am to
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The most generous interpretation I can make is he's trying to say Bryson Graham knew the team would suck because he was here and Dumars didn't because he was new. That makes some sense but I'm doing some heavy lifting for him.


I think this is definitely what Hollinger meant, he just didn't articulate it very well. That Dumars didn't understand just how hopeless this team was and Graham knew very well. Graham knew he hit the jackpot, Dumas was clueless enough to think it was a calculated risk.
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