Man what Griffin got in exchange for the 4th pick is blowing my mind.

The trade should be measured against garland in my opinion, as that’s who we would have probably picked. I’m a huge garland fan but now it’s looking like we may come out ahead. Still too much time to know at this point though.

And that Cleveland pick will really be two second rounders.

You’re right but I would rather have this haul instead of Garland. Not even close.

Let’s temper expectations a bit since this was just 1 summer league game.

That being said, Hayes probably had the highest ceiling out of anyone in the draft outside of the top 3 guys. The advance metrics guys seemed to be extremely high on him as well. He also comes from pro athlete pedigree so there are definitely a lot of things to be excited about.

NAW looked extremely smooth and polished but like i said this was just one summer league game.

Cleveland second rounders are high 30s picks which some consider more valuable than low 1sts... So not the end of the world there.

And we dumped Solomon Hill

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And Hayes is better than Hunter.
Unbelievable.

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Everyone needs to slow the F down


I feel like we have many Pels fans who are new to Summer League.

He may very well be better than Hunter, but one Summer League game isn't going to tell you that.

Yeah, I am going to be more than happy to eat crow on my draft day predictions, as both players looked phenomenal in their first outings(given their context), but once upon a time, Kris Dunn led all players in scoring during Summer League.

...While guys like Malcolm Brogdon, Dejuante Murray, Buddy Hield, Brandon Ingram, and Pascal Siakam had relatively ho-hum outings. So let's not make careers out of one summer league game yet.

NAW IQ is off the charts. He’s shown more in that department in 1 game than a physical talent like Dunn ever shown in his career. That’s the difference in my eyes. And he did it with little to no practice with the squad. He was hitting guys with good passes all night long and in spots that made so much sense too. It’s pretty shocking how much of a natural passer NAW is. There was an interview on Pelicans.com where a guy who watched NAW his entire career in college and didn’t believe that he could play PG in the league even in spurts.

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Can I just remind everyone that most people on this board HATED this trade at first.

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What kind of person would've been mad about the trade?

I think it tends to weed out who at least belongs, and can give you some insight into a player's skillsets. I also tend to think that signaling ability tends to decrease as the number of summer leagues a player is in increases. As you tend to learn how to play that league more than demonstrate a general fit for the game.