Need to find aPG, Rondo is not the solution

If he would stop gambling for wrap-around steals and actually decide to slide his feet and stay in Front of a defender we would be ok.

Eta: And stop turning his back to his man and see man and ball

What does PTAO stands for? I'm getting too old to stay up with all of the hipster slang.

Back in the Monty playoff season the team was doing the same thing, staying .500 while regularly losing games to bad teams. One of the rocket fans that frequents the board came up with Pelicans Theory of Alternating Outcomes because of the WLWLWL runs that team had. It fit so well it stuck and has returned.

PTAI is light years beyond hipster soak.

It’s solid basketball theory

I go to Chicago and say I want Holiday and Mirotic. I tell them they are taking Asik and Ajinca, then ask then what else they need to make that deal work.

Ideally, we add Nelson, Diallo, and a first. Then, Bulls can go back to stinking and improve their own pick. Pels have a rotation set for this year and next.

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I go to Chicago and say I want Holiday and Mirotic. I tell them they are taking Asik and Ajinca, then ask then what else they need to make that deal work.

Ideally, we add Nelson, Diallo, and a first. Then, Bulls can go back to stinking and improve their own pick. Pels have a rotation set for this year and next.

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Mirotic would be a dream to come off the bench...

Exactly. And if everything works out, you have your full rotation under contract next year except Boogie and Rondo. If it works out, Boogie would want to come back and with the MLE you can either bring back Rondo or upgrade.

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Would only work if boogie signs extension/long deal at the same time.

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That's a non starter or he'd already be locked up. The rules make an extension this year worth about $7-$8 less per year than a new contract he would sign with us in the offseason IIRC.

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Boogie is key. You think he likes team you make and stays.
Only if win 1 playoff series.

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Just making the playoffs will be enough to keep Cousins. He wants this to work, playing with his boy a few hours from home with the team that can pay him the most money. He's going to give it every chance to work that he can.

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Say for example in the trade MM mentioned, instead of Holiday + Mirotic, we could do Mirotic + Robin Lopez? At least on offense an inside player like Lopez allows Boogie to be Boogie and AD to roam (on top of probably having to trade away less)

Am I out on a limb with this observation?

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We need desperate help on wing or D. Lopez helps over, but is there enough minutes to get mirotic in too? Would a team like Brooklyn be interested in him and try to facilitate something for Carroll?

The trade MM proposed might be about perfect in terms of helping both this year and in the future. The problem with almost any trade this year is that if you trade Asik/Ajinca for an expiring like Belinelli/Ilyasova, that's a win now move that helps your cap next year but gives you no future value for the pick you're giving up. If you trade Asik/Ajinca for someone with future salary like Carroll or Lopez, that's going to force you to make a move like dumping Moore to stay under the tax next year. Moore would be a lot easier to move for little to no salary than Carroll or Lopez.

Make this trade and you have 3 options next year.

Let Mirotic walk but keep Holiday and have $11 million in tax space to resign/replace guys.

Keep Mirotic and Holiday and dump Moore for a future pick and have $8 million to resign/replace guys.

Let Mirtotic walk and dump Holiday and have $16 million in tax space. Basically resign Rondo for $4, use the full MLE on one or 2 other guys and sign a few minimums to round out the roster.

I think the best move would be to dump Moore, maybe you can get a player on a rookie deal or just cap space and a pick like when Charlotte traded for Belinelli.

Rondo/Minimum/Jackson
Holiday/Holiday/Cooke
Hill/Miller/Minimum
AD/Mirotic/Dante
Cousins/Minimum