re: New Orleans Pelicans 100 @ Houston Rockets 120 FINAL

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Out scored 40-13 in the 4th. Me oh my..

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Well, that's not good.

So Ryno had a pretty good night, 23 points on 18 shots, a lot of his post moves that most of us hate were working. Gentry commented after the game that although he had a good game, he was hunting for his shot a little too much. That was good to hear because if Gentry isn't giving him a pass on a night where he was asked to be the primary scorer, then he won't give him a pass when he's coming off the bench as a role player.

Is anyone else concerned about not being able to keep Ryno long term? Yeah it'd be nice to have a stud scoring SF, but it's also nice to have a backup PF that can drop 25+ on the nights AD is out.

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Can't just let players like this walk for free.

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Well, you aren't getting "nothing". You're getting the cap space that he frees up by walking away. Now, I'm not certain what you're doing with that cap space, because SF isn't loaded next off season (Batum or Parsons are probably the best out there). I would take a healthy Parsons or Batum over Ryno, though.

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I would take a healthy Parsons or Batum over Ryno, though.

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But you won't have enough cap space for that unless you let Gordon and Cole walk too. It really is a catch 22. So you either give up a lot to overpay for a decent but not great SF, package one of Gordon/Ryno with a pick this year for a SF, renew Gordon/Ryno at inflated prices, or swing and probably miss on KD. Unless they think they have a decent shot at KD, you really have to make a trade for a SF. Goodbye 2016 pick, we hardly knew ye.