Outside of moving BI, there should be a trade Moratorium on the Pelicans FO

The roster isn’t bad , the biggest issue is the offense. 4 out, Perimeter Pick, Handoff, 3pt shot.

This is a refreshingly level-headed post. A lot of us are just so frustrated and venting. I end up just not posting because I don’t enjoy spending time in negativity and that’s all this season has been. You’re right though.

It's way more important to dump Zion than it is to trade BI. Ingram is a good teammate who doesn't wreck your culture every minute he's on the team.

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we don’t have a ton of talent.

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Yes. We do. Almost every single media person has said we have one of the most talented rosters in the league.

We have 5 guys on this roster who can average 20+ a game for a season, and 4 of them have done it multiple times, and Trey is doing it this year. How many teams have that on their roster?
We have an all-nba perimeter defender, and Missi's shot blocking is elite and he will only get better.
And we have a 2nd year player who's 3 point shooting is elite off the move and demands defensive attention without the ball, which helps create space for everyone else.

We have 8 guys who could start for almost every team in the league, and we are about to add a top 7 pick to that.

Get the frick out of here we don't have a ton of talent. Our lack of talent is with our GM and head coach, not our players. Maybe they don't fit together as great as other talented teams, but to say we aren't talented is dumb. Outside of the Celtics, you'd be hard pressed to convince me there's another team with more talent in their top 8 than us.

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Also comparing the grizzlies to us is dumb when they’ve shown massive success with their roster. They were a top 3 seed team before the injuries.

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oh you mean like when we were 21-14 to start last year, and 23-12 to start the year before? Those are top 4 teams in the West records right there. We have without a doubt shown we can be successful when healthy. The problem is we are rarely ever healthy.

The play is to move BI and/or Zion, and i'd lean towards the lazy fatass who doesn't care about playing basketball if there's a stupid enough team out there to give us a nice return for him. If BI doensn't want to agree to a reasonable extension, then fine, trade him.

I'd bank that the FO is considering moving onto Ingram, see if Cj is wanting to stay or he traded, lands top 4 pick, and run it back with a new coach and scheme.

Whats sad is a coach like quin Snyder was available, we just coulsnt get him. There's 4 players on that roster who's grown tremendously in his 1.5 years there. Is it coincidence or good coaching idk, but history says he's a good coach.

You can't tell me any player has developed or became different than their projection in their pelicans tenure.

Herb was always elite defensively.
Trey was always a 3pt threat
Ingram didn't develop anymore and neither did zion.
Naw, Lewis, daniels, hayes, and even now Hawkins ate all meh imho.

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You can't tell me any player has developed or became different than their projection in their pelicans tenure

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Struck a nerve right here. #1 gripe with this team is that no one gets better. Basketball IQ or Physical development. Just get out there and figure it out.

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Anyone is tradable if the offer is there. That was my main point.

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I don't disagree.

I just find it funny you think a Trey for Jalen Johnson swap is something either team would do, or the fact that getting back a backup PG for Herb is a good trade.


We have assets coming out of our arse still. If you're going to trade Trey, then you use your other assets with him and you get back an all-nba type player.

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The play is to move BI and/or Zion,

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were in agreement on this. Both should go as well as CJ. If someone overpays for one of our roleplayers, we’d be dumb not to take it especially if we’re doing a reset and won’t be competitive for the next couple of years.

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Why?
Why would you trade them right now? What is your goal by trading them? To give up on the next few years and just start all over, as i assume you're trading away BI/Zion as well? What's the point of that? We have a ton of talent. There is zero reason for us to be terrible next year b/c we traded away everything for picks. Look at what the Grizzlies are doing this year now that they are healthy. They weren't stupid enough to think about trading Bane and JJJ and Clarke. They rode out the injury riddled season last year, got better by drafting Edey with their top 10 pick, are actually getting great minutes from their 2nd round pick in Wells, as well as two other unknowns in Pippen and Huff. and they still have 2nd round pick GGJ who they were able to develop last year b/c of all those injuries getting ready to return soon.

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Right

I keep seeing over and over to trade Herb and get a 1st....More than likely, a contending team would want Herb, so...


We're gonna trade Herb Jones for a late 1st round draft pick and....hope for the 10-15% chance that this 24th pick in the 1st round becomes as good as Herb 3 years from now? Why?