re: Pelicans Trade Rumors and Chatter

I don’t know if we would trade Larry though, he’s one of the leaders we covet

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You shouldn't give up the best player in a deal, get back an inferior player, AND be the team that has to add assets.
Gafford is a solid backup center. Trading Val and Naji for just that is getting fleeced.
Those picks would have to come to us considering Naji is worth at least a 2nd and Val, again, is better than Gafford.

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One thing to remember is JV is expiring and he may want more money than we are willing to pay, so we have a chance now to flip his salary for a lower salary that we couldn’t afford in the offseason.

That’s really the only reason you do this. And as others have said, with how good this team plays with Larry in the rotation, I just don’t see him being the one that gets traded, especially since he’s our closer at the 5

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Damn CJ

My bad. I ASSumed he wasn’t any good since he never takes any shot outside of a dunk.

I’d still rather Herb than Allen, and I think it’s blasphemous to trade Herb for anyone.

We would be stupid to trade Herb.

Here’s my scenario predictions

1. Sign and trade big man. No one likes it. Get another veteran wing.
2. Get a kickback for a Portland pg, if so, go get rozier.
3. Or go get depth and make a push!

I can see us trading Val and Jose for Allen. Jose is enticing enough for us to maybe not attach several 1sts or at least a protected pick.

Hell you can even try and do Liddell/ Zeller and pick for Nick Richards.

Sign Matkovich and Ryan

CJ/ Dyson
Herb/ Hawk/ Ryan
BI/ Trey/ Naji
Zion/ Nance/ Matkovich
Allen/ Richards

Reading between the lines it looks like Jose may be on the block with the recent minutes played. There’s no way we can keep Jose and Naji so 1 of them most likely will be gone. The question is which one allows us to get the best return without giving up picks? Jose/ Naji/ Val for Allen may work without any picks.

would be assanine to trade Jose.
He's still under contract next year. Naji isn't.

I don't understand why we have to do anything. Can we just make it to the fricking playoffs healthy for once and actually see what we have with this current team? No trade at the deadline will make us a championship contender this year. Just be patient and make the moves necessary to compete for championships this offseason.
There's a reason the Cavs don't want Jarrett Allen. They want to shoot more 3's (sounds familiar). Mobley doesn't shoot 3's. Guess what? Zion doesn't shoot 3's either. I got no problem with JV sitting at the top of the key, pump faking 4 times and taking 5 seconds to decide to pull the trigger as his man leaves him alone to stop Zion.

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would be assanine to trade Jose. He's still under contract next year. Naji isn't. I don't understand why we have to do anything. Can we just make it to the fricking playoffs healthy for once and actually see what we have with this current team?

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Yes. As I said above, just food for thought….. Take a breathe.

We have to pay BI and Trey next year. Dyson/ Hawk shortly after that.

Are we paying Jose? Doesn’t seem like it.

Would replacing Allen with Val be a solution? Not terrible.

Does Jose get that deal done without giving up extra picks? aka (how we sustain our team going forward) Yes.

So you do it for those reasons. An extra year of Jose is irrelevant if the target is 3 years with Allen.

Again I’m not saying we should or that I have an issue with our current roster. But not doing it for “an extra year of someone not in our long term plans” is a little shortsighted.