re: Steven Adams to Pelicans in Serious Talks

i think the idea is that bledsoe/hill? were signed longer than a year whereas adams is expiring opening up max potential for the pels next offseason

other than that, i dont see the upside of the adams aspect of the trade minus adams and zion literally will grab every offensive rebound, adams is a great locker room guy, and we should improve on defense and screen setting

We are in the honeymoon period. Our GM is god-emperor and anyone not worshipping should be stoned.

it’s apt people bringing up Reke because I remember getting piled on to hell at the other forum for not liking the trade. For pushing back against giving Rolo up for peanuts. For signing Asik for a mid/late first.

And I’m not gonna lie, giving up a first for a defensive center that is a poor fit offensively with our best player, that is increasingly not an ideal fit in this era, is giving me a lot of deja vu.

Like I said, I hope there is more I haven’t seen, and thankfully that unlike the Demps era Griffin has amassed enough resources he can miss a few times and not really suffer, but I still don’t like what I see so far.

Well Woj said on ESPN allegedly that we hope to re-sign him again

Where is Woj getting his intel from?

'sources'?

Bro offense is not Zion's problem. He is gonna get his bro. What we needed is a damn interior defender because people were doing layup lines against the Pels. Favors didn't stop Zion from scoring bro why would Adams. Now if the Pels defense was middle of the pack last year, they win many more games. And my lord why are yall so in love with this first round pick THATS NOT EVEN OURS. Bro we have all our picks, all the lakers picks, and all the bucks picks. Why are yall so in loved with a pick that's lottery protected and probably late in the first round??Yall remember how Pelicans were HORRIBLE at the end of games cause we couldn't finish games? Let's get mfs who have been on WINNING TEAMS (Bleadsoe, Hill, JJ, Adams), and let them teach our youngins how to win.

It’s probably from common sense. Why would we give up a pick for Adams instead of signing Baynes if it was just for this season. I’m ok giving up a late first for Adams. I’m not ok just dumping Bledsoe and Hill for nothing.

There will only be so many shots to go around. We do not need a center that needs the ball if you want to continue to develop the young guns offensively

Only knock on Adams is his FT shooting. But he will be a great leader for this team

This is a GREAT pick up for basically nothing.

He made his first three pointer ever on our court. Might as well bring him back to make some more.