re: Steven Adams to Pelicans in Serious Talks

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Again, you can get a competent center for nothing and not give up a first.

All of these rationales border on magical thinking.

He wants Adams, if you think Adams as our starter for the next 3-5 years is ideal, make the case, because if you can’t this isn’t the move you make

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Then he could have got in really early today and slightly overpaid for one of these mediocre centres (and not use 3 picks probably), to be first to market.

But he didn't. He watched and waited until there was a good situation he could exploit. How did he exploit it exactly? It's not crystal clear yet, but time will reveal all.

On the surface it looks like we gave up 3 picks for a guy who's gonna command 27 mil over 4 years to re-sign who doesn't stretch the floor. Awful, awful value right?

It makes no logical sense to choose this option, unless he slept through until 11:36pm and went "oh frick, just about everyone's been signed, I better panic and do something stupid or we're gonna miss out on all the centres. Everyone's gonna hate me, but it's better than nothing." I highly doubt any of that happened.

It's gonna be good, trust me.

But if it's not and it all falls to shite, I owe you a coke.

How many FRPs do we have in the next 7 years? Giving away one for a player on an expiring isn't that drastic. Also, we can't just look at this trade in a vacuum.

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Have you ever tried Grammarly?

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First sentence is a hideous nightmare, but pretty happy with the rest.

By the way, it's "anyway" not "anyways". Thought I would teach you a quick grammar lesson since you are so keen to point others' mistakes.

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First sentence is a hideous nightmare, but pretty happy with the rest.

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Just to be clear though, that Grammarly comment wasn’t directed at you. That was meant for the wall of rage text directed at me at the bottom of the last page

What you don't understand is the Steven Adams does not hinder the Pelicans future, they still have a ton of draft picks. What is so special about a future lottery protected pick? Like bro be realistic. That pick ain't turning into much and we have a pick in that draft anyway. Im sorry, im not banking on a late first round pick becoming anything more than a bench piece. Like damn the Pels got the two budding superstars they want to develop. Like damn the Pels and Zion himself should want to work on Zion to develop a mid range shot, develop his three point shot. You get an interior defender and instead of Zion getting beat up every game, you allow him to grow his offensive game.

Can we just wait till the trade is completed. Every time this happens everyone freaks out then the details come out and we start praising Griff.

The TD hive mind has come up with the major criticisms, in no particular order, but all equally valid


1. Bad fit next to Zion because he doesn't space the floor and the flow on effects of this.
2. Gonna be too expensive to re-sign, considering the opportunity cost of this. Monies could be spent much more effectively elsewhere.
3. 3 picks!!! used to get him, diluting our asset pool. Affects future draft acquisitions and trades.
4. Adams was unfaithful to a member of their immediate family and/or friend(s), what a shite count, die now.
5. Griffin is short sighted, reckless and doesn't think things through, the dancing banana emoji could do a better job. I could definitely do a much better job.


Have I missed any fam?

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The same guys bitching now will be praising Adams during the season.

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Adams is a really solid player. Just don’t like selling off part of our future for him. He’s got a lot of miles on him even though he’s just 27.

Will be interesting to see the strategy going forward

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This is such a simple way of thinking. It’s not just a rental. It’s a locker room guy, a vet, a position of need, a skill that you greatly lack, it’s giving yourself a ton of cap flexibility to either use in a trade or to sign someone next offseason, and a dude that actually helps you be competitive.

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Seriously, read the whole fricking post. Nothing I can’t stand more than ADHD simpletons that read one sentence and take the entire thing out of context to get on a soap box.

It’s fricking obvious that Griffin isn’t just doing this for one year(that poster I responded to seems more than cool with that being the case though). He seems to see Adams as a long term piece, otherwise he wouldn’t give up these assets. My position is simple, I don’t see the value. I don’t see the fit. I don’t see him as the center on a Zion contender. And I don’t see how the cost to get a veteran presence is justified. Vets are all over, you don’t need to spend a first and seconds for that. But like the other poster this feels like a red herring. Adams is being traded for because Griff thinks he is a long term piece, I don’t see it, if you do I’m willing to hear it