re: Teams already reaching out to Pels for #4 per Woj

In a draft where the drop off between #3 and #4 is steep, taking the best player available at #4 doesn't make sense. You trade down.

Trading down only works if you don't love any one player. What use is it to trade down if the player you covet isn't there? If the players are that close in ranking, you don't know if the player you covet will be there when you pick. Why risk it? You are sitting in prime position. If teams are trying to trade up, does it not mean that the pick is valuable at it's slot?

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Who knows at this point


But I’d honestly rather keep it and take De’Andre Hunter or Culver

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Would you rather say... Morant?

We have first rounds and #4..it’s possible.

It is valuable to a team who wants a specific talent at that spot and is currently a few spots back.


Ex - Phoenix or Chicago could want Garland or Coby White and may pay a slight premium to ensure they get the one they really want rather than risk missing either or both.

Someone like Atlanta has a bunch of picks and a few young players and could be looking for a very specific player to put next to Trae Young, so they could package some combination of a player, 8, 10, an additional 2019 pick (19?), and/or a 2020 pick.

Getting a player, moving back, and getting a 2020 pick isn’t the worst thing depending on who we have our eye on, such as Doumbouya.

Depends on where we are moving.

I might take a player, a lesser pick this year, and a future pick if we are going far enough back.

Well if we aren’t “in love” with any player in that tier, there are worse things than acquiring current or future assets for the right to choose later.

39/57

Pelicans need to keep this pick unless there is an All Star coming back in return. Period.

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Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez 30 minutes ago

Woj on ESPN: "(The Pelicans) are going to shop that No. 4 pick and try to turn it into a quality starter they can plug into that lineup."

Sounding more like BI and Zo stay, and Pels only shift the No. 4 pick (or future picks) in a new deal.

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If we're looking for a quality starter and are keeping Ingram/Lonzo that would say Center is the place we need a quality starter. Remember when we a thread a few days ago that said Indy was interested giving up a center for #4 and stuff?

I don't know how Indy feels but I think the Pels would like

Myles Turner and Aaron Holiday

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Solo/Moore/#4/Future somethings(2nds/1st)