re: To deal or no deal - AD

Hear me out..

Would you trade any of your vital organs?

- you are often ill
- your best days are probably behind you
- you are going to die someday anyway

If you would entertain offers.. what would it take?

If not, why?

I’d trade all of them to not see something as done as the op again

VOR - thanks for a serious response. I was only asking a question to feel the pulse of the board. A few months ago rumors were flying about AD to Boston. Was just curious everyone’s opinion.

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thanks for a serious response. I was only asking a question to feel the pulse of the board

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The problem is that you are failing to realize how serious the responses to your question are. Seriously,

It is funny that 1 month ago many on this board (and countless others on the interwebs) had serious questions as to whether the Celtics would give up Brown and Tatum for AD.

Last I checked there were 159 downvotes in the other thread can we make it to 160?! I Pelieve!!


To be serious OP just in case your question is genuine, there is nothing to entice NOP to trade AD short of Giannis + Middleton + Bledsoe + a 1st. He is the face of the franchise, something many teams do not have and what those that don’t are frantically trying to find

He does get injured a bit, but not nearly as bad as he is labeled to be. He is a smaller ‘big man’, but it’s also what allows him to have such a complete offensive game, be a great defender, and rim runner. I’ll take his skills on this team even if that means some occasional twisted ankles every single time.

Draft picks hold the possibility of a better future, but how many times do high picks deliver? How may teams do you think wish they would’ve drafted Giannis before Milwaukee at #17? It’s truly a crap shoot and players like AD don’t come around often. But even if AD was traded, we still have Jrue and Boogie in their primes. How long until those draft picks contribute? Few in the entire draft (probably none) will be Donovan Mitchell their first year.

There is a vision for the franchise, there is a change in culture happening along with an improving perception around the league, and there is a continuity amongst the players. AD is central to all.

Finally there’s an excitement in New Orleans about this team that hasn’t been experienced since CP3 took us to the playoffs. Again AD is the center of this.

Deiondeion..

Thank you. This was the response I was looking for.

I agree with every word you said...

You must have signed in as an alter to give yourself that second upvote.

Sure, I’d listen.

For instance, if a team offered Michael Jordan and a time machine to make him 24 years old again , and also threw in their first round picks starting in 2019 until eternity.