marlin0814

I don't understand why the Pels wouldn't do Bazemore, Lin, and Prince for Solo, Johnson, Moore, and Kenrich with our pick. I'd make that trade now to get the depth and win these next few games.

Yeah I agree. He seems to have way better ball handling skills and playmaking ability though. Also a great rebounder.

How would you make that work? Financially?

Saw Kumar on Twitter talking about MKG. With his Kentucky connection to Davis, I could see this happening ... what do people think of him replacing Hill? How do people feel about his game? Is there a way to get him by just trading Ajinca, Okafor, and Liggins?

Carr is gone. Signed in Italy.

Unless we trade for Jimmy Butler, and he resigns here like Paul George in OKC, he won't come in FA. Don't forget Kyrie had asked to be traded to Chicago to play with his friend.

I see those two teaming up somewhere, possibly with KD.

Interesting. Would you do Solomon Hill & Alexis Ajinca for George Hill and Rodney Hood? We'd be taking on the worse contract, but it's a bigger expiring next summer. He could also help our depth at PG.

I just figure, we saw Julius Randle fall into our laps because LA renounced his rights.

Bulls renounced Nwaba.

This seems to be happening more now than I remember in recent years. Actual rotation players, too.

I assume it's GMs working, coordinating with agents to give these players the best opportunity to succeed.

With Hood being so public about wanting to play for another team, it seems like a move to get Cleveland to renounce him or, at least, trade him. I mean, it's been two-plus weeks of FA, and no one is signing him to an offer sheet, including CLE.

New to this board. A lot guys active here, but are you also on r/NOLAPelicans on reddit? Seems like that would be a more popular site for frequent Pels chatting. Anyway ...

I want to bring this up here because I did not see much about it:

Rodney Hood liked some Instagram comments about playing for/joining the Pelicans. I think this would be a great addition to our team, but I assume he would want more money and/or years than we could sign him for using our trade exceptions.

My questions are: with actions like the instagram stuff, and his infamous 2018 playoff run, why would Cleveland want him back? He doesn't want to play there, clearly.

Why wouldn't they make him an UFA?

If you're the Pelicans, his ability to run, create his own shot, and his length, make him a fantastic candidate for the Small Forward position. Why not make a stronger push for him?