GeauxHornets

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It was a fantastic column, and I agree with 99% of it. I tried to ask him why he thinks that teams will have so much success playing small ball against us, but I couldn't really get an answer out of him, unfortunately.

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He comes in and is instantly the second best point guard in the SW division and Tony Parker is getting older.

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Um, Mike Conley? Age makes it a closer debate, but Conley is the better player right now.

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He'll be at Manning's or Tracey's.

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Doubt he'll be at Tracey's. If our site has a party and the team has one too, it'd probably look bad for them to go to ours instead of the team sponsored one.

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Burke’s character appears to be a huge deciding factor, and perhaps the tiebreaker between he and McLemore, while the need for stability in the team’s back court gives Burke the nod over Len.


I believe Mcollum would be the choice if this was a factor.

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Character involves more than just basketball IQ (which McCollum certainly would score very highly in). Ability to command a huddle and run a team is also very important.

I've been told that the Pelicans have legitimate interest in Jennings, but the inverse is what's in question.

I don't hate Jennings, but I'm 90% sure that whatever he ends up getting will be an overpayment, which is why I would shy away from him.

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on a non-guaranteed deal for the next two seasons

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His deal becomes fully guaranteed in about 2 weeks (July 5th), so if the Pelicans are hoping to use that contract detail to their advantage, they'd need to move him soon. Agree with the notion that he has value regardless, though.

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Brackins for Smith > Juju for Beli?

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Don't forget this guy:

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Saric himself told Chad Ford in May, mon.

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His quote to Ford back in early May:

"When this will happen, and if it will ever happen it does not depend on me," Saric continued. "We are going to offer, but if interest will not be like we expect and wish, we will definitely be withdraw before the draft."

Hard to believe that being a mid-to-late lottery pick would "not be like they expect and wish." Therefore, that rumor appeared to be largely dismissed until Ford presented new data yesterday.

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Anyone can take the negative stance just because they don't like the guy, and that is well-within their rights. But for him to put a ton of work into a piece just to have it dashed the next day is not the work of something trying to screw with anyone. It's just someone doing work to bring info to the fans so you can debate things like this.

I think it's better to keep the debates on the players and motives of the agents (all valid) and less on the people taking time to do work.

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Well said, 42. McNamara was absolutely convinced that the Pelicans were going to draft Saric when discussing this situation internally with us. This withdrawing rumor which started yesterday and appears more like truth this morning caught all of us by surprise.