Game Thread NBA PLAY-IN - PELICANS @ CLIPPERS - APRIL 15, 2022 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) TNT

[MickZagger]

Somewhere Olshey is high fiving himself

 

[Chris Craig]

David Griffin just took cronin to the fucking cleaners. Probably made him cry during negotiations.

If not, he's crying now

 

[B-Roy]

Say bye bye to Jerami Grant? I mean, unless Cronin trades OUR pick for him. Good god I may just barf.

 

[Chris Craig]

now we have to worry about Cronin trading a top-7 pick for Grant

Yep, that's exactly what is going to happen

 

[illmatic99]

i need to step away for a few months. this isn't good for my health.

 

[Tince]

Knowing how desperate the Pelicans were for CJ, it's still amateur hour that Cronin couldn't negotiate a better fallback plan.

Where's the report that they were desperate for CJ?

 

[blazerkor]

Say bye bye to Jerami Grant? I mean, unless Cronin trades OUR pick for him. Good god I may just barf.

If Cronin isn't fired by the end of the playoffs then our ownership has completely abandoned us.

 

[B-Roy]

Where's the report that they were desperate for CJ?

There were a few, and Fisher even said so.

 

[MickZagger]

Is Cronin getting fired tonight?

Jodi’s pissed!

 

[Tince]

David Griffin just took cronin to the fucking cleaners. Probably made him cry during negotiations.

Remember, they're going to get boat raced in the 1st round, so it's not like the Pels just turned into a contender.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Is the Bucks pick unprotected? Bucks could fall off quickly.

 

[B-Roy]

Pray we move up in the lottery, because otherwise we are in deep shit mode.

 

[illmatic99]

Jodi’s pissed!

doubt she even realizes what's happening

 

[illmatic99]

Is the Bucks pick unprotected? Bucks could fall off quickly.

top 4 protected.

 

[MickZagger]

I'm feeling okay actually. It was a gamble worth taking and we lost. Them the breaks sometimes and the bucks pick may not be as shiny as the 11th pick, but it's still an asset.

It’s like someone shoots your dog and you’re like it’s okay the dog was old anyways.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Knowing how desperate the Pelicans were for CJ, it's still amateur hour that Cronin couldn't negotiate a better fallback plan.

How do we know they were desperate for CJ?

 

[MickZagger]

doubt she even realizes what's happening

haha I know

 

[B-Roy]

Is the Bucks pick unprotected? Bucks could fall off quickly.

1-4. Giannis is going to be 30 that year, so in his prime of primes. Better hope he's injured or something. Oh, and the Bucks will probably be making trades to try and continue winning even if that is the case because they know already they won't have their pick.

 

[MickZagger]

top 4 protected.

Did the Bucks protect it or the Pelicans?

 

[illmatic99]

we gave up CJ/Nance/Snell/Norm/Roco for Hart/Winslow/Johnson/Louzada/Ingles/2025 pick/and the 58th pick in this draft.

i hate it, but "fucking idiot" is a generous word for our GM right now.

And people want to give him the reins for our most consequential summer in franchise history.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

You wanted to run it back for the 7th time?

Not at all. But you don't gamble like this when trying to build around your star. We gambled and lost. Start over already and move Dame somewhere he has a chance to win.

 

[wizenheimer]

You wanted to run it back for the 7th time?

8th time

 

[PCmor7]

always fucked, always. this changes everything. trading lillard is starting to make sense. landing a second true star is not possible

I was thinking the same thing. I didn't want to post it because I felt maybe I was being a prisoner of the moment.

For it being a late lottery pick, it still feels like the rebuild was just dealt a major blow, though. I mean, the player if we'd drafted with that pick probably wouldn't have helped us much next year anyway.

And then I look at the Pelicans. The 17th and 35th picks from the last draft were solid contributors for them as rookies.

 

[Idog1976]

oh ya we just threw in nance too.

Which is literally why we lost the pick tonight. He was an absolute monster on the glass off the bench and played great defense and chipped in 12 points. UNREAL!

 

[illmatic99]

Did the Bucks protect it or the Pelicans?

NO

 

[Tince]

There were a few, and Fisher even said so.

I've read a lot of stuff on the trade, but I hadn't seen anything saying they were desperate. Of course after the trade the Pels made it sound like they wanted him so bad, but that's what GMs say after trade no matter what.

I wasn't against running it back and losing in the 1st round again, but most people here were. Compiling negative assets was eventually going to catch up to us. Got to pay the piper at some point.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Say bye bye to Jerami Grant? I mean, unless Cronin trades OUR pick for him. Good god I may just barf.

If that happens you will want to stay away from this place. Some posters will try to convince you we are contenders.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

1-4. Giannis is going to be 30 that year, so in his prime of primes. Better hope he's injured or something. Oh, and the Bucks will probably be making trades to try and continue winning even if that is the case because they know already they won't have their pick.

He could be hurt or on another team. Teams fall apart fast in this league. The Nets pick this year is much better than people anticipated. Does Houston have it?

 

[Bingo Bango]

The tank job was just the half of it. Cronin applied the final blow tonight. He’s a master at losing.

 

[Tince]

Not at all. But you don't gamble like this when trying to build around your star. We gambled and lost. Start over already and move Dame somewhere he has a chance to win.

So don't run it back, but don't gamble? Trade your marginal player for all-stars?

Only problem with that strategy is you have to have another willing trade partner and/or an owner willing to pay deep into the tax. Dont' think either were on the table, but certainly not both.