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B-Roy said:
No, he said we don’t get into these kind of conversations, like Olshey doesn’t take these risks.
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I need to re listen. Was driving at the time and def heard the word cachet
 
hoopsjock said:
That's my point though, with their roster set up it was better last year with a big who could shoot. Our roster has better balance shooting from the guards making it less of a burden with a big who can't shoot. If you think it will be bad what you are basically saying is that Aminu is a better fit than AD would be. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth but that's silly. I will say though that the Pelicans were playing pretty good when Cousins went down as they had won 8 of 10 games including the game he went down beating the number 1 seed Rockets. That goes to @TorturedBlazerFan's point that it takes some time to adjust.
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Of course that's not what I'm saying. Someone like Mirotic would be a better fit, offensively, is what I'm saying. To reiterate, I'm not saying I would be upset about the pairing of Nurk and Davis, just that I am skeptical it would immediately make us a powerhouse like some seem to believe. I think we'd be dysfunctional on offense for a while at least. And our fans being what they are, with only a partial season of seeing that dysfunction, would likely call for us to blow it up in the offseason.
 
hoopsjock said:
Another thing is that their team prior to the injury to Cousins was one of only two teams (Houston obviously being the other one) that could've had a chance to beat GS last year. With Rondo and Holiday to lock down Curry and Thompson plus the Warriors having a weakness against bigger teams would've possibly been a problem for them in the playoffs. We'll never know for sure though.
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This is what would intrigue me, but we don't have good defensive guards. Although I guess trading for Davis would include us getting rid of CJ, and his replacement might help with that. Unless we end up just plugging another midget shooting guard in a point guard's body like Seth into that spot.
 
hoopsjock said:
http://tradenba.com/trades/S1YqZ-pm4

I really think this type of trade would work. In this scenario the Pelicans not only get two guys that can help them be good now but they get two 1sts too. That would give them 3 1st rounders this year and they could be pretty good next year if they used them wisely.

We get AD but have to take on 2 bad contracts to do so. The other two teams save a ton of money this year.
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Wouldn't NO be a stronger team if they kept Holiday and took Zach from us? I don't see how adding a third team helps.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Wouldn't NO be a stronger team if they kept Holiday and took Zach from us? I don't see how adding a third team helps.
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Are you saying that Zach is better than Drummond? I don't get your question if not.

They get CJ and Drummond to build around and two 1st round picks (Detroit's will probably be a lottery pick) plus their own lottery pick. I think that's a pretty good return.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Wouldn't NO be a stronger team if they kept Holiday and took Zach from us? I don't see how adding a third team helps.
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It's also to balance out the roster. Trading for CJ puts their two best players in the backcourt with Jrue and CJ without a real true center on the roster. Trading Jrue for a legit big man balances it out better.
 
riverman said:
I don't think New Orleans will trade him to the west...the east needs another superstar to make the playoffs more competitive...with Lebron going to the Lakers I'd say the Pelicans trade with Boston....teams generally don't like trading superstars within their own conference
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Agreed.
 
My offer for Davis would be CJ, Turner, Zach, and two or three 1sts. New Orleans would be insane not to jump at that.

We'd have starting:

Dame
Davis
Nurk
Layman/Moe
Aminu

That's the closest thing to a contending team that we've had in almost 20 years.
 
CJ, Collins, Simons, and Two Future 1sts for Davis and Payton makes a ton of sense.

SAS got Derozen and Poeltl for Kawhi and Green
MIN got Covington and Saric for Butler and Patton

McCollum, Collins, Simons, and two picks is a very comparable deal, and might be even better.

Would allow NOP to remain competitive(ish) going forward, and Jrue Holiday is a perfect fit next to McCollum (A big PG who defends really well and can defend either guard position). Theyd also get (essentially) four 1st round picks for the future (Collins, Simons, two picks).

Our lineup would be this:
Lillard (36) / Payton (12)
Curry (28) / Payton (12) / Layman (8)
Harkless (30) / Layman (18) /
Davis (18) / Aminu (30)
Nurkic (30) / Davis (18)

Hopefully Wes Matthews gets bought out, and we could bring him back as our starting SG.
 
joeBlazers said:
There is no doubt in my mind that AD will end up a Lakers.
Does anyone believe LeBron knew this all along, before joining the Lakers?
I honestly don't believe LeBron joined the Lakers to play with the Cavs level talent and not even make the playoffs in the West (or lose in the first round).
This was a LeBron coup all along...
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There's doubt in my mind. If the lakers don't get him in a trade this season, are you telling me that they won't sign a big name FA this summer so that they can save cap room for the summer of 2020 to get AD? That they won't go after Kawhi or Durant to pair with LeBron?

Davis might just end up a laker, but there's doubt in my mind.
 
BonesJones said:
CJ, Collins, Simons, and Two Future 1sts for Davis and Payton makes a ton of sense.

SAS got Derozen and Poeltl for Kawhi and Green
MIN got Covington and Saric for Butler and Patton

McCollum, Collins, Simons, and two picks is a very comparable deal, and might be even better.

Would allow NOP to remain competitive(ish) going forward, and Jrue Holiday is a perfect fit next to McCollum (A big PG who defends really well and can defend either guard position). Theyd also get (essentially) four 1st round picks for the future (Collins, Simons, two picks).

Our lineup would be this:
Lillard (36) / Payton (12)
Curry (28) / Payton (12) / Layman (8)
Harkless (30) / Layman (18) /
Davis (18) / Aminu (30)
Nurkic (30) / Davis (18)

Hopefully Wes Matthews gets bought out, and we could bring him back as our starting SG.
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Hell, we could take back Hill's bad contract and add another 1st. I'd have to think that offer could compete.
 
CBSSports has 5 potential trades for AD and Portland is one of them and it would be freaking glorious:


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Portland Trail Blazers get:
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New Orleans Pelicans get:
 
HailBlazers said:
Agreed.
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That would be nice, but New Orleans seems to be emphatic about doing what's best for them and and no one else. Which I would do in their case as well.
Besides with their weird history they don't seem to have any hated rivalries like other teams have.
 
I'd probably rank the Portland offer as #2 out of the 5.

The #1 offer is Porzingis, Hardaway, and their 2019 1st. Of course that probably depends on the health of Porzingis and I'm not convinced the Knicks would trade him. That pick is currently 2nd too.

#3 is probably the Lakers one of Ball, Ingram, KCP, and a 2020 1st (not sure why this year's pick isn't included instead). I think we can beat this but mostly because I'm not a fan of Ingram and their pick next year might be 29 or 30 if they had AD, LeBron, and another star free agent.

#4 is the Rockets offer of Capela, Gordon, and a 2019 1st. I don't think Capela would be as good on the Pelicans. Gordon is really aging fast and their pick isn't great either.

#5 is the Wizards with Wall, Morris. and 2019 1st. Wall might have the worst contract in the NBA now. Their 1st would be okay but I don't think this is even in the ballpark.

I feel a little better about our chances after reading this crap.

Edit: We're the only ones that had to take on Hill. I'd gladly do that to make this work.
 
hoopsjock said:
I'd probably rank the Portland offer as #2 out of the 5.

The #1 offer is Porzingis, Hardaway, and their 2019 1st. Of course that probably depends on the health of Porzingis and I'm not convinced the Knicks would trade him. That pick is currently 2nd too.

#3 is probably the Lakers one of Ball, Ingram, KCP, and a 2020 1st (not sure why this year's pick isn't included instead). I think we can beat this but mostly because I'm not a fan of Ingram and their pick next year might be 29 or 30 if they had AD, LeBron, and another star free agent.

#4 is the Rockets offer of Capela, Gordon, and a 2019 1st. I don't think Capela would be as good on the Pelicans. Gordon is really aging fast and their pick isn't great either.

#5 is the Wizards with Wall, Morris. and 2019 1st. Wall might have the worst contract in the NBA now. Their 1st would be okay but I don't think this is even in the ballpark.

I feel a little better about our chances after reading this crap.

Edit: We're the only ones that had to take on Hill. I'd gladly do that to make this work.
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The New York scenario makes no sense to me. AD wants to win. Why would he re-up there? They would have so little left if they traded away Porzingis and their pick.
 
I'm on page two and all I have to say is: Davis said he wants to go to a team that will compete for a championship, consistently. He doesn't want to be part of a rebuild on a team that is only left with he and Dame and scraps. In other words, it's the same old problem. Sure by all means trade CJ and everything on down. But if we trade everything but the Dame sink, he won't want to come here, and if we traded for him, he wouldn't stay.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
The New York scenario makes no sense to me. AD wants to win. Why would he re-up there? They would have so little left if they traded away Porzingis and their pick.
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Indeed. Guy says he wants to be traded to a team where he can win and he goes to New York to play with Alonzo Trier, Damyean Dotson and Mitchell Robinson?

Unless we believe they are suddenly going to be able to recruit KD in the offseason it makes no sense.
 
hoopsjock said:
I'd probably rank the Portland offer as #2 out of the 5.

The #1 offer is Porzingis, Hardaway, and their 2019 1st. Of course that probably depends on the health of Porzingis and I'm not convinced the Knicks would trade him. That pick is currently 2nd too.

#3 is probably the Lakers one of Ball, Ingram, KCP, and a 2020 1st (not sure why this year's pick isn't included instead). I think we can beat this but mostly because I'm not a fan of Ingram and their pick next year might be 29 or 30 if they had AD, LeBron, and another star free agent.

#4 is the Rockets offer of Capela, Gordon, and a 2019 1st. I don't think Capela would be as good on the Pelicans. Gordon is really aging fast and their pick isn't great either.

#5 is the Wizards with Wall, Morris. and 2019 1st. Wall might have the worst contract in the NBA now. Their 1st would be okay but I don't think this is even in the ballpark.

I feel a little better about our chances after reading this crap.

Edit: We're the only ones that had to take on Hill. I'd gladly do that to make this work.
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I feel like all these are pretty bad for the Pels, if those are the best offers they get id wait on Boston.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
The New York scenario makes no sense to me. AD wants to win. Why would he re-up there? They would have so little left if they traded away Porzingis and their pick.
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Well they think they are signing Butler and Kyrie this summer but I agree it doesn't make sense.
 
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