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To be fair that is exactly what I would say to make teams offer their best offers.

but what would your position be though? Would you want to hold out for the best offer even if it means waiting till the summer when many more teams will likely be involved, or would you make a panic deal to get the trade done before the deadline in several days?
 
but what would your position be though? Would you want to hold out for the best offer even if it means waiting till the summer when many more teams will likely be involved, or would you make a panic deal to get the trade done before the deadline in several days?
Well Id personally wait it out. I dont know whats all going on in the NO front office though. They may feel its best for them to get it done now, so by FA and the draft they have a clearer plan. You could argue if they wait til this summer, the draft and FA will have passed and they wont have any direction because they dont know what the deals for AD will look like.

Like I said Id wait it out and I think they will too.
 
Well Id personally wait it out. I dont know whats all going on in the NO front office though. They may feel its best for them to get it done now, so by FA and the draft they have a clearer plan. You could argue if they wait til this summer, the draft and FA will have passed and they wont have any direction because they dont know what the deals for AD will look like.

Like I said Id wait it out and I think they will too.

The article I linked to quoted the Pelicans as saying they aren't in a hurry and willing to wait for what they think is the best offer. They still have time and no reason to panic trade.
 
The article I linked to quoted the Pelicans as saying they aren't in a hurry and willing to wait for what they think is the best offer. They still have time and no reason to panic trade.
I know that. I also think no matter what my actual intentions were thats the smart thing to say publicly.

I think we both believe they’ll wait.
 
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.
Yet according to some, there are 29 teams that could make a better offer than we can. [eyeroll]

FWIW I agree with you. But, I don't think NYK makes sense - if I were them I certainly wouldn't make that trade. Maybe if they had a decent team they'd be plugging AD into, but they don't so they'll just be a worse version of NOP (albeit in the East).
 
Yet according to some, there are 29 teams that could make a better offer than we can. [eyeroll]

FWIW I agree with you. But, I don't think NYK makes sense - if I were them I certainly wouldn't make that trade. Maybe if they had a decent team they'd be plugging AD into, but they don't so they'll just be a worse version of NOP (albeit in the East).

Maybe NY does it with the 'promise' that Durant is coming in the off-season.
 
Yet according to some, there are 29 teams that could make a better offer than we can. [eyeroll]

FWIW I agree with you. But, I don't think NYK makes sense - if I were them I certainly wouldn't make that trade. Maybe if they had a decent team they'd be plugging AD into, but they don't so they'll just be a worse version of NOP (albeit in the East).
Yeah, I was simply evaluating the offers themselves in relation to the Pelicans. You're right that the NY one makes little sense for AD.
 
It's crazy how poorly LA managed the last few yrs. These are their lottery picks the past 4 yrs:

2014- Julius Randle (#7)
2015- D'Angelo Russell (#2)
2016- Brandon Ingram (#2)
2017- Lonzo Ball (#2)

All of them have been underwhelming. Their free agent signings have included: Deng (4yrs/72 mil), Mozgov (4yrs/64 mil), Clarkson (4yrs, 50 mil). Their record the last 4 yrs has been 99-229. They haven't made the playoffs in 5 yrs and are in danger of missing it for the 6th consecutive year.

Yet they sit here in a position to land Lebron and AD. Just not fair. Jeanie Buss was on Lowe's podcast last week talking about legacy and Laker pride and what not. Made me sick.
 
It's crazy how poorly LA managed the last few yrs. These are their lottery picks the past 4 yrs:

2014- Julius Randle (#7)
2015- D'Angelo Russell (#2)
2016- Brandon Ingram (#2)
2017- Lonzo Ball (#2)

All of them have been underwhelming. Their free agent signings have included: Deng (4yrs/72 mil), Mozgov (4yrs/64 mil), Clarkson (4yrs, 50 mil). Their record the last 4 yrs has been 99-229.

Yet they sit here in a position to land Lebron and AD. Just not fair. Jeanie Buss was on Lowe's podcast last week talking about legacy and Laker pride and what not. Made me sick.
I think Randle and Russell are actually having pretty good seasons finally.
It's interesting. I think people forget how young and raw these guys coming into the league are now. Look at Noah Vonleh. Sometimes takes these guys a few years to blossom. I understand if you are a top pick, the expectations are higher, but a lot of times fans can be so unrealistic.
Look at a lot of guys on here. Actually thinking Simons and Trent were going to contribute THIS season. A lot of grown ass men in this league who have put their time in just waiting for these rooks/fresh meat to take the court against them.
 
I think Randle and Russell are actually having pretty good seasons finally.
Yet Magic let Randle walk and traded away Russell and bad mouthed him while using him to dump the Mozgov contract. He did get Kuzma in return but it was still a blunder.
 
It's crazy how poorly LA managed the last few yrs. These are their lottery picks the past 4 yrs:

2014- Julius Randle (#7)
2015- D'Angelo Russell (#2)
2016- Brandon Ingram (#2)
2017- Lonzo Ball (#2)

All of them have been underwhelming. Their free agent signings have included: Deng (4yrs/72 mil), Mozgov (4yrs/64 mil), Clarkson (4yrs, 50 mil). Their record the last 4 yrs has been 99-229. They haven't made the playoffs in 5 yrs and are in danger of missing it for the 6th consecutive year.

Yet they sit here in a position to land Lebron and AD. Just not fair. Jeanie Buss was on Lowe's podcast last week talking about legacy and Laker pride and what not. Made me sick.
What cracks me up is they kept Kuz over Randle. Sure, Kuz is cheaper - but he's not better. Neither are great, but I'd much rather have Randle. And it's not like he got overpaid.
Ditto Ball/Russel.
Then they have Brandon "Wiggins" Ingram.
What an utterly mediocre collection of "talent"...and they seem to keep down-grading. If patterns persist they draft a shit SF and trade Ingram.
 
What cracks me up is they kept Kuz over Randle. Sure, Kuz is cheaper - but he's not better. Neither are great, but I'd much rather have Randle. And it's not like he got overpaid.
Ditto Ball/Russel.
Then they have Brandon "Wiggins" Ingram.
What an utterly mediocre collection of "talent"...and they seem to keep down-grading. If patterns persist they draft a shit SF and trade Ingram.
You do this kinda shit in any other market, and you're in basketball purgatory for decades.
 
What cracks me up is they kept Kuz over Randle. Sure, Kuz is cheaper - but he's not better. Neither are great, but I'd much rather have Randle. And it's not like he got overpaid.
Ditto Ball/Russel.
Then they have Brandon "Wiggins" Ingram.
What an utterly mediocre collection of "talent"...and they seem to keep down-grading. If patterns persist they draft a shit SF and trade Ingram.

What the fuck are you talking about those players are awesome and the pelicans are dying to give them Anthony Davis in exchange.
 
Magic's biggest blunder without a doubt was choosing Ball over Tatum. I think he might have been blinded by the fact he himself was so successful as a tall point guard. He also did not come into the league as a great shooter. But there was no excuse for not taking Tatum. He was clearly the better player and if I could see it then he should have been able to as well.
 
Magic's biggest blunder without a doubt was choosing Ball over Tatum. I think he might have been blinded by the fact he himself was so successful as a tall point guard. He also did not come into the league as a great shooter. But there was no excuse for not taking Tatum. He was clearly the better player and if I could see it then he should have been able to as well.

Even Fox would’ve been a better pick and that’s not hindsight talking either. I think Magic is in love with storylines. Remember his twitter feed? For a legend in the game, he sure comes off as pretty surface level in his understanding of it. He’s a good salesman, I’ll give him that. That would come handy in Portland.
 
Another funny thing is the report that Ball doesn't want to play for NOP. Who the fuck does he think he is, Kobe?! He isn't even a quarter of the way to being good enough to not want to play for [insert any team here].
 
Another funny thing is the report that Ball doesn't want to play for NOP. Who the fuck does he think he is, Kobe?! He isn't even a quarter of the way to being good enough to not want to play for [insert any team here].
Lebron's role in all this is hilarious. He makes all the calls and decides he's gonna come to the team for reasons outside of basketball. Then he wants to trade half the team 3 months into his tenure.
 


I don't know how Silver can honestly say he's looking out for the good of the league and then act like the LA Lakers aren't involved in some heinous shit. It's absolutely backhanded, nefarious and goes against any kind of fair business practices. To collude to get a player to make trade demands is one thing but to purposely try and flatten the trade market for said player, just so that the Lakers get a better deal.... shows how far out of wack things have gotten.
 
Do you think Paul George wanted to be in OKC? How about Kawhi Leonard in Toronto? It matters 0% where he wants to be.

Also, LA is not a championship level team.
Do you think Jimmy Butler wanted to be where he was? Yeah you keep thinking that. I can name a bunch more players that destroyed team chemistry being somewhere they didn’t want to be than you will ever be able to come up with that didn’t. Anthony Davis does not want to be in Portland and the statements are clear. Even discussing it seems pointless at best. But have at it. I do think some of the fallout type trades could be interesting.
 
I don't know how Silver can honestly say he's looking out for the good of the league and then act like the LA Lakers aren't involved in some heinous shit. It's absolutely backhanded, nefarious and goes against any kind of fair business practices. To collude to get a player to make trade demands is one thing but to purposely try and flatten the trade market for said player, just so that the Lakers get a better deal.... shows how far out of wack things have gotten.
Bill Simmons keeps joking around that Silver got tired of LA tampering with Paul George (they got fined for it even) and banned the two from even meeting in free agency.

I don't know how much of a joke it really is.
 
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