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For people that insist on BI starting, I do think small ball lineup is intriguing. That's the only way it makes sense to me. ...

That's a weird place to stop reading. What, you're just gonna pretend like they haven't been trying to trade Brandon all off-season long without...

I'm sorry, I stopped at "he literally has no trade value". Didn't read the rest of what you wrote. We can agree to disagree and leave it there boss....

Talking about what BI did in the playoffs two years ago just proves my point. He is at his best when he can be "the guy", when he is the focus of...

I have thought about what I'm saying, it makes sense on every level. Think about what you're saying because there's no logic in it at all. BI has...

There's so much wrong with what you said.. It's not about making Ingram happy. You gain nothing but contention by bringing him off the bench. His...

I reject the idea that basketball decisions should be made based on not hurting BI's feelings or maybe increasing his trade value. If he's not in...

It's not out of the question he plays better off-ball with this group, shoots the quantity of threes we want, and has a little bit of health luck. I...

So you're advocating for creating conditions under which you agitate tensions unnecessarily.. While at the same time depressing his trade value even...

I think the problem with dealing BI has more to do with the fact that teams know that BI wants a max, and they're not willing to trade away assets...

3-team... ship Jimmy somewhere and get a big and a couple picks out of the deal.

I think he will honor his contract. He has made it clear that he is gone after this year though. He still has to play for his next deal

What's his other option? Pout and be a cancer in a contract year?

I'm sure he'll be super cooperative with that.

Let him come off the bench. Then he can be the high usage guy he wants to be and the offense can flow through him as the leader of the 2nd unit.

It really is just unfortunate timing for Ingram, and the Pels. The league has made it difficult to stack teams. It puts both parties in a bad spot....

Exactly!!

How, if he's not willing to adjust his game to what this team needs to succeed?

At this point Ingram's value as a player is worth a lot more than his value as a trade asset.

If you can't trade the asset for anything good, how valuable is the asset really?

If BI plays out the season and then walks, Trey is still getting extended. A Brandon Ingram trade where the Pelicans take back an equal amount of...

This is exactly what I mean - if we already know that BI is not our plan for the future, He needs to be traded. I don't want any drama in the team...

I hope not.

Jimmy Butler for Ingram? https://heavy.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/brandon-ingram-star-floated-trade-target/

The writing is on the wall. Pels want to move on and Ingram wants to move on. He will be on another team by the deadline for scraps

And this is how you run a franchise into the ground and make it a non-destination. Trading valuable assets for anything you can get.

Well they’ve been trying but likely for a higher than realistic asking price. It’s time to trade BI for whatever we can get. If that’s...

To be fair it’s not his fault the situation has come to this. We should have traded him earlier if we had no intention of paying his max (he was...

This is where I'm at.

BI was the only guy on our team able to guard Ja Morant. He's not bad on defense. He just needs to attempt more catch and shoot 3s and less...