Our depth chart:
Smart/Jackson
Jrue/brown/etwan
Tatum/williams/Stanley
Diallo/
Jah/
I think we move etwan at the draft. Elfrid and randle are likely gone even though I like them both. AD and Solo traded to Boston I think we look at bigs with our high picks.
Just as exciting if we go with new York and get dsj and Knox with a high pick. I am happy either way and we still need to look at the 4/5 in the draft.
Flush this season and the second era of the Pelicans franchise ends. We can pray that JT begins the 3rd.
Assuming we trade with Boston
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02-28-2019, 11:51 PMwnelsonAssuming we trade with Boston
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03-01-2019, 12:21 AM13 - 3
Don’t forget Randle assuming we re-sign him.
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03-01-2019, 01:30 AMbustah
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03-01-2019, 02:13 AMmsusousaphone
Haha. Yeah. There really isn't anything to argue here.
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03-01-2019, 09:36 AMHornetGuru
We tank and get the number 1 pick then trade AD for Tatum smart and brown, draft Zion, resign randle.
Jrue
Brown
Tatum
Zion
Randle or okafor
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03-01-2019, 10:13 AMDroopyDawg
Our tank game ain't strong enough to get in contention for the #1 pick. There are 4 teams with 17 or less wins... they know how to do it right.
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03-01-2019, 10:15 AMHornetGuruNBA rigs lottery for us, we get first pickQuote:
Originally Posted by DroopyDawg
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03-01-2019, 10:47 AM13 - 3
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Bring on Zion!Quote:
Originally Posted by HornetGuru
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03-01-2019, 10:58 AMPelicanidaeI see what you mean, but you actually have a decent chance of getting the number one pick even if you're fairly low down.Quote:
Originally Posted by DroopyDawg
Worst team gets a 14% chance.
6th gets a 9% chance.
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03-03-2019, 01:41 AMwnelson
I think we don't resign randle cuz he wants at least double what he is getting now. I think no matter where we pick we go 4/5 and I really want Payton back more than randle.
If we get Zion we may be a playoff team next season if we can get an above avg 3 and d 4. The draft has the potential to really make us. Like when the saints got lattimore ram and kamara in the same draft. Hope our next GM is a draft guru -
03-03-2019, 01:48 AMGuardianAngel25This is my favorite package. If Boston is willing to let off that pick along with the players it’s a no brainer. I think I would take Rozier over Smart but that’s a tough one cause I love me some Marcus Smart!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HornetGuru
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03-03-2019, 04:27 AMAUSSIE_PELICANIt's a tough one because Rosier would have to agree for a sign and trade to NOLA.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuardianAngel25
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03-03-2019, 04:30 AMAUSSIE_PELICANIf you miraculously got Zion and Tatum, why in the world would you pay Randle all that money to play C?Quote:
Originally Posted by HornetGuru
Him guarding C's at 6'9" would be god awful.
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03-03-2019, 07:20 AMAusPelWhere have you read that Randle is chasing 20mil per?Quote:
Originally Posted by wnelson
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03-03-2019, 07:26 AMEman5805
It’s like there’s no real way we win now. If we get it legit, everyone , even our own fans, will say it’s set up. And I hate conspiracy theories.
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Originally Posted by HornetGuru
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03-03-2019, 11:20 AMPelicanidae
I think if we get the first pick, it will just be because something that had a small chance of happening, happened.
Think about it. If you get told you have (say) a 6% chance of something happening, and then it happens, why is that a conspiracy? 6% is small, sure, but it's not impossible. It's not negligible. -
03-03-2019, 02:48 PMaas3452Jrue, brown and Tatum would be starting. If you resign Randle, then you’ll need a stretch 5 or someone who can defend the opponent big man down low.Quote:
Originally Posted by wnelson
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03-03-2019, 03:12 PMJJackisangryWell you do have to take in to account the “convenience” factor. I’ll admit that the AD draft was particularly convenient and you could make a case because the NBA was looking for a willing buyer for the franchise. I don’t really see how us winning the draft here is convenient for the NBA. And 6% chance is certainly not negligible as you have said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pelicanidae
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03-03-2019, 10:01 PMtdcreator
I think Boston would like to keep smart or at least if i was them so Brown would be the guy I’d move and his next contract could be big. As for the pick, I’d really like Morant. We could give him a year running the backups and by year 2 him and Jrue could rock.
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03-04-2019, 06:59 AMLtdee2019
[QUOTE=wnelson;1482166]Our depth chart:
Smart/Jackson
Jrue/brown/etwan
Tatum/williams/Stanley
Diallo/
Jah/
I think we move etwan at the draft. Elfrid and randle are likely gone even though I like them both. AD and Solo traded to Boston I think we look at bigs with our high picks.
Just as exciting if we go with new York and get dsj and Knox with a high pick. I am happy either way and we still need to look at the 4/5 in the draft.
Flush this season and the second era of the Pelicans franchise ends. We can pray that JT begins the 3rd.[/QUOT
I HOPE NOT!! THAT LINE UP WINS 30 GAMES AT BEST -
03-04-2019, 08:11 AMMythrolWe are playing with a worse version of that lineup right now and are 1 win away from 30. You add all that to the team and we are going to be better...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ltdee2019
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03-04-2019, 08:55 AMDr. Sting
For those who know Boston's talent way better than me (I just don't follow them), someone do the lineup without Tatum. I think Kyrie's gone and they're not going to let Tatum go, assuming we still do make the trade. I guess that begs the question, would there still be enough there without Tatum? Or do the Pels look elsewhere (and no, I'm not talking about the Lakers)?
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03-04-2019, 09:12 AMDroopyDawgI never thought Boston would trade Tatum without AD extending with them. Someone in the news (Broussard I think) said that Boston could still offer a better package for AD even without Tatum. He didn't say what that package was but I just don't see it happenin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Sting
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03-04-2019, 09:29 AMmsusousaphone
They would be worse than most of the teams we trotted out their with him, as is. Same with NYK. LAL, too, except for LeBron. The team selling everything for AD would be banking on also having a free agency extravaganza that would net them either Kyrie, Durant, or both.
"So why give up your entire young core for AD?"
Because we know NBA players talk. I don't see it as colluding...they're players....I dislike it but they can do it. So it stands to reason NY or Bos will know they can reload before pulling the trigger. But it's also an arms race. Whoever wins will be the next superstar destination. If it's LAL, they've established the new Miami at the same time GSW could be eroding. If it's Bos or NY, not only did you establish the new Miami and dominance in the East, the loser will not have the ammo left in FA to put together a competing team.....so the loser loses BIG. NY has the best chance to come back in a year depending on how the lottery goes but that ownership is getting tired of waiting.
That's why everyone is so certain we get the best packages each team has available thrown at us. The teams are almost more motivated not to lose this than they are to win it.