Pelicans signing Motiejunas?

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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For $20 million a year? That is steep for his services.

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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Well, no.

I think that might be incorrect. Lots of Youtube highlights of him roasting bigs on the block..including AD.

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

He's listed at 220 pounds.
That's light for a 7 footer.
He weighs what Davis did coming into the league.

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I can guarantee you that weight is not correct. He has to be much closer to his listed weight here:

http://hoopshype.com/player/donatas-motiejunas/

7 feet and about 259 pounds. Basically just barely heavier than Terrance Jones, but fairly taller. That 220 weight would make him smaller than Dante Cunningham, and that's not possible. Donatas plays with a lot of skill, but he's also sort of a brute out there. Should do wonders for our rebounding.

He's pretty elite in the post. Much better than Jones

If he couldn't stay healthy in Houston, what makes people think he can stay healthy here? If we sign him, I bet he plays less than 20 games for the season.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

I can guarantee you that weight is not correct. He has to be much closer to his listed weight here:

http://hoopshype.com/player/donatas-motiejunas/

7 feet and about 259 pounds. Basically just barely heavier than Terrance Jones, but fairly taller. That 220 weight would make him smaller than Dante Cunningham, and that's not possible. Donatas plays with a lot of skill, but he's also sort of a brute out there. Should do wonders for our rebounding.

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That makes me happier

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Originally Posted by RUFshreve

If he couldn't stay healthy in Houston, what makes people think he can stay healthy here? If we sign him, I bet he plays less than 20 games for the season.

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Why does it matter? We weren't doing anything with that roster spot anyway. Taking a flyer on a big, who just signed a 35m contract, for the vet minimum and 1 year has NO downside. Jones had injury concerns too before signing here.

Either he plays well enough to earn minutes or never puts it together. Doesn't matter, it doesn't hurt us in any way. If we in the future need the roster spot he's on the minimum so you just cut him.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

Why does it matter? We weren't doing anything with that roster spot anyway. Taking a flyer on a big, who just signed a 35m contract, for the vet minimum and 1 year has NO downside. Jones had injury concerns too before signing here.

Either he plays well enough to earn minutes or never puts it together. Doesn't matter, it doesn't hurt us in any way. If we in the future need the roster spot he's on the minimum so you just cut him.

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I guess the one down side would be he actually plays really well and then walks.

Well enough to get us some wins, but miss the playoffs barely, only to lose him to FA and fall out of the sweet spot in the draft.

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Originally Posted by N.O.Bronco

I guess the one down side would be he actually plays really well and then walks.

Well enough to get us some wins, but miss the playoffs barely, only to lose him to FA and fall out of the sweet spot in the draft.

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If he plays really well and stay healthy then I think we will get in the playoffs.

What if he does very well? Maybe we will do a major trade to get a star player. I think that's what's going to happen. Could we get PG13?


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Originally Posted by Mythrol

Why does it matter? We weren't doing anything with that roster spot anyway. Taking a flyer on a big, who just signed a 35m contract, for the vet minimum and 1 year has NO downside. Jones had injury concerns too before signing here.

Either he plays well enough to earn minutes or never puts it together. Doesn't matter, it doesn't hurt us in any way. If we in the future need the roster spot he's on the minimum so you just cut him.

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I'm just stating the obvious. People are acting like he could be the answer to our prayers, for a competent big to pair with AD. If he is healthy, he likely hurts out lottery odds. If he's not, which is by far, the most likely scenario, he doesn't contribute at all. I just think people need to lower their expectations, if we make this move. That is all.

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Originally Posted by N.O.Bronco

I guess the one down side would be he actually plays really well and then walks.

Well enough to get us some wins, but miss the playoffs barely, only to lose him to FA and fall out of the sweet spot in the draft.

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Saying as he signed a 4yr/35m deal this past summer my guess is no matter how well he plays, we will probably be able to sign him. Keep in mind he talked to multiple teams but seems to want to sign with us. No reason to believe if things go well that he wouldn't want to come back.

Nor do I believe a mid season signing on a vet minimum and 1 year will have such a great impact on our team that he single handedly pushes us near the playoffs but not into them. Odds are he very much is the same type of player he was in Houston and we gets a similar deal to the one he signed last summer, maybe from us.

If he does play well, I have to imagine that spells the end of Ajinca here.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

Saying as he signed a 4yr/35m deal this past summer my guess is no matter how well he plays, we will probably be able to sign him. Keep in mind he talked to multiple teams but seems to want to sign with us. No reason to believe if things go well that he wouldn't want to come back.

Nor do I believe a mid season signing on a vet minimum and 1 year will have such a great impact on our team that he single handedly pushes us near the playoffs but not into them. Odds are he very much is the same type of player he was in Houston and we gets a similar deal to the one he signed last summer, maybe from us.

If he does play well, I have to imagine that spells the end of Ajinca here.

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I just offered the possible down side. Not really offering up it as something with an extraordinarily high probability of happening. Thats all.

To be clear, I like the signing.

I thought it was a trade at first but like the value. I believe he would backup AD and be another scoring option off the bench. Now move one of our guards and centers to upgrade a position.

I hope he doesnt ruin the chemistry the team has built. Or end up being another black hole.

But still a positive piece. The team is definitely scrapping their way towards a playoff roster.

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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Well let me tell you something about this player, I'm Lithuanian , i follow all Lithuanians in NBA, watching almost every game, D-Mo can be answer for your prayers, if he stays helthy of course, he is extremely good at fast breaks , he did fight for his spot in Rockets a lot, he was sent back and forth to D-League, he get pissed off and asked for a trade, rockets didn't want to let him go, till miracle happened, Howard went off with injury, D-Mo did get a lot of time, so dont look at his statistics because its completely {edited-veiled cursing not allowed} there, he played a lot of games like 2-4 minutes, and then everyone saw what he's capable off, only one thing can be bad is chemistry with Terence Jones because when he did show his talents Jones was in trade rumours, D-Mo got his minutes and you can see from Jones face he wasn't happy when D-Mo scored , so only one problem it can be, sorry for my english i need to improve that for sure :) , so i will be rooting Pelicans at least this year for sure :)

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Originally Posted by LT_McBird

Well let me tell you something about this player, I'm Lithuanian , i follow all Lithuanians in NBA, watching almost every game, D-Mo can be answer for your prayers, if he stays helthy of course, he is extremely good at fast breaks , he did fight for his spot in Rockets a lot, he was sent back and forth to D-League, he get pissed off and asked for a trade, rockets didn't want to let him go, till miracle happened, Howard went off with injury, D-Mo did get a lot of time, so dont look at his statistics because its completely {edited-veiled cursing not allowed}there, he played a lot of games like 2-4 minutes, and then everyone saw what he's capable off, only one thing can be bad is chemistry with Terence Jones because when he did show his talents Jones was in trade rumours, D-Mo got his minutes and you can see from Jones face he wasn't happy when D-Mo scored , so only one problem it can be, sorry for my english i need to improve that for sure :) , so i will be rooting Pelicans at least this year for sure :)

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thanks for this and I think you did just fine in sharing this with us....

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Originally Posted by LT_McBird

Well let me tell you something about this player, I'm Lithuanian , i follow all Lithuanians in NBA, watching almost every game, D-Mo can be answer for your prayers, if he stays helthy of course, he is extremely good at fast breaks , he did fight for his spot in Rockets a lot, he was sent back and forth to D-League, he get pissed off and asked for a trade, rockets didn't want to let him go, till miracle happened, Howard went off with injury, D-Mo did get a lot of time, so dont look at his statistics because its completely {edited-veiled cursing not allowed} there, he played a lot of games like 2-4 minutes, and then everyone saw what he's capable off, only one thing can be bad is chemistry with Terence Jones because when he did show his talents Jones was in trade rumours, D-Mo got his minutes and you can see from Jones face he wasn't happy when D-Mo scored , so only one problem it can be, sorry for my english i need to improve that for sure :) , so i will be rooting Pelicans at least this year for sure :)

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Your English is better than a lot of people's ;)

Welcome aboard the Pels Train!

He could fit perfectly as the scoring big off the bench. It's becoming the trend that mm mentioned a while back with scoring bigs off the bench like Monroe and vucevich. ( I know I miss spelled just didn't want to look him up)

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Originally Posted by HoustonPelicans

Jrue/Gallo
Buddy/Moore
Hill/Tyreke/Qpon?
Cunningham/Jones/Diallo
AD/D-Mo

That is legit! Good job Demps?

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lol. Like most of Demps signings, most people agree with them at the time. Let D-Mo's back go out, then Demps will be the biggest, dumbest, troll gm in the league.

second unit could consist of D-Mo,Jones,Reke,Moore,Galloway....not to bad if Reke doesn't pound the ball to much....

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Originally Posted by luckyman

lol. Like most of Demps signings, most people agree with them at the time. Let D-Mo's back go out, then Demps will be the biggest, dumbest, troll gm in the league.

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No, these are the kind of moves he is pretty good at. However, ask him to build a team of quality starters, and he fails miserably.

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

No, these are the kind of moves he is pretty good at. However, ask him to build a team of quality starters, and he fails miserably.

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Apparently D-Mot does have health issues as well.

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

No, these are the kind of moves he is pretty good at. However, ask him to build a team of quality starters, and he fails miserably.

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This opinion doesn't change the fact that whomever he signs, starter or not, most are in agreement at first.

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Originally Posted by luckyman

This opinion doesn't change the fact that whomever he signs, starter or not, most are in agreement at first.

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Ish Smith, Jimmertime. I don't recall people ever agreeing on this!

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Originally Posted by Champ

Apparently D-Mot does have health issues as well.

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I think he has had some back issues, but time will tell just how bad they really are....

I'm excited about D-mo. He should be a really nice fit next to Davis. I especially like his passing ability. There are quite a few lobs to D Howard in his highlights. Nothing nicer than a big throwing lobs to another big!

If Motiejunas stays healthy this will be the biggest steal we will ever see from the Pelicans GM.

He is perfect for gentry's system. This guy is incredibly skilled with great shooting and passing.
He's not the best rebounder but he's decent.

I would put him out there with Tyreke, Gallo, Moore, and Jones...

He would be a total nightmare for other teams because of his ability to stretch the floor. IF he can actually play center and start at center we will be so difficult to face. Every man on the court will be a 3 point threat.


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If D-Mo can stay healthy he's a big addition for any team. Everyone is talking about how he'll backup AD but in fact he can play either PF or C ( he did play very well at the C when Howard went down and it was his breakout year ) I can see them making a great tandem together both switching between PF or C since AD can do this aswell. Speaking of D-Mo's abilities he's a versatile big man. He can certainly stretch the floor by shooting the 3 ball, especially from corners, he's a great passer for a big dude and just has a great basketball IQ but his biggest strenght is the post. Hakeem himself taught him and D-Mo turned out to be his best student by far learning some nice post moves and adjusting some by himself, if healthy he arguably has the best post game in the entire league tbh. This is coming from a Lithuanian fan, I've just registered here but I hope he can finally come back and finish off this season maybe helping the Pels reach the playoffs ? Who knows. But I'm excited to see how this turns out haha, will be rooting for NOLA for sure. I think if he fits in well and plays well the Pels should sign a new deal with him instead of trading, unless they get a star in return. But he's a team first and chemistry player, really valuable piece, yet again if healthy. The Nets wouldn't have offered him 37mil if he's done, as far as I know he passed the Nets medical, so he should be alright now. Hopefully he can maintain it.

If you haven't seen D-Mo's game yet, here are his best season highlights ( most of them are roasting guys in the post ) he got his nickname "Captain Hook" for a reason:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JrmjdOPuWc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HpUCAVQoJY

Hi post game is seriously good, could be best in the league as you said.

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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Good God no!

Ryan Anderson for a max contract.

Or Donatas Motiejūnas on a vetern minimum contract?

How in all that is good and crunk is that a choice?

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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You're kidding right? If Anderson would have signed for league minimum, yes. However, not a chance for $80 million.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

Why does it matter? We weren't doing anything with that roster spot anyway. Taking a flyer on a big, who just signed a 35m contract, for the vet minimum and 1 year has NO downside. Jones had injury concerns too before signing here.

Either he plays well enough to earn minutes or never puts it together. Doesn't matter, it doesn't hurt us in any way. If we in the future need the roster spot he's on the minimum so you just cut him.

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Right

This has zero negative impact

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Originally Posted by stevemadden504

Should've just kept Ryan Anderson

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Agree however the contract price was a little high. Eric Gordon's contract left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. What is even more numbing is that both have played every game this year so far for the Rockets.

Terrence Jones 2.0 . If he has a season anything like Jones I'll be very happy. Honestly kind of feels like that playoff season we had, get a couple of pick ups, suddenly we vault into the 8th seed. If only Pondexter was healthy :(

What annoys me though is the 15 million per tied up in the AA brothers for the next 3 years. It's like what was Dealer Demps thinking! He essentially took the max money he got from Gordon and somehow turned it into an even WORSE lot of contracts. It's as if he likes to play with a $15 mil handicap in comparison with the rest of the league.

I think dummy dell finally realized that the 2 centers he signed can't play in gen try's system. If D Mo is healthy could be an asset.

If Dmo turns out similarly to Jones in his impact then we did well. Between these two and Lance Stephenson, we did remarkably well with just the minimum thus year. All three are probably better than Hill, to be quite frank.

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Originally Posted by RUFshreve

If he couldn't stay healthy in Houston, what makes people think he can stay healthy here? If we sign him, I bet he plays less than 20 games for the season.

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Houston could have said this for gordon and anderson....

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Originally Posted by Mr. West

If Dmo turns out similarly to Jones in his impact then we did well. Between these two and Lance Stephenson, we did remarkably well with just the minimum thus year. All three are probably better than Hill, to be quite frank.

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Hill seems like a sharp guy and a good teammate, but he has a lot to prove when it comes to being someone worthy of anywhere near what he is being paid...

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Originally Posted by ramsters60

Hill seems like a sharp guy and a good teammate, but he has a lot to prove when it comes to being someone worthy of anywhere near what he is being paid...

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Agree on all accounts.

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Originally Posted by fullcourtpress

Houston could have said this for gordon and anderson....

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But our training staff is so vaguely bad at being a training staff, that once you aren't being trained by them, your body just doesn't get hurt anymore.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

But our training staff is so vaguely bad at being a training staff, that once you aren't being trained by them, your body just doesn't get hurt anymore.

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+1

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

But our training staff is so vaguely bad at being a training staff, that once you aren't being trained by them, your body just doesn't get hurt anymore.

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Nicely played sir

TBF our health has looked a lot better this season and it seems that unlike at times with the Monty regime, everyone on the coaching staff seems to be on the same page with training and medical staff and no one is pulling a Q-pon.

Also I have always felt that being a talented team indirectly helps with player health because you aren't getting bodied as much, are more in synch defensively and getting better opportunities offensively. Which might partially speak for why Gordon and Anderson are staying healthy in Houston.

I'm really excited for this team now. Gentry is humble and is adjusting the lineups so the team can win. I think we are going to make the playoffs if we beat playoff teams this January. I also think having Reke and Cunningham back is helping a lot. I also think that putting buddy in the starting lineup helped a lot. I also think that if we get a healthy d-mo we will be a pretty good team because they will only get better adding d-mo, Reke and healthy Cunningham. I think this month will reveal a lot about this team.


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Fake account. Looks like poster deleted the post.

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Originally Posted by N.O.Bronco

Fake account. Looks like poster deleted the post.

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Yea pels bloggers were retweeting a fake account. Deleted post to avoid confusion.

I'm a little confused. Isn't Montiejunas, like, a real player? How is he so available at this price? He's a skilled 7-footer with a post game and legit three-point range. How are we getting him?