Pelicans to meet with Tyreke Evans (offer has been made)

Don't know how you can assume anything when someone says it's a fluid situation.

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Means nothing but jrue post about LA few hours ago, not Sac

Jrue is RTing those guys, but the second one is talking about L.A. not La.

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Originally Posted by daybreaker

Jrue is RTing those guys, but the second one is talking about L.A. not La.

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Exactly right.

John Salmon, the agent for Knicks restricted free agent Chris Copeland, said he spoke with Pelicans general manager Dell Demps earlier this week but no offer was extended. Salmon said he doesn’t think the Pelicans are going to do anything else until Evans’ makes a decision.``We’ll see what happens, but they got to wait on Tyreke because they’ve already put out an offer sheet for him,’’ Salmon by telephone Wednesday.``They gave Tyreke a lot of money in his offer and I don't think they're going to do anything until he accepts or denies.'' New Orleans Times-Picayune

Read more at http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#ZyyjS8EhaQhFb9rU.99

not sure this was posted already but im sure we are gonna miss out on a bunch of players waiting for Tyreke lol

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Originally Posted by saintshornets23

John Salmon, the agent for Knicks restricted free agent Chris Copeland, said he spoke with Pelicans general manager Dell Demps earlier this week but no offer was extended. Salmon said he doesn’t think the Pelicans are going to do anything else until Evans’ makes a decision.``We’ll see what happens, but they got to wait on Tyreke because they’ve already put out an offer sheet for him,’’ Salmon by telephone Wednesday.``They gave Tyreke a lot of money in his offer and I don't think they're going to do anything until he accepts or denies.'' New Orleans Times-Picayune



Read more at http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#ZyyjS8EhaQhFb9rU.99

not sure this was posted already but im sure we are gonna miss out on a bunch of players waiting for Tyreke lol

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On the flip side, maybe it means some FA's who want to come here/see how much we'd offer are waiting on the Tyreke situation.

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Originally Posted by tyler

I would too you don't 5's with his skill set often

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Why are all of your replies always missing a word? How old are you?


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Originally Posted by saintshornets23

John Salmon, the agent for Knicks restricted free agent Chris Copeland, said he spoke with Pelicans general manager Dell Demps earlier this week but no offer was extended. Salmon said he doesn’t think the Pelicans are going to do anything else until Evans’ makes a decision.``We’ll see what happens, but they got to wait on Tyreke because they’ve already put out an offer sheet for him,’’ Salmon by telephone Wednesday.``They gave Tyreke a lot of money in his offer and I don't think they're going to do anything until he accepts or denies.'' New Orleans Times-Picayune

Read more at http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#ZyyjS8EhaQhFb9rU.99

not sure this was posted already but im sure we are gonna miss out on a bunch of players waiting for Tyreke lol

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I agree. It is time to get a decision.

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Originally Posted by Coughka

On the flip side, maybe it means some FA's who want to come here/see how much we'd offer are waiting on the Tyreke situation.

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Dang... so since the offer is out there we can't pull it? This dude is handcuffing our ability to do much else.

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Originally Posted by Coughka

On the flip side, maybe it means some FA's who want to come here/see how much we'd offer are waiting on the Tyreke situation.

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Good point lol

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

Dang... so since the offer is out there we can't pull it? This dude is handcuffing our ability to do much else.

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I'm sure we could always pull it if we wanted to.

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Originally Posted by donato

What I like about this thread is that every other page people repeat the same info.

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Lol that's what happens when everything is put in one thread with 100 pages


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Interesting thing about all of these big money deals that these guys like AI, Josh Smith, and others are getting. Sure they are getting big money deals, but they are getting them from bad teams. The Kings, the Pistons, etc., these are all teams that aren't winning any time soon. But the comical bit is that they go back to their old teams asking for similar money and can't get it because their old team has money tied up in other guys that are helping them win now. They want to have their cake and eat it too, and it can't work like that.

Should be fun to see most of these guys turn down big money, or go to bad teams. It will be very telling.

Whose left as realistic options for us?
SG/SF
Corey Brewer, Earl Clark, Dorrell Wright, Chris Copeland, Matt Barnes, Kyle Korver, Gerald Henderson, Wesley Johnson, Austin Daye......Iggy(way too much lol)

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Al Jefferson maybe

We can pull the offer just like the Kings did Iggy.


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Originally Posted by All Metro

Why are all of your replies always missing a word? How old are you?


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18 somethims I think I put the word in when I really don't

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Originally Posted by saintshornets23

Whose left as realistic options for us?
SG/SF
Corey Brewer, Earl Clark, Chris Copeland, Matt Barnes, Kyle Korver, Gerald Henderson, Wesley Johnson, Austin Daye......Iggy(way too much lol)

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Al Jefferson maybe

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What about Dorrel Wright

Well I'm back and nothing new, sigh.

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Originally Posted by tyler

What about Dorrel Wright

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yep forgot about him, look like Thunder are going at him hard.

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Originally Posted by saintshornets23

John Salmon, the agent for Knicks restricted free agent Chris Copeland, said he spoke with Pelicans general manager Dell Demps earlier this week but no offer was extended. Salmon said he doesn’t think the Pelicans are going to do anything else until Evans’ makes a decision.``We’ll see what happens, but they got to wait on Tyreke because they’ve already put out an offer sheet for him,’’ Salmon by telephone Wednesday.``They gave Tyreke a lot of money in his offer and I don't think they're going to do anything until he accepts or denies.'' New Orleans Times-Picayune

Read more at http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#ZyyjS8EhaQhFb9rU.99

not sure this was posted already but im sure we are gonna miss out on a bunch of players waiting for Tyreke lol

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This is basically what I was saying yesterday.

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yep forgot about him, look like Thunder are going at him hard.

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Smh another one that's about to go :banghead:

People need to realise that all those FAs that agree to a contract for now are not interested by the Pels in the first place (or Pels aren't interested).

It is pretty clear that Dell met/called the agents of all the FAs he is interested in and everyone knows we won't be able to sign anyone until the Reke situation and the Lopez situation are resolved. The last one has a "soft" deadline which ends friday so at least by waiting this WE we should have some insight.

For instance, it is pretty clear Copeland is intrigued by us as he has said several times he won't rush any decisions despite Pacers effort.

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Originally Posted by Alvis

People needs to realise that all those FAs that agrees to a contract for now are not interested by the Pels in the first place (or Pels aren't interested).

It is pretty clear that Dell met/called the agents of all the FAs he is interested in and everyone knows we won't be able to sign anyone until the Reke situation and the Lopez situation are resolved. The last one has a "soft" deadline which ends friday so at least by waiting this WE we should have some insight.

For instance, it is pretty clear Copeland is intrigued by us as he has said several times he won't rush any decisions despite Pacers effort.

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Maybe, but in reality, the FAs are not going to wait for us to get our house in order. If they get acceptable offers, they will move on. I just hope we have a realistic shot at Evans and are not being used by him and his agent as leverage to try and increase the value of a deal with Sacramento.

This seems to not have an end and it has only been for 2-3 days lol.

I bet his agent didn't know he was going to be in this much demand.

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

Maybe, but in reality, the FAs are not going to wait for us to get our house in order. If they get acceptable offers, they will move on. I just hope we have a realistic shot at Evans and are not being used by him and his agent as leverage to try and increase the value of a deal with Sacramento.

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Not true in all cases. There are guys who are waiting for Dwight to make a decision before they make any decisions. It's a huge reason why bigs haven't been signing just yet.

As for a guy like Copeland, waiting is a good idea as he hasn't been offered anything too good to pass up and the Pelicans makes an attractive option due to the giant hole we have in the SF position.

There are a lot of variables that comes into play.

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We may pull the offer, trade for G Green and first rounder for lopez, and go after Asik and Parsons when Houston needs to sign DH and Jsmith and trade vasquez and indy first rounder.

afternoon dreaming

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Well I'm back and nothing new, sigh.

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your grass isn't as long, is it?

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That comment is so ironic given the person you're talking to :hihi: Probably the funniest dude on PR :hihi:

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yeah I like Eman's posts a lot :)

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Originally Posted by ramsters60

your grass isn't as long, is it?

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I just verified this on twitter and it has in fact been cut.

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

Maybe, but in reality, the FAs are not going to wait for us to get our house in order. If they get acceptable offers, they will move on. I just hope we have a realistic shot at Evans and are not being used by him and his agent as leverage to try and increase the value of a deal with Sacramento.

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It's not as simple clearly but I'm pretty convinced that most of them could have waited until this WE easily if they wanted to. The only good reasons they have to move on are if the other teams ask for an urgent answer and has other FAs they are in discussion with or if they found the "perfect" team for them (which means they are not interested).

It's all about risk/reward ... if the risk is low and your agent has been contacted by several GMs that clearly has a need for your position they really aren't other reasons to not take the low risk path.

As for the Evans situation ... we are not waiting for Evans anymore but for Sac to decide if they are ready to sign him to a similar contract or if they want a S&T.
Honestly, I find that Evans have been pretty good with his stance until now. Using vague and unofficial source to imply that you are OK with whatever the guys who decides, well decides is how FAs in his position should do. He clearly likes our proposition (and seemingly don't mind staying) but understands he is in no position to make demands (something EG should have understood).

Fortunatly, Sac also can't do anything on the FA front until they decide too so they should not take too long ... but since it is Sac they might be delibirating until the 13th even if that means they lose on Vasquez or Lopez in a S&T.

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Originally Posted by Mark Stein

Story going online now w@GoodmanESPN: Sources say Kings RFA Tyreke Evans is ready for change of scenery and wants to wind up in New Orleans
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There we go!

We made the offer on Monday. It's Wednesday, and a lot of indications have been we'll probably hear something soon. I'm sure if the Pelicans have a pressing need to move forward, Demps has conveyed it to Evans' agent. 3 days is forever to us since we want to hear something, but we're in no different boat as anyone talking to Howard, Josh Smith, Iggy or any of the other major free agents.

We can move forward just like anyone else can, if we tell Evans "we need an answer by XXX". Probably not worth it to do that, though, and all we've missed out on so far is the right for Minnesota to outbid us on K Mart and Budinger.

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Originally Posted by Nola Hornet

There we go!

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i was just about to post. welcome reke

Story going online now w@GoodmanESPN: Sources say Kings RFA Tyreke Evans is ready for change of scenery and wants to wind up in New Orleans

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 3, 2013

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i was just about to post. welcome reke

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It will all depend on Sacramento now.

The question is though...will they match?

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Originally Posted by Nola Hornet

There we go!

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Has he posted it yet?

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Originally Posted by PelsFan2313

Has he posted it yet?

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No. He's probably working on it or finishing it up. Maybe another 10-15 mins?

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/94...leans-pelicans

Question, last season we landed two RFA's, Anderson and Lopez, via a S&T. Is that a coincidence? Dell likes to complete trades to land RFA's?

So he's not gonna sign their counteroffer is basically what we know. Sign and match or sign and trade now.

So why do you think he had the change of heart guys? Do you think he felt disrespected by kings pursuit of iggy and so by pulling the iggy offer kings have now dissed 2 players? Though i guess they could still match i mean we all know how that part works, but i'm happy to hear this from him.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

Question, last season we landed two RFA's, Anderson and Lopez, via a S&T. Is that a coincidence? Dell likes to complete trades to land RFA's?

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It's the smart avenue, honestly. Trade a non long-term asset for the security of knowing the deal is done. No S&T means we leave the Kings the power to ruin the offseason for us, cause we'll have to sit out 10 days effectively.

Man, this really must be how it was for Phoenix last year. We're at the "Gordon says his heart's in PHX" stage right now. Just get a S&T done!

If this is anything like Gordon saga Sac will match and end up keeping him lol

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Originally Posted by GeauxSaints53

Man, this really must be how it was for Phoenix last year. We're at the "Gordon says his heart's in PHX" stage right now. Just get a S&T done!

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Not even close. Gordon agreed to terms with Phoenix during his visit. We also put out a statement that confirms that we'll match on top of all the rumors that said we'll match.

Sac would be down right retarded not to match or at least get a sign+trade for value

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

Sac would be down right retarded not to match or at least get a sign+trade for value

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If they don't opt for a S&T at all, they're thinking match.