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

[PelicanFever]

Any idea where they are meeting? New Orleans or Sacramento?

los angeles..where his agent is

[tyler]

People are so locked into the 3 and d 3 man and it drives me nuts. Have some imagination folks!

Plus if dell is interested in him, how can you say you have a better basketball mind than him?

How can you say imagination when the dude DOESN'T PLAY THE 3... Its obvious that we are in a "win now" stage, well if that's the case why risk a guy that we have to teach how to play D and how to shoot the ball, when the have multiple players who has that skill and all we need to do is enhance it... Instead of us teaching and developing Evens, we should focus more on Anthony I mean he is our franchise player..

[RAMIL7]

There's a possibility they have plans to move Gordon, but won't unless they have a guaranteed replacement for him with similar talent. But who knows...

[Soundwave]

I'm with BallSoHard...DellMonty just might be interested in doing something very different from most other teams in the NBA by having three starters who are all capable of handling the ball proficiently. It's very intriguing.

And I know the counter to this is hey, they can't ALL have the ball in their hands all the time when they all operate the best with the ball. However, from what I've heard of Holliday, he's really not like a Rondo/CP3 type that just pounds the ball and he's a very good spot up 3 point shooter. Gordon's had his moments where he's shown that he can hit spot up shots (although streaky). And Evans is a possibly-improving shooter.

But haven't we all seen as well as heard from hoop gurus such as Gerry V how much more versatile & effective an offense can be when you have multiple players on the court who can create their own shot and handle the ball effectively? A guy like Evans with the length & build of a SF but the skillset of a guard could be very deadly. And like others have pointed out, in the event of injury Evans becomes very valuable with his ability to play at the SG or PG position in a pinch.

Ding Ding Ding.

I can't help but think of the Heat and all their ball handlers. Also of how Danny Green was a beast until Miami made him put the ball on the floor.

[BallSoHard]

How can you say imagination when the dude DOESN'T PLAY THE 3... Its obvious that we are in a "win now" stage, well if that's the case why risk a guy that we have to teach how to play D and how to shoot the ball, when the have multiple players who has that skill and all we need to do is enhance it... Instead of us teaching and developing Evens, we should focus more on Anthony I mean he is our franchise player..

Because you can't teach two players something at the same time. This is nba 2k and we only have 3 training sessions per month; OR perhaps we want to sign someone that's roughly the same age as our core that can grow with the team.

[Kibner]

A big offer sheet? How big is big?

Hopefully just MLE. =\ Not very enthused about Evans at all.

[djpaul89]

Jeez. Picture the fast break...

Holliday/Gordon/Evans/Davis with Anderson/Holliday running to the 3 point line could be like a Miami-west.


Chalmers/Wade/James/Bosh with Allen/Miller/Chalmers running to the 3 point line

[TrayWithAnA]

How can you say imagination when the dude DOESN'T PLAY THE 3... Its obvious that we are in a "win now" stage, well if that's the case why risk a guy that we have to teach how to play D and how to shoot the ball, when the have multiple players who has that skill and all we need to do is enhance it... Instead of us teaching and developing Evens, we should focus more on Anthony I mean he is our franchise player..

I think Evans is more along the lines of developing the franchise than the win now signing Iggy would be.

[ramsters60]

well, I guess there is either a meeting taking place or there isn't.....

[wuggie]

He's gonna be a sixth man or Gordon's replacement. Something big has to be in the works or there really is more to the Holiday than originally stated.

[donato]

Maybe we sign Tyreke and just roll with what we have? It would be a versatile ball-movement 12-man rotation depth chart something like this:

PG- Holiday-Vasquez-Evans-Rivers-Roberts
SG- Gordon-Evans-Vasquez-Rivers-Roberts
SF- Evans-Vasquez-Miller
PF- Davis-Anderson-Smith-Amundson
C- Lopez-Davis-Smith-Amundson

[Shelbywmccarty]

Poison pills are only for second round picks coming off of contract.

Never heard that. Where u see that?

[Vinny6420]

If we can sign both Evans and Budinger I would be fine

[Bee-Fense]

Big is a pretty subjective term... and I really doubt anyone knows what we're going to offer.

Let's wait and see what it is.

[PELICANSFAN]

I can't see Holiday, Gordon and Evans on the same court. There is only one ball to go around and those 3 are ball dominant (particularly Evans). I would not spend a huge amount of money on Evans.

[All Metro]

Yes yes yes


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[Kibner]

Never heard that. Where u see that?

It's the Gilbert Arenas rule. Larry Coon's CBA guide may have something on it.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm

[BeeBall Reasons]

Evans coming off of a curl with an AD handoff would be unstoppable with his strength and long strides.

[BallSoHard]

Never heard that. Where u see that?

http://www.denverstiffs.com/2012/7/6...er-asik-others

[Kumar]

By the way, wouldn't you say that LeBron, Wade, and Bosh need the ball to be effective too? I don't see Wade or LeBron doing a lot of off ball stuff. Unless it's for lobs and backdoor cuts.

Fair enough.

[Topdawg26]

If we can sign both Evans and Budinger I would be fine

Yeah I can live with that! lol

[BeeBall Reasons]

I bet we are going to offer him Ryan Anderson money.

[The Pelican Fan]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt 35m

As @ESPNSteinLine reported, Pelicans will meet with Tyreke Evans late tonight. Told they will have an offer sheet in hand--a big one.

[Eman5805]

I'm actually intrigued by the notion that we'd have options at the end of games. That's three top tier ball handlers...though Gordon was very shaky last year...

[MonsterMash]

Apparently he has the ideal athletic measurables to be a really solid defender. If he can buy in to defense and pick up the fundamental skills of it kinda like AR did last season, OH. FREAKING. MAN.

I love what we're doing so far this offseason.

Reduced his shots last season to 12, upped his efficiency, improved to passable from 3.Tells me he's improving his shot selection. I assume a deal for Gordon is lined up.