New Orleans Pelicans NBA Trade Deadline Rumor Mill

[Inner_GI]

I agree with u 100% on another thing I see u said too. At some point this dam coach has to be held accountable for not getting the job done. U said the players too but the players accountability falls back to the gm cause he put them here.

Are the players listening to coach and executing the system? That's on the coach. The GM just puts the players in uniform. The rest is on the coach AND players.

It's why most of my beef with Monty is his rotations. He's not giving his best players the best chance to win.

[speedyG]

Not wrong. Without Lopez and Vasquez, the Kings match.

I think Lopez alone would be more valuable to us right now than reke, and Vasquez could fill the first guard off the bench role

[kclaboy504]

Could have been. It's not definite though. I need everyone to remember, it takes two. Sometimes 3. We can't just sit up here and say, oh, we could've had this guy and that guy. You HAVE to have a partner. Just because we don't have those guys doesn't mean Dell never inquired about any of them.

This almost reminds me of when we don't hear our names in trade rumors and we always assume it's because the GM isn't doing anything and he's just sitting on his hands, just because we don't hear about it. And then BOOM.

Right I agree with this. Only reason I'm even pointing out those names cause in our convo we were having he said that pick ended up being Tobias Harris so not that big of a deal. So I countered with if we are gonna judge the pick by the player a different franchise drafted with the pick then we need to see what else we missed it on.

[Inner_GI]

I think Lopez alone would be more valuable to us right now than reke, and Vasquez could fill the first guard off the bench role

Right now, yes, but next year or the following? Probably not. Gordon will be gone or leaving, AD will be playing more minutes at the 5, etc. Maybe the deal was 1 year early, but getting Tyreke looks like it can work long term.

[kclaboy504]

3-team trade homie.



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/94...ording-sources

Well yea I know this. Lol. I was saying Lopez going to Portland had no effect on the kings decision.

[FlyGirl]

Could have been, but if Dell si as bad as you say, do you have confidence he picks any of those players?

Also, I'm not ready to judge the Tyreke signing and Jrue in entirity. In the early stages, I like what I see, but I'm not in anyway calling it a failure like some think it is.

You keep going back to that 1 first round pick. Plus if you think those players ar so good, they could of changed our draft pick for AD, the only bright spot according to you. A transaction reaches farther than the initial level. It lives on for years and years, and it should be judged as so.

Yeah, I just wish we could experience some good health for a change. Sometimes good health can be better than some trades. LOL. Do you know a Blazers starter is getting ready to miss a game for the first time this season? That's amazing.

[Inner_GI]

Right I agree with this. Only reason I'm even pointing out those names cause in our convo we were having he said that pick ended up being Tobias Harris so not that big of a deal. So I countered with if we are gonna judge the pick by the player a different franchise drafted with the pick then we need to see what else we missed it on.

But there is no guarantee we select any of them. We could of drafted Nolan Smith (who?) exactly. lol

[Inner_GI]

Well yea I know this. Lol. I was saying Lopez going to Portland had no effect on the kings decision.

It does. If the trade doesn't go through they match. Maybe Lopez wasn't an interest for them because of Cousins, but it was in their interest to complete the trade.

[kclaboy504]

Could have been, but if Dell si as bad as you say, do you have confidence he picks any of those players?

Also, I'm not ready to judge the Tyreke signing and Jrue in entirity. In the early stages, I like what I see, but I'm not in anyway calling it a failure like some think it is.

You keep going back to that 1 first round pick. Plus if you think those players ar so good, they could of changed our draft pick for AD, the only bright spot according to you. A transaction reaches farther than the initial level. It lives on for years and years, and it should be judged as so.

I never said he was a bad gm. I said he was average at best. We can't judge the Evans signing yet but it's not looking too good so far. If you sign someone and in turn can't find a trade partner for him to get at least = value back. That = a bad signing to me.

[R_Ash]

Could the Pelican get a late pick for Morrow

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/stor...-orlando-magic

[PELICANSFAN]

It does. If the trade doesn't go through they match. Maybe Lopez wasn't an interest for them because of Cousins, but it was in their interest to complete the trade.

They were never matching. They told Tyreke that.

[kclaboy504]

But there is no guarantee we select any of them. We could of drafted Nolan Smith (who?) exactly. lol

I know that man. Like I said only reason I even brought them names up was cause u based the value of that 1st rd pick on Tobias Harris.

[Inner_GI]

I never said he was a bad gm. I said he was average at best. We can't judge the Evans signing yet but it's not looking too good so far. If you sign someone and in turn can't find a trade partner for him to get at least = value back. That = a bad signing to me.

Who says they can't get equal value back? Has Tyreke been traded, or are you believing everything the media spouts out during trade deadline?

[kclaboy504]

They were never matching. They told Tyreke that.

Exactly. His own brother was on twitter days before saying see ya later Sacramento we love ya. They not matching.

[Inner_GI]

I know that man. Like I said only reason I even brought them names up was cause u based the value of that 1st rd pick on Tobias Harris.

I brought it up because I wanted to get a full view of the deal. Just like the pick Philly has this summer. Don't care. Doesn't really affect me with my views on Jrue. The value of the pick that we traded to Portland #19 is low as far as producing good players. That draft just had some deep talent that worked out for most teams.

[kclaboy504]

Who says they can't get equal value back? Has Tyreke been traded, or are you believing everything the media spouts out during trade deadline?

We can only go off what's being reported but when word around the league so far is putting tyreke Evans contract in the category of bad contracts then yea. It's all we have to base it off so far. It's common knowledge we over paid for him. That's a fact. A lot of nba guys think he's worth 8-9m per. We shall see.

[kclaboy504]

I brought it up because I wanted to get a full view of the deal. Just like the pick Philly has this summer. Don't care. Doesn't really affect me with my views on Jrue. The value of the pick that we traded to Portland #19 is low as far as producing good players. That draft just had some deep talent that worked out for most teams.

Right we agree on that part. The point is tho is that no matter how u spin it we shouldn't of traded a 1st rd pick for jarred bayless at the time.

[Inner_GI]

We can only go off what's being reported but when word around the league so far is putting tyreke Evans contract in the category of bad contracts then yea. It's all we have to base it off so far. It's common knowledge we over paid for him. That's a fact. A lot of nba guys think he's worth 8-9m per. We shall see.

By who? Simmons? Random ESPN tweeters? I don't beleive anything they say unless it's to do with the big 5 of Miami, Nets, Lakers, Knicks, and Clippers. They are uneducated with the Pelicans, and therefore most of their "insight" is just made up journalism.

[Inner_GI]

Right we agree on that part. The point is tho is that no matter how u spin it we shouldn't of traded a 1st rd pick for jarred bayless at the time.

I disagree, but you seem stuck on that, so we'll walk away from that.

[PELICANSFAN]

Who says they can't get equal value back? Has Tyreke been traded, or are you believing everything the media spouts out during trade deadline?

No one. That is why I say I grade Dell as "incomplete." He is building talent. I am not sure I can envision his direction yet as it seems to keep changing. However, until the talent he acquires produces results or he has proven that he just cannot get it done, he is an incomplete in my books. I think this is his 4th season, so I would expect to see some results sooner than later. If the coach is the problem, he needs to step up and get that fixed.

[Inner_GI]

No one. That is why I say I grade Dell as "incomplete." He is building talent. I am not sure I can envision his direction yet as it seems to keep changing. However, until the talent he acquires produces results or he has proven that he just cannot get it done, he is an incomplete in my books. I think this is his 4th season, so I would expect to see some results sooner than later. If the coach is the problem, he needs to step up and get that fixed.

I can agree with this, but I'm starting over with Demps. The AD era is all I'm worried about. Anything in the past is hogwash. I like what he has done the past two years.

[kclaboy504]

By who? Simmons? Random ESPN tweeters? I don't beleive anything they say unless it's to do with the big 5 of Miami, Nets, Lakers, Knicks, and Clippers. They are uneducated with the Pelicans, and therefore most of their "insight" is just made up journalism.

No for 1 the kings by not matching tells that they don't think he's worth that. Lots of ppl said we over paid for him including MM. I only point him out cause he's part of this board. If I remember correct he said he thinks we over paid by 2m.(could be wrong) But we supposedly have to cause that's the only way to get key fa's to come here. Which I don't believe in.

[kclaboy504]

I disagree, but you seem stuck on that, so we'll walk away from that.

I don't get it. Tell me why trading a 1st rd pick at the time for bayless was a good trade. U seem to not just wanna admit the bad moves by our gm.

[kclaboy504]

I can agree with this, but I'm starting over with Demps. The AD era is all I'm worried about. Anything in the past is hogwash. I like what he has done the past two years.

I agree with most of this about the ad era. Where we are at and what our roster looks like by end of next year will tell the story on demps and Monty IMO. Hopefully we are in the playoffs and all is good. I just want this dam team to win no matter who our gm and coach are.

[djpaul89]

Question: doesn't Tyreke have a declining contract?

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