Originally Posted by
Blindambition25
After sifting through the responses, most of which are when talking about the reality of something like this, the automatic reaction from everyone is that a boogie less squad is the only way to work it out really.....This is wrong so many ways it's kinda funny. Kemba Walker first off...the best player the hornets have, who they tried to build around as of late since he became superstar level has now been the plug that got pulled. They gave up on that direction and clearly are hoping some team out there that needs a high scoring point guard will dump a good bounty out to get him. Which if you're any kind of GM worth anything, you realize as a desperate move for assets and to reset the franchise after the debacle of this season so far for them...So a low balled offer is the best anyone's going to give out unless they themselves see kemba as their future and are willing to pay high for him. Which since he's been publicly put up on the block...doesn't seem like it is this way....as if that team that wants him hasn't had enough chance to try already and now this move is done...it wouldnt surprise me in the least if that's what this is....the hornets getting an offer that's not enough from a team trying to get kemba behind closed doors and then publicly doing this to drive up interest and the price they'll end up getting. It's more than likely just a stunt to make a team blink. But if it's legit....then yeh the pelicans have the assets and the salary to make it work and can still bring back cousins after re ordering their transactions this off-season. But even if it were possible to get him, getting Walker at the expense of cousins is plain stupidity. You have a thriving big three in Ad, Cousins, and Jrue whos play off the ball for the first time ever in this capacity has garnered him his best scoring season average in his career. While still getting some assists and getting more rebounds. His defensive stats are up as well. Basically, as the pels you've created a backcourt that has both Jrue and Moore putting up career numbers, has rondo doing his part running the offense, and has even found time for guys like Darius Miller to become a sharpshooting deep ball guy. All of this and you want to add a better scorer and overall talent at point and then the dominoes start to line up, Jrue has his level of play reduce by the game I bet. The offense is not running properly so the level of team continuity of starting to show it's falloff. And that's when they jjust seem to really be getting each other as a team. So.....forget it.. I'd rather boogie every day of the week and wouldn't want to screw it up tean wise in the middle of the year with a new primary ball handler....maybe a shooter or backup big. But not a starting number 1....